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Ethics and Compliance - Assurance and Governance Lead, Ethics Officer, Risk Manager, Ethics Manager, Senior Audit Manager
Location: Gauteng, South Africa 12 work roles 8 schools
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Ethics and Compliance - Assurance and Governance Lead, Ethics Officer, Risk Manager, Ethics Manager, Senior Audit Manager
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Glenn Smith previously worked as Ethics and Compliance - Governance & Assurance Lead at Massmart and Ethics and Compliance - Continuous Improvement Team Lead at Massmart. Glenn Smith holds Certificate Of Attendance At Ethics Officer Certification, Ethics, Certificate Of Attendance At Ethics Officer Certification from Ethics Institute Of South Africa.

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I have worked for the Massmart Group for the past 32 years. My tenure with Massmart has provided exposure to many related roles and whilst the roles did differ, they held strong associations. My movements within the Group were promotional and changes in portfolios were the result of being approached for opportunities or the result of my need for growth in exposure.The responsibilities I held ranged from Internal Audit to Audit Management at various levels, included management within operations and transitioned into Ethics, Risk and Compliance. I played a big role in keeping people honest, protecting business, mitigating risk and was assigned many projects to problem solve material issues that arose.I have been able to be independent within the roles and have also led teams of various sizes and various levels.I am a driven individual who operates well with freedom within a framework. I adapt well to change and have the agility to identify and bring about change with both disciplines with which I have an understanding or that are new to myself.I have spent most of my career working with peers at various levels and have confidence in dealing with executive and board members.

12 roles

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Ethics And Compliance - Governance & Assurance Lead

South Africa

This role supported the Ethics and Compliance Centre of Excellence.Key responsibilities included –• It was responsible for relationships with Assurance Providers both internal and external for the agreeing to review approach and plan, attaining of review results, and determining whether remedial action was at the right level as agreed to by the business. This included working to and creation of a combined assurance model for the Massmart Group.• Working with the Ethics and Compliance team with regard to improvements to the maturity levels for each of the subject matter areas within the COE. This included the evidentiary proof of the im-provements which were shared with Walmart.• Management of the budgets, financials and expenditure control and justification for associated Ethics and Compliance spend. This included becoming involved in RFP for future tenders for the provision of services where compliance orientated for the Group.• Managed and maintained the central repository of Subject Matter Programmes, Documentation, Poli-cies, Procedures, Assurance Provider Results and attended to all submissions that Walmart re-quired.• Managed all maturity assessment reviews over all subject matters for improvement in controls from manual process into automation.• Managed a Systems and Analytics Team within Ethics and Compliance which provided systems support for all E&C Systems and provided analytics for reporting, risk identification and remediation.• Managed and compiled all Ethics and Compliance business continuity plans.

Jul 2016 - Aug 2023

Ethics And Compliance - Continuous Improvement Team Lead

Gauteng, South Africa

The role was responsible for overseeing, ensuring, & aligning company Ethics & Compliance (E&C) strategy for Africa. The position developed & implemented strategies to attract & maintain a highly skilled & engaged workforce, cultivated an environment where employees respected & adhered to company standards of integrity & ethics, & developed & leveraged productive internal & external partnerships & networks for the achievement of business goals.Key responsibilities included -Ensures E&C improvement by -• Overseeing the execution of E&C assessments by the CI Team.• Aligning E&C monitoring & response strategy.• Communicating E&C goals & initiatives.• Collaborating with stakeholders on risk mitigation plans.• Developing proactive strategies to respond to E&C risks.• Building & sustaining relationships across functional & organizational boundaries to achieve continued improvement.• Communicating & obtaining support for E&C initiatives.• Adapting E&C initiatives to a changing environment.• Supporting effective execution of E&C initiatives.Oversees implementation & management of market E&C Systems & Analytics (S&A) by -• Managing E&C S&A resources for support initiatives, reporting & analytics & systems project management.• Consulting with stakeholders on the development, execution, support, & adoption of S&A projects.• Ensuring market-specific requirements were in the development of global systems.• Reporting & alerts to stakeholders to allow for preventive, proactive, & predictive action.• Seeking corporate support aimed to optimize systems.• Benchmarking new methodologies & practices to identify & improve results.Supports advancement of E&C maturity by -• Managing assignment of resources for project development & execution.• Consulting & coordinating with E&C stakeholders on the execution of projects.• Using data to identify & recommend improvements to stakeholders.• Collaborating with leadership to ensure alignment with corporate objectives.

