Manager: Legal, Risk and Compliance

**Manager: Legal, Risk and Compliance**

To oversee and manage the Legal, Risk and Compliance department for the organisation to ensure compliance to all relevant legislation and to proactively identify and manage potential risks and litigation.

**Key Performance Areas (KPAs).**

**Strategy Inputs and Implementation**
- Contribute to the development of the Risk and Compliance strategic and annual performance plans for FoodBev SETA.
- Develop and manage the Risk and Compliance operational plan and ensure implementation.
- Improve productivity within Risk and Compliance and align business activities with strategic and operational plans.
- Monitor key business processes within organisation to implement appropriate Risk and Compliance support systems.

**Strategic and Operational Risk and Compliance Management**
- Develop, review, and maintain Risk and Compliance management systems and policies.
- Ensure all risk related policies and procedures are up to date.
- Optimize risk and compliance controls and processes.
- Review, update and implement internal Fraud & Corruption Prevention Plan.
- Maintain a policy register for the entire organisation and ensure policies and procedures are updated and implemented timeously.
- Ensure statutory compliance is observed in all matters governed by relevant legislation (maintain an up to date Compliance universe Toolkit).
- Provide guidance to different departments in the development of their specific policies to ensure that it complies with relevant legislations.
- Facilitate periodic reviews and risk audits to ensure statutory and regulatory compliance and recommend ways to control/reduce risks.
- Develop contingency plans to deal with risk or compliance emergencies.
- Identify and analyse areas of potential risk/non-compliance that could impact the success of the organisation.
- Gather risk-related data from internal and external resources to develop contingency plans and manage risk pro-actively.
- Devise systems or processes to monitor validity of risk assessments.
- Produce reports or presentations that outline findings, explain risk positions and/or recommend changes.
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies and processes to minimise risk.
- Develop and review key business processes by liaising with relevant stakeholders internal and external to the organisation for optimal risk and compliance operation.
- Coordinate the risk management process including facilitation of the risk assessment process and quarterly meetings of the Fraud, Risk and Compliance Management Committee (FRCMC).
- Keep up to date on legal and/or regulatory changes that may impact the SETA and make recommendations where existing policies and procedures may require review.
- Facilitate governance and compliance development programmes for the SETA staff, and where appropriate.
- Keep up to date with legislative changes, analyse new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure and compliance.

**Reporting**
- Provide monthly and quarterly reports for the Legal, Risk and Compliance department.
- Oversee the execution of investigations on fraud cases and provide periodic reports to the Audit and Risk Committee
- Draft minutes and reports on the quarterly meetings of the FRCMC.
- Draft risk related write up for the annual report.
- Track and report on all outstanding legal matters

**Contract Management**
- Providing legal and risk management advice to management especially on contract management.
- Draft and vet contracts to avoid critical omissions that might have financial / reputational implications.
- Assess and advise on potential impact of contracts to ensure compliance and sound business practices are adhered to.
- Draft, update and communicate organisational wide contractual documents and ensure compliance with latest legislations.
- Create and implement Standard Operating Procedure for contract management and train internal employees accordingly.
- Assist user departments in contract negotiations to ensure sound business practice.
- Manage the appointment of attorneys and oversee delivery of their services and payments.

**People / Staff Management**
- Monitor and manage staff performance in compliance with the Performance Management policy and processes.
- Coach and mentor staff as appropriate to improve performance.
- Practice sound labour relations within the approved conditions of service.
- Ensure the implementation and adherence of the human resources policies, procedures, and practices within the department.
- Ensure that the values of FBS are understood and lived.

**Contract Management**
- Providing legal and risk management advice to management especially on contract management.
- Draft and vet contracts to avoid critical omissions that might have financial / reputational implications.
- Assess and advise on potential impact of contracts to ensure compliance and sound business practices are adhered to.
- Draft, update and communicate organisational wide contractual docu