Quality Assurance Manager - OMIU
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- Kampala, Central Region
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design and implement a company-wide Quality Assurance Framework covering all operational and support processes across OMIU.
- Establish standardized quality review methodologies, checklists, quality scorecards, and performance standards across all departments.
- Develop and maintain the Quality Assurance Plan aligned with operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and key business risks.
- Implement centralized quality governance, ensuring consistency in quality monitoring and reporting across all departments.
- Define and maintain quality standards, operational benchmarks, and service delivery expectations across the organization.
- Develop and maintain enterprise-wide quality dashboards and reporting mechanisms for management oversight.
- Ensure alignment between QA processes, internal control frameworks, risk management frameworks, and compliance requirements.
- Support the embedding of a culture of operational discipline, quality management, and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Conduct structured quality reviews of operational and support activities across all departments including Operations, Finance, Human Capital, IT, Procurement, Customer Experience, Sales and Distribution, and Administration.
- Monitor adherence to internal policies, manuals, standard operating procedures (SOPs), service standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Identify operational weaknesses, control gaps, inefficiencies, and process breakdowns across business processes.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of internal operational controls and governance practices and recommend improvements where gaps exist.
- Provide independent assurance on the quality, consistency, and reliability of operational outputs across the organization.
- Track and report quality trends, recurring issues, operational risks, and systemic process failures.
- Assess the quality of customer interactions and service delivery across distribution and service channels.
- Monitor the quality of internal processes supporting financial management, HR administration, IT service delivery, procurement, and operational support services.
- Provide oversight and supervision of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer in executing AML/CFT responsibilities.
- Ensure that AML compliance controls are effectively embedded across all company processes and operational workflows.
- Monitor the adequacy of AML policies, procedures, controls, and monitoring mechanisms in accordance with regulatory requirements in Uganda.
- Support the implementation of AML risk assessments and control reviews across business processes, including customer onboarding, claims payments, premium collection, and financial transactions.
- Review AML monitoring reports and escalate material AML risks, control weaknesses, or regulatory concerns to management.
- Promote awareness and adherence to AML compliance requirements across the organization.
- Ensure coordination between Operations, Risk, Compliance, and relevant stakeholders on AML governance matters.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives aimed at strengthening operational efficiency, service quality, and process reliability.
- Analyze quality review findings to identify root causes of operational errors, service failures, or inefficiencies.
- Collaborate with business units to develop corrective action plans and operational improvements.
- Promote process standardization, automation, and digital solutions to improve operational quality and control effectiveness.
- Support departments in redesigning processes to enhance customer experience, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance.
- Monitor implementation of agreed corrective actions and ensure timely closure of identified quality issues.
- Provide leadership, coordination, and oversight to Quality Assurance Officers across the organization.
- Coordinate the centralized QA review program, ensuring consistent application of quality standards across departments.
- Ensure QA Officers conduct reviews objectively, independently, and professionally.
- Review QA findings and consolidate insights into enterprise-level quality assurance reports for management.
- Support the development of QA staff through training, mentoring, and structured performance management.
- Prepare periodic quality assurance reports and dashboards for Senior Management and relevant governance committees.
- Highlight key operational quality risks, emerging issues, and systemic process weaknesses requiring management attention.
- Engage with business leaders to promote accountability for quality outcomes and process improvement initiatives.
- Support management in strengthening customer outcomes, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance.
- Coordinate with Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and other assurance functions to ensure alignment and avoid duplication of assurance activities.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Insurance, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Law, or related field.
- Professional certifications in Insurance, Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Compliance, or Audit are an added advantage.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in insurance operations, operational assurance, quality assurance, risk management, compliance, or internal audit.
- Demonstrated experience reviewing enterprise business processes across multiple departments.
- Experience implementing process improvement initiatives and operational control frameworks.
- Experience supervising teams or managing cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong understanding of AML compliance requirements and regulatory expectations within financial services.
- Enterprise operational quality assurance methodologies
- Process review and internal control evaluation
- Enterprise risk awareness and regulatory compliance
- Data analysis and operational performance monitoring
- Root cause analysis and process improvement
- Quality management frameworks and continuous improvement
- AML compliance awareness and operational risk controls
- Reporting, dashboards, and management insights
- Compliance Requirements, Controls Compliance, Legal Practices, Operational Integrity, Policies & Procedures, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Compliance Management
- Communicates Effectively
- Courage
- Directs Work
- Ensures Accountability
- Instills Trust
- Manages Complexity
- Optimizes Work Processes
- Persuades
- Bachelors Degree (B): Business Administration (Required), Bachelors Degree (B): Insurance And Risk Management
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