Lead Internal Auditor via Open Access Consulting Limited – Lagos

An undisclosed banking employer is recruiting a full-time Lead Internal Auditor in Lagos through Open Access Consulting Limited. The role covers cash and vault operations, branch transaction processing, supervision, reconciliations and operational controls.

Responsibilities

• Open the bank vault jointly with the designated custodian and distribute teller cash against approved registers.
• Supervise tellers, customer-care staff and back-office processing during branch operations.
• Authorise transactions above teller thresholds, manage cash swaps and monitor till and vault insurance limits.
• Oversee account opening, account mandates, cheques, transfers and customer transaction instructions.
• Balance the vault at close of business and investigate teller cash shortages or excesses on the same day.
• Run or supervise end-of-day processing on the core banking platform and review exception reports.
• Control branch cash exposure and arrange evacuation of excess cash to a correspondent bank.
• Enforce dual control, prior-day transaction ticket call-over and other branch operational safeguards.
• Work with ICT on system downtime and with Finance on daily proofs and reconciliations.

Qualifications and experience

• BSc or HND in Banking and Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• At least seven years of banking-operations experience, including three years supervising branch operations in a microfinance or commercial bank.
• Practical experience in microfinance, retail banking or SME lending.
• Ability to satisfy CBN fit-and-proper requirements.
• CIBN MCP is strongly preferred and is relevant to CBN approval for top management appointments; ACIB is an advantage.

Skills and attributes

• Knowledge of vault and cash management, teller supervision, customer account services, NIP and NEFT transfers, banking systems and end-of-day processing.
• Understanding of reconciliation controls, operational risk, and CBN cash-handling and branch-operation requirements.
• Strong supervision, coaching, attention to detail, problem-solving, integrity and customer-service skills.
• Calm judgement under pressure; Igbo-language ability is also identified among the role attributes.