Compliance Officer at Blackbit Energy Limited

Roles and Responsibilities

• He/she will be responsible for coordinating, monitoring and advising on compliance with business, regional and local compliance policies, procedures, and requirement
• Review and update of the AML/CFT compliance program.
• Implementation of the AML/CFT compliance program.
• Developing policies and programs that encourage staff to report suspected fraud and other improprieties without fear of retaliation.
• Reviewing and vetting suspicious transactions report.
• Ongoing AML risk assessments during on-boarding and transactions consummation.
• Filing Suspicious Transactions Report (STR) and other regulatory returns with NFIU/CBN.
• Implementing training programs and awareness on AML/CFT, detection methods and reporting requirements.
• Facilitating both external audits and internal compliance review processes and providing necessary support.
• Maintaining current knowledge of laws and regulations while keeping abreast of recent changes.
• Conducting internal investigations of employee activities where there are violations of internal policies or regulations.
• Ensuring compliance with records retention programs with appropriate attention to ensuring privacy.

Qualifications

• A law degree
• Minimum of 3-5 years working experience

Skills/ Competence Requirements
Required knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Experience of board and team support processes including minute taking.
• Knowledge of, or experience in, legal, compliance and corporate governance processes
• Knowledge of legal, compliance and regulatory matters
• Strong planning and organizing skills

Generic Skills:

• Job Task Planning and Organizing
• Coordinating
• Relationship Management
• Self-Management
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Critical Thinking
• Prioritization and time management skills

Supervisory Skills:

• General Managerial/ Administration
• Team Building/ Conflict management
• Influencing
• Organization and coordination skill
• Strong planning and organizing skills
• Excellent communication skills both written (including report writing) and verbal
• Strong planning and organizing skills