Legal & Compliance Manager

Role Purpose

Full responsibility for all legal, regulatory and compliance matters of the Chubb Company in South Africa, a licensed non-life insurance company (Chubb Insurance South Africa Limited)

Overall responsibility for the L&C Department of Chubb South Africa
South African Data Privacy officer (Regulated Position)
Head of Compliance Control Function (Regulated Position)
Attendee at local Board, Audit & Risk, Product Oversight & Outsourcing and Social & Ethics Committees
Chairperson of Transformation Forum and Employment Equity Manager (Regulated Position)
Manage Company Secretarial function

Key Responsibilities

Paragraphs 2 to 7 below refer to the core areas of responsibility. The following paragraphs specify these in more detail
Perform the role of Legal & Compliance Manager, reporting to the Deputy General Counsel EMEA and with additional reporting lines to the Head of Compliance (EMEA), Senior Legal Counsel, the Data Protection Officer (EMEA) and the Country President.
As a member of the local Executive Committee and attendee of the Board, Audit & Risk, Product Oversight & Outsourcing and Social & Ethics Committees, responsible for:
Advising these bodies on all legal, regulatory and corporate governance matters.
Being the main contact person/relationship manager for all interactions with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), Prudential Authority (PA), Department of Employment and Labour and Financial Sector Transformation Council (FSTC).
Support to Company Secretary and the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, Product Oversight & Outsourcing Committee and Social & Ethics Committee.

**In the role as the FSCA and PA approved Compliance function**:
Ensure that applicable laws and regulatory requirements are adhered to within the scope of Chubb South Africa's business activities. In addition, ensure compliance with all conduct requirements of Chubb South Africa and the Chubb Group; in particular, with regards to the Code of Conduct.
Assess, in accordance with the Prudential Standard GOI 3 (issued under Insurance Act), the adequacy of the policies, processes and (control) structures established by Chubb South Africa to comply with legal, regulatory and internal rules, as well as Chubb South Africa's handling of compliance breaches.
Periodically (at least annually) conduct an independent assessment of Chubb South Africa's material compliance risks and report thereon to the Board of Directors, Audit & Risk Committee and to relevant Chubb Group functions.

**Also, in the role as the Compliance function**:
Agree and implement the compliance strategies for Compliance Monitoring in cooperation with Regional Compliance.
Deliver the agreed Compliance Monitoring and Compliance Testing plans in accordance with the annual regional and South African Plan.
Act as the point of escalation for the local and regional Compliance Monitoring and the wider business teams in relation to Compliance Monitoring Testing activity and advice.

**In the role as the Legal function**: take responsibility for compliance with all applicable South African (POPIA) and, as the case may be, foreign data protection regulations (inter alia GDPR.) Be registered with the Information Regulator as the Data Privacy Officer and be responsible for the monitoring, training and reporting to respective stakeholders.
**In the role as South African Data Protection Officer**: Take responsibility for compliance with all applicable South African (POPIA) and, as the case may be, foreign data protection regulations (inter alia GDPR.) Be registered with the Information Regulator as the Data Privacy Officer and be responsible for the monitoring, training and reporting to respective stakeholders.
Manage and supervise the Chubb South Africa L&C department (including Company Secretarial) to promote an effective service to the business; encourage and develop the engagement within the department and with the business and work to develop the department’s professional skills and competencies.
Agree and implement the compliance strategies for Compliance Monitoring in cooperation with Regional Compliance. Deliver the agreed Compliance Monitoring and Compliance plans in accordance with the annual regional and South African Compliance Plan.
Act as the point of escalation for the local and regional Compliance Monitoring and the wider business teams in relation to Compliance Monitoring activity and advice.
Provide regional legal and regulatory support to Chubb’s EMEA out of territory legal and compliance functions.
Build and maintain relationships with and support and report and update key business stakeholders and to understand the business strategy and tactical priorities.
Support and report to and update the Deputy General Counsel, Senior Legal Counsels and Head of Compliance within Chubb Europe.
Build and maintain relationships with COG and Global L&C officers.
Build and maintain relationships with external counsel and instruct external counsel as need