Compliance Associate at Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE)

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is legally registered incorporated Trustees, a local not for profit, faith based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is seeking applications from qualified candidates to fill in the positions of Compliance Associate in WEWE

The organization’s core ideologies are: We believe that;

The change the world wants to see may be hidden in the life and destiny of an OVC.

• One child who is an orphan or vulnerable child could be the one that has the destiny to positively change a Nation such as Nigeria.
• We can be used by God to significantly contribute to improving the lives of millions of widows, orphans, vulnerable children & other vulnerable populations in Nigeria & Africa.
• We need to be the best and continually strive to beat our yesterday’s performance.
• In this Nation Nigeria, we have highly skilled Nigerian professionals that can come together to show forth our spirit of excellence and ingenuity.
• We want to be the most financially clean and compliant local NGO in Nigeria and Africa.
• We want to prove to the world that not all Nigerian NGOs are corrupt and we want to be an example (An Ambassador) of a credible NGO in Nigeria and Africa.

WEWE wishes to recruit a talented and God fearing Compliance Associate who believes in local organizations, that not all Nigerian’s are corrupt but instead believes in the ingenuity of the Nigerian and that the best of the Nigerian can be better than the rest. Someone who shares this ideologies and who sees helping vulnerable populations such as widows and OVC as a calling from the Almighty God.

Location:        The successful candidate will be based in Abuja

Key Duties & Responsibilities of Compliance Associate

• Ensuring WEWE’s full compliance the Nine Statutory regulations and other secondary regulators such as:
• 1. PENCOM
• 2. Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)                                   
• 3. National Housing Fund (NHF)
• 4. Industrial Training Funding (ITF)
• 5. Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
• 6. Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
• 7. Federal Inland Revenue (FIRS)

• State Inland Revenue (SIRS). 8. National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and 9.
• The Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (“SCUML”) 
• Ensure all withholding is remitted as and as when due
• Process annual organizational tax clearance
• Ensure PAYE tax is remitted to the relevant tax authority
• Ensure monthly remittance of staff pension benefit to the relevant pension managers by the Organization.
• Processing of all regulatory bodies’ compliance certificate – such as PENCOM Certificate and NSITF Annual Certificate
• Periodically Identify non-compliance issues and provide advice on required remediation
• File and document compliance activities and reports with regulatory agencies
• Report to management and the Board of Directors on compliance program
• Develop an annual work plan to increase WEWE’s level of compliance

Required Skills and Qualifications: 

• Graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma in Accounting
• Must possess a second class upper/Upper credit or above
• Candidates with ICAN or ACCA qualification or equivalent

Skills in working with statutory bodies will be added advantage.

Salary Range: Fixed fee of One Hundred Thousand Naira to One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira)   N100, 000 - N150, 000 subject to salary history                                                             

Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as three professional references.

Candidates must provide functional email addresses and telephone numbers of referees.