Country Compliance Officer, vacancy in Uganda at Citi Group, Jobs in Uganda,

Position Title: Country Compliance Officer/AMLCO-14024223, Uganda Jobs 2014,

Organisation: Citi Group,Jobs Vacancy in Uganda,

Primary Location: Kampala, Uganda

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree

Minimum Experience :                 5 (Years)

Job Type :            Full Time

Brief Company Profile:

Citigroup has the world's largest financial services network, spanning 140 countries with approximately

16,000 offices worldwide. It also holds over 200 million customer accounts in more than 140 countries. It is one of the primary dealers in US Treasury securities. According to Forbes, at its height Citigroup used to be the largest company and bank in the world by total assets with 357,000 employees until the global financial crisis of 2008. Today, Citi is ranked 20th in size under the Fortune 500 list. In comparison, JPMorgan Chase, which is ranked 16th on the Fortune 500, is now the largest bank in U.S. as of 2012.

Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management.

Job Summary:

The Citi Country Compliance Officer will mainly coordinate and monitor day-to-day compliance with institutional standards and related regulations applicable to the business.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

·             Ensuring Citi's compliance risks are adequately identified, assesses, controlled and monitored; advising the Business on compliance risks;

·             Significantly contributing to a 'no surprise' culture by educating and communicating compliance awareness throughout the organisation;

·             Routinely escalating all potential or identified regulatory issues to senior management.

·             Ensuring compliance with applicable money laundering laws, rules and regulations and ensuring that Citi’s Global Anti-Money Laundering Policy; practices, procedures and controls are implemented by the business.

·             Raise Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance standards across the business and implement compliance best practices across and in line with Citi’s raised compliance bar.

·             Raise the visibility of AML compliance through specifically improving communication across the business and industry.

·             Make sure that the comprehensiveness and relevance of AML Compliance Training in the entire business for new hires, transfers in and existing staff.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·             The ideal candidate must possess a University qualification – Bachelors Degree

·             Possess relevant AML related qualification

·             The suitable candidate must have experience in working with teams to deliver agreed service standards.

·             Good working knowledge and understanding of Bank policies and Procedures with a good understanding of Legal Principles and the regulatory framework.

·             Prior Internal work experience within Citibank.

·             At least five years banking experience with solid knowledge of local environment.

·             Good standing as an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Professional within the industry with related qualification.

Mode of Application:

All suitably qualified candidates who desire to join the Banking sector with Citi, the world's largest financial services network, should express interest by visiting the e-recruitment website Here.