Jan 2014 - Jun 2016

Ethics Officer & Finance Manager - Risk And Compliance

Gauteng, South Africa

To manage the Risk & Compliance team which included a Paralegal and Compliance Manager & our associated efforts.Key areas of responsibility -• Ethics Officer - Recipient of all Tip-Offs reports - Ensured that Ethics matters were referred, investigated, resolved & closed - Attended to any Ethics issues received internally & ensured that these attended to - Ensured that ethical culture was maintained - Worked with HR Director in attending to sensitive & material matters & ensuring that the required action is taken - Attended & partook in the Massmart Ethics Forum• Legal Compliance - Anti-Corruption/Legislation/Bylaws/Regulation• Risk & Compliance• Governance• Conflicts, Representations, Declarations and DOA• Legal• Investigations/Forensic• Insurance• Policy & Process Gate Keeper• Project ManagementKey Achievements• CEOs Annual Citation - Issued by Makro CEO - Oct-11• Group Ethics Officer Citation - Issued by Massmart CEO - Oct-11• This was the first division within Massmart that introduced this role, I facilitated the development of this role which lead to the introduction of this role and the associated standards to all other Massmart Divisions• Successfully managed and coordinated the Due Diligence of Fruitspot.• Project managed a Food Safety Program• Managed and coordinated the initial groundwork required for the POPI Act within Makro• Managed and collaborated with forensic, legal and loss adjuster teams in regard to fraud which led to prejudice of R14-m. This matter resulted in – - Successful dismissal of employees and management involved - A fidelity insurance recovery of costs and losses of R13-m - Involvement in civil action leading to successful settlements with customers involved which covered the amount settled by insurance including the deductible - Involvement in criminal proceedings against individuals which included working with NPA, preparation of criminal papers & testifying as the complainant in commercial crimes court

Jan 2008 - Jan 2014

Senior Audit Manager

Gauteng, South Africa

Key Achievements• Managed and coordinated Due Diligence exercises for Builders Warehouse, De La Rey (Builders Warehouse Western Cape), and Servistar (Builders Express Eastern Cape).• Collaborated with Price Waterhouse Coopers to facilitate a full QAR (Quality Assurance Review) of Massmart Internal Audit.• Managed the relationships with the CEOs, CFOs, Board, Executive, and Business for Makro and Builders Warehouse.• Managed and coordinated an internal team within Internal Audit in regard to the development of a standard operating procedures manual and all associated policies and templates that were approved, accepted and implemented for usage within Massmart Internal Audit.

Jan 2003 - Jan 2008

Group Internal Audit Manager

South Africa

Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

Internal Audit Manager

Gauteng, South Africa

Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

Internal Auditor

Gauteng, South Africa

Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

Store Administration Executive / Manager

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

This portfolio was responsible for managing all administrative functions within a Makro Store, this included - Executive Duties in caretaking of the store, Managing Budgets, Financials and Spend, Goods Receiving, Stock Control, Loss Prevention, Front End, Cash Office, Maintenance, Administration Office, & Computer Room. This included owning relationships with all contracted services, i.e. Security, Cleaning, Waste Removal, Deep Cleaning, etc. The team comprised a compliment of +- 280 permanent & contract staff.

Jan 1994 - Jan 1997

Internal Auditor

Gauteng, South Africa

Jan 1989 - Sep 1991

Articled Clerk

Karlin, Taback, Pelkowitz And Co.

Gauteng, South Africa

Jan 1986 - Jan 1989

National Service

South African Defence Force

Gauteng, South Africa

Jan 1984 - Dec 1985
8 education records

Glenn Smith education

Certificate Of Attendance At Ethics Officer Certification, Ethics, Certificate Of Attendance At Ethics Officer Certification

Ethics Institute Of South Africa

Graduate Managers Qualification, Business Administration And Management, General, Bachelors

Masters In Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General, Masters

Post Graduate Diploma In Management, Business Administration And Management, General, Post Graduate Diploma

Higher Diploma In Information Technology Auditing, Information Technology Auditing, Higher Diploma In Information Technology Auditing

Richard Cascarino And Associates

Diploma In Information Technology Auditing, Information Technology Auditing, Diploma In It Auditing

Richard Cascarino And Associates

Matric, Schooling, Matric

St. Andrews School Bloemfontein
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Glenn Smith is listed as Ethics and Compliance - Assurance and Governance Lead, Ethics Officer, Risk Manager, Ethics Manager, Senior Audit Manager.

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Glenn Smith is based in Gauteng, South Africa.

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Glenn Smith has worked for Massmart, Makro South Africa, Metcash, Karlin, Taback, Pelkowitz And Co., and South African Defence Force.

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Glenn Smith holds Certificate Of Attendance At Ethics Officer Certification, Ethics, Certificate Of Attendance At Ethics Officer Certification from Ethics Institute Of South Africa.

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