Audit Specialist at Unified Payments Services Limited

Unified Payment Services Limited is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology company that operates as a shared infrastructure for the banking community in Nigeria and a Payments Service Provider within and outside Nigeria, with a vision to be the most preferred e-payment service provider in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Audit Specialist

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Objectives

• Plans financial audits by understanding organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; determining audit scope and objectives; drafting audit programs.
• Assesses compliance with financial regulations and controls by executing audit program steps; testing general ledger, account balances, balance sheets, income statements, and related financial statements; examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation.
• Assesses risks and internal controls by identifying areas of non-compliance; evaluating manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and inefficiencies and operational issues. • Verifies assets and liabilities by comparing and analyzing items to supporting documentation.
• Completes audit work papers and memoranda by documenting audit tests and findings.
• Communicates audit progress and findings by providing information in status meetings; highlighting unresolved issues; reviewing working papers; preparing final audit reports.
• Supports external auditors by providing information required.
• Provides financial control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Deliver training/knowledge transfer sessions to meet departmental cross training Needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts Financial Audit and Other Audit Reviews such as ; Stock take exercise/Inventory management review and reporting, Staff allowances and advances review and audit, Fixed asset tagging and verification, Consumable consumption management, prepayments, Accounts Payables, PayAttitude stock management & Operations review, Spot checks on company’s cash and fixed assets, attendance at User Acceptance testing for projects /products and the management of asset bidding process for item disposal.
• Proffer workable value added solutions for management consideration.
• Effectively discuss audit issues and develop business focused controls recommendations to strengthen control lapses and weaknesses.
• Conduct investigation assignments from time to time.
• Perform Adhoc task/assignments and departmental administrative duties as assigned from time to time.

Key Performance Indicators

• 100% achievement and timely submission of audit reports.
• Timely completion of all financial audit assignments within agreed KPI timeline
• Timely submission of reports for Management comments and approval.
• Timely conduct of departmental training within a given appraisal period.
• Timely conduct of investigation assignments for Management decision making
• Education University: First degree(s) in Accounting. Others: Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) ie ICAN Professional Certification, Certified Information system Auditor (CISA) would be an added advantage.

Key Competency Requirements

• Experience: Understanding of the key technical concepts in Financial & IT Audits.
• Minimum of 3-6 years of audit working experience in Financial Auditing.
• Knowledge - Financial Auditing & Accounting knowledge
• Fundamentals of E-payment Settlement process and cycle.
• Payment Card concepts and techniques.
• Clear understanding of Payment Card industry standards and regulations.

Skill / Competencies:

• Strong interpersonal skills and Deductive reasoning abilities.
• Good analytical and financial reporting skills.
• Financial Diagnosis, Analyzing Information, Research Skills, Reporting Research Results, Verbal Communication, Integrity and Trust, Attention to Detail and Objectivity.

Application Closing Date
30th August, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: judith.okolie@up-ng.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.