Manager, Risk and Internal Control at Jumia Nigeria

Jumia is the leading pan-Africa e-commerce platform. Founded in 2012, Jumia’s mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to consumers, while helping businesses grow as they use our platform to reach and serve consumers.

We are currently looking for talented people with a passion for emerging markets and Africa to join our team and embark on our exciting journey in the position below:

Job Title: Manager, Risk and Internal Control

Location: Lagos

Job Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for reviewing, directing audits and ongoing reviews of organization controls, operating procedures, and compliance with policies and regulations, assess the adequacy and extent of programs designed to safeguard organization assets.

In particular you will:

• Work with the business to develop new and/or review existing business and operational policies/processes.
• Develop anti money laundering & anti bribery policies & trainings.
• Develop the internal control environment
• Develop and maintain risk enterprise register for the company.
• Run a compliance check program quarterly or bi annually on all functions working with the functional heads of department.
• Work with the business to develop new and/or review existing business and operational policies/processes.
• Presentations to senior management & board on risk & compliance profile for the organization.
• Work with the necessary functions to limit, mitigate Financial, business, regulatory, legal & reputational risk to the business.
• Develop Business continuity plans for the organisation.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• A bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience working in a fast-paced corporate environment in a in a public accounting or internal audit, payment or settlement environment.
• Membership in an internationally recognized professional accounting body e.g. CPA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, CRISC.
• Experience running for quality & compliance certificates like PCIDSS, SON, ISO etc
• Must have advanced level Excel skills.
• Strong and demonstrated experience in handling technical accounting and financial reporting issues.
• Conceptual, analytical and financial modeling skill
• Competent in the use of Microsoft office suites software (Word, Excel, Access and Power Point) 

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African ecommerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online