Team Leader, Financial Crime Compliance Jobs – Stanbic Bank Uganda

Job Title:  Team Leader, Financial Crime Compliance

Organisation: Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited

Duty Station:   Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited is a subsidiary of Stanbic Africa Holdings Limited which is in turn owned by Standard Bank Group Limited (“the Group”), Africa’s leading banking and financial services group. The Standard Bank Group is the leading banking group focused on emerging markets. It is the largest African banking group ranked by assets and earnings. Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited is the largest bank in Uganda by assets and market capitalization. It offers a full range of banking services through two business units; Personal and Business Banking (PBB), and Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB).

Job Summary:   To manage the Money Laundering Surveillance Investigations Team, focusing on escalated and high-profile investigations, in order for the Bank to meet its reporting obligations, legislative and regulatory requirements and to mitigate AML / CFT risks. This is essential in order to ensure that the Bank is conducting business in a compliant manner to avoid operational losses, fines, penalties or reputational damage to the organisation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Risk, Regulatory, Prudential & Compliance

• Stay abreast of money laundering and terrorist financing trends and typologies in order to utilise this information during the course of high-profile investigations to create awareness around new modus operandi and to identify potential risks.
• Provide specialist knowledge and leadership to the team, to enable the development, maintenance and implementation of the relevant part of the Functional Framework (covering typically strategy, policy, process, procedures, standards, objectives, metrics, reporting and governance) in order to significantly contribute to the assurance that business is undertaken in a compliant manner to avoid operational losses, fines, penalties or reputational damage.

Technology & Architecture

• Contribute in the setting of the functional area’s technology plan in the context of the Group Compliance Function’s plan and Group IT plan. Provide domain expertise to develop the relevant technological requirements. Adhere to and implement the relevant technology standards developed by the IT Function.

Strategy

• Contribute, as and when required by the line manager, by providing specialised input for the definition and / or maintenance of the functional area’s strategy. Contribute towards strategic analysis efforts by providing strategic intelligence gathered from high profile investigations.
• Deliver holistically on all the regulatory and internal reporting requirements. Inter alia – Provide accurate and insightful statistics, dashboards, MI, strategic information and reports regarding high profile matters and to highlight escalations to the line manager, Compliance Manco Team, Governance Committees. Oversee the reporting to the  Regulator.

Client

• Manage and / or execute client facing activities, both internal and external, in line with the agreed policies, procedures and service level agreements.

People

• Lead and manage the team to deliver in accordance with the Functional Framework, including execution of the employee performance appraisal process and the coaching of the team members to grow as individuals and to perform their duties.

Data

• Deliver holistically on all the regulatory and internal reporting requirements. Inter alia – Provide accurate and insightful statistics, dashboards, MI, strategic information and reports regarding high profile matters and to highlight escalations to the line manager, Compliance Manco Team, Governance Committees. Oversee the reporting to the  Regulator.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Type of Qualification: First Degree
• Field of Study: Risk Management/Bachelors in Commerce/Finance & Accounting/Audit/Banking/Legal
• Certification such as CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or ICA (International Compliance Association) will be an added advantage.

Experience Required

• 3-4 years Experience in Analytics, Fraud, Money Laundering and Combatting Financing of Terrorism Surveillance.
• 3-4 years Experience in Money Laundering investigations in conjunction with regulatory reporting  Banking systems & data and how to utilize in investigations. Analysis of AML/CFT indicators/trends. Dealing with stakeholders at different levels, internal & external.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Checking Details
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Exploring Possibilities
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Providing Insights
• Taking Action
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Compliance
• Fraud Detection and Management
• Legal Compliance
• Promote Good Governance, Risk & Control
• Risk Management

How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to join the one of Africa’s biggest Banking Groups, Standard Bank in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to Apply Online by visiting Link below.

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