DFCU Bank

Banking + 2 more

Internal Controls Officer

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Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree.
  • Four (4) Years’ experience in a financial institution two (2) of which should be in Banking operations and with Credit or Business experience.
  • Professional qualification in Banking and Risk management/ Audit is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of Risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).
  • An understanding of Branch operations.
  • Willingness to question/challenge existing processes.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Analytical with good attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
  • Carry out standard and adhoc reviews to identify control gaps and escalate them through the appropriate Control Governance channels in a timely manner.
  • Liaise with the different stakeholders in branch distribution to create effective design, analysis and remediation of control measures for gaps identified.
  • Periodical supervision using reports and data analytics to proactively manage risk.
  • Liaise with the Risk champions at branches, provide strong governance oversight to ensure that the Business is suitably addressing significant external and internal requirements.
  • Provide advice and guidance to the branch teams with respect to issues concerning processes, procedures, and controls in branch and credit related operations.
  • Liaise with the different stakeholders in branch distribution to ensure closure or resolution control gaps identified.
  • Timely tracking to full closure the rectification of all audits (internal and external) findings to prevent scenarios of repeat findings and overdue issues.
  • Support with the development and implementation of Operational Risk, Compliance workshops and control awareness programs to all branches.
  • Evaluate adequacy and effectiveness of controls through Identifying process gaps and system failures and report them with recommendation for improvement to the responsible leadership teams.
  • Participate in review of the policies, procedures, service level, agreements, guidelines and process flow for branches by providing input for improvement and follow up to ensure all these documents are up to date.
  • Identify income leakage gaps and recommend remedial actions to close the gaps.

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