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CANDIDATE’S PROFILE: We are looking for Regional Control Officers in Enugu, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Kano, and Sokoto. Our ideal candidates must have knowledge of financial accounting and audit with at least 4 years of experience from a bank, audit, or consulting firm.

JOB OBJECTIVE(S):

• To ensure the business office operations are in line with the Bank’s internal policies, and regulatory policies.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist business offices with compliance and regulatory issues, and provide counseling when required.

• Improve control and awareness culture in the business offices.

• Ensure that the ambience of the business office is maintained and kept customer-friendly at all times.

• Monitor and ensure that open items in the GL accounts are current and reflect the true nature of the products recorded in them.

• Ensure integrity of transactions in business offices, and report deviations/anomalies immediately.

• Identify control lapses/policy breaches through control activities for process improvement/policy amendments.

• Escalate cases of fraud, customer complaints, and staff disciplinary issues to the Area Control Manager, or responsible department.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

• Good knowledge of accounting and auditing.

• Basic financial knowledge.

• Knowledge of the banking sector, trends, and policies of financial regulators in Nigeria – CBN, NDIC.

• Knowledge of the UBA’s banking policies, processes, and procedures.

• Relationship management - should be able to maintain a customer-friendly disposition at all times.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Supervisory, and Investigation skills.

• Attention to detail.

• High level of integrity and confidentiality.

• Ability to maintain a high level of awareness at all times.

• Ability to work with little or no supervision.

• Problem solver.

QUALIFICATION:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and ACA or ACCA.

• Minimum of 4 years experience from a bank, audit, or consulting firm.

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and responsibility.

• Highly organised, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.

• Team player with the ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain an excellent business relationship.

• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM US:

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.

• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.

• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.

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Job Objective(s)

• Ensure prompt reporting of credit-related matters to Management, Rating agencies, and Regulators.
• Ensure proper collateral documents and credit records management.
• To prepare accurate and reliable credit disclosures in the Group’s Financial Statements.

Responsibilities

• Record keeping of collateral and approval documents for reliable referencing.
• Maintain customers’ credit records in line with CBN’s requirements.
• Periodic review of Credit files to ensure completeness and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Review macro-economic changes and prepare Credit Portfolio Management reports to BCC covering but not limited to the following sub-distribution reports:
  • Risk Assets by Facility Types.
  • Market Segmentation of Risk Assets.
  • Insider-related report.
  • Loans and Advances by Regional Location.
  • Risk Assets Sector/Industrial Report.
  • Interbank Exposures Report.
• Proper analyses of raw data received from IT teams, operations team, offshore offices, and Finacle support of IT department/ unit and prepare reports on comparative bases.
• Prepare quarterly, half-yearly, and yearly disclosure reports that FINCON integrates into the financial statements.
• Respond to requests from Fitch Ratings, S & P, AfDB, EIB, IFC, GCR, AFREXIM, MOODYS, PROPARCO, AUGUSTO-Local, etc.
• Review Collateral Release Memo and supporting documents.
• Concur to the issuance of letters of non-indebtedness on a daily basis.
• Concur to release Shipping documents in line with approval conditions on a daily basis.
• Maintain filing systems both electronic and hard copies.

Qualifications

• First Degree in any field.
• 3-5 years experience, out of which 3 years must have been spent in a credit risk management function.
• Related Certification will be an added advantage.

Candidate's Profile:

• Our ideal candidate must have a good knowledge of the Microsoft program, Numerical/Analytical skills, an up-to-date understanding of the implications of changes in macroeconomic variables, and Working knowledge of the Bank’s Apps.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Knowledge of and adherence to the Bank’s Credit Policies and procedures.
• Firm grasp of CBN monetary policies and guidelines.
• Good understanding of the Nigerian Banking Industry and Apps.
• Good knowledge of the Microsoft program.
• Numerical/Analytical skills.

What We Expect From You:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and responsibility.
• Highly organized, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with the ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain an excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

What You Should Expect From Us:

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.

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Job Objective(s)

• The core objective of the Head Office Audit is to systematically evaluate the framework for internal control, risk management, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, policies and procedures of the Group to ensure that the operations of the Group are carried out in a safe and effective manner. Head Office Audit shall provide management with assurances that controls, which govern the group’s and subsidiary activities and its computer systems and operations, are properly conceived, in line with global best practice and are being effectively administered.

Responsibilities

• 100% execution of approved annual audit plan including focused audit and spot checks
• Ensure full compliance with regulatory requirement and avoid regulatory penalties.
• Ensure adherence to policies, procedures and processes instituted by Board and Executive Management.
• Identify and mitigate risks inherent in people, process, systems and technology and recommend corrective action plans.
• Review and evaluate effectiveness of the control environment and report on any exceptions noted to the management.
• To conduct focused audit/spot checks to test vulnerability of high risk areas
• Engagement of audit client in a thorough walkthrough audit to have a clear knowledge and deep understanding of the process, products, system, development, structure and effect of changes on operations, reporting and compliance environment.
• Conduct a systematic and discipline review of off-site documentation using the approved audit programme, checklist, audit planning memorandum and generally accepted best practices.
• Review of audit exceptions for final response with audit clients
• Notification of audit exceptions to audit clients and collation of responses to deviations and non-compliance observed.
• Conduct planned spot checks to test areas of vulnerabilities or inadequacies in processes, policies, procedures, systems, records and accounts.
• Conduct special investigation to establish root-cause of service failure at the instance of the board, management, customer’s complaints, fraudulent activities.
• Ensure that all audit documentations received off-site and obtained on-site are safely and securely archived on a secured folder.
• Ensure that all published audit reports, approved audit programmes, audit checklist, rating sheet and audit planning memorandum are safely and securely archived on a secured folder.
• Work with the subsidiaries where necessary.

