Recruitment for Team Member, Regulatory Liaison at United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) – Enugu & Rivers
Posted by: Frank Cis || Categories: Jobs
Application Closing Date
7th February, 2022.
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria UBA has grown to become a pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Team Member, Regulatory Liaison
Locations:Â Enugu and Port Harcourt – Rivers
Resposnibilities
Build and Maintain Cordial Relationships with Law Enforcement Officers:
- Identify the relevant role players in accordance with business requirements and dependencies
- Build a trust relationship with Law Enforcement Officers
- Compile a database of major role players among the agencies
- Manage relationships in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements within the allocated time frames.
Response to Regulators’ Enquiries:
- Ensure to keep proper record of enquiries from Law Enforcement Agencies.
- Ensure that required information are collated and reviewed to be satisfactory
- Transmit such information and documents to the respective LEA.
- Guide staff in honouring LEA invitations and to give evidence on behalf of the bank in courts.
Prompt Rendition of Regulatory Returns:
- Obtain and collate reports and inputs from the various other departments and Units
- Review data/inputs obtained from other departments and Units.
- Ensure that the various reports are prepared and that they meet standard
- Ensure that the reports are transmitted to the respective Regulators.
- Ensure that the TAT is met in rendition of these reports.
Manage Financial Crimes Risks Such as Posed by Bank’s Customers:
- Identify such risks posed by high risk customers in their KYC documentation and other requirements.
- Ensure that complete documentations expected from the customers are obtained for high risk customers.
- Ensure that PEP customers are identified and rated high.
Facilitate in Compliance Training:
- Participate in training staff within the group.
- Ensure that staff abide by Group Policies and relevant laws as applicable.
- Carry out enhanced due diligence on high risk and high profile accounts.
Participate in transaction monitoring and FCY Transfer:
- Investigate and clear transactions identified against specified watch lists Ensure that due diligence are conducted on transfers to high risk countries
- Assist in management of Compliance Helpdesk
- Render advisory support to staff through Compliance Helpdesk.
Provide optimum support from a holistic compliance perspective:
- Provide support to Cluster Compliance Officers.
- Assist in the automation of Compliance Process Application.
Requirements
- Minimum of a University First Degree
- Experience in Operations, Internal Control or Audit & Compliance, External Auditing, Risk Management.