Investigations Quality Assurance Financial Crime Officer
2025-05-10T12:59:59+00:00
Absa Bank
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FULL_TIME
kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Banking
Accounting & Finance
2025-05-16T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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Support the Head of Financial Crime Compliance on all Financial Crime related matters. Facilitate operational processes in Financial Crime including but not limited to managing requests from the Regulators, responding to requests for information and business advisory and quality assurance on submitted MI’s from the first lines.
Job Description
Key accountabilities
Regulatory
- Manage Regulatory correspondences
Reporting
- Ensure all reporting is completed and submitted timeously and accurately (all periodic submissions)
Policies
- Ensure effective embedment of financial crime policy and standard requirements into procedure manuals
Advisory
- Advice and guidance on financial crime matters to business
- support business in the effective management of financial crime compliance risks
Issues and Breach Management
- Escalate Issues and Breaches appropriately
- Track issues and breaches to determine the need for adjustment of Financial Crime controls
Investigation
- Conduct quality Assurance on business MI’s
- Conduct quality Assurance on alerts
- Investigate alerts escalated for reporting
Risk Assessment
- Track risk assessment outcomes to closure
Education and experience required
- B-degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting or Law (NQF level no. )
- At least 2 years’ experience in banking or similar field.
Knowledge and skills: (Maximum of 3)
- Specialist knowledge of AML, Sanctions and related policies and standards
- Sound knowledge of AML and Sanctions regulatory frameworks
- Good understanding of the banking industry/financial sector
- Strong Risk Management Skills
- Professional AML/Compliance Certification is an added advantage
Competencies: (Maximum of 5 competencies)
- Deciding and initiating action
- Leading and Supervising
- Persuading and influencing
- Creating and innovating
- Delivering results and meeting expectations
Key accountabilities Regulatory Manage Regulatory correspondences Reporting Ensure all reporting is completed and submitted timeously and accurately (all periodic submissions) Policies Ensure effective embedment of financial crime policy and standard requirements into procedure manuals Advisory Advice and guidance on financial crime matters to business support business in the effective management of financial crime compliance risks Issues and Breach Management Escalate Issues and Breaches appropriately Track issues and breaches to determine the need for adjustment of Financial Crime controls Investigation Conduct quality Assurance on business MI’s Conduct quality Assurance on alerts Investigate alerts escalated for reporting Risk Assessment Track risk assessment outcomes to closure
Competencies: (Maximum of 5 competencies) Deciding and initiating action Leading and Supervising Persuading and influencing Creating and innovating Delivering results and meeting expectations
Education and experience required B-degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting or Law (NQF level no. ) At least 2 years’ experience in banking or similar field.
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Vacancy title:
Investigations Quality Assurance Financial Crime Officer
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Banking, Category: Accounting & Finance]
Jobs at:
Absa Bank
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, May 16 2025
Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, May 10 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Support the Head of Financial Crime Compliance on all Financial Crime related matters. Facilitate operational processes in Financial Crime including but not limited to managing requests from the Regulators, responding to requests for information and business advisory and quality assurance on submitted MI’s from the first lines.
Job Description
Key accountabilities
Regulatory
- Manage Regulatory correspondences
Reporting
- Ensure all reporting is completed and submitted timeously and accurately (all periodic submissions)
Policies
- Ensure effective embedment of financial crime policy and standard requirements into procedure manuals
Advisory
- Advice and guidance on financial crime matters to business
- support business in the effective management of financial crime compliance risks
Issues and Breach Management
- Escalate Issues and Breaches appropriately
- Track issues and breaches to determine the need for adjustment of Financial Crime controls
Investigation
- Conduct quality Assurance on business MI’s
- Conduct quality Assurance on alerts
- Investigate alerts escalated for reporting
Risk Assessment
- Track risk assessment outcomes to closure
Education and experience required
- B-degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting or Law (NQF level no. )
- At least 2 years’ experience in banking or similar field.
Knowledge and skills: (Maximum of 3)
- Specialist knowledge of AML, Sanctions and related policies and standards
- Sound knowledge of AML and Sanctions regulatory frameworks
- Good understanding of the banking industry/financial sector
- Strong Risk Management Skills
- Professional AML/Compliance Certification is an added advantage
Competencies: (Maximum of 5 competencies)
- Deciding and initiating action
- Leading and Supervising
- Persuading and influencing
- Creating and innovating
- Delivering results and meeting expectations
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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