𝐥𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫

Unity Co-operative Society (UNICS Plc) is a Microfinance institution created on the 15th of January 2000. Among other conventional financial products like savings accounts and current accounts, UNICS Plc has significantly invested in the development of value-added services like Automated Teller Machines and international Bank Cards, Online Banking, SMS Banking, Virtual Private Networks, Bank to Wallet Services and many others. For the past 24 years, UNICS Plc has been able to position itself as one of the fastest-growing financial institutions in Cameroon with well-developed products tailored to the needs of the public.

To coordinate and reinforce the Internal Audit & Compliance Team, we are seeking the services of an internal Auditor with a thorough knowledge of the OHADA and COBAC Accounting principles, who would be ready to work at any of our Branches in the National territory. Under the supervision of a Departmental Head, the Internal Auditor will be responsible for assessing the effectiveness of internal Control Systems, identifying risks, and making recommendations to improve processes and the overall institutional performance. Mastery of financial accounting and internal controls will be an added advantage.

ln order to successfully achieve the purpose of this role, the position holder will perform the following tasks and should have the qualifications and skills indicated below:

– Identifying credit, and operational risks etc, analyse and evaluating all risks the company is exposed to.

– Monitoring, Control and reconciliation of our third-party banking products; Flash Pay, Diplomat Card, Western Union and all other upcoming products.

– Reporting on the state of our third-party banking products; an evaluation on the evolution of the profitability and losses if they arise.

– Collaborating with the Head of the Internal Audit Department in audit reports.

– Prepare budget and forecast information on these products and aid in the development of new products.

– Put in place a procedure manual for the management of these products and follow up the implementation.

– Assist in the follow-up of all issues with respect to the functioning of these products; passwords and privileges.

– Monitoring, reconciliation and reporting on the U- Collection product to ensure little or zero losses are recorded.

– Follow up the management of irregularities for these products and propose solutions and follow-up recommendations

– Propose management techniques to better sell these products to maximize gain and minimize losses

– Day-to-day monitoring of all accounting entries treated by the institution for proper justification, correctness in posting with respect to the laws in place and Follow-up of suspicious transactions.

– Collaborate with the external Audit & Compliance Team to put in place a system of detective and preventive controls for the institution to detect & prevent fraud and misappropriation

– Monitor and advise Management in minimizing risk resulting from poor internal controls.

– To conduct any reviews or tasks requested by Management

– have at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Audit or its equivalent

– To have at least two years of working experience in accounting and internal control positions. Experience in auditing or internal Control is an added advantage;

– Experience in process evaluation, implementing policies and procedures;

– Ability to work independently within a team-fostered environment;

– Knowledge of banking and financial regulations

– Impeccable integrity and morality check

– Exceptional ability to communicate in English and French verbally and in writing.

– Able to work in a team-fostered environment

– Good working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.