Compliance Officer Jobs in South Africa

This is a specialist public-sector compliance role for a legal professional who understands anti-money-laundering rules and enjoys helping institutions meet their obligations. The work focuses on guidance and outreach rather than enforcement alone, and it is based in Pretoria.

About the company and the work

The employer is the Financial Intelligence Centre, South Africa’s financial intelligence unit, which works to identify the proceeds of crime and combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Its guidance and outreach work helps supervisory bodies, accountable institutions and other stakeholders understand and meet the requirements of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act.

This permanent, specialist-level position sits in that guidance and outreach area. The officer provides expert input on the institutions, people and sectors supervised under the Act.

Role details and duties

• Provide guidance and outreach expertise on supervised institutions, persons and sectors.
• Engage with external stakeholders to support compliance with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act and to support information exchange.
• Build a clear understanding of the sectors supervised under the Act and the issues they face.
• Identify problems in industry practice that affect anti-money-laundering controls.
• Monitor domestic developments that could affect anti-money-laundering controls.
• Provide practical compliance solutions for stakeholders.
• Assess guidance needs critically and help prepare guidance products and media articles.
• Assist with outreach activities that raise awareness of compliance requirements.

Requirements

Only the requirements stated in the original listing are summarised here:

• A legal degree, such as an LLB or BCom Law.
• Anti-money-laundering and/or compliance management qualifications are advantageous.
• Three years of relevant compliance or risk experience, including practical experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Where to find and apply safely

Apply only through the original CareerJunction listing, using the Apply button on this page. Government-type employers do not charge jobseekers a fee, so do not pay anyone who claims to be able to secure this role for you.

Practical tips

• Show real examples of guidance, training or stakeholder engagement you have done in compliance or risk work.
• Be ready to explain, in plain language, how a particular anti-money-laundering obligation applies in practice.
• Highlight your legal training and any compliance qualifications clearly on your CV.
• Check that your application matches the legal degree and experience requirements stated in the listing.

How the process works

Read the full original listing, then apply through the original link with a CV that sets out your legal qualification, compliance and risk experience, and communication skills. If you are shortlisted, the employer will contact you through the official application channel.

Important information

This page is informational only and does not guarantee a job, an interview or any salary. The original listing does not disclose a salary, so none is shown here. Confirm the final duties and terms in the original advert before you apply.

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