Fresher Compliance Officer Jobs – Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (LGRB)
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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