Compliance Manager - Johannesburg at Relx

Responsibilities:

Compliance

• Ensuring compliance with data protection laws including POPIA and GDPR, in consultation with Holding Company Privacy team
• Establishing, implement, and maintain a regulatory compliance management framework and function in line with risk management framework and group/holding company requirements.
• Creating, update, and monitor compliance with primary and secondary legislation.
• Assisting business in creating processes to mitigate identified compliance risks.
• Training employees on compliance policies and legislation, including drafting training materials.
• Addressing compliance-related queries from within the business
• analysing legislation and advise business on regulatory changes impacting compliance management.
• Ensuring compliance with holding company internal audit requirements annually

Legal

• Centralizing the legal process within the Group of Companies
• Acting as intermediary between the company, its lawyers, and any legal business requirements
• Drawing up and review company commercial agreements (e.g., service level agreements, independent contractor agreements, NDAs, sponsorships, license agreements, management contracts)
• Reviewing external commercial agreements from clients and suppliers in consultation with the Department Head
• Assisting with acquisition and due diligence documentation in consultation with FD/MD/Holding company
• Managing trademark registrations in consultation with Holding Company IP team and lawyers
• Containing legal costs within the allocated annual spend
• Updating and manage all agreements per Holding Company requirements and applicable laws.

Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity

• Managing the Disaster Recovery (DR) process annually in conjunction with holding company and business unit.
• Addressing concerns and improve systems based on annual DR testing results.
• Liaising Quarterly with Department Heads to ensure Recovery Task Lists are current.
• Managing the Business Continuity process and keep documentation updated based on Department Heads' inputs.
• Conducting annual Business Continuity Plan (BCP) testing and implement improvements based on testing results.
• Training staff on BCP annually.
• Budgeting for future expenses related to DR/BCP planning.

Requirements

• Possess LLB degree.
• Have an understanding of rules, laws, regulations, and standard industry practice of the exhibitions sector.
• Experience reviewing and drafting contracts and policies.
• Sound understanding of administrative and contractual law.
• Have knowledge of commercial law, contract law, and commercial transactions law
• Possess Analytical skills for quick analysis of applicable landscape and outcomes.
• Have basic financial understanding.
• Have the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.