Senior Manager, AML

Job Purpose

Play a pivotal leadership role in ensuring implementation of the comprehensive financial crime and internal compliance strategies, ensuring the bank’s unwavering adherence to financial crime compliance standards and internal policies and procedures. This pivotal position involves leading initiatives and driving awareness programs, to fortify the bank’s financial crime and internal compliance standing. As a strategic leader, the role holder will play a key role in shaping and safeguarding our financial integrity landscape, contributing significantly to the bank's commitment to financial crime and internal compliance excellence.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of the financial crime compliance program and internal policies compliance risks management and lead a team of compliance analysts to execute the program.

• Oversee the development and implementation of policies and procedures related to financial crime compliance and internal policies compliance and provide guidance and feedback to the compliance team on implementation.

• Lead risk assessment tasks and develop mitigation strategies for financial crime and internal policies and procedures compliance, and work with the compliance team to implement and monitor the mitigation strategies.

• Lead reporting to senior management on compliance with financial crime compliance requirements and internal policies & procedures and make recommendations for improvement.

• Stay up to date on the latest financial crime compliance regulations and disseminate this knowledge to the compliance team, and all bank employees.

• Collaborate with other departments to ensure compliance with financial crime regulations and internal policies across the organization.

• Drive the direction, development, maintenance, and distribution of Financial Crime compliance awareness programs, systems training, and other internal compliance training across the bank units.

• Foster continuous engagement with business units to provide expert advice on compliance aspects of new products and projects, for conformance with financial crime compliance program.

• Oversee preparation of internal and external compliance reports under the central compliance office regarding financial crime compliance and internal policies & procedures.

• Lead implementation of financial crime and internal compliance initiatives and projects overseeing their seamless integration across the bank and ensuring alignment with financial crime regulatory requirements and organizational objectives.

Daily Responsibilities:

• Supervise handling of the financial crime monitoring tools, including AML/CFT systems in BPR Bank Rwanda Plc and provide liaison across the Group.

• Coordinate with relevant departments and regulator on financial crime compliance related issues

• Provide expert advice on financial crime compliance aspects on new/changed products, services, and channels.

• Periodically carry out comprehensive financial crime (including AML/CFT/CFP) risk assessment for BPR Bank Rwanda activities.

• Lead and guide the financial crime compliance analysts’ team on the progress of the financial crime compliance program and internal policies compliance risks management plan.

Educational qualifications and work experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in any related field

• Professional Qualifications ACAMS/ACCPA

• 5 years of minimum experience In Banking Compliance /audit Banking, Analytical skills experience and Supervisory/Managerial experience.