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Job Title:  Manager Internal Audit  

Organization: Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (LGRB)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

The Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (LGRB) is a body corporate established under the Lotteries and Gaming Act No. 7 of 2016 which came into effect on 8th April 2016. The Act is supported by a set of 5 Regulations which came into effect on 28th May 2016.  The law mandates the Board to regulate the operations of lotteries, casinos and betting houses (Industry).

Job Summary:   To provide strategic leadership of the internal audit and quality assurance in systems of internal financial controls, risk management, corporate governance and fiscal compliance.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Recommend improvements to the financial and risk management systems of the Institution.
• Conduct analysis on the quality assurance and risk management framework in the administration of the Board’s programs and operations and submits reports to management.
• Coordinate the implementation and monitor compliance to internal audit standards within the Board and where necessary, takes remedial action.
• Review management responses to issues of non-compliance of financial transactions to applicable laws, Institute financial policies, regulations and procedures and advises the Director General accordingly.
• Monitor and report on implementation of action as directed by Board arising out of internal audit report recommendations.
• Coordinate internal audit surveys including determination of locations to be visited.
• Conducts ad-hoc investigations into the integrity of internal fiscal control systems, financial and risk management practices.
• Plans and coordinates sensitization sessions to educate staff on issues of fiscal accountability.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in either Commerce (Accounting option) or
• Business Administration (Accounting option) or Business Studies (Accounting option) or Finance and Accounting (Accounting option) from a recognized University.
• A Master’s degree in either finance and accounting or Business Administration.
• Should have a full professional accounting qualification such as CPA, ACCA, or CIA or CIMA.

Work Experience

• At least six (6) years working experience, three (3) of which should have been at Senior Internal Auditor level or an equivalent level from a reputable organization.

Competencies

Technical

• Policy Management
• Financial management
• Information Communication Technology
• Risk management
• Human Resource Management

Behavioral

• Concern for quality and standards
• Decision-making and problem –solving skills.
• Accountability
• Ethics and integrity;
• Communicating effectively
• Team work

How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to fill the online job application that can be accessed from the Board’s website, Click Here

A signed application letter, certified academic documents, National Identity Card, membership to any professional body, should be scanned as one PDF attachment.

The application letter should be addressed as below;

The Chief Executive Officer

National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board

P.O. Box 5446

Plot 1, Colville Street Kampala, Uganda

Note:

• Applicants should apply for only one position
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.

Deadline: 27th January 2025 at 5:00 PM. 

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