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Compliance Manager

canopy · Kingston, Jamaica

Corporate LawManager LevelExternal listingfull-time16 days ago

About The Role

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

RISK MANAGEMENT

  • Ensuring the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of a risk assessment
  • framework
  • Monitoring and updating policies and procedures for risk measures in the various business units.
  • Monitoring the risk register and identifying potential changes in the environment affecting the
  • segment.
  • Ensuring risk registers align with key business objectives.
  • Providing support to risk owners in defining and rating risks.
  • Communicating industry and regulatory updates and assisting in third-party due diligence.
  • Conducting risk assessments for all business units.
  • Reporting on risk assessments, trends and control weaknesses to senior management.
  • Overseeing and monitoring the closure of internal/external audit matters.
  • Conducting self-audits to ensure adequacy of controls and compliance with policies and procedures.
  • Assisting in annual business continuity planning (BCP) activities, including risk assessments, business
  • impact analysis, and testing exercises.
  • Facilitating risk management training to increase awareness and participation at the entity level.
  • Supporting the building of a risk culture in keeping with the stipulations of the FSC and other
  • regulatory bodies.
  • Performing any other duties assigned.

COMPLIANCE

  • Updating policies, procedures, and programmes including those related to Anti- Money Laundering
  • (AML), Counter-Financing of Terrorism (CFT) and Counter-Proliferation Financing (CPF) compliance.
  • Ensuring staff are trained, at least annually, on AML/CFT/CPF and fraud awareness.
  • Assisting in the development and revision of compliance matrices, programmes and policies to
  • reflect changes in the organization’s needs, laws, regulations, and procedures related to compliance
  • issues, at least annually, or as required.
  • Informing and training staff on changes to policies and procedures
  • Monitoring and testing, on an ongoing basis, the effectiveness of the compliance programmes and
  • the taking of the required corrective actions when and where required.
  • Ensuring the completion and timely submission of all regulatory reports to the responsible bodies
  • within the respective territories.
  • Conducting testing of new and pre-existing policies to ensure they are operationalised and
  • maintained in accordance with the established policies and laws.
  • Conducting of AML/CFT/CPF compliance assessments across the organisation.
  • Ensuring all records are kept safely and securely to ensure the timely retention, retrieval and
  • destruction of documents as per applicable legislation.
  • Ensuring policies opened for high-risk customers are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
  • Performing any other duties assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

  • o A professional anti-money laundering certificate (ex. Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist)
  • o A professional risk management certification
  • o Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Management Studies, Finance, Accounts or equivalent
  • o Strong working knowledge with understanding and interpreting legislation
  • o Three (3) years’ experience in a similar capacity
  • o Knowledge of the Regulations and Acts governing the Financial Services industry
  • o Knowledge of the various regulations governing AMLA/CFT/CPF
  • o Sound knowledge of the Financial Services industry
  • o Facilitating the identification and mitigation of enterprise risk
  • o Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, e.g. WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT
  • o Strong understanding of the use of information technology and the operation environment in
  • financial institutions
  • o Strong communication and presentation skills
  • o Ability to develop policy and procedure documentation.
  • o Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.
  • o Ability to maintain a high level of integrity and confidentiality.
  • o Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

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