Compliance Advisory Officer at United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA)

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: Compliance Advisory Officer

Location: Nigeria

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 a/c opening requests

Qualifications

• Minimum of a University First Degree
• Experience in Operations, Internal Control, Audit

Application Closing Date

7th February, 2025.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online