Senior Compliance Manager

Job Purpose

• To provide strategic compliance leadership across the Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) Compliance portfolio, ensuring that all business activities operate within the legal, regulatory, and internal policy framework
• To provide independent oversight, advisory support, and challenge on regulatory, conduct and operational compliance risks across all CIB business functions
• To proactively identify emerging regulatory developments, assessing their impact on business activities, and driving appropriate risk mitigation.
• To lead engagement with regulators, senior executives, auditors, and internal governance structures, ensuring transparency, accountability, and ethical decision‑making.
• To be a strategic partner to CIB leadership, enabling responsible growth in cross‑border activities
• To set direction for Compliance operations, translate strategy into executable plans, and ensure disciplined delivery across regions and products.

Job Responsibilities

• Effectively manage regulatory, conduct, and compliance risks.
• Interpret and advise on complex and specialised regulatory requirements
• Proactively identify emerging risks relevant to CIB products, services, transactions, and markets
• Drive a strong culture of ethical conduct and regulatory adherence
• Ensure transparent reporting, timely issue resolution, and readiness for regulatory reviews
• Drive a robust compliance training and communication programme tailored to CIB’s risk profile.
• Equip business teams with the knowledge to identify compliance risks independently
• Prepare compliance dashboards, regulatory risk profiles, heatmaps, and management information for CIB leadership and Group executives.
• Use data insights to drive risk-informed decision‑making and continuous improvement of the compliance programme.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing compliance team with strong subject‑matter expertise across products and jurisdictions
• Champion adoption of digital tools that improve efficiency, accuracy, and predictive risk identification while maintaining regulatory compliance
• Demonstrate strong digital literacy and champion digital transformation initiatives within the Compliance function
• Coordinate compliance operational support across African subsidiaries, branches, and representative offices.
• Serve as the primary support to the Head of Compliance for all operational, governance, strategic, and administrative matters
• Assist the compliance function to set an annual budget
• Maintain effective internal and external stakeholder relationships and mutually beneficial partnerships                     
• Effectively and efficiently manage the team across the HR value chain including recruitment, performance management, retention of critical staff and succession planning.
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and Corporate Social Initiatives (CSI).
• Participate in developing, implementing and addressing issues raised in culture surveys to improve results.
• Ensure transformational targets are met.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Certifications

• Compliance Institute of South Africa (CISA) - preferred, not essential

Minimum Experience Level

• 8+ years appropriate and relevant experience;
• 3-5 years Corporate and Investment Banking Compliance experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies