Job Vacancies at Paga Nigeria

Location: Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Reports to: Enterprise Risk Manager
Grade: 3-4
Sector: Financial Services / FinTech
Department: Risk & Compliance
Employment Type: Full-Time

Summary

• Our purpose at Paga is to make it simple for 1 billion people to access and use money. We do that by delivering innovative financial services to the mass market across large, underserved markets.
• We were founded on the simple belief that the growing ubiquity of the internet and mobile phones enables us to build an ecosystem that empowers everyone to digitally send and receive money and to use simple but meaningful financial services.
• At Paga we value above all else, Collaboration, Ownership, Results Orientation, Integrity and Innovation (CORII).  As a Developer Community Engagement Lead at Paga, you will be responsible for bringing Paga’s developer-focus APIs and tools to the developer communities in the countries where Paga operates with the goal of improving these products and their update by the developer community. This includes engaging developer groups, hosting developer-centric activities, improving Paga’s developer-focused offerings based on feedback from the community, improving Paga’s support for its developer community.
• As a Fraud Management Analyst at Paga, you will be responsible for developing and implementing action plans for detecting fraudulent activities in the organization.
• The ideal candidate would work closely with the Fraud Associate to identify and analyze cases of money laundering, forgeries, and legal claims.
• The ideal candidate should be familiar with legal and regulatory guidelines and corporate governance best practices and should also be of high ethical standard. They should be analytical and work diligently to complete their duties, keeping in mind the objectives of the business.

Primary Responsibilities

• Fraud Monitoring, Analysis, Investigation and Resolution of issues raised
• Assists in the development of fraud detection tactical and strategic planning for fraudulent activities on the company platform and internally, including developing and managing a product roadmap.
• Proactively monitor and review account and transaction data for suspicious activity and possible fraud.
• Review, investigate and resolve irregular transactions reported.
• Responsible for the regulatory AML CFT suspicious activity process.
• Utilize various data analysis and accounting tools in collecting, sorting and analysing financial data to obtain results which reveal inconsistencies as well as the possible suspects.
• Conduct interviews to obtain information useful in resolving financial crimes.
• Identify business areas requiring increased security controls to protect the company and its end users from future incidents of fraud.
• Keep detailed records of suspicious activity, analyze trends, communicate security threats to management and provide recommendations for loss mitigation as needed.
• Respond to fraud queries across the multiple channels
• Liaise with internal teams, merchants, banks, transaction processors, regulatory bodies, law enforcement and any 3rd party involved.
• Liaise with legal counsels to develop and execute plans for the resolution of fraud cases.
• Produce evidence and useful information as requested by law enforcement. Design and implement processes effective for the prevention or minimization of fraud risks
• Maintain record of all investigative operations and results of analysis
• Conduct research and attend educational programs to update professional knowledge.
• Prepare reports for senior management and external regulatory bodies as appropriate
• Other roles as assigned by management

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• B.Sc / BA with field such as Law, Finance, Business Administration or related field
• Must have completed NYSC.
• Experience as a Fraud Management professional
• In-depth knowledge of the industry’s standards and regulations
• Excellent knowledge of reporting procedures and record keeping
• A business acumen partnered with a dedication to legality
• Methodical and diligent with outstanding planning abilities
• An analytical mind able to “see” the complexities of procedures and regulations
• Certified Fraud Examiner
• Excellent communication skills.

Key Competencies:

• Integrity
• Initiative
• Self- driven and hardworking
• Organized
• Multitask and manage competing priorities
• Good team player
• Flexibility
• Detail-oriented and process-oriented approach.

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Location: Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Sector: Financial Services / FinTech
Reports to: Enterprise Risk Manager
Department: Risk & Compliance
Employment Type: Full-Time

Summary

• Our purpose at Paga is to make it simple for 1 billion people to access and use money. We do that by delivering innovative financial services to the mass market across large, underserved markets.
• We were founded on the simple belief that the growing ubiquity of the internet and mobile phones enables us to build an ecosystem that empowers everyone to digitally send and receive money and to use simple but meaningful financial services.
• At Paga we value above all else, Collaboration, Ownership, Results Orientation, Integrity and Innovation (CORII).  As a Developer Community Engagement Lead at Paga, you will be responsible for bringing Paga’s developer-focus APIs and tools to the developer communities in the countries where Paga operates with the goal of improving these products and their update by the developer community.
• This includes engaging developer groups, hosting developer-centric activities, improving Paga’s developer-focused offerings based on feedback from the community, improving Paga’s support for its developer community.

Primary Responsibilities

• Updating the enterprise risk management framework and policy to ensure that the policy reflect best practice.
• Prepare and maintain risk management documentation, risk policies and risk reports
• Aggregating and analysing risk events reported by the different business units.
• Performing a monthly reconciliation between the risk events reported.
• Performing root cause analyses on identified risk events to recommend improvements to prevent these risk events from re-occurring in future.
• Assisting the Principal Risk Owners and Principal Risk Coordinators with the identification of key risk indicators in their business units.
• Work with business unit to understand business, drivers, concerns, future plans and offer support to mitigate risk.
• Provide timely update of operational risk issues and decisions to managers
• Monitoring the implementation of action plans to address key risk indicators reported monthly.
• Analysing identified trends in the key risk indicators reported to Risk Management.
• Assisting the Principal Risk Owners and Principal Risk Coordinators with the identification of key risks and mitigating controls in their business units, as well as action plans to address any gaps in the mitigating measures identified.
• Monitoring the implementation of action plans to address key risks on the risk and control self-assessments/risk registers.
• Assisting in preparing reports to the leadership team, Risk and audit Committee, Executive Management Team and the board
• Conduct presentations and workshop sessions on risk identification and mitigation.
• Considering and suggesting methods to improve risk analysis and reporting
• Utilising mathematical and statistical knowledge to assist with the building of risk models in support of Operational Risk Management.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory policies.
• Proactively monitor and review system and product.

Knowledge And Skill Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in an analytical field such as Engineering, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, etc
• At least 4 years relevant work experience
• Knowledgeable in technology
• Knowledge of risk management and auditing.
• Must have completed the mandatory NYSC.

Key Competencies:

• Initiative
• Self- driven and hardworking
• Organized
• Multitask and manage competing priorities
• Creative and resourceful
• Good team player
• Flexibility.