About the position
FIC is an equal opportunity employer. Preference will be given to suitably qualified INDIAN MALES applicants in line with our Employment Targets and our commitment to diversifying our workforce.
JOB PURPOSE
To manage the activities and output of multi-disciplinary analytical team(s) who are responsible to gather, analyse, interpret and represent financial and relevant intelligence in support of the Financial Intelligence Centre's mandate.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
• Work in conjunction with other divisions within the FIC, other government departments / agencies and relevant role players to ensure access to appropriate information.
• Advise senior management of regulatory, legislative and financial intelligence challenges when appropriate and offer solutions where required.
• Manage the increased utilization of financial intelligence reports by stakeholders
• Promote the increase stakeholder awareness of FIC products
• Manage the prioritization of highly technical financial Intelligence cases
• Conduct presentations of highly technical nature to informed audiences.
• Represent the organisation at designated working groups, meetings, conferences, and seminars and to contribute towards informed decision making.
• Build and maintain professional relationships with relevant stakeholders
• Manage the overall performance output of the unit, aligned with FIC's targets and stakeholders expectations
• Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure targets are achieved within agreed deadlines and standards
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES
People management
• Establishes and manages workflows and plans and ensures clarity around accountabilities
• Ensure that the areas objectives are met by scheduling and prioritizing the activities, allocation of work, resourcing and individual's performance so that the highest level of output and quality is achieved
• Manages performance and encourages and enables teamwork and collaboration
• Supports the development and career growth of staff, including input into the priority development needs of staff
• Work in conjunction with other divisions within the FIC, other government departments / agencies and relevant role players to ensure access to appropriate information.
• Advise senior management of regulatory, legislative and financial intelligence challenges when appropriate and offer solutions where required.
• Manage the increased utilization of financial intelligence reports by stakeholders
• Promote the increase stakeholder awareness of FIC products
• Manage the prioritization of highly technical financial Intelligence cases
• Conduct presentations of highly technical nature to informed audiences.
• Represent the organisation at designated working groups, meetings, conferences, and seminars and to contribute towards informed decision making.
• Build and maintain professional relationships with relevant stakeholders
• Manage the overall performance output of the unit, aligned with FIC's targets and stakeholders expectations
• Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure targets are achieved within agreed deadlines and standards
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES
People management
• Establishes and manages workflows and plans and ensures clarity around accountabilities
• Ensure that the areas objectives are met by scheduling and prioritizing the activities, allocation of work, resourcing and individual's performance so that the highest level of output and quality is achieved
• Manages performance and encourages and enables teamwork and collaboration
• Supports the development and career growth of staff, including input into the priority development needs of staff
Resources management
• Manage allocated resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery
• Makes recommendation on resources and budgetary requirements for annual planning purposes
• Controls costs through effective management of principle business or operating process variables
• Operationalizes plans and deploys resources to meet clearly calculated plans and objectives over a typical bi-annual horizon
• Directs, controls and enhances resources to produce operating results and meet specific objectives and deliver agreed results
Governance, Risk management, Compliance
• Ensure compliance with code of conduct, policies. procedures and legislative requirements
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of divisional and organizational policies
• Makes changes to improve performance and reduce risk
Planning and organizing
• Defines and manages delivery of the outcomes of the section
• Directly plans and reports on units' outputs; Identifies any possible deviations and problems which will affect output and develops and implement alternative plans.
• Develop and plan functional units quarterly plan in line with the Divisional annual plan.
• Reports on work plans - achievement of quantity, quality and time targets.
EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE
• A relevant degree (analysis, investigation, law) is a prerequisite (NQF 7 aligned).
• A relevant honors / master's degree will be an advantage.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience in Investigation
• A minimum of 5 years management experience
• Anti-money laundering training or practical experience in the field of combating the proceeds of crime is a prerequisite.
• Applied knowledge of the Constitution / Criminal Procedure Act / the intelligence cycle / the POCA and FIC Act as well as the law of evidence.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of working with the domestic criminal justice and security cluster value chain and an understanding of the domestic financial regulatory framework.
• Sound knowledge and experience using the Microsoft Office suite and Excel.
• Ability to gain cooperation and persuasion of others based on relevant experience and applied skills
