Officer, Operations Control - Stanbic Bank

Organisation: Stanbic Bank

Duty

Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Stanbic Bank

Uganda Limited is a subsidiary of Stanbic Africa Holdings Limited which is in

turn owned by Standard Bank Group Limited (“the Group”), Africa’s leading

banking and financial services group. The Standard Bank Group is the leading

banking group focused on emerging markets. It is the largest African banking

group ranked by assets and earnings. Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited is the largest

bank in Uganda by assets and market capitalization. It offers a full range of

banking services through two business units; Personal and Business Banking

(PBB), and Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB).

Job

Summary:  The Officer,

Operations Control will actively contribute to the Bank’s internal supervisory

function through oversight and monitoring of the control environment across the

designated area of focus to mitigate risk in transactions and the underlying

processes through effective incident and loss management- emphasizing

stakeholder management and timely reporting and data quality in the assigned

control environment.

Key

Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Operational Performance:

·        
Work in liaison with the staff within the

designated Control areas to drive a control culture and ensure awareness and

application of governance framework;

·        
Responsibility to calibrate, monitor compliance,

report, challenge and validate KRIs, RCSAs and KCIs for the designated area of

control;

·        
Regularly report and escalate to Manager Ops

Governance any suspected breaches that carry operational, financial, regulatory

and reputational risks;

·        
Carry out and provide clear Root Cause Analysis

(RCA) reports for all incidents reported within the given control area, clearly

identifying the gaps and setting up oversight of measures which will be

employed to mitigate and prevent reoccurrence of the same;

·        
Follow up on consequence management in detail for

all incidents reported within the stipulated control area and monitor remedial

actions taken;

·        
Keenly track and collate (internal & external)

audit findings for the given control area, ensure closure on time and avoidance

of repeat audit findings within the respective areas-

·        
Permeate a “control” mind-set across every corner

of the designated control area so as to ensure that Control and risk themes are

adequately understood.

·        
Conduct and profile a Risk and Control

self-assessment for all areas of Control, constantly monitor mitigating checks

and provide guidance.

·        
Support the maintenance of the Business Continuity

Plans for the units assigned and ensures these Plans are regularly updated.

·        
Proactively pursue recovery of losses using

relevant support;

·        
Through MIS available analyse and propose

initiatives and best practices in Ops and Branch space to minimise losses;

·        
Render support to the in-country annual Operations

Control budget through driving down costs, identification and implementation of

opportunities to improve cost efficiencies. 

3. Stakeholder Management:

·        
Support all key stakeholders in achieving targets

and standards of performance by providing consistent visibility of measurement

indicators and provide overall guidance;

·        
In your capacity, contribute to the performance

and development of others to ensure sustained compliance with the Code of

Banking Practice, internal controls.

Qualifications,

Skills and Experience: 

·        
The ideal candidate for the Stanbic Bank Officer,

Operations Control job opportunity should hold a Degree from a recognised

University in such areas as business, banking, finance, accounting and other

related fields

·        
At least three to five years’ experience in an

operations or control oriented role.

·        
Working knowledge of operations control processes

and techniques;

·        
Comprehensive knowledge of the bank’s products and

services;

·        
Broad knowledge and understanding of banking

transaction policies, processes and procedures relevant to the designated area

of control;

·        
Deep understanding the broader business

environment in which you work throughout the different levels of operations and

the entire bank;

·        
Working knowledge of basic business principles and

practices;

·        
Working knowledge of the regulations relating to

banking.

All

candidates who wish to join the one of Africa’s biggest Banking Groups,

Standard Bank in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to Apply Online by

visiting Link below.

Deadline:

9^th January 2016