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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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