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Compliance manager
The compliance manager builds the arrangement that lets an organisation demonstrate it meets its obligations. They write the policies, train the teams, run controls and report to the board as well as the regulator.
Building an arrangement that holds
It all starts with mapping non-compliance risks, activity by activity, and measuring what each would cost. Internal policies follow: they must be readable by those who apply them, or they stay dead letters. Training turns policy into reflex. Control verifies, a gap triggers a tracked correction. The board report closes the cycle and determines the following year's resources.
- Map non-compliance risks and rank them
- Write applicable internal policies and have them adopted
- Train teams and install vigilance reflexes
- Report to the board and engage with the regulator
The most concerned sectors
- Banks, microfinance, insurance and payment institutions
- Mining companies bound by contractual and environmental commitments
- Subsidiaries of international groups applying head-office standards
- Organisations receiving audited international funding
- Telecom operators and digital service providers
What the official catalogue states
These values are not estimates: they are the very definition of the programme in the filed document. Any change goes through a catalogue update, hence through a formal decision. That is what allows a figure announced today to be found unchanged on enrolment day, then on award day.
- qualification level
- 6
- months of programme
- 10
- taught hours
- 750 h
- credits
- 75
- competency blocks
- 5
Manager and professional
Led by an instructor.
1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.
Framework of the « Compliance Manager » qualification, code TP26.
The learning the qualification attests
The qualification attests these blocks, and it names them. A recruiter reading an application can therefore know precisely what the holder demonstrated, rather than infer it from a title. The hours shown for each block complete the picture: they state how long the skill was practised with an instructor present.
- 01
Mapping non-compliance risk
Identification, assessment, prioritisation, control plans — 190 taught hours.
- 02
The compliance framework
Organising the function, procedures, code of conduct, internal alerts — 190 taught hours.
- 03
Anti-money laundering and sanctions
Know your customer, vigilance, suspicious activity reports, embargoes — 200 taught hours.
- 04
Control, training and reporting
Second-line control, training teams, reporting to leadership and the regulator — 120 taught hours.
- 05
Managerial conduct
Independence of the function, the ability to say no to leadership — 50 taught hours.
Structuring a compliance function
Entry into this occupation runs through one or more of these programmes. They combine: a short certificate opens the door, a longer programme consolidates the position a few years later. The fees shown match the real billing unit — per year for a long programme, one-off for a short format.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Taught hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Law and OHADA Compliance · Bachelor's degree | 3 years | 180 | 1800 h | 5 200 000 GNF per year |
| Certificate in OHADA Finance and Compliance · Professional certification | 6 months | 18 | 180 h | 4 200 000 GNF in total |
What candidates ask before enrolling
How does this differ from internal control?
Internal control verifies that processes work; compliance verifies that they follow an external rule. In practice the two converge, and the compliance and control officer qualification, at level 5, prepares directly for this function.
Does the role exist outside finance?
It has spread widely: environment, personal data, public procurement, local content, health and safety. Any organisation whose activity depends on a permit or a regulated contract now opens this type of role.
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