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The Internal Control Officer is responsible for ensuring strong internal controls, regulatory compliance, and financial integrity within assigned branches or head office units. The role serves as a key risk management and assurance function, supporting business units with control guidance while safeguarding the bank against fraud, errors, and regulatory breaches. [JOB DESCRI...ICERS- ELR | Word]
Core Focus Areas- Compliance & Control Oversight: Ensures adherence to policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements across branch operations. [JOB DESCRI...ICERS- ELR | Word]
- Transaction & GL Monitoring: Conducts daily reviews of transactions, general ledger accounts, reconciliations, and exception reports to ensure accuracy and integrity. [JOB DESCRI...ICERS- ELR | Word]
- KYC & Regulatory Standards: Strengthens and enforces robust KYC and documentation compliance across customer accounts. [JOB DESCRI...ICERS- ELR | Word]
- Fraud Prevention & Risk Management: Detects, investigates, and reports fraud, operational risks, and irregularities, aiming for zero loss tolerance. [JOB DESCRI...ICERS- ELR | Word]
- Reporting & Audit Support: Prepares timely control reports, resolves audit findings, and ensures regulatory reporting is accurate and complete. [JOB DESCRI...ICERS- ELR | Word]
- Revenue Assurance: Identifies and prevents income leakages while promoting cost control measures. [JOB DESCRI...ICERS- ELR | Word]
Success is evaluated based on:
- Zero tolerance for fraud losses and regulatory breaches
- Integrity of financial records and GL accounts
- Timeliness and accuracy of control reporting
- Audit ratings and compliance levels
- Effectiveness in identifying and resolving control gaps
- Strong analytical, auditing, and investigative skills
- Sound knowledge of banking operations, risk, and regulations
- High attention to detail, independence, and problem-solving ability
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks effectively
In summary: The role acts as the first line of defense in operational control, ensuring that all branch activities are compliant, risk-controlled, and accurately reported, while supporting business performance through effective governance and oversight.
Skills Required
- Strong analytical, auditing, and investigative skills
- Sound knowledge of banking operations, risk, and regulations
- High attention to detail, independence, and problem-solving ability
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks effectively
What We Do
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’) is the parent company of the Ecobank Group, the leading independent pan-African banking group. The Ecobank Group employs over 14,000 people and serves about 20 million customers in the consumer, commercial and corporate banking sectors across 35 African countries. The Group has a banking license in France and representative offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Beijing, China; London, the UK and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The Group offers a full suite of banking products, services and solutions including bank and deposit accounts, loans, cash management, advisory, trade, securities, wealth and asset management. ETI is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchanges in Lagos, the Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra, and the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières in Abidjan.
