OKPARA ONYEDINMA DERECK (CAMS/CRISC /CDPSE/ERMCP)

• Responsible for establishing GDPR/NDPR standards and implementing procedures to ensure that the compliance programs throughout the organization are effective and efficient in identifying, preventing, detecting and correcting noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Informing and advise the controller (i.e. the company, its employees, and any associated processors about their obligations to comply with the UK GDPR/NDPR and other relevant data protection laws such as Part 3 of the Act;
• Provide reasonable assurance to senior management and the Board that there are effective and efficient GDPR/NDPR & Compliance policies and procedures in place, well understood and respected by all employees, and that the company is complying with all regulatory requirements.
• Reports directly to the Board and informs the Board about important issues and material GDPR/NDPR violations.
• Defining the necessary level of knowledge on existing and emerging regulatory compliance requirements across the organization.
• Developing the annual GDPR/NDPR compliance work plan that reflects the organization's unique characteristics.
• Conducted internal audits to identify areas of non-compliance and recommend corrective actions.
• Periodically revising the GDPR/NDPR compliance plan in light of changes.
• Provided guidance on complex regulatory issues to senior management and other departments.
• To monitor compliance with data protection laws, including managing internal data protection activities, advise on data protection impact assessments; train staff and conduct internal audits;

• Supervising and coordinating of compliance and internal controls processes in the bank.
• Supervision of Cluster Control & Compliance Managers in the bank.
• Conducts a follow up activity on the banks regulatory examiners reports on all branches in the bank to ensure 100% compliance level on all exceptions raised by regulatory examiners.
• Resolution of emerging control issues from branches in the bank.
• Ensuring significant ethical, regulatory and operational issues affecting the business of the bank is promptly identified and addressed appropriately.
• Verification of existing bank’s assets and safe guarding same.
• Ensuring staff compliance to applicable polices, plans, procedures, laws and regulations of the bank.
• Supervising and coordinating of internal controls processes in the bank.

• Ensuring full compliance with both the bank policies and regulatory authorities rules and regulations in relations to branch operations.
• Review of the activities of the branch and to ensure that noted exceptions are adequately corrected.
• Ensuring that all the necessary regulatory returns are rendered promptly by the branch including money laundering & recovery reports.

SAME AS THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF A RESIDENT AUDITOR.

• Scheduling of cash evacuation to other branches/banks.
• Supervision of Cash management activities in the branch.
• Vault custodian.
• Posting/authorization of teller’s transactions.
• Supervision of all operations staff and Admin staff.
• Daily review of called over tickets.
• Supervision of cash pick-up activities.
• Ensuring that all the necessary regulatory returns are rendered promptly by the branch including money laundering & recovery reports.
• Reconciliation and proof of suspense and sundry accounts for completeness and correctness.
• Supervision of clearing activities in the branch.