Internal Control Officer

Internal Control Officer

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Industry: Banking / Payments / Fintech

Reports To: Group Internal Control & Audit Lead

Job Summary

• The Internal Control Officeris responsible forensuring strong internal control systems across all financial, operational, and technology processes of theorganization.
• The role ensures full compliance with regulatory requirements (CBN, SEC, NDIC, FIRS, AML/CFT), internal policies, and industry standards.
• The officer conducts control assessments,monitorshigh-risktransactions, prevents financial losses, and ensures theorganizationmaintainsa robust governance structure.

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory Compliance & Governance:

• Ensure theorganizationcomplies withregulations issued by CBN, SEC, FIRS, NDIC, FIU, and other relevant financial regulators.
• Assistin implementing AML/CFT internal controls, transaction monitoring, and escalation procedures.
• Conduct regular compliance checks on finance, treasury, settlement, and operational processes.
• Validate that financial and operational activities follow approved policies, SOPs, governance frameworks, and industry standards.

Internal Control System Management:

• Design, implement, and strengthen internal control procedures across all business units.
• Conduct periodic control reviews to assess the effectiveness of controls around payments, collections, reconciliations, lending/credit operations, KYC/ onboarding, and financial reporting.
• Performend-to-endreviews of transaction cycles (Treasury, AP/AR, Procurement, Operations, Loan Disbursement, Collections, etc.).
• Identifycontrol gaps and recommend improvements to mitigate financial, operational, and compliance risks.

Risk Identification & Mitigation:

• Identifyand document key risk areas across financial operations and system processes.
• Work with department heads to design corrective actions and remediation plans.
• Monitor adherence to control recommendations and track implementation status.
• Proactively detect process vulnerabilities that could cause fraud, financial losses, or regulatory sanctions.

Audit Support & Continuous Monitoring:

• Support internal, external, and regulatory audits (CBN examiners, SEC inspectors, FIU reviews, etc.).
• Ensure availability and accuracy of required audit documentation.
• Conduct transaction testing, spot checks, and surprise audits onhigh-riskprocesses.
• Follow up on open audit issues until closure andmaintainan updated remediation tracker.

Financial Controls & Reporting:

• Review financial transactions, approvals, vouchers, and reconciliations to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Monitor GL accounts, suspense accounts, exception items, and variance analysis.
• Ensure segregation of duties across financial processes and access rights.
• Produce periodic reports on control effectiveness, risk exposure, exceptions, and breaches for senior management.

Operational & Technology Controls:

• Review system access controls, user provisioning, privilege management, andIT relatedrisks.
• Work with IT and Operations to ensure proper controls around data protection, cybersecurity, and system integrity.
• Support process automation and digital transformation by embedding controls into digital workflows.

Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Timely completion of control assessments and audits.
• Reduction in control breaches or repeat audit findings.
• Quality of documentation and reporting.
• Compliance rate of departments with internal controls.
• Effectiveness of remediation and control improvements.

Requirements

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or relatedfield.
• Professional qualifications such as ICAN, ACCA, CIA, CISA, or CRMA are an added advantage.
• 6 years of experience in internal control, audit, risk management, or compliance roles.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong understanding of internal control frameworks (COSO, ISO standards, etc.).
• Knowledge of financial reporting, accounting processes, and risk management principles.
• Excellent analytical, investigative, andproblem-solvingskills.
• High attention to detail and strong ethical standards.
• Proficiencyin Excel and reporting tools; familiarity with audit/ERP systems is a plus.
• Strong communicationand interpersonal skills.

Key Attributes:

• Integrity and professionalism.
• Objectivity and critical thinking.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• Strongorganizationand documentation skills.
• Discretion in handling confidential information.

Application Closing Date

22nd June, 2026.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to send their applications to: recruitment@ceviant.co using "Research Analyst" as the subject of the email.