This role is responsible for providing regulatory compliance expertise and guidance in an advisory capacity to business stakeholders to support strategic initiatives and manage compliance risk. This involves advising and risk stewardship to the business function to ensure appropriate compliance programs, policies, procedures, and other controls are in place and operating effectively, satisfying supervisory obligations and regulatory expectations.
Roles & Responsibilities
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the business model, strategy, and products and services to provide substantive oversight, support, and challenge to enable sustainable business growth.
Build and maintain an effective and constructive relationship with business and support functions stakeholders, providing timely, responsive, and quality compliance-related advice and guidance.
Provide advice, analysis (and challenge when appropriate) to the business and functional department, including product design, new business initiatives, projects, remedial activities, and transactional advice.
Provide timely advice to the business and Support functions to ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies (including those relating to AML and KYC/CDD) and support the transition to proactive and pre-emptive compliance risk mitigations.
Review business responses and Support functions to regulatory feedback to ensure compliance issues raised are appropriately responded to and necessary corrective actions are initiated.
Proactively look for ways to improve the business and Support functions control environment by considering what could go wrong and how errors could be prevented.
Identify and assess sources of compliance risks in the bank and ensure that system and controls are appropriate to mitigate and manage risks within acceptable risk tolerance levels.
Maintain adequate management MI / trackers across all aspects of compliance coverage and responsibility to ensure all issues are tracked, followed, regularly assessed, and reported on, including oversight of risk acceptance and/or mitigating action plans, identification, and management of high-risk clients.
Provide reports to the relevant business risk and control committees and management teams on key compliance risks and issues.
Support the development and implementation of compliance programs with a focus on refining existing programs and development of new programs in response to evolving regulatory, legal, and business requirements.
Any other duties assigned from upper authority.
Competencies
Good understanding and appreciation of compliance risk management practices.
Good understanding of current and anticipated regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations.
Strong analytical skills and confidence in interrogating data, processes, and interviewing stakeholders.
Qualifications and Experience Required
Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university preferably in Law, Economics, Finance, Risk Management, or related discipline.
Any additional relevant compliance-related professional certifications will be an added advantage.
At least 5 years of banking experience in Compliance, Risk management, or a similar field.
How to Apply
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