Latest Recruitment at United Bank for Africa Plc

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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 Title: Team Member, Investigation & Fraud Management

Locations: Lagos & North

Job Objective(s)

• Conduct Investigation and Issue Reports, with follow up for Implementation of Approved Recommendations.
• Review and Respond to Balance confirmation and Account Statement enquiries/ Requests.
• Render Periodic Reports of Frauds and Forgeries to Regulatory Authorities and Management.
• Drive and Follow up with Recovery and Prosecution effort.
• Carry out Fraud Incident Containment, Fund Salvage, and Repatriation Processes.

Minimum Education Qualifications

• First degree in Accounting, Banking & Finance or any related numerate field.
• Masters’ Degree or a professional qualification/certifications will be an advantage.

Previous Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience, out of which 2 years must have been spent in Investigation, Operations, Audit or Internal Control.

Skills Required:

• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent written communication skills
• Computer literacy skills
• Investigative skills.

Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge of the bank’s policies and procedures.
• Good Understanding of the Nigerian Banking Industry.
• Knowledge of CBN’s policies and the business environment.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

 

Job Title: Sales Specialist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Job
The Team's Objectives:

• Manage existing relationships with banks in Nigeria and Africa to drive transaction origination revenue generation, and global account management.
• Prospect correspondent banking opportunities in UBA presence countries.
• Work in collaboration with UBA UK and UBA America to originate trade and foreign currency transactions from local banks across Africa, in line with UBA risk appetite.
• Grow trade risk volumes and generate attractive Income.
• Prepare Credit Approval Memorandum for new credits and renewals for existing credit lines.
• Process the approval of credit requests from UBA America, UBA UK and UBA Subsidiaries.
• Provide global account coverage for local Banks in Nigeria and across Africa, ensuring that the risk we are undertaking are measured, monitored, and managed within exposure limits.
• Provide best in class service to all customers both internally and externally i.e. attending and resolving customer service issues as they arise.

Duties & Responsibilities
Bank Sales:

• Develop relationships that will increase transaction volume in the countries of focus.
• Monitor and appraise financial performance of banks periodically i.e. every quarter or annually.
• Ensure quick resolution of trade issues, service issues and complaints between counterparty banks and all service providers within the group.
• Keep abreast of all economic and socio –political events in these countries with a view to analyzing its impact on the business, positively or otherwise.
• Support UBA subsidiary banks by facilitating the processing of their credit request for counterparty lines for banks operating in their respective countries and regions. Appraise all Deposit Placement Lines and FX requests from UBA Plc Treasury and UBA subsidiaries in Africa and recommend qualifying requests for the Division Head’s approval.

Requirements
Our Ideal Candidate:

• A University degree
• Additional professional qualification is an added advantage
• Core Banking or a Finance Analyst related role in a financial Institution.
• Corporate Banking, Trade Operations/Services and or correspondent Banking Experience.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

 

Job Title: Team Member, Subsidary Audit Francophone

Location: Nigeria

Job Objective(s)

• Preparation of Audit Plan and Monitoring.
• Execution of Approved Audit Plan
• Process improvement and efficiency
• Execution of other management reports and tasks

Requirements
Minimum Education Qualifications:

• First Degree in any field
• Master's Degree will be an advantage
• Professional qualification in accounting e.g. ACA, ACCA

Previous Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of two years cognate experience in Audit related role or Banking Operation & Internal Control.

Skills Required:

• Strong Relationship and Human Capital management
• Effective communication skills (Verbal and written)
• Analytical and Investigation Skills.
• Auditing and Accounting Skills.
• General Corporate Finance and Financial Strategy Skills.
• Policy and Regulation interpretation/ implementation.
• Conceptual Skills
• Corporate Performance Management Skills.

Knowledge:

• Comprehensive Banking Operations / Credit (Domestic and Foreign).
• Comprehensive Treasury Knowledge
• Comprehensive Capital Market Operations.
• Use of CAAT and other data mining/query tools.
• Fraud and Operational risk knowledge.
• Banking, Insurance, and financial services knowledge.
• Extensive Working Knowledge of Microsoft word, Excel and power point, Intranet Mailing facility and the core banking application (Finacle) of the bank.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

 

Job Title: Team Member, Credit Audit for Subsidiary Francophone

Location: Nigeria

Job Objective(s)

• Conduct Credit related investigations as advised from time to time
• General Process Administration

Knowledge:

• Average to good knowedge of credit analysis Have a sound knowledge of the bank’s credit policy, systems and products
• Sound experience in Operations and Internal controls. Good Understanding 01 the Nigerian Banking Industry
• Knowledge of CBN’s policies and the business environment

Minimum Education Qualifications

• First degree in any field
• Professional qualification e.g. ACA, ACC A, ACIB will be an advantage

Previous Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years experience either in related field/audit.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

 

Job Title: Team Member, Non-Earning Assets

Location: Nigeria

Job objective(s)

• Other assets
• GL Monitoring
• GL Maintenance

Minimum Education Qualifications

• First degree in any field.
• MMasters Degree or a professional qualification will be an advantage.
• Previous Work Experience Requirements
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience, out of which 1 year must have been spent in a similar role in Financial Control or Finance Department.

