Regulatory Compliance Officer
Listing reference: capbw_003397
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 11 August 2026
Position summary
Industry: Banking
Job category: Other: Banking, Finance, Insurance, Stockbroking
Location: Windhoek
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: TBD
EE position: No
Introduction
The Regulatory Compliance Officer will provide specialist assistance to Bank Windhoek and Capricorn Group with the management and integration of regulatory compliance across the bank, ensuring adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, directives and industry standards.
Job description
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
1. Regulatory Compliance Oversight
- Identify, assess and mitigate compliance risks arising from new or amended legislation.
- Monitor new regulatory developments and provide input and comment to regulators.
- Assist with drafting Compliance Risk Management Plans (CRMP’s) including controls that can be utilised bank-wide, ensuring appropriate consultation with the business units’ risk and compliance officers and line management.
- Actively participate in process re-engineering, product development and other project meetings where invited to provide subject matter expertise on regulatory requirements and contribute to the risks and issues logs for these meetings.
- Manage regulatory customer complaints within prescribed timelines, including engaging with relevant business units, and liaising with regulators to ensure timely and effective resolution.
- Provide input into regulatory responses, industry consultations and policy development.
2. Monitoring, Reporting and Assurance
- Assist with conducting informal compliance monitoring, post implementation reviews and spot checks when required.
- Prepare and submit monthly reports and maintain activity logs for review by the Senior Compliance Officer and Manager: Regulatory Compliance, to support the compilation and finalisation of the monthly Compliance Report.
- Assist the Senior Compliance Officer with the management of onsite and offsite regulatory inspections and reviews, ensuring a structured approach to planning, engagement with the regulators, business support, and timely response to findings.
- Assist with the logging, monitoring, and timely closure of regulatory findings, within agreed timelines
3. Regulatory Engagement & Advisory
- Assist the Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer and Management in providing commercially sound compliance advice and support on allocated regulatory requirements in a professional, practical, and helpful manner.
- Assist the Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer and Management in the preparation of regulatory applications, notifications, returns and submissions.
- Assist in rendering support to stakeholders by providing well researched articles and opinions.
- Liaise with applicable regulators such as Bank of Namibia, Financial Intelligence Centre and Namfisa etc. when required.
COMPETENCY PROFILE
- Demonstrate sound judgement in complex compliance environments.
- Build credibility and effectively influence stakeholders across business and regulatory functions.
- Apply analytical thinking and decision-making to support effective governance and compliance outcomes.
- Ability to interpret and apply legislation and regulations and other regulatory requirements.
- Uphold the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and professional maturity in all engagements.
Minimum requirements
- A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from a recognised university.
- Certification in a professional association such as the Compliance Institute in South Africa (CISA) would be an added advantage
- At least 1 years’ experience in Compliance or Legal preferably in a banking environment.
- Computer literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience within the banking sector.