About Us;
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is a statutory body, established in 1996 by the Capital Markets Authority Act (Cap 84) as amended, to promote, develop and regulate the capital markets industry. CMA is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
The CMA is mandated by law to:
• Approve prospectuses and other offering documents under which securities are offered to the public.
• Develop the capital markets through removal of impediments and the creation of incentives for longer term investments in productive enterprises.
• Create, maintain and regulate a market in which securities can be issued and traded in an
orderly, fair and efficient manner.
• Cooperate with, any foreign regulatory authority in the performance of its duties;
• Implement regional and international standards and best practice in securities markets, securities regulation and supervision.
• Protect investors; and
• Operate an investor compensation fund.

The work of the CMA is also governed by the Securities Central Depositories Act, 2009 and the
Collective Investment Schemes Act, 2003.
To deliver on its mandate efficiently and effectively, CMA is seeking to hire qualified and self- motivated individuals to fill the following position on Contract basis:

Job Title: Audit Officer
Reports To: Internal Audit Manager

Job Purpose
To provide independent assurance to the Board that the Authority’s risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively.

Responsibilities /Key Deliverables
1. Evaluate internal controls to ascertain audit risks and the appropriateness of risk management policies and procedures;
2. Prepare the annual audit plan;
3. Monitor execution of audit programs including routine financial audit, performance audit, IT audit and other special audits;
4. Collect information and prepare audit working papers;
5. Follow-up implementation of audit recommendations both internal and external;
6. Verify payments and accountabilities to ascertain authenticity and completeness;
7. Compile audit findings and prepare report.

Person Specifications
Education & Training
• An honors Bachelor’s Degree in either Finance and Accounting, Business Administration/ Commerce with bias in Accounting or Statistics from a recognized institution.
• A registered student of a professional accountancy / audit body (eg ACCA, CPA, ACA, ICAEW) is preferred.

Skills & Experience
• Minimum of Three (3) years relevant working experience in a reputable organization as an Auditor Or (Accountant/ Finance Officer regularly interfacing with Internal or External Auditors)

Method of Application

Interested candidates should hand deliver or send via email (in standard file types, namely Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) in a single attachment, and should not exceed 10MB) their applications together with a recent CV (with 3 references), copies of academic transcripts and/or certificates by FRIDAY 9TH JULY 2021, BEFORE 5:00 PM.
Applications should be addressed to:
The Human Resource Officer
Capital Markets Authority,
8th Floor, Jubilee Insurance Center,
Plot 14 Parliament Avenue, P.O Box 24565 Kampala.
Email: [email protected]
NOTE:
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Your application will only be reviewed if you have fulfilled all the above stated requirements, including submission of documents in standard file types. Zipped files, links and / or multiple attachments are not acceptable.