Privacy Officer

2 weeks ago


Paarl, South Africa PepsiCo Full time

**Responsibilities**
POPIA Accountabilities, include:

- Encouragement of compliance with the 8 conditions for the Lawful Processing of Personal Information
- Dealing with requests made to the Organisation pursuant to POPIA (Regulator and Data Subjects)
- Working with the Regulator in relation to investigations conducted pursuant to Chapter 6 (prior authorisation for processing)
- Otherwise ensuring compliance with the provisions of this Act
- Ensure that Compliance Framework is developed, implemented, monitored and maintained
- Ensure that a Personal Information Impact Assessment is done to ensure that adequate measures and standards exist for lawful processing of personal Information
- Ensure that a PAIA manual is developed, monitored, maintained and made available.
- Ensure that internal measures and systems are developed to process requests for information [Draft regulations - Regulator can request details
- Internal awareness sessions are conducted.

PAIA Accountabilities, include:

- Ensuring that a PAIA manual is developed, monitored, maintained and made available to the organisation.
- Data Classification Model, Policy and Procedures,
- Encouraging and ensuring compliance with PAIA in accordance with the body’s definition of compliance.
- Ensuring the evaluation and approval of requests for access to information received in terms of the grounds set out in PAIA, within the time constraint or any extended period.

Internal Control Accountabilities, include:

- Perform user mitigation for sensitive access
- Authorization maintenance to update or remove roles as processes change or become obsolete
- Request roles via GRC and log requests to BCX to add the variables
- Control Execution: Cyclical Application Control (CAC), Significant Spreadsheets Control
- GRC Certifications (Monthly, Quarterly, Annual)
- Independent Testing (Internal Audit)
- Internal Control and Privacy Budget Planning (AOP Process)

**Qualifications**
- Bachelors levels degree
- Post graduate degree
- 10+ years’ experience
- Commercial and financial acumen
- Technology: ERP, Content management, Computer, Business Analysis and Project Management
- Knowledge of Pepsico financial policies & procedures
- Knowledge of operational management, and financial & management accounting
- Internal governance and control skills
- Knowledge of legislative landscape
- Knowledge of reporting and presentation (Exco / Leadership Team level)
- Communication and collaboration skills (Exco / Leadership Team level)
- Writing skills (Strategy Roadmaps, Reports, Service Level Agreements, Policies and Procedures and Standard Operating Procedures)
- Research skills

**“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act"