Financial Control and Risk Management Job at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria

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Job Title: Financial Control and Risk Manager

Employer: Standard Chartered Bank Plc

Job ID: 385497

Job Function: Finance

Location: Lagos, Nigeria – SCB

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Description: – Supports the head of  Finance Systems and Controls to manage internal controls in finance and drive adherence to financial controls policy across the bank.  – Also drives adherence to the provisions of the operational risk management framework across Finance.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Monitor compliance with and adherence to Financial Controls Policy (FCP) across the bank

• Maintain the Bank's Chart of Accounts, ensuring complete reconciliation in place.

• Review General Ledger suspense and sundry accounts

• Ensure outstanding items in general ledger sundry and suspense accounts are within life span

• Assist in coordinating FCP and ORMAF trainings for Finance and other units across the Bank.

•  Perform Assurance reviews to ensure adherence to the FCP

• Perform Trial Balance reviews in line with the FCP

• Support the development and enhancement of the Finance control environment.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Professional qualifications in Accounting and Finance e.g. ACCA, ACA plus at least six years work experience either in the banking industry or audit firm.

• Good communication, presentation and interpersonal skills

• Broad understanding of banking practice

• General understanding of minimum controls standards

• An eye for detail and accuracy with a strong analytical capability

• Probing mind

• People management and stakeholder engagement skill

• High level of computer literacy is required especially the use simple system/ data query tools

• Team coordination, supervisory, people management and accurate execution/delivery of agreed tasks and objectives.

•  Good business writing skills

In compliance with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Act of 2004, all applicants should ensure that they have completed the mandatory NYSC programme. A discharge certificate will be required as evidence of completion of the programme. Where an exemption has been granted, a certificate of exemption will also be required.

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