Regional Compliance Manager

Job Title

Regional Compliance Manager

Location

Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description

• The role is responsible for overseeing compliance operations within a specific region by ensuring that the bank's activities in the region comply with relevant regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• The role assists in implementing compliance strategies, and monitoring compliance activities, while collaborating with Branch Managers and Internal Control Officers and branch officers to maintain a strong compliance culture and provide guidance on regulatory issues.
• The role also acts as a point of contact with regulatory agencies and assists in audits examinations specific to the region.

Key Result Areas

Compliance Advisory:

• Anticipate and address complex regulatory issues, identify emerging risks, and propose effective solutions.
• Communicate complex compliance issues clearly and persuasively and engage stakeholders in risk-based decision making.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning and improvement, fostering innovation and creativity, and promoting knowledge sharing across the organization.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Understand regulatory requirements applicable to the bank's operations.
• Demonstrate ability to comply with legal requirements and company policies and procedures.
• Possess the ability to identify and report potential compliance issues and risks.
• Participate in training and development programs related to legal compliance.

Risk Management Compliance

• Exhibit in-depth knowledge of the complex regulatory environment related to risk management and compliance in the banking industry.
• Evaluate the level of compliance with regulations related to risk management and compliance.
• Analyze risk management compliance issues.

Compliance Tools and Technologies:

• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of compliance tools and technologies effectively.
• Identify and mitigate advanced compliance risks that arise when using these tools and technologies.
• Understand the underlying technology of these tools and how to integrate them into the overall compliance architecture.
• Design and implement compliance systems and processes that utilize complex technologies.
• Proactively identify ways to improve compliance tools and technologies.
• Train and mentor others in the use of compliance tools and technologies.

Industry Best Practices:

• Apply industry regulations and standards to specific situations.
• Identify and reports potential compliance issues to appropriate stakeholders.
• Analyze and evaluate compliance risks.
• Participate in compliance training and development opportunities.

Compliance Reporting:

• Independently review relevant data sources for accuracy and completeness.
• Identify potential reporting issues and escalate, as necessary.
• Accurately complete complex reports using established processes and templates.
• Demonstrate significant knowledge of relevant software and data systems used for reporting.

Stakeholder Engagement (Regulators):

• Independently review relevant data sources for accuracy and completeness.
• Identify potential issues on responses to request and escalate where necessary.
• Accurately complete reports/observations analysis using established processes and templates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Banking & Finance, Business Administration, Law or any related field.
• 8-10 years cognate experience
• Additional academic qualification is an advantage.
• Relevant Professional certification (CIBN, DCP, ACAMs, ACA, ACCA, ICAN etc) is an advantage.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.