Internal Control Officer at Baobab Group - Abia & Anambra

Baobab is an investment company whose mission is to create a group of leading microfinance banks and finance companies that will provide financial services and savings products to entrepreneurs who lack access to the traditional financial sector. Our mission is to unleash the potential of our clients offering them simple and easy to use financial services. Founded in 2005 as Microcred, today Baobab has over a million customers and 3,800 employees operating in Burkina Faso, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Internal Control Officer

Locations: Aba, Abia and Onitsha, Anambra
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Ensure adequate vault administration control
• Ensure adequate control in the handling of late deposits and subject to count deposits
• Provide control on cash and teller operations
• Cash shipment control
• Control on POS, ATM operations etc.
• Customer verification & field inspection
• Cheque clearing and fund transfer control
• Branch/ department expenses control
• Ensure proofing on prepayment
• Customer service control – Account opening, Reactivation, closing, and client
• enquiries
• Risk assets creation and management control, including fund utilization spot check.
• Money laundering and KYC
• Environment and premises security
• Branch fixed assets
• Mail administration in the branch
• Store/stock- branch stationeries and filling
• Branch/department personnel - Attendance register, Leave utilisation and compliance, Staff Engagement, Discipline, etc
• Branch transaction call over and credit files review
• Archiving and I.T. at the branch
• Cooperate with Central Archive Officer in-store management and archives items movement
• As may be directed by the CRO or Operations Risk Manager.
• Branch Risk Champion – Branch Risk Register, Issue Management, and Controls.

Required Profile

• Minimum of HND/B.Sc. in accounting or ICAN PE1
• Internal control or audit practice experience is an advantage
• Analytical and Accounting Skills
• Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Extensive Working Knowledge of goggle suite
• Conceptual Skills of banking operations, I.T., credit administration, risk management
• Micro Finance Internal Control skills
• Grade level- E.T. - B.O.

Generic Competencies Required:

• Attention to Detail.
• High level of integrity and commitment to duty
• Performance Under Pressure
• Problem-Solving and Leadership skills
• Objective and Independent-Minded.
• Good interpersonal relationship
• High retentive memory
• Multi-tasking disposition
• Zero tolerance to error, negligence, irregularity, and frauds

Application Closing Date
9th February, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates send their CV to: [email protected] copy: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the email.