Job Title Continuing Obligations Officer
Reporting To (Job Title) Supervisor
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Town / City Sandton
Division Issuer & Investor Relations
Department Continuing Obligations
Job Summary
The Continuing Obligations Officer role is within our Continuing Obligations Department.
Responsibilities / Outputs Review daily financial reports and obligatory announcements or communications to the JSE
Analyse, interpret and regulate the information
Ascertain impact the Continuing Obligations of listed companies
Monitor timely issue of financial information and other obligatory disclosures
Identify compliance with and investigate matters of non-compliance with the Listings Requirements (mainly Sections 3, 4, 8, 21, Schedule 18), including criteria for listing, shareholder spread, corporate governance, directors remuneration and interests, profit, headline earnings, Annual Compliance Certificate, CEO & Chairman, secondary listing annual letter
Update the S drive, LID, RDS and verify the capturing of any information on CRM and RDS
Audit opinion & Trading Statements
Liaise with sponsors/DAs (both verbal & written) and listed companies
Checking mailing list updates and changes
Preparation & issue of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports
EFT, ABS, debt security, property, mining, investment & warrant issuers’ compliance
Monitor the timely issue of corporate action circulars
Publication in the press
Address requests for dispensation/extension to the listings requirements
Responding to queries and requests for reports and addressing complaints
Follow ups and resolution of outstanding matters or non-compliance issues
Company Cautionaries and annotations
Generate necessary annotation and ensure that it is actioned by all JSE parties
Ongoing maintaining Excel Spreadsheet, & RDS
Liaise with Sponsors/DAs (both verbal & written), Listed Companies
Mailing List update and maintaining
Financial Report status ( Interims, Provisionals & Annuals)
Letters, invoicing & report running - Drafting of:
14 day Warnings for Interim/Provisional Reports
5 month Reminders for Final/Annual results
Non compliance with financial reporting and other obligatory matters
Warnings, final warnings, (private and public censures)
ETF quarterly report
Generating of Invoices for all LID instructions
Press Releases (censures) by the JSE
Arranging, drafting, verifying information
Advising Management timeously of inclusion
7. Changes in financial year end, auditors and sponsors
Monitor and put company on terms in the event of changes to reporting periods
Ensure compliance with respect to resignation and appointment of auditors (audit register rules) and sponsors/DAs
8. Data Alignment Discrepancy Report
Identify and resolve discrepancies
Update report on a daily basis
Re-populate templates to adjust any discrepancies.
Compile report on what caused the discrepancies
9. Board
Monitor all announcements regarding the appointment and resignation of directors.
All announcements must comply with the listings requirements
Follow-up on schedule 21(directors declarations)
Monitor the minimum number of directors
Keep and update information in relation to censures by Continuing Obligations
Monitor and investigate compliance with the dealings by directors
Financial Director appointments and resignations
10. Suspended Companies
Maintain and follow up on monthly & quarterly updates for suspended companies
Advise on latest state of affairs for listed companies as and when requested by the Committee
Liaise (verbal and written) with companies and sponsors/DAs
11. Cash Shells
Maintain and enforce requirements on cash companies as stipulated in the Listings Requirements
Advise on latest state of affairs for listed companies as and when requested by the Committee
Maintain & update records
Liaise (both verbal and written)with companies and sponsors/DAs
Experience
Understanding of JSE Listings Requirements and the King Code
Companies’ Act
Regulations in Finance
Customer/Market knowledge
Computer literacy (Intermediate level for Office 2007 MS-Word, MS-Excel, Outlook) – must be able to create and edit files; create small Excel macros
Skills Post matric qualification preferred i.e. CIS, B Com, Forensics
Intellectual - Analytical Thinking, Information Scanning, Judgement, Lateral Thinking, Logical Reasoning, Memory, Organising.
Strong interpersonal skills - Listening, Writing, Speaking/Verbal Expression, Observing, Describing.
Self - Courage Impulse Control, Integrity Self-esteem, Self-expression, attention to detail
Must be able to work under pressure and meet required deadlines
Guide and assist the junior members of the Cont. Obl. team
Personality Traits Sense of Urgency, Data Orientation, Result Orientation, Sense of Humour, Learning Orientation,
Assertiveness, Service Orientation, Supportiveness, Optimism, Professionalism.
Must take the initiative
Maturity
Customer orientated
[ ] Equity Statement
Preference will be given to all Employment Equity (EE) candidates based on the JSE's commitment to transformation.
The JSE Limited ("the JSE") will endeavour, where possible, to allow for a minimum period of four weeks from the date of placing a recruitment advertisement. The four week period is applied at the sole discretion of the JSE and may be varied by the JSE at any stage in the recruitment process. The JSE reserves the right, in the event that the four week period is shortened, for whatever reason, to inform only such candidates (either internal or external) who have applied or have been interviewed for the position advertised. The JSE therefore encourages all potential candidates to apply as soon as a position is advertised.
Deadline: 28/04/2012
Apply to:
http://jse.erecruit.co.za/candidateapp/Browse.aspx
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