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Job Title:       Compliance
Officer (2 Fresher Job Careers)

Organisation: Bank
of Baroda

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to: Head
Compliance

About US:

The Bank of Baroda
Uganda Limited, also known as the Bank of Baroda Uganda (BBU), is a commercial
bank in Uganda. BBU is involved in all aspects of commercial banking, focusing
on large corporations, small and medium enterprises, and individuals. BBU is a
subsidiary of the Bank of Baroda (BBI), an international bank with headquarters
in Mumbai, India.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• To identify and assess the main compliance risk issues facing the
  institution.
• To report to the Senior Management on any material compliance
  failures (e.g. failures that may attract a significant risk of legal or
  regulatory sanctions, material financial loss or loss to reputation).
• To conduct a compliance risk assessment at least once in a year.
• If some changes in compliance risk profile based on relevant
  measurements are observed such as performance indicators, to apprise the
  senior management about the deficiencies and suggest corrective measures
  to address the deficiencies and to strengthen the measures already
  undertaken by the Bank.
• To coordinate with other risk management functions within the Bank
  and with the internal audit function.
• To obtain necessary information from other departments/branches in
  order to carry out your responsibilities.
• To conduct investigation into the breaches of the compliance policy
  guidelines.
• To express and disclose your findings, if any, to the senior
  management. To assist the senior management to effectively manage the
  institution’s risk.
• To ensure compliance of guidelines of all the policies/manuals of
  the Bank and guidelines of BOU and other local/international authorities.
  To monitor and test compliance by performing sufficient and representative
  compliance testing and report the results of such tests to senior
  management.
• To coordinate with various agencies with regard to Compliance Risk.
  To attend to various notices and correspondences received from Government
  organizations like URA, NWSC, BOU etc.
• To ensure periodical statutory information/ statements are sent
  timely.
• To attend to ERASE / FRMS / AML alerts promptly as AMLCO/AMLRO and
  follow up with branches.
• To carryout “Off-site” compliance test check for KYC-AML
  guidelines for the accounts opened Transactions done by obtaining data
  from DWH.
• Conducting Training/workshop for Branch Heads/staff members for
  creating awareness of compliance Function.
• Forwarding the circulars issued by BOU to respective functional
  departments and ensuring compliance.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• Graduate with a First Class or Upper Second Class degree in any
  field and have reasonable knowledge of compliance function. Candidates
  with certified Anti-Money Laundering specialist (ACAMS) qualification may
  be given preference. Additional qualifications/certificates in relevant
  area will be an added advantage.
• At least two years of experience in compliance Function in a
  Financial Institution.
• Applicant should possess leadership, team building, computer and
  excellent interpersonal communication skills, besides high degree of
  integrity & confidentiality with ability to work with minimum
  supervision.
• Age: Preferably up
  to -30- years. However, Management reserves the right for determining the
  age criteria even beyond -30- years keeping in view the market conditions
  vis-à-vis requirement of the Bank based on experience/ qualifications.

How to Apply:

All candidates
should send typed applications with full C.V., names of two referees with
photocopies of academic/professional/experience certificates, proof of age etc.
should be sent to the Executive Director, Bank of Baroda (Uganda) Limited, 18,
Kampala Road, P.O. Box 7197, Kampala. Uganda

NOTE:

• Envelope containing application must be clearly marked for the
  position applied for.
• Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for selection process
  as decided by the Bank.
• No communication will be sent to the applicants whose applications
  are not found suitable during short-listing process.
• Bank reserves the right to reject/accept any application and to
  relax/alter any condition  without
  assigning any reason.
• Bank reserves the right not to make any appointment as a result of
  the selection process.
• The short-listed candidates will be subjected to written test and/or
  personal interview
• Final selection will be subject to finding the candidate medically
  fit by Bank’s Panel Doctor.
• If any information with regard to Qualification, Age, Experience,
  background checks etc. provided by any applicant to the Bank is found to
  be false at any stage, the Bank reserves the right to cancel his/her
  selection/appointment at any stage.

Deadline: 29^th September 2020 by 3:00pm

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