Rigor Officer Career Jobs – DFCU Bank

Job Title:            Rigor Officer
Organisation: DFCU Bank
Duty Station: Kyengera,
Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Rigor Manager
About US:
DFCU bank is a fast growing commercial bank offering a variety of
innovative products and services. DFCU Limited was started by the Commonwealth
Development Corporation (CDC) of the United Kingdom and the Government of
Uganda through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the name of
Development Finance Company of Uganda Limited. Later restructuring brought in
DEG (of Germany) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as equal partners
with CDC and UDC, each having a 25% stake in the company. Its objective was to
support long-term development projects whose financing needs and risk did not
appeal to the then existing financial commercial lending institutions.
Job Summary: The Rigor
Officer will enforce checks and controls across the branch network in
accordance with regulatory requirements, operating policies and guidelines for
compliance and improved control environment.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Conduct
    independent routine key control checks, reviews and evaluations within
    branches to achieve conformity with operating policies and
    procedures.
  • The
    jobholder will also identify process gaps and report with recommendations
    to the Head of Branch Distribution to achieve process Improvement.
  • Proactively
    identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk and make
    recommendations for corrective action to be taken.
  • Keenly
    review branch audits (internal & external) and follow up on audit
    repeat findings for all branches to ensure full resolution of issues
    previously raised.
  • Carrying
    out branch regulatory readiness compliance reviews to assist
    branches in their preparation for audit and risk assessments.
  • Conduct
    regular training across the branch network on operating guidelines and
    procedures in order to address the skills and knowledge gap.
  • Tasked
    with the periodical review and update of branch compliance reports to
    provide guidance to management about branch operations.
  • Prepare
    and submit monthly reports on potential violations of operational controls
    and procedures to avert potential losses that could arise from
    control lapses.
  • Prepare,
    Update and circulate key control responsibilities and checks for each job
    holder across the branch network to achieve conformity with operating
    guidelines.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant for the DFCU Rigor Officer
    job opportunity must hold a University
    degree or its equivalent with at least four years banking experience in bank
    operations.
  • Broad
    knowledge and understanding of banking operations, processes and
    regulatory requirements.
  • Ability
    to deal with problems of high complexity which have a variety of
    possible solutions.
  • Excellent
    interpersonal communication skills to explain bank policies and procedures.
  • Strong
    Analytical skills; both quantitative and qualitative to independently make
    decisions of an operational nature.
  • Ability
    to easily adapt to changes in regulatory requirements, bank
    processes and procedures.
  • Ability
    to interpret workflows, and operational procedures-detail oriented.
  • Compile
    and maintain training materials and conduct training sessions for all new
    and ongoing training sessions for existing staff.
How to Apply:
All candidates who so wish to join the banking sector in the aforementioned
capacity are encouraged to send their applications with detailed CVs including
present position and copies of relevant professional/academic certificates to:
Vacanciesbank@dfcugroup.com
Deadline: 12th May 2017

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