Skills required:

• Microsoft office skills (word, excel, outlook)
• Interpersonal and communications skills
• Computer literacy skills
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Accuracy

Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge of the bank’s policies and procedures.
• Accounting principles.
• Excellent interpretation of business needs into operational requirements.
• Good Understanding of the Nigerian Banking Industry.
• Knowledge of CBN’s policies and the business environment.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

 

Job Title: Team Member, Revenue Assurance and Business Intelligence

Location: Nigeria

Job Objective(s)

• Co-ordinate Revenue Assurance tea
• Ensure Revenue Assurance across the group
• Drive automation of Manual processes in Group Finance

Requirements
Minimum Education Qualifications:

• First degree in Computer Science or Mathematical related fields
• Masters’ Degree or a professional qualification will be an advantage

Previous Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years Revenue assurance experience

Skills Required:

• Critical thinking and scripting skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Project management.

Knowledge:

• Extensive business knowledge of basic income and expense lines
• Good coding skills (ACL, SQL, PYTHON)
• Excellent Analytical ability
• Good Understanding of the Nigerian Banking Industry
• Knowledge of CBN’s policies and the business environment.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

 

Job Title: Relationship Manager / Team Lead: Embassies, Multilaterals & Development Organisations (EMDO)

Location: Lagos

Job Objective(s)

• Focusing on Embassies, Multilaterals, developmental organization as well as diplomatic corps, missions with a view to mining and even creating opportunities in the space.
• To co-ordinate with the other stakeholders within the bank in implementing strategies for breaking into new emerging EMDO markets across Africa and establishing mutually beneficial and strategic partnerships between the UBA Group and International Development Organisations.
• To ultimately forge strong bilateral relationships between both countries as well as create other mutually beneficial collaborations at large.

Job Description

• Development of detailed EMDO marketing strategies for multilaterals, embassies, International and local NGOs
• Conversions of New EMDO Mandates, Management of existing relationships and retention of business
• Supervising the implementation of prepared marketing plans and strategies to achieve the objective of the unit.
• Development of specialised banking products , detailed EMDO marketing materials for multilaterals, embassies, International and local NGOs
• Implementation of call plan, engagement plan and required sponsorships
• Participation in RFPs, Bids, Tenders and other assignments

Education Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree.

Experience:

• Minimum 5years banking experience, across various roles.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

 

Job Title: Team Lead, Revenue Assurance

Location: Nigeria

Job Objective(s)

• 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.

Requirements
Minimum Education 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.

Previous Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years banking experience in similar position or 10 years non- banking experience in similar position.

Skills Required:

• Interpersonal skills.
• Communication skills (written and oral)
• IT proficiency.
• Integrity.
• Good investigative skills.
• Good numerate and analytical skill.

Knowledge:

• Structured Query Language (SQL) Navigator).
• Audit Command Language (ACL)
• Unix operating systems.
• Business Objects (BO).
• FTP – file transfer protocol.
• Microsoft Office tools.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

 

Job Title: Head, Business Development and Relationship Management

Location: Nigeria

Job Objective(s)

• Business development
• Send out Proposals and introductory letters
• Respond to RFPs (Request for Proposals)
• Respond to enquiries
• Relationship management
• Initiate new client relationships
• Set up new accounts on NAV
• Send out Monthly billing
• Send out weekly newsletters
• Day- to- day management of client relationships
• Client “education” of market intricacies
• Review & comment on legal documentation with support of UBA Legal Department)
• Central point of client contact
• Open accounts at House Branch
• Development and monitoring of Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Any other duties that may be assigned by the Head, GIS

Requirements
Minimum Education Qualifications:

• A Good Degree

Previous Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum experience: Seven (7) Years.

Skills required:

• Good team spirit
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Extensive knowledge of custody of securities
• Strong analytical skills speed and accuracy
• Good Administrative abilities
• Must be humble

Knowledge:

• A good understanding of Custody business.
• Experience in back office administration
• Customer Service

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

 

Application Deadline 26th April, 2021.

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