Compliance Advisory Officer at United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA)

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa's leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria UBA has grown to become a pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Compliance Advisory Officer

Location: Nigeria

Job Objective

• Ensure adherence to Policy and Regulatory Compliance.
• To provide guidance to stakeholders on Compliance matters to ensure the bank’s operations and business transactions follow all relevant regulatory provisions and internal policies.
• To provide compliance and advisory services to executive Management.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Ensure Compliance Advisory Portal is always properly manned, and all inquiries are responded to in a timely manner.
• Respond to escalations and enquiries with respect to IMTOs.
• Re-route STR/SAR escalations from business offices to Transaction Monitoring unit for proper filing.
• Attend to all BVN related changes taking into consideration the provisions of the CBN BVN Framework by ensuring completeness of recommended documentation.
• Attend to all Foreign Currency Transactions referred to Compliance for advice.
• Respond to request for World-Check due diligence screening.
• Ensure prompt response to Request for Information (RFI) from Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit providing requested documents.
• Review and approve account opening request for PEPs and Public Sector Accounts.
• Review and approve Domiciliary Account Tiering /Due Diligence alerts.
• Conduct due diligence for Merchants and Payment Facilitators onboarding.

Candidate's Profile

• Our ideal candidate must have deep knowledge of the Bank’s Products, Services, Processes and Policies with a minimum experience of 4 - 8 years’ in Operations, Internal Control & Audit.

Knowledge Required:

• Deep knowledge of the Bank’s Products, Services, Processes and Policies.
• Good Understanding of Sanction screening.

Skills Required:

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving ability.
• Analytic, Conceptual and Investigation Skills.
• Proficiency in the use of the computer and basic applications like excel, power point, World Check.
• Firm, professional and result-oriented.
• Excellent Interpersonal and Communication Skills.
• Avid Reader.

Application Closing Date
3rd December, 2021.