Qualifications

• First Degree in Management, Social Sciences, Risk Management, Science
• Masters’ Degree or professional qualification such as ACA or ACCA is an added advantage
• 5-8 years in banking operations, financial control, auditing, and other related experience.

Candidate's Profile:

• Our ideal candidate must have knowledge of auditing in a financial service industry.
• Must have good investigative skills, analytical skills, pay attention to details, have good communication skills (Written & Oral).

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Banking operations and credit (domestic and foreign).
• Comprehensive treasury knowledge.
• Comprehensive capital market operations.
• Fraud and operational risk knowledge.
• Banking, Insurance, and financial services knowledge.
• Extensive working knowledge of Microsoft word, Excel and Power Point and the core banking application (Finacle) of the bank.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Auditing and accounting skills.
• Analytical and investigation skills.
• Policy and regulation interpretation/ implementation.
• Finance and financial strategy skills.
• Conceptual skills.
• Leadership skills
• Advisory skills
• General corporate finance and financial strategy skills.
• Policy and regulation interpretation/ implementation.
• Conceptual skills.
• Corporate performance management skills

What We Expect From You:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
• Highly organised, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

What You Should Expect From Us

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.

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Job Objective(s)

• To provide technical support for the Bank’s retail internet banking.

Responsibilities

• Develop policies and procedures for electronic banking processes to ensure compliance with established standards and regulations.
• Responsible for the bank's cash management online products and services.
• Assist with the design and development of new online banking products
• Provide exceptional customer service and support of our Electronic Banking products and services.
• Provide support to consumers and business customers as well as retail department.
• Process, verify and reconcile the electronic banking transactions to ensure accuracy and adherence to policies, procedures and bank regulations.
• Oversee all electronic banking activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any field, STEM courses preferably
• Minimum of 2 years related experience.

Candidate's Profile:

• Our ideal candidate must have knowledge of supporting internet banking applications, oversee electronic banking activities and able to reconcile electronic banking transactions.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Proficient in programming languages of SQL and basics of PLSQL, Python
• Good knowledge of some data mining skills and the meaning of ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) with some practical experience.
• Understanding on the use of some Business Intelligence and Dashboard tools like Power BI, Tableau
• Microsoft Certification
• Analytics skills
• Swift Knowledge
• Interpersonal and Communication skills.

What We Expect From You:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
• Highly organised, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

What You Should Expect From Us:

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.

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Job Objectives

• To provide technical support for IBM-ACE, installation, configuration, testing and supporting Issue resolution activities related to the design and functionality of IBM-ACE.) 
• Monitor the IBM-ACE environment to ensure high availability and 100% uptime. 
• Vendor Management - Ensure fluid engagements with all 3rd party support providers (Vendors) to increase content on the platform and ensure they are stable. 
• Team Management- should have experience in quality team-building skills, positive attitude, be detail-oriented, self-motivated and be a good team player. 

Responsibilities

• Check logs/email escalations and ensure all issues raised are closed within the SLA, i.e.  issue resolution, enquiries, complaints and re-routing to responsible units where applicable  
• Routine housekeeping - Backup of logs periodically (daily, weekly etc.), Clean up space on the servers etc. 
• Update Platform Checklist that contains all specific activities on the platform on said dates. 
• Ensure deployments are correctly done and completed promptly. 
• Ensure 100% platform availability at all times 
• Proactive monitoring of all services, execution groups and Brokers on the IBM-ACE Servers.
• Ensure all Services on the platform are optimised and functioning as designed. 
• Track Project Management deliverables to ensure all milestones are delivered and the project remains on track.
• Manage all deployments/changes through the Bank’s approved Change Process.
• Ensure that vendor-related projects are monitored strictly to meet set deadlines  
• Engage stakeholders to understand requirements when developing solutions for the various units. 
• Monitor fraud prevention solutions across all applications deployed on the middleware applications.
• Weekly achievements report
• Weekly Review and reporting of projects and issues.
• Group Digital Banking Monthly Performance Report 
• Review daily transaction Performance reports identifying reasons for failures and ways to avoid them
• Provide AD HOC reports when required
• Ensure all Team related issues (Health, resources etc.) are ok and escalate immediately where required
• Ensure strict compliance by the team to all laid out rules and guidelines
• Oversee general activities of the team – weekday/weekend schedules, Leave management, etc.)
• Obtain all necessary approvals required for the team’s optimal performance (Personal and Official)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Engineering, Systems Engineering
• A Second Degree in any of these disciplines, an MBA and/or technical certifications will enhance performance, though not essential.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in the banking sector or any related technology field.

