Compliance Advisory Officer Recruitment at United Bank for Africa

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 position below:

Job Position: Compliance Advisory Officer

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria.
Job Type: Full time

Job Objective(s)

• To provide guidance to stakeholders on Compliance matters to ensure the bank’s operations and business transactions follow all relevant regulatory provisions and internal policies.

Successful candidates will be a part of the core team set to:

• Ensure adherence to Policy and Regulatory Compliance.
• Provide guidance on Compliance matters.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Compliance Advisory Portal is always properly manned, and all inquiries are responded to in a timely manner.
• Respond to escalations and enquiries with respect to IMTOs
• Re-route STR/SAR escalations from business offices to Transaction Monitoring unit for proper filing.
• Attend to all BVN related changes taking into consideration the provisions of the CBN BVN Framework by ensuring completeness of recommended documentation.
• Attend to all Foreign Currency Transactions referred to Compliance for advice.
• Respond to request for World-Check due diligence screening.
• Ensure prompt response to Request for Information (RFI) from Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit providing requested documents.
• Review and approve account opening request for PEPs and Public Sector Accounts.
• Review and approve Domiciliary Account Tiering /Due Diligence alerts
• Conduct due diligence for Merchants and Payment Facilitators onboarding
• Review of Vendor Account Opening Requests prior to their commencing relationship with the Bank.
• Provide general advisory support and guidance on all Compliance related enquiries.
• Review and approve all agent banking account opening requests

Qualifications

• Minimum Educational Level - Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum experience of 4 years in operations, Internal Control and Audit.

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 an excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

Technical Skills:

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving ability
• Analytic, Conceptual and Investigation Skills
• Proficiency in the use of the computer and basic applications like excel, power point, World Check
• Firm, professional and result-oriented
• Excellent Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Deep knowledge of the Bank’s Products, Services, Processes and Policies
• Good Understanding of Sanction screening

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 to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here, our employees are great assets on which we place premium and offer a wide range of benefits.