Senior Control Officers Equity Bank
Senior Control Officers Equity Bank
Purpose:
The holder of the position will be required to maintain a robust internal control framework while continuously reviewing it to mitigate risks. A strong internal control framework will lead to high-level quality of financial statements of the organization in compliance with internal policies.
Scope:
General Accounting, reporting, fixed assets accounting, data extraction, mining and analysis
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Evaluate the existing internal financial controls, and recommend improvements where deficiencies are identified
- Conduct follow-up reviews of financial, operational, or regulatory compliance deficiencies noted during audits (internal & external)
- Administer the internal financial control framework and procedures to help ensure the effectiveness of internal financial controls over reporting.
- Formulate and implement relevant directives, guidelines and procedural documents pertaining to internal financial controls and managing any required reviews and updates.
- Ensure the Internal Financial Control Matrix is current and ensure the adequacy of key control design effectiveness.
- Reviewing of daily movements in the General ledgers and report exceptions noted and provide improvements on key processes
- Ensuring old outstanding items in the departmental reconciliations are promptly resolved with a clear resolution plan shared by the relevant department
- Continuously ensure that general ledger accounts with zero activity are closed.
- Review all general ledger accounts to ensure that they are correctly mapped to the chart of accounts and all new GLs opened meet the minimum requirements
- Regularly review the general ledger access rights that have been granted and ensure they comply / aligned with the duties of each user
SPECIAL CHALLENGES:
- Ability to meet tight deadlines on reporting without compromising quality
- Driving achievement of the Finance scorecard
- Ability to think outside the box on process improvements
Key Critical Competencies
- Good communication skills both verbal and written
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Advanced IT skills in Microsoft office-Excel
- Able to work well with minimum supervision
- Working knowledge of an ERP system and core banking system
Experience
- Degree in a relevant field from a recognized University or College
- Minimum 3 years’ work experience in a similar position in the banking sector
- Must be a CPA 3 holder or equivalent qualification
Closing Date: 20 April 2022
Application– Equity Bank Kenya on equitybank.taleo.net
