Job Vacancies At United Bank For Africa Plc (UBA)

Vacancies exist in United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), one of the leading banks in Nigeria and indeed Africa.

Date Posted: March, 31^st       Deadline: April 29.

About United Bank for Africa (UBA)

UBA’s has more than 65 years of providing uninterrupted banking operations dating back to 1948 when the British and French Bank Limited (“BFB”) commenced business in Nigeria.

BFB was a subsidiary of Banque Nationale de Crédit (BNCI), Paris, which transformed its London branch into a separate subsidiary called the British and French Bank, with shares held by Banque Nationale de Crédit and two British investment firms, S.G. Warburg and Company and Robert Benson and Company.

A year later, BFB opened its offices in Nigeria to break the monopoly of the two existing British owned banks in Nigeria then. Following Nigeria’s independence from Britain, UBA was incorporated on 23, February 1961 to take over the business of BFB. UBA eventually listed its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in 1970 and became the first Nigerian bank to subsequently undertake an Initial Public Offering (IPO). UBA became the first sub-Saharan bank to take its banking business to North America when it opened its New York Office (USA) in 1984 to offer banking services to Africans in Diaspora.

Today’s UBA emerged from the merger of then dynamic and fast growing Standard Trust Bank, incorporated in 1990 and UBA, one of the biggest and oldest banks in Nigeria. The merger was consummated on August 1, 2005, one of the biggest mergers done on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Following the merger, UBA subsequently went ahead to acquire Continental Trust Bank in the same year, further expanding the UBA brand. UBA subsequently acquired Trade Bank in 2006 which was under liquidation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

• Contents
• Open Jobs
  1. Team Member, IT Audit
  2. Team Member, Investigation & Fraud Management
• Method of Application

Team Member, IT Audit

• Job Type: Full Time
• Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
• Experience: 3 – 5 years
• Location: Lagos
• Job Field: ICT / Computer

Job Description
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).

Job Objective(s)

• To implement the Bank and audit division’s mandate relating to review and assessment of controls over the information systems, safeguard the Bank’s assets, ensure the completeness and accuracy of transaction records; and prevent/detect incidences of related frauds and irregularities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the review of all digital banking income lines using CAAT tools to ensure that all incomes are received accordingly.
• Review adequacy of existing control to give reasonable assurance that all possible income leakages are blocked.
• Prepare activity report for the Group Head, Internal Audit and any other assigned functions
• Design audit work plan for Preliminary internal control review to determine the strength of the Internal Control
• Assist in the development and revision/update of the annual IT audit strategy and work plan in conjunction with the Head, Corporate Audit and Compliance
• Participate and supervise the process reviews/redesigns as well as systems upgrade/implementation efforts to ensure that appropriate system controls considerations are effectively taken on board and implemented
• Monitor adequacy of security and control built into the bank’s IT architecture
• Ensure periodic Review of actual expense against budgets and resolve expense mis-alignment
• Review the procurement process of e-banking infrastructure to ensure that they are in line with procurement policy of the bank.
• Review and ensure clear roles, responsibilities, segregation of duties and succession planning for the various levels of IT & e-banking staff.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Accounting or any other numerate discipline.
•  Relevant professional certification e.g. CISA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CISSP and MBA etc will be an added advantage.
• 3-5 years related experience.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Banking operations, policies and procedures
• Interpersonal skills and communication skills (written and oral)
• IT proficiency
• Integrity
• Good investigative skills
• Good numerate and analytical skill.
• Structured query language (SQL Navigator)
• Audit command language (ACL)
• Unix operating systems
• Business objects (BO)
• FTP – file transfer protocol
• Microsoft office tools.

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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Team Member, Investigation & Fraud Management

• Job Type: Full Time
• Qualification: BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
• Experience: 3 – 5 years
• Location: Lagos
• Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit

Job Description
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).

Job Objective(s)

• To carry out E-Channel fraud investigation across the Group and come up with recommendation to ensure that fraud E-Channel frauds are reduced to the barest minimum. Investigation of Fraud and Forgeries to identify incident root causes, internal control gaps and failure points; and to proffer solutions/recommendations to prevent reoccurrence and exposure to corporate liability, sanctions and litigations.

Responsibilities

• Carry out computer and E-channels forensic examination functions to generate admissible evidence for court proceedings.
• Carry out computer forensic seizure, analyses and technical support on requests coming from other divisional investigators, African country operations and affiliates.
• Conduct prompt investigation of frauds and forgeries and customers’ complaints, process & services failures and other cases reported on Cards & other E-channel platforms; and ensure that the cases are dispensed within set deadlines.
• Conduct prompt investigation of breach of policy, procedures, regulatory policies and code of conduct for appropriate disciplinary action.
• Identify process inefficiencies, control weakness, and proffer relevant mitigating recommendations for management review, consideration and subsequent implementation.
• Respond promptly to and cultivate effective liaison with other banks in relation to issues of frauds, customers’ complaints and other investigation matters for the purpose of containment of fraud losses and salvaging fraudulent funds.
• Issue Sensitization memos on the Learning Points arising from the various investigation cases.
• Root-cause analysis to identify critical control gaps/process inefficiencies and provide effective recommendations and solutions to the identified risks.
• Attend UATs, and proof of concept sessions to ensure information security risks are considered/mitigated in applications and systems before acquisition and deployment.
• Payment card acquiring reviews & risk management, continuous monitoring of fraud triggers using various tools for acquired merchants’ suspicious or collusive activities for immediate remediation and countermeasures.
• Liaise and follow up with e-channels host/switch companies, payment card schemes and mobile payment providers (Interswitch, UPSL, NIBSS, eTranzact, MasterCard, Visa, etc.)  for management and resolution of electronic payment card, mobile banking risks.
• Review tracking and blocking of fraud proceeds transfers, placing of restrictions, obtaining / issuance of court orders and indemnity documents for recovery/repatriation of salvaged funds.
• Render periodic reports of frauds and forgeries to regulatory authorities and management.

Qualifications

• First Degree in Computer Science, Accounting, Banking & Finance, and any related numerate fields
• Masters’ regree or a professional qualification will be an advantage
• 3-5 years related experience.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Sound experience in the following key areas: Audit/Investigation, IT Audit/ Control, IT security and Risk Management & E-fraud and forensic Investigation.
• Sound knowledge of the banking operations and internal control.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Advanced computer skills
• Information security and IT audit skills
• Good Understanding of the Nigerian Banking Industry.
• Knowledge of CBN’s policies and the business environment.

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.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should please use the link(s) below to apply on company website.

• Team Member, IT Audit
• Team Member, Investigation & Fraud Management

Good luck.