Excon Forensic Investigator

**Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact**
- REQ 127372- Tshego Semenya**Cluster**
- Group Risk**Career Stream**
- Forensics

**Leadership Pipeline**
- Manage Self: Professional

**Position**
- Excon Forensic Investigator**Job Purpose**
- This senior Group Financial Crime, Forensic and Security (GFCFS) role is to conduct exchange control contravention investigations (basic to complex and high profile) by following forensic and relevant methodologies to mitigate regulatory, Excon, reputational and legal risk, while ensuring the adherence to regulatory requirements.**Responsibilities**:

- Build, manage and maintain relationships through networking with stakeholders across divisional boundaries, and attending industry and professional forums.
- GFCFS point of contact for Excon matters / contravention escalations.
- SARB (and SARB appointed Agent) liaison, key point of contact and action owner in respect of:

- Surveillance / monitoring requests.
- FinSurv requests for information.
- Blocking / preservation and forfeiture orders.
- SARB/Agent queries and instructions stemming from SARB C&E or investigations.
- Regulation 19 requests for information.
- SARB Blocked Holding account reconciliation reviews.
- Present findings of Excon investigation in a formal report to relevant stakeholders, calling out key Excon risks where relevant. Highlight implication of not implementing recommendations.
- Raise the necessary suspicious transaction reports (STRs) for regulatory reporting (SARB + FIC).
- Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
- Influence the enhancement of business processes and methodologies.
- Provide training and awareness sessions to GFCFS and wider Nedbank business units.
- Ensure costs are recovered per time allocation and transfer pricing agreements with stakeholders, which includes portfolio of evidence on case management system.
- Improve processes and prevent reoccurrence of similar future incidences.
- Subject Matter Expert on Excon processes and regulations and able to proactively identify key risks and relevant remediation/solutions.
- Provide data and analysis in monthly and quarterly committee reports. Ensure reporting to the relevant Enterprise Risk Committee (ERCO) takes place for preventative strategies to be implemented across Nedbank.
- Highlight suspicious events, prevent further potential losses, comply with regulatory obligations and requirements and prevent potential reputational risk.
- Ensure adherence to internal policies in preparing case files.
- Improve business performance and prevent further potential losses and/or reputational risk.
- Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression.
- Ensure upskilling and effective handover to relevant responsible 2IC person.
- Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses.
- Essential Qualifications - NQF Level- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
- Preferred Qualification- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Post Graduate Degree, Chartered Accountant
- Minimum Experience Level- 8 years in banking/investigation/accounting with a focus on Exchange Control and/or Capital Flow Management

**Type of Exposure**
- Analysing situations or data that require an in depth evaluation of multiple factors
- Drafting reports
- Managing conflict situations
- Influencing stakeholders to obtain buy-in for concepts and ideas
- Sharing information in different ways to increase internal stakeholders understanding
- Interacting with diverse people
- Building and maintaining effective cross-functional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Answering customer questions
- Managing multiple projects
- Communicating complex information in writing and verbally

**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Cluster specific operations (Global Payment Operations)
- Exchange Control and related regulations
- Compliance reporting
- Fraud investigation methodology
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Industry trends
- Interviewing techniques
- Legal Risk and practice management
- Principles of project management
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Behavioural Competencies- Building Customer Loyalty
- Communication
- Collaborating
- Decision Making
- Managing Work
- Quality Orientation

**Disclaimer**

**_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_**
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_