Research and Cpd Specialist

**Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant**
- REQ 141303 Thembi Mtshali
- Location: Johannesburg
- Job Family
- Risk, Audit and Compliance
- Career Stream
- Regulatory Compliance
- Leadership Pipeline
- Manager Others (MO)

**Job Purpose**
- To manage self and or a team of regulatory analysts, and ensure that the regulatory activities and functions are executed within defined minimum standards and requirements, while simultaneously maintaining control over methodology and framework.
- To provide guidance and support to stakeholders on all clients to ensure the organisation meets regulatory compliance requirements.

**Responsibilities**:
**Strategic Capability Enablement through Research and Learning**
- Research: Monitor and interpret global developments in internal auditing standards, methodologies and best practices.
- Research: Track and assess emerging risks and regulatory trends that may impact audit coverage.
- Learning: Support continuous alignment of the CPD framework and programme with professional standards and future competency needs.
- Learning: Ensure the audit team remains technically proficient by providing access to relevant and high-quality learning content.

**Research and Knowledge Leadership**
- Support thematic or deep-dive research in collaboration with audit teams, especially in specialized audit areas such as ESG, cyber risk, data and digital transformation.
- Continuously scan the internal audit, financial services and banking landscape for regulatory, technological and risk-related developments.
- Maintain a knowledge repository of research and external guidance for internal use.
- Provide content support for internal knowledge-sharing forum and learning events.
- Liaise with professional bodies (e.g. IIA, ISACA, SAICA) to ensure alignment with professional standards and access to relevant insights.

**CPD Programme Delivery and Oversight**
- Maintain and enhance the established CPD framework to ensure it remains aligned to current and future audit needs.
- Develop and monitor learning journeys dependent on specific skills and job levels
- Development and maintenance of annual training plan
- Co-ordinate delivery of internal and external training.
- Establish and maintain effective internal and external stakeholder relationships to ensure that effective & tactical training is delivered.
- Manage project activities in line with pre-agreed project milestones.
- Monitor CPD compliance across the department, track participation and report on development progress and outcomes.
- Monitor and review staff skills and up-skilling requirements to address skills gaps.

**Continuous improvement**
- Continuously identify and design ways to improve training operations in the business.

**Operations and Administration**
- Provide specialist operations and administration expertise, support, and guidance to address complex training operational issues.

**Effective Leadership**
- Create an environment of teamwork that contributes to Group Internal Audit (GIA);
- Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities.
- Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
- Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy.
- Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
- Relevent Degree and Honours Degree
- Preferred Certifications
- CA (SA)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and optional Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- Minimum Experience Level
- 6-8 years’ experience in internal audit, risk or governance functions within financial services.
- At least 2 years in a role involving professional development, learning and development research or knowledge management.
- Experience in engaging with senior stakeholders and external bodies (e.g. professional institutes)

**Types Of Exposures**
- Influence on capability building, shaping how the audit team grows in proficiency, learns and adapts to future challenges.
- Cross-Functional collaboration with learning and development teams and external professional bodies.
- Engagement with Senior Leadership, including Heads of Audit and Chief Internal Auditor
- Interact with key internal and external stakeholders such as professional bodies and training providers (e.g. Nedbank Risk Business School)

**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Business writing
- Data analysis
- Relevant regulatory knowledge
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Business Acumen
- communication
- Behavioural Competencies
- Adaptability
- Coaching
- Initiating Action
- Building Networks
- Customer Orientation
- Quality Orientation

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