National Manager: Trust Administration
Executive Placements · Mamelodi
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Our client a leading name in financial services is on the hunt for a visionary leader to run the show (and we mean, the whole show) for their national Trust Services operation. Youll lead teams, standardise processes, manage systems, tame risks, delight clients, and do it all without dropping a compliance ball.
Your Mission (should you choose to accept it)
• Build and deliver the national Trust Admin strategy (not just PowerPoint slides the real thing). • Own operations across all branches, ensuring trust files, systems, and stakeholder promises are always in sync. • Be the heartbeat between branches, IT, legal, risk, finance, and external service providers. (Yes, you're basically the glue.) • Oversee trusts end-to-end from onboarding New-To-Bank clients, to exits, reviews, audits, and reconciliations. • Champion compliance (FICA, FATCA, FSCA, SARS, PA, Master of the High Court yes, we speak fluent acronym). • Lead and mentor top-performing teams across SA your leadership sets the tone. • Stay two steps ahead of regulators, risk teams and reputational surprises. • Shape the future of trust systems and tools if its broken, youll fix it (or rebuild it smarter). Youll Bring:
• A Bachelors Degree (Commerce, Law, Risk or something equally brainy). • 2+ years of senior-level fiduciary experience with multi-branch oversight. • Strong knowledge of trust laws, compliance frameworks, and all things governance. • Confidence in strategy, leadership, tax talk, and turning chaos into clean reports. • The kind of charm that makes auditors, trustees, clients and team members trust your every word. Why this role? Because this is no middle-management seat this is command central for a fast-paced, high-impact, purpose-led trust business. Youll drive real change, build stronger operations, and make sure that what matters most peoples legacies are administered with precision and care.
Perks? Think
- High visibility in one of SAs most trusted financial brands
- Leadership autonomy with strategic influence
- National scale, meaningful impact
- A phenomenal team wholl back you all the way
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