Job Title: Compliance Officer Monitoring
Organisation: Tropical Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Tropical Bank was established in 1973 under the name Libyan Arab Uganda Bank for Foreign Trade and Development. Tropical Bank Limited is jointly owned by the Governments of the Republic of Uganda 0.03% and the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) 99.97% of Paid-up Capital. The Bank provides professional and personalized commercial banking services to various sectors of the economy including financial support to Parastatals, Corporates, Small and Medium Enterprises, Individuals, and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Job Summary: Coordinate and supervise compliance activities of the Branches and Head Office Units
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and Implement policies, systems, mechanisms and procedures that enable staff report any failed controls or violations for laid down Policies and Procedures.
- Assess the appropriateness of internal policies, procedures and guideline and ensure a follow-up of any identified deficiencies
- Follow up on the implementation of corrective measures to mitigate the identified deficiencies
- Monitor compliance with internal Policies, Procedures and guidelines by performing gap analysis, regular checks and comprehensive compliance risk assessment and testing.
- Maintaining an effective support mechanism to enable closure of all compliance related exceptions raised within the Bank.
- Comply with AML/CFT/CPF policies and procedures, non-compliance of which shall be addressed as per the bank disciplinary processes.
- Centralize all information on compliance-related issues including breach of regulation, non-respect of code of conduct, Policies and Procedures and Conflict of interest.
- Educate and Train all staff with respect to compliance with the applicable laws, rules and standards.
- Establish and or supervise appropriate compliance checks and controls across the bank including the Agent network.
- Implement risk/compliance monitoring tools/maps including activities, triggers, probability and actions.
- Spearhead the implementation of internal controls and ensure that these are adhered to at all times.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Honors Bachelors’ degree in Business, finance or related field.
- Understanding of the financial services sector, regulatory framework, Bank Policies and Procedures.
- Professional qualification in any of Compliance and Conduct, Financial Crime Risk and Regulation, fraud Examination or any other related Professional discipline (is an added advantage).
Work Experience:
- A minimum of 1 year of experience in a similar or related role in the areas of Compliance, financial crime, Auditing, Fraud and investigation preferably in a busy commercial banking environment.
Desired Knowledge, Skills& Abilities:
- Good analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills,
- Communication skills (both written and oral)
- Self-monitoring and ability to travel
- Team player
- Not undergoing any disciplinary action
- High level of integrity
How to Apply:
If you meet the above requirements, please submit your application online by sending a cover letter, a detailed CV, and copies of relevant academic and professional certificates to the following email address: [email protected]
Deadline: 29th July, 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12