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• Compile Risk Management Plans for all core
  and high risk compliance requirements
• Enhance and promote a compliance culture
  through awareness activities
• Expeditiously follow up and close on any
  compliance / Audit related findings or action items
• Advise business on any changes in set
  standards/ local requirements (throughout the year)
• Identify business impact for new
  regulatory requirements and escalate upwards as necessary
• Proactively identify control deficiencies
  both within the organization and external sources and take necessary steps
  to address them.
• Identify changes in the pattern of losses,
  analyze trends affecting the segment and take the necessary steps to
  prevent a recurrence.
• Keenly monitor Continuity Management plans
  and close identified gaps
• Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly
  reports to CEO and other stakeholders on company activities within the
  country
• Recommend process improvement areas
  including deletion of obsolete policies and procedures to the CEO.
• Identify and assess the compliance risk
  associated with the organization’s current and proposed future business
  activities, including new products, new business-relationships and any
  extension of operations or network;
• Establish written guidelines to staff and
  service providers on the appropriate implementation of reaching it as far
  as is the laws, regulations, rules and standards through policies and
  procedures (compliance manual, code of conduct);
• Keenly monitor compliance with internal
  policies, procedures and guidelines by performing regular and
  comprehensive compliance risk assessment and testing; report the results
  on a regular basis and promptly as necessary to management and, where
  necessary, the Board of Directors;
• Establish and / or supervise appropriate
  compliance checks and controls.
• Develop and maintain an effective support
  mechanism to enable closure of all compliance related exceptions raised
  within the Organization
• Report non-compliance to the requisite
  departments
• Provide effective and accurate Feedback,
  Reporting & Escalation

• Support the training and coaching of staff
  on the product offering, work flow, procedures and processes of the
  segment
• Identify knowledge/skills gaps and work
  with the Virtual Branch Manager and HC Business Partners to recommend
  appropriate interventions.
• Manage the handover process in accordance
  with laid down procedure
• Manage the on-boarding and probation
  process for new and existing employees
• Make talent recommendations to the
  Regional Manager and the HRBP
• Take part in the unit’s recruitment
  processes whenever applicable
• A member of the unit disciplinary
  management committee. 

• The ideal candidate for the Bayport
  Financial Services Bayport Financial Services Uganda Risk and Compliance Manager
  job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree in a business related field
  from a recognized university.
• Possession of Certificate in Fraud Examination
  is an added advantage
• At least five years’ experience in the
  Risk and Compliance Department at a senior level, preferably at a
  Functional Head level in a regulated Banking or Financial industry
• Certified Risk and Compliance training
  will be an added advantage,
• Practical and demonstrable knowledge and
  experience with the current industry regulatory, statutory and governance
  universe in Uganda,
• The applicant must be a mature and sober
  resource with proven and an impeccable level of professional integrity and
  work ethics, able to work with minimum supervision.

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