Job Title: Compliance Officer
Organisation: Lotteries
and Gaming Regulatory Board (LGRB)
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
About US:
The Lotteries and
Gaming Regulatory Board (LGRB) is a body corporate established under the
Lotteries and Gaming Act No. 7 of 2016 to supervise and regulate the
establishment, management, and operation of lotteries, gaming, betting, and
casinos in Uganda.
Job Summary: The Compliance Officer will carry out operator
reviews and inspections to ensure compliance to regulatory requirements and
ethical business practices.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct
operator compliance reviews and audits to ensure that sector standards are
adhered to.
- Implement departmental activities in line with the work-plan.
- Develop initiatives and best practices on conducting compliance
reviews and audits. - Carrying out operator reviews and audits.
- Identify compliance issues that require follow up, investigations
and or enforcement actions and bring to the attention of the supervisor. - Recommend necessary corrective measures for any compliance gaps
identified. - Improving operator compliance culture through educating/sensitising
during inspections.
Report extent of
compliance with the law, standards and regulatory guidelines.
- Prepare periodic compliance reports indicating status of operator
compliance and progress on implementation of prior compliance review
recommendations. - Follow up to ensure recommendations are implemented.
Analyse operator
returns and report as appropriate.
- Ensure timely submission of operator returns to the Board.
- Analyse operator returns and report findings and trends to
supervisor. - Analysis of quarterly financial statements of operators to assess
capital adequacy and financial viability in line with the statutory
requirements. - Follow up on implementation of business and CSR plans.
Assess licensee
operations to determine compliance risk.
- Identify and report compliance risks.
- Identify and report matters that require review of the regulatory
framework/standards.
Other Duties
- Perform any other duty as may be required by the supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Law, Commerce,
Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology,
Statistics, Economics or any other related field from a recognised university. - A related post graduate qualification is desired
- One year of relevant experience in a reputable organisation.
- Integrity, confidentiality and high ethical conduct.
- Conceptual, analytical and problem solving skills
- Report writing skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in use of computing applications for data analysis and
reporting - Innovativeness
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested
candidates who meet the requirements must provide copies of certified academic and
professional qualifications. Applications should be addressed and submitted to
the following address;
The Ag. Chief
Executive Officer,
Lotteries &
Gaming Regulatory Board,
4th Floor,
Communications House,
Plot 1, Colville
Street.
Deadline: 15th
February 2021 by 4 pm.
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