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Compliance Manager Jobs in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa at Dis-Chem
Title: Compliance Manager
Company: Dis-Chem
Location: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Dis-Chem Pharmacies’ has an opportunity available for a Compliance Manager to join the Finance team in Midrand. The main purpose of this role will be to oversee and coordinate the retail operational compliance activities, ensuring that regulatory obligations are effectively identified, tracked, monitored and reported across all retail business units. The role ensures that compliance frameworks, policies and monitoring processes are consistently applied across retail operations, supporting adherence to applicable laws, governance requirements and internal standards.
Minimum Requirements…
Essential:
- Matric or equivalent Senior Certificate.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 – 7 years’ experience in Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, Internal Audit or Governance roles, with demonstrated exposure to regulatory environments
- Experience with compliance or GRC systems
Advantage:
- Experience in healthcare and retail environments, with hands on involvement in regulatory frameworks such as POPIA, JSE Listings Requirements, Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), National Health Act and related healthcare regulations or SAHPRA
Job Specification…
Compliance Framework Oversight:
- Develop, implement and maintain the retail operational compliance framework, policies and procedures.
- Ensure that regulatory obligations are clearly identified, documented and mapped to business activities in retail stores.
- Ensure that store policies remain aligned to regulatory requirements, internal risk appetite and best practice principles.
- Build and embed a strong compliance culture by acting as a trusted advisor to first line, while maintaining independent second-line oversight.
Compliance Monitoring and Oversight:
- Develop and manage a risk-based Compliance Monitoring Plan covering key regulatory and operational compliance areas across retail operations, ensuring that monitoring activities are scheduled, executed, tracked and reported.
- Coordinate second line compliance reviews at retail stores to assess adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.
- Review monitoring outputs, identify themes and ensure appropriate escalation of key compliance risks.
- Ensure that compliance gaps, breaches and control weaknesses are formally tracked and addressed.
- Oversee the investigation and resolution of significant compliance breaches where required.
- Oversee the implementation and closure of remediation actions across retail stores.
Governance and Reporting:
- Prepare and present compliance reports, dashboards and updates to management and governance structures.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of compliance risks, breaches and regulatory matters.
Stakeholder Engagement and Advisory:
- Engage with retail operations to ensure understanding and application of compliance requirements.
- Provide practical guidance to management on compliance obligations and regulatory expectations.
- Support the development of a compliance aware culture through training and awareness initiatives.
Regulatory and Audit Interface:
- Support internal and external audits by providing required compliance documentation and context.
- Ensure that audit findings relating to compliance are tracked and remediated.
Competencies…
Essential:
- Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks
- Understand compliance monitoring methodologies and governance frameworks
- Cognitive skills
- Business Acumen
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Quality Orientation
- Self-management Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Strong data interpretation and reporting capability
Special conditions of employment…
- South African citizen
- MIE, clear criminal and credit
- Occasional traveling
- Limited interaction across stores, distribution centres, clinics and support functions
- Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport
Remuneration and benefits…
- Marketed related salary
- Medical aid
- Provident fund
- Staff account
ONLY SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED. IF YOU HAVEN`T BEEN CONTACTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION AS UNSUCCESSFUL.
Dis-Chem Pharmacies is an equal opportunity employer. Dis-Chem’s approved Employment Equity Plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to Dis-Chem’s Employment Equity & Transformation Strategy. Dis-Chem actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities.