Jobs at Moniepoint Inc.

What You’ll Do

• Lead high-impact projects: Design and deliver end-to-end data science solutions that support product innovation and business strategy.
• Uncover insights: Analyze large, complex datasets to identify trends, surface opportunities, and influence key decisions.
• Build models: Develop and deploy predictive and prescriptive models using machine learning and statistical techniques.
• Enable experimentation: Design A/B tests and causal inference studies to help teams learn quickly and make informed choices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with product managers, engineers, and business leaders to understand goals and deliver data-driven solutions.
• Promote data fluency: Build dashboards, tools, and frameworks to enable self-service analytics and scale your impact across teams.

To succeed in this role, you should have

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, ideally in fast-paced or high-growth environments
• Proficiency in SQL and experience working with large-scale data systems (e.g., Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake).
• Strong analytical and statistical skills; fluency in Python or R.
• Experience with machine learning libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, XGBoost) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Plotly).
• Solid understanding of experimental design, hypothesis testing, and causal inference.
• Ability to distill complex data problems into clear, actionable insights.
• BSc/MSc/PhD in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, or similar.

Experience with the following would be a plus

• Experience with deep learning, NLP, or time-series forecasting.
• Knowledge of tools for building production data pipelines (e.g., Airflow, dbt).
• Familiarity with business domains like fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, etc.

What we can offer you

• Culture - We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We have built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, annual bonus, plus other benefits.
• The opportunity to drive impact through data in a high-growth environment.
• A collaborative culture with room to grow and experiment.
• Access to rich data and a modern analytics stack.

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Location: Hybrid (with scheduled HQ report)

Role Overview

The Team Lead – Field Risk & Internal Control provides strategic and operational leadership over field-based risk monitoring activities related to the marketing network in the field. The role is responsible for supervising investigations into misconduct and double-dealing, ensuring consistent application of internal control standards, and translating field-level intelligence into actionable risk insights for management.

This role serves as the control owner for overseeing the field marketing team, ensuring investigations are risk-based, evidence-driven, and aligned with internal governance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Oversight

• Provide day-to-day supervision, guidance, and performance management for Field Risk & Internal Control Associates. 
• Review investigation plans, fieldwork scope, and evidence quality to ensure consistency and objectivity. 
• Approve investigation conclusions and ensure appropriate escalation of high-risk cases. 
• Build team capability through coaching, on-the-job training, and structured feedback.

Investigation Governance & Quality Assurance

• Oversee investigations into BRM misconduct, including double-dealing, unethical field behavior, unauthorized agent onboarding, or policy breaches.
• Oversee BRM-related whistleblowing cases, ensuring confidentiality, non-retaliation, and alignment with whistleblowing policy.
• Ensure investigations follow approved protocols, documentation standards, and confidentiality requirements.
• Validate evidence, interview summaries, and findings before submission to senior management or disciplinary panels.
• Ensure proper evidence preservation, documentation standards, and chain-of-custody practices to support disciplinary or legal actions
• Act as the second-level reviewer for sensitive or complex cases.
• Attend to disciplinary cases involving field staff

Risk Analytics & Thematic Review

• Review BRM field data, dashboards, and investigation outcomes to identify recurring themes, emerging risks, and systemic control gaps.
• Coordinate periodic thematic reviews (e.g., double-dealing trends, onboarding abuse, agent complaints).
• Translate field findings into control improvement recommendations and risk mitigation plans.
• Support development and maintenance of BRM risk indicators and field risk dashboards.

Internal Control & Process Improvement

• Assess the effectiveness of internal controls governing BRM activities and agent lifecycle management.
• Partner with Operations, Sales, Compliance, and HR to strengthen preventive and detective controls.
• Track remediation actions and ensure timely closure of identified control weaknesses.
• Contribute to updates of SOPs, investigation manuals, and field control frameworks.

Reporting & Senior Stakeholder Engagement

• Prepare consolidated reports on field investigations, misconduct trends, and risk exposure for senior management and committees.
• Provide risk-based input into disciplinary decisions, policy reviews, and performance management processes.
• Act as the primary escalation point for significant field risk incidents involving BRMs.
• Support Internal Audit and external reviewers during field-related audits or regulatory reviews.

Candidate Profile

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Accounting, Law, Business Administration, or a related field. 
• Experience managing whistleblowing or misconduct investigation frameworks. 
• Familiarity with risk and control frameworks (COSO, Three Lines Model, Operational Risk). 
• Experience supporting disciplinary committees or senior risk forums. 
• Minimum of 6–8 years’ experience in internal control, operational risk, investigations, internal audit, or compliance within financial services or fintech. 
• At least 2 years in a supervisory or team-lead role.

Skills and Attributes

• Strong judgment and decision-making capability in sensitive investigation matters.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret field data and risk trends.
• High ethical standards, discretion, and independence.
• Excellent report writing, stakeholder communication, and escalation management skills.
• Practical understanding of agent banking, POS distribution, or field sales structures.