Kuda is a full service, app-based digital bank. Our mission is to be the go-to bank not just for those living on the African continent, but also for the African diaspora wherever they might live, anywhere in the world. Kuda is free of ridiculous banking charges and great at helping customers budget, spend smartly and save more. We raised the largest seed round ever seen in Africa, and completed a Series A funding round in February 2021, led by some of the world’s smartest venture capital investors. With offices in London (our HQ), Lagos and Cape Town, and further offices opening across Africa during 2021, Kuda is fast becoming recognised as the leading ‘Neobank’ for Africans.
To help us grow into the company that can bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa get access to great financial products and services in order to take control of their personal finances, we are actively looking for bright, talented, driven people who are excited by our mission. If this sounds like a great way to spend your valuable time, then please get in touch with us.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Internal Control Officer
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Employement type: Full Time
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Role Overview
- The successful candidate will work in partnership with all stakeholders. The role will be reporting directly to the Team Lead of Internal Control.
Responsibilities
- Assist in conducting internal control reviews across the bank by designing and implementing control testing programs to assess their effectiveness, collaborating with both finance and non-finance teams.
- Daily Independent Call Over of all qualifying Transactions within 24 hours of posting.
- Ensuring integrity of the general ledger through daily trial balance review and GL proofing.
- Daily review of the reconciliation and settlement processes for NIP inward/outward, card & web transactions, Inter-bank transactions, agency banking, and biller transactions.
- Ensure prompt resolution of all open issues in the Internal Audit Report, Management letter, Regulatory Examiners Report and other Statutory Examiners Report involving departments under your purview.
- Daily and monthly reviews to ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
- Review of retail and business loan disbursement and other credit operations to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal credit policies.
- Conduct thorough investigations and spot checks in identified areas of weakness, providing recommendations for appropriate control measures to address deficiencies.
- Perform income assurance to ascertain accurate revenue reporting
- Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- At least 3-5 years experience in an Internal Control role of a bank.
- ACA/ACCA is an added advantage.
- The Ideal candidate is a critical thinker with a keen interest in improving an organization’s internal control environment.
- Solid understanding and experience with internal control frameworks
- Strong communication skills presenting internal control and risk matters in an understandable way across various forums and levels of the organization with the right level of detail.
- Fintech experience is an added advantage.
Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
- A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
- Pension
- Career development & growth
- Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)
- Group life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
- Perkbox
- Goalr – employee wellness app
- Award winning L&D training
- We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online