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We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Governance Officer
Job ID: 485344
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Function: Legal & Compliance
Regular/Temporary: Permanent
Full/Part Time: Full time
Role Purpose
- The Governance Officer is to provide oversight and support to the management of all financial crime risks in the Country through the implementation of the financial crime control framework and ensure escalation to relevant stakeholders and Committee.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate/generate MI and ensure visibility to right stakeholders
- Interpret MI and provide covering analysis for Committees
- Track/report all remedial actions (audit, CMRs, exams, RA etc.)
- Execute the Region Risk Assessment methodology in country
- Drive the development of risk mitigation action plans through relevant committees
- Review country risk assessment frameworks and identify enhancement opportunities
- Perform compliance monitoring / assurance work to ensure that all transactions are carried out within the defined risk appetite
- Implement key risk indicators for the business lines to adopt
- Ensure SLAs are in place for all activities provided by the GSSC or Regional FCC so as to optimize business performance
- Track closure of issues
- Coordinate audit responses
Stakeholders Relations:
- Partner with colleagues across the Bank to help drive a culture of risk awareness and proactive risk identification and assessment
- Work closely with the Regional’s Governance function and their teams, ensuring there is a consistent message to country FCC, and dealing with country issues as they come up
- Support the business in managing regulatory relationships where FCC issues are a problem.
Core Competencies
Category Competency Proficiency Level:
- Execute Compliance Governance, Frameworks and Models Partner with the business to make decisions based on the knowledge and interpretation of current and possible future policies, practices, trends and information of financial crime Intermediate
- Develop and implement financial crime compliance arrangements/frameworks (programs, policies and procedures) for bank and business lines Advanced
- Deliver effective FCC/Sanctions/AML/ABC training programs to meet the training needs of the business Advanced
- Implement Identification, Monitoring, Testing, and Reporting Implement FCC/sanctions/AML/ABC risks identification and assessment and advise business on the findings Advanced
- Partner with Business and Operational Risk to identify and mitigate financial compliance risks Advanced
- Manage FCC Regulatory Relationships Participate in regulatory and supervisory meetings and consultations Intermediate
- Partner with legal counsels for matters regarding individual liability and country Intermediate
Qualifications and Skills
- A minimum of a second class degree in a related field.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online