Candidate's Profile:

• Our ideal candidate must have extensive and strong knowledge of applications built on Linux, Unix, AIX and IBM-App Connect Enterprise (ACE) environment.
• A talented and forward-thinking individual who is solution-driven should have extensive experience troubleshooting, monitoring, administration of the IBM-ACE etc., and ensures 100% uptime.
• The prospective candidate must be able to support and manage projects on the IBM-ACE and related applications.
• S/he must be a solution-driven individual should be comfortable with day-to-day IBM-ACE Management activities and thrive with tight deadlines and changing needs. Experience in banking will be an added advantage.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Strong UNIX/Linux operating system administration. 
• Collaborative skills: Ability to work with cross-functional teams 
• Organizational skills: Ability to multi-task, effectively prioritise work and adapt during pressured situations. 
• Problem-solving skills: must be naturally curious and creative individuals with a drive to proffer solutions to problems, as well as with a passion for innovation 
• Firm Grasp of Structured Query Language (SQL) 
• Customer experience and issue resolution 
• Excellent leadership skills 
• Interpersonal relationship management 
• Proactive and able to work smart on own initiative 
• Hands-on experience working in an applications production support/application development environment. 
• Project coordination skills, including organising, prioritising and tracking all project phases. 
• Trend monitoring for transactions performed on major applications hosted on the IBM-ACE platform.

What We Expect From You:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
• Highly organised, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with the ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain an excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

What You Should Expect From Us:

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values.
• We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.

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Job Objective(s)

• This position will be responsible for issuing purchase orders/award letters to counterparties or vendors in line with the empowerment policy or framework of the Bank.
• This is to ensure optimization of costs, the efficiency of contract executions, and maximum gains or value creation for the Bank.

Responsibilities

• Authorise all inputs initiated on the digital solution.
• Daily review of all reports generated from the digital solution to ascertain the status of all subsisting contracts with respect to either completion or default.
• Liaise with various Group Heads to provide background/feedback on the ongoing contract/SLA implementations.
• Where required, liaise with vendors for ‘on-the-spot assessment of contracts.
• Provide periodic reports on the outcome of reviews to Head, Admin Services.
• Track and monitor advance payment guarantees or performance bonds obtained by the Bank to secure upfront payments.
• Escalate deviations to Head, Admin Services.
• Support the contracting function as either relief during vacation or back up from time to time.

Qualifications

• First Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or any related field of study.
• 3 - 5 years of relevant work experience.

Candidate's Profile:

• We are currently seeking a Team Member, Contract Monitoring.
• The candidate for this position must have a good understanding & interpretation of business contracts and knowledge about risk management and conflict resolution.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• In-depth Business understanding
• Effective Communication
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Problem-solving
• Proficient in Microsoft office tools

What We Expect From You:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and responsibility.
• Highly organized, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with the ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain an excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

What You Should Expect From Us:

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.

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Job Objective(s)

• To administer and manage the bank’s virtual infrastructure for optimal performance and prompt execution of the BCP calendar as well as manage relevant stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the implementation, configuration, deployment, and ongoing support of the VMware vSphere server infrastructure hosting enterprise applications.
• Setup, Install and configure ESX servers.
• Setup and configure HA, VMotion, DRS.
• Install Linux VM / Windows Guests and P2V migrations.
• Support and administration of file share server.
• Day-to-Day System Administration of VMware, Linux, and Windows Servers.
• Prompt execution of BCP calendar.
• Continuity of Business Management Tests - Alternate Site Test/Call Tree Test/Walkthrough Tes.
• Manage business continuity and disaster recovery operations and ensure there is 99.99% service availability and zero data loss in the event of disaster events for the VM infrastructure.
• Ensure hardware upgrades, maintenance, and all environmental changes (such as Servers, Switches, and Storage Systems) with the appropriate vendor as required.
• Ensure prompt deployment of hardware infrastructure for solutions as may be demanded by business.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned.
• Develop technical and operations standards, procedures, technical documentation, and metrics related to VMware vSphere.

Qualifications

• First Degree in an IT-related field.
• Mininum of 3 years of related experience.

Job Requirements:

• Proactive, Vmware, Disaster Recovery, Ability To Work Under Pressure, Relationship Management, Attention To Detail, Management Skill, Banking, Linux, Excel, Communication Skill, Windows Server, Documentation, Work Independently.

Candidate's Profile:

• Our ideal candidate must have knowledge in setting up & the configuration of ESX servers, and VMotion as well as possess good Linux skills.
• Pays attention to detail, has good vendor relationship and management skills, ability to support and troubleshoot issues, and is a good team player.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Working knowledge of Linux.
• Banking Operations, Policies, and Procedures.
• Vendor Relationship Management.
• Interpersonal and Communication skills.
• IT Support.

What We Expect From You:

• A high degree of professional ethics, integrity, and responsibility.
• Highly organized, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with the ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain excellent business relationships.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

What You Should Expect From Us:

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.