Senior Manager, Regulatory Advocacy

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To develop, maintain and manage the implementation of the Standard Bank's regulatory advocacy and stakeholder engagement strategy and functional framework to ensure alignment and adherence to policy and legislative developments to protect and enhance Standard Bank's reputation and competitive advantage by ensuring business is done in a responsible manner. To provide guidance and advice on regulatory developments and optimal ways to engage with government, regulators and external stakeholders.

• A Degree in Legal, Risk Management, Social Sciences is required. 
• A  preferred Post Graduate Degree Legal, Risk Management.

Experience:

• More than 10 years experience as a senior manager in Citizenship and Risk Management with profound knowledge of the full dimensions of the field, but deep expertise in the relevant area of specialisation. Regulatory environment savvy, a proven track record in large scale and high-level leadership and capable of influencing seasoned leaders in their own right as well as employees. The ability to engage with Exco's on all aspects relating to regulatory advocacy and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively contribute and provide subject matter expertise into the development of a strategy on advocacy and stakeholder engagement for Standard Bank South Africa (SBSA) in order to enhance credibility and trust. Identify, map, foster and drive material stakeholder relationships for SBSA in line with strategy.
• To provide guidance and advice on regulatory developments and optimal ways to engage with all stakeholders including government, regulators and external stakeholders. Drive and actively contribute and provide subject matter expertise to the development of a strategy on stakeholder engagement for Standard Bank South Africa (SBSA) in order to enhance credibility and trust. Actively drive the development of stakeholder engagement skill sets and develop people to in line with these to ensure successful delivery against the mandate of the Corporate Citizenship and relevant internal stakeholders Function. Continuously evaluate and enhance SBSA stakeholder engagement capability to ensure the embedment of best practice stakeholder engagement practice.
• Co-ordinate material stakeholder engagements for SBSA in line with SBSA values and policies. Collaborate with various internal business units with advisory support on protocol matters, stakeholder engagement and strategic engagements.
• Stay up to date on regulatory and policy developments, exhibiting an ability to integrate cross-regulator themes of relevance to SBSA. Demonstrate and ensure continued technical knowledge of the policy and legislative environment, as well as skills in persuasion, conflict management and argument (advocacy and lobbying). Coordinate and maintain advocacy strategies around policy and legislative developments for multiple projects at once to ensure successful implementation across Standard Bank South Africa.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Things
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Exploring Possibilities
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Upholding Standards
• Valuing Individuals

Technical Competencies:

• Compliance
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Promote Good Governance, Risk & Control
• Risk Identification
• Risk Management
• Strategic Planning and Reporting