Internal Control Officer at United Bank for Africa (Z) Ltd

Essential Information:

An Internal Control Officer ensures compliance of the daily business office operations to the Bank’s policies and external regulatory compliance.

Reporting Relationships:

Functionally reports to the Country Head Internal Control

Administratively reports to Country Head Internal Control

Supervises:

Nil

Job Duties:

• Ensure strict adherence to statutory policies, procedures and regulatory compliance on work processes and daily operations.
• Assist business offices on compliance and regulatory issues and provide counselling whenever it is required.
• Improve control and compliance awareness culture in the business offices.
• Ensure the KYC compliant environment is maintained.
• Ensure integrity of the Business Office transactions in the country.
• Monitor and ensure that open items in the GL accounts are current and reflect the true nature of the products recorded therein.
• Ensure prompt and qualitative rendition of relevant returns and reports as may be required.
• Ensure all escalated audit exceptions open in the business office are properly closed.
• Ensure prompt and qualitative rendition of relevant Control and compliance reports.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Zero tolerance to Fraud Loss
• Number of undetected regulatory/statutory infractions from internal and external audit reports
• Quality and Timeliness of losses and loss events reporting in processing areas
• Level of undetected Income leakage
• Integrity of the GL accounts in the Business offices of the region
• Promptness in generating audit report

Skills:

• Problem solving skills
• Attention to details
• Good communication skills (written and oral)
• Good team player

Job Requirements & Knowledge:

• Banking Operations
• Auditing and Internal Control
• Regulatory Laws
• Fraud and Operational Risk

Application requirements:

• Candidate must have two (2) years relevant Banking Operations and Internal Control experience
• Candidate must possess a first degree in Accounting and relevant professional certification e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ZICA, etc.
• Candidates must have a minimum of 5 credits on their Grade 12 results with Mathematics and English included.

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