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FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE (FIC) VACANCIES - 20 APRIL 20226
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE (FIC)
SOLUTIONS DELIVERY LEAD - (533)
Job Title Solutions Delivery Lead
Organizational Unit Financial Intelligence Centre -> Corporate Services -> Information and Communication Technology
Job Type Permanent
Education Bachelors Degree
Career Level skilled and academically qualified
Location Pretoria - Centurion, GP 0157 ZA (Primary)
Travel 0 - 10%
Desired Race African, Coloured
Desired Gender Male
Closing Date 24/4/2026
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE
To provide technical leadership across application development, database management, and support functions, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy. The role oversees delivery and operations to ensure solutions are reliable, scalable, and high quality. It enforces architecture standards, governance, security, and effective release and change management practices. Additionally, it engages stakeholders and builds team capability through mentorship and continuous service improvement.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Technical leadership
• Provide technical leadership across application development, database management, application support functions
• Assume the technical lead role on essential, strategic and operational projects.
• Lead technical design decisions, standards, and technology selection within delegated authority.
Delivery and operations management
• Plan, coordinate, and oversee technical delivery across projects and operational support.
• Manage task prioritisation, resource allocation, and execution across multiple teams.
• Manage resolution of complex technical incidents and systemic issues to ensure service stability across database administration and application support.
• Manage the identification, assessment and remediation of technical risks across database administration and application development and support.
Architecture, design and quality assurance
• Review application and database designs and architectures to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Enforce use of approved design patterns, standards, and reusable components.
Governance and compliance
• Manage the implementation and enforcement of security controls aligned to ISO27001 standard.
• Ensure compliance with ICT policies, processes, governance standards, and audit requirements.
• Ensure alignment of solutions with ICT strategy, enterprise architecture, and governance frameworks.
Release and change management
• Manage the release management processes, including DevOps processes.
• Ensure all changes are tested, approved, and deployed in line with change management standards.
• Manage quality through code reviews, version control, and technical assurance practices and adherence to configuration and deployment practices and discipline.
Performance monitoring and reporting
• Ensure monthly reporting on performance across application development, databases, and application support services.
• Provide visibility into delivery progress, operational health and related risks.
• Develop technical metrics to support informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
Stakeholder engagement
• Lead business and technical stakeholder engagements on delivery progress, risks, and decisions.
• Manage communication of complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Lead the feasibility studies, timelines, and impact of technical initiatives.
People and capability development
• Mentor and coach technical team members to enhance capability and performance.
• Promote knowledge sharing through on-the-job training, documentation, and collaborative practices.
EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• A relevant university ICT degree
• Minimum six-year experience in leading application and database support teams.
• Minimum six-year experience leading IT software development projects
• Minimum six-year experience managing software development projects
• Minimum three-year experience in DevOps and agile methodologies
• ITIL foundation certificate advantage
• ISO27001 certification will be advantageous
• Azure Developer Associate certificate will be advantageous.
• Industry recognised certification in agile methodology will be advantageous
COMPLIANCE OFFICER: GUIDANCE AND OUTREACH
Organizational Unit Financial Intelligence Centre -> Compliance and Prevention
Job Type Permanent
Education Bachelors Degree
Career Level skilled and academically qualified
Location Pretoria - Centurion, GP 0157 ZA (Primary)
Travel 0 - 10%
Desired Race African, Coloured
Desired Gender Male
Closing Date 22/4/2026
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE
To provide guidance to supervisory bodies, accountable institutions and other affected stakeholders regarding the interpretation and application of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act 38 of 2001) (FIC Act).
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
• Provide guidance and outreach expertise regarding supervised institutions, persons and sectors under the FIC Act;
• Engage with external stakeholders to ensure compliance to the FIC Act, exchange information, provide solutions and solve queries, related to standard matters, under guidance;
• Develop a sound understanding of various supervised institutions and sectors under the FIC Act;
• Identify problems and issues experienced within industry sectors affected by the FIC Act;
• Monitor domestic developments which impact on the control measures to combat money laundering and terror financing;
• Provide compliance solutions, solve queries selecting from a set of possible alternatives;
• Critically assess the need for guidance to supervisory bodies, supervised institutions and sectors on the application of the FIC Act;
• Assist in preparing guidance products for approval and issuance;
• Assist in conducting outreach when required;
• Assist in preparing media articles for approval and publication, including engaging with external stakeholders.
EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• Legal Degree (e.g. LLB, BCom Law).
• Qualifications in anti-money laundering and or compliance management would be advantageous.
• Three years' experience in relevant field i.e. compliance/risk experience, including practical experience in the application of compliance methodologies, of which 2 years must be practical experience in the AML/CFT/CPF environment
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• An intermediate to advanced level of computer literacy in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power Point.