Compliance Quality Assurance Officer at Unified Payments Services Limited

Unified Payment Services Limited is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology Company whichoperatesas a shared infrastructure and service provider for the banking community in Nigeria and Payments service Providers within and Outside Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Compliance Quality Assurance Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Objectives

• To provide independent quality assurance and oversight of the organization's AML/CFT and compliance programme by evaluating the effectiveness and consistency of compliance controls and processes.
• Conducting periodic compliance testing and quality assurance reviews, identifying compliance gaps and operational risks, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Supporting audit and regulatory readiness, and driving continuous process improvements and corrective actions that strengthen the overall compliance framework, enhance operational performance, mitigate compliance risk, and safeguard the integrity of the organization's AML / CFT programme.

Duties & Respoonsibilities

• Conduct periodic testing of compliance activities, including transaction monitoring system and alerts, customer on-boarding (KYC/CDD/EDD) files, STR and other regulatory filings, screening system and dispositions to ensure adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements
• Identify deficiencies, control gaps, or operational errors within AML and compliance processes, and escalate findings with clear remediation recommendations
• Effectively manage internal and external compliance audits/examinations.
• Keep track of compliance exceptions from internal and external examinations and ensure timely closure
• Conduct thematic reviews on high-risk operational areas to prevent repeat findings.
• Ensure high quality of all team output by providing necessary support for all compliance-related matters
• Drive continuous process improvements within AML/CFT compliance. Identify necessary corrections and ensure effective implementation of changes to enhance operational efficiency
• Develop and maintain quality assurance scorecards and dashboards to monitor trends in deficiency rates and operational performance.
• Prepare and present quality assurance findings and risk insights to senior management.
• Any other task that may be assigned by the supervisor or CCO from time to time.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Public Policy, Law, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Professional certification in compliance such as DCP, CAMS, ICA, CFE
• General Experience: A minimum of 6 years of relevant compliance and Audit experience, preferably in reputable financial institutions or in the payments industry.
• A critical thinker with strong and proven analytical capabilities.

Application Closing Date
24th August, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their application to: ademuyiwa.adetunji@up-ng.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.