Ongoing Recruitment at UBA Bank, 11th September, 2018

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa's leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria, UBA has grown to become a Pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally. We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:     Job Title: Regional Control Officer Reference No: #RMD0010 Locations: Abuja (FCT), Asaba-Delta, Katsina, Lagos, Jos South-Plateau, Jalingo, Taraba States Contract Type: Permanent Job Functions: Banking Industries: Banking / Finance & Investment Introduction

• UBA's culture is built and nurtured on values, resilience and dedication. It is a culture that makes us a role model for African businesses. Your contribution to the culture is critical to our success thus your career growth is of utmost importance to us.
• Group Risk Management Directorate strives to achieve sound corporate governance, robust compliance and effective risk management processes for credit, market and liquidity. Strategies deployed help build robust capital management, effective risk monitoring and proactive risk mitigation.
• We are currently seeking staff who have strong Internal Control experience to lead teams in the following locations, Abuja, Katsina, Jos, Jalingo and Delta.

• Assist business offices with compliance and regulatory issues, and provide counselling when required.
• Improve control and awareness culture in the business offices.
• Ensure that the ambience of the business office is maintained
• Monitor and ensure that open items in 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.

• A good first degree in Accounting or humanities (min 2.2) with ACA

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in banking which should be predominantly in Internal Control or Audit Function.

• Good Interpersonal and Communication skills (oral & written)
• Good Administrative, Supervisory and Leadership Skills
• Good Organization, coordination and Analytical skills
• Effective influencing and relationship building skills
• Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to work well in a team, as well as manage multiple priorities in quick time frames

• As a brand with Africa as the center of its business operations, UBA strongly believes in Africa and its people with emphasis on being global. We are driving the renaissance of the African economy through innovation in Banking, having successfully built a strong domestic and international brand with footprints in 20 African countries, London, Paris and New York.
• Our strong presence on the African continent is deliberate and it reflects our love for diversity and a multicultural system. We have about 15,000 multilingual, ethnically varying and highly diverse people who reflect the richness, multiplicity and uniqueness of the twenty (20) African countries we operate. Here at UBA, each person’s contribution is valued and is important to the overall vision of the company. Your career growth is of utmost importance to us, that’s why you deserve more than a job. You deserve a tribe. Working in UBA admits you into our tribe. You will do the work that you love, one that matters to you and will be involved in cross functional projects across all our geographies. You become a part of the culture built and nurtured on values, resilience and dedication, a culture that make us a role model for African businesses.

• Accomplishes finance human resource strategies by determining accountabilities; communicating and enforcing values, policies, and procedures; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation strategies.
• Develops finance organizational strategies by contributing financial and accounting information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction; establishing functional objectives in line with organizational objectives.
• Establishes finance operational strategies by evaluating trends; establishing critical measurements; determining production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies; designing systems; accumulating resources; resolving problems; implementing change.
• Develops organization prospects by studying economic trends and revenue opportunities; projecting acquisition and expansion prospects; analyzing organization operations; identifying opportunities for improvement, cost reduction, and systems enhancement; accumulating capital to fund expansion.
• Develops financial strategies by forecasting capital, facilities, and staff requirements; identifying monetary resources; developing action plans in conjunction with Head Resources.
• Monitors financial performance by measuring and analyzing results; initiating corrective actions; minimizing the impact of variances.
• Maximizes return on invested funds by identifying investment opportunities; maintaining relationships with the investment community.
• Reports financial status by developing forecasts; reporting results; analyzing variances; developing improvements.
• Updates job knowledge by remaining aware of new regulations; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Accomplishes finance and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

• First degree in Accounting, Economics Additional professional qualification – ACA, ACCA

• 7-10 years work experience in financial control in the banking industry or financial industry.

• Good written Communication
• Good Oral Communication Skills
• Attention to Details.
• Strong Leadership qualities
• Good analytical skills
• Good problem solving skills