Internal Control Officer at Kuda Bank

Role Overview

• The successful candidate will work in partnership with all stakeholders. The role will be reporting directly to the Team Lead of Internal Control.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for maintaining the Internal Control Framework
• Work collaboratively with business and process owners to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring the effective implementation of corrective action.
• Daily Independent Call Over of all qualifying Transactions within 24 hours of posting and where practicable real-time and as may be advised from time to time.
• Ensuring the integrity of the general ledger through daily review of the trial balance. 
• Perform income assurance to ascertain accurate revenue reporting
• Ensure prompt resolution of all open issues in the Internal Audit Report, Management letter, Regulatory Examiners Report, and other Statutory Examiners Report involving departments under your purview.
• Internal control checks and records to safeguard company assets.
• Carry out detailed investigations when discrepancy or fraud is noticed.
• Identify areas of financial and administrative strengths and weaknesses and develop best practices.

Requirements

• At least 2-3 years’ experience in an Internal Control role of a bank.
• ACA/ACCA is an added advantage.
• The Ideal candidate is a critical thinker with a keen interest in improving an organization’s internal control environment.
• Solid understanding and experience with internal control frameworks
• Strong communication skills presenting internal control and risk matters in an understandable way across various forums and levels of the organization with the right level of detail.
• Fintech experience is an added advantage.