Senamile Nhlabatsi

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to establish clear compliance guidelines and expectations for all departments.
• Managed investigations into potential violations of laws or regulations, ensuring swift resolution and corrective actions when necessary.
• Reviewed documents, files, transcripts, and other records to assess compliance and potential risk.
• Developed comprehensive training programs for employees, fostering a culture of compliance throughout the organization.
• Streamlined compliance processes by implementing efficient monitoring systems and tools.
• Enhanced overall business operations by continuously improving policies, procedures, and controls related to compliance requirements.
• Maintained effective working relationships with regulatory authorities, suppliers and customers.
• Prepared records and data for regular audits.
• Formulated detailed recommendations based on audit findings to support annual planning and definition of goals.
• Conducted thorough internal audits to ensure adherence to regulatory standards and best practices.

• Provide legal oversight on the implementation of the organization’s policies
• Contribute to the formation of institutional policy and strategic development
• Drafting new policies and amending of old policies
• Draft and amend agreements and arrangements with partners
• Review legislation, forecast the impact it will have on the organization and develop policy and procedures accordingly to ensure statutory obligation
• Prepare legal budget
• Manage legal cases with external attorneys
• Present compliance report to the Audit and Risk Committee
• Oversee the implementation of the risk and compliance framework within the organization
• Provide assistance to external counsel on matters of litigation
• Manage cases reported on Ethics Point
• Conduct investigations and make recommendations following cases reported on whistle-blowing platforms.

Legal

• Providing pragmatic and robust legal advice to all staff within the Corporation and the Board
• Draft, scrutinize, negotiate and provide advice on the implementation of all agreements, contracts and other formal arrangements for operational activities of the corporation
• Provide legal oversight on the implementation of the Corporation’s policies and governance
• Contribute to the formation of institutional policy and strategic development
• Draft, amend and negotiate loan agreements, equity participation, grants and other financing and co-financing agreements and arrangements with partners
• Review legislation, forecast the impact it will have on the corporation and develop policy and procedures accordingly to ensure statutory obligation
• Prepare Unit budget and work plan
• Provide assistance to external counsel on matters of litigation

Risk and Compliance

• Developing compliance program for the corporation consistent with laws and regulations
• Ensuring compliance with applicable domestic law and regulations
• Ensuring compliance with AML/CFT requirements; in particular, account activity reviews and investigations to identify unusual and suspicious transactions
• Ensuring compliance with the Corporation’s internal policies
• Ensuring compliance with the Corporate Compliance Policy, Corporate Governance Policy, Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Policy and the Whistle Blower Policy
• Responding to regulatory findings, deficiencies and violations
• Monitoring resolution of consumer complaints and maintaining effective documented compliance program
• Conducting internal investigations of employee activities where there are violations of Corporation Policies or regulations
• Overseeing the records retention program, with appropriate attention to safeguarding customer privacy
• Perform risk assessments to understand the level, significance and scope of risk for AML / CFT
• Developing the annual compliance work plan that reflects the institution's highest risks that will be monitored by the compliance function as determined by conducting a mandatory annual risk assessment using an enterprise wide approach
• Reporting on a regular basis on the progress of implementation, and assisting the components in establishing methods to improve efficiency and quality of services, and to reduce the vulnerability to fraud, abuse, corruption, money laundering, terrorist financing and wasteful expenditure

Board Secretary

• Provide guidance within the organization on matters of ethics, good corporate governance, compliance and legal matters, particularly those relating to Public Enterprise (Control) Act, Financial Services Regulatory Act and the Anti Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (Prevention) Act, Consumer Credit Act and King Reports to ensure the company operates within acceptable governance principles
• Oversee the compilation of Board’s agenda and packs and review the content to ensure required standard and quality to facilitate the Board in decision making process
• Manage the maintenance of the Corporation’s governance manual by developing and maintaining policies and procedures on governance related issues to ensure information is up to date and relevant and adheres to good governance practices
• Provide strategic direction to ensure the seamless operation of the Board’s Committees
• Attend and record the proceedings of the Board meetings to ensure adherence to good governance and keeping of company records
• Oversee the maintenance of information, both manually and electronically and complete all documentation and file accordingly to ensure up to date records.

• Consulting and drafting company documents for foreign investors
• Preparing and drafting contracts
• Advising foreign and domestic investors tax issues
• Drafting and implement policies of the Authority
• Ensuring that there are internal systems of control so that compliance with policies is achieved
• Assist Investors comply with the laws of Eswatini
• Being a Secretariat of the Swaziland Textile and Traders Association (STATA)
• Advising investors about laws they have to comply with when transacting in foreign currency
• Drafting legal opinion on different legal problems
• Assisting investors acquire property
• Set up and facilitate meetings between foreign investors and local stakeholders
• Production of periodic synopsis as they fall due: weekly, monthly and quarterly
• Participation in forums that spearhead the implementation of the Eswatini Investor Roadmap.

• Defending Government in civil matters in the High Court, Industrial Court and the Magistrate Court
• Drafting legal opinion for various Government institution
• Preparing and drafting Court papers
• Writing letters of demand
• Representing Government in quasi-judicial bodies.

• Consulting with client and rendering legal advice to clients
• Representing clients in Magistrate Court, Industrial Court and CMAC
• Drafting legal opinion for clients
• Preparing and drafting court papers
• Preparing and drafting letter of demand.

• Consulting with clients and rendering legal opinion
• Preparing and drafting court papers
• Representing clients in the Magistrate Court, Industrial Court and CMAC.