National Manager: Trust Administration

SUMMARY:
Think strategy, structure, and serious stakeholder wrangling—with a dash of national leadership flair. Are you the kind of person who dreams in process flows, thrives in a good audit, and secretly loves a trust structure that balances perfectly on a spreadsheet? If you're nodding, reading with a smirk, or already updating your CV, then we’re looking for YOU.

POSITION INFO:
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. You’ll 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 that 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, and 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 it’s broken, you’ll fix it (or rebuild it smarter).

• A Bachelor’s 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.

• High visibility in one of SA’s most trusted financial brands
• Leadership autonomy with strategic influence
• National scale and meaningful impact
• A phenomenal team who’ll back you all the way