Job no.: 937
Job title: Trade Analyst
Location: Head Office, Pretoria
Organisation name: Systems Business Support Division
Department description: Financial Surveillance Department
Brief description
Human Resources Department
The main purpose of this position is to provide team leadership in monitoring the receipt of goods or foreign
exchange in respect of import and export transactions, thereby contributing to the maintenance of South Africa’s
balance of payments.
Detailed description
The successful candidate will be responsible for, among others, the following key performance areas:
• Approve applications in line with exchange control regulations and within approved limits.
• Deliver work outputs for the trade platform, including supervising and conducting data analysis and managing
advanced payments.
• Authorise decisions relating to trading exceptions and written application and liaising with other divisions
where exceptions are concerned.
• Propose and implement the refinement and continual improvement of tools, methods and processes in own
functional area.
• Plan work for self and other team members, using discretion in defining and prioritising work for the team.
• Act as a team leader and coach, coordinating and ensuring quality in the execution of work delivered by staff.
• Provide input into team member performance evaluations and development needs.
• Provide regular status updates and consolidated reports as defined to the manager.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, displaying the ability to deliver a coherent and convincing
message.
• Stay abreast of developments in relevant standards, procedures and regulations, holding self, team
members and stakeholders to account.
Job requirements
To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:
• a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Informatics, Statistics or an equivalent (NQF 7) qualification; and
• five to eight years’ experience in an exchange control environment.
The following would be an added advantage:
• experience in leading teams.
Additional requirements include:
• knowledge and skill in;
− industry, organisational and business awareness;
− quality assurance;
− continual improvement;
− risk management and compliance practices and standards;