Legal, Risk Control & Compliance Manager (LRCC)

Overview

ASA Microfinance (Tanzania) Limited, incorporated under the Companies Act 2002 (No. 93819) of Tanzania and an affiliate of ASA International (www.asa-international.com), one of the largest microfinance companies in the world. We are hereby inviting qualified citizens of Tanzania to be part of our team for the following positions. ASA Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer who requires dynamic, loyal and committed young men and women who have a passion for people’s socio-economic development to fill in the following positions for the immediate appointment.

POSITION: Legal, Risk Control & Compliance Manager (LRCC)

Job Responsibilities:

• Co-ordinating and managing projects entrusted to the Legal, Risk & Compliance Department.
• Develop and execute on fraud/risk strategy and risk management efforts that strike a balance between growth and risk controls.
• Work closely with operations team to manage new product launch risk strategy.
• Oversee the design, development, and management of real-time risk and fraud rules and models to predict and manage the risk associated with new and existing accounts and to combat systematic fraud, identity theft fraud, etc.
• Estimate and forecast losses and partner with Finance and Business Leaders to manage the financial impact of fraud.
• Identify metrics, and build business tools to measure, monitor, and share critical information.
• Establish business cases and projected ROI to identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce all forms of fraud, account takeovers, and chargebacks.
• Handling the Company’s litigation matters.
• Co-ordinating system, compliance and other audits to which the Company may be subjected from time to time.
• Ensuring that the Company, management, and employees are in compliance with applicable rules and regulations, that Company policies and procedures are being followed, and that behavior in the organization meets the Company’s standards of conduct.
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• Ensuring that the Company keeps abreast of developments from a regulatory, legal and compliance perspective on a local and international level.
• Assisting in the identification and mitigation of risks to which the Company may be exposed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Academic Qualification & Experience Requirements:

• Must possess a Law degree with professional experience.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Legal practice.
• Have extensive experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Strong communication skills, written and oral, through all levels of the company.
• Ability to make sound judgment calls independently when presented with difficult decisions,
• Strong risk and fraud domain knowledge/intuition.
• Be knowledgeable in anti-money laundering and counterterrorist funding legislation and regulations.
• Be fluent in English.
• Be able to work independently and proactively, but also as part of a motivated team.
• Be organized and have an eye for detail while also adopting a practical, flexible and hands-on approach towards his/her work.
• Well conversant with Ms. Office Package.

Remuneration: Attractive salary package will be offered relating to

competencies and experiences.

General Requirements for Applicants of All Posts.

• Application Letter.
• Curriculum Vitae enclosing details of Work experience, skills and with postal and telephone contacts of Three Referees.
• One passport size photograph attached in CV.

Applicants who consider himself/herself competent with the above-mentioned position, please send your application to recruitment@asatanzania.com before 1700HRS on 09th November, 2018.

Only short-listed candidate will be contacted for the interview. No phone calls are allowed for inquiry. No allowances will be admissible for interview.