Regional Control Officer

CANDIDATE’S PROFILE: We are looking for Regional Control Officers in Enugu, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Kano, and Sokoto. Our ideal candidates must have knowledge of financial accounting and audit with at least 4 years of experience from a bank, audit, or consulting firm.

JOB OBJECTIVE(S):

• To ensure the business office operations are in line with the Bank’s internal policies, and regulatory policies.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist business offices with compliance and regulatory issues, and provide counseling when required.
• Improve control and awareness culture in the business offices.
• Ensure that the ambience of the business office is maintained and kept customer-friendly at all times.
• Monitor and ensure that open items in the GL accounts are current and reflect the true nature of the products recorded in them.
• Ensure integrity of transactions in business offices, and report deviations/anomalies immediately.
• Identify control lapses/policy breaches through control activities for process improvement/policy amendments.
• Escalate cases of fraud, customer complaints, and staff disciplinary issues to the Area Control Manager, or responsible department.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

• Good knowledge of accounting and auditing.
• Basic financial knowledge.
• Knowledge of the banking sector, trends, and policies of financial regulators in Nigeria – CBN, NDIC.
• Knowledge of the UBA’s banking policies, processes, and procedures.
• Relationship management - should be able to maintain a customer-friendly disposition at all times.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Supervisory, and Investigation skills.
• Attention to detail.
• High level of integrity and confidentiality.
• Ability to maintain a high level of awareness at all times.
• Ability to work with little or no supervision.
• Problem solver.

QUALIFICATION:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and ACA or ACCA.
• Minimum of 4 years experience from a bank, audit, or consulting firm.

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and responsibility.
• Highly organised, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with the ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain an excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM US:

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.

United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC is a leading pan-African financial services institution with a global footprint. We have a clear purpose to be a role model for African businesses by creating superior value for all our stakeholders.

UBA has a large footprint across the globe operating in 20 African countries: Republique du Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Congo Brazzaville, Congo DRC, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Tchad, Uganda, and Zambia. The Bank also operates in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and with a presence in Paris.

Our Mission
To be a role model for African businesses by creating superior value for all our stakeholders, abiding by the utmost professional and ethical standards, and building an enduring institution.

Our Vision
To be the undisputed leading and dominant financial services institution in Africa.

Organizational Values
We take our corporate culture very seriously and take proactive steps to enshrine it in the hearts of our employees. Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards. UBA remains the ideal workplace to realize potential and enjoy career advancement.