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Paga Group seeks a Head of Internal Audit & Compliance to lead the organization's regulatory compliance and internal audit functions. This is a senior leadership role reporting to the Board, responsible for establishing and maintaining the bank's compliance framework, managing regulatory relationships, and ensuring adherence to all applicable Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other regulatory requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serve as Chief Compliance Officer and lead the regulatory compliance function
- Maintain and monitor the bank's regulatory obligations framework, identifying and escalating material compliance breaches
- Lead the AML/CFT/CPF (anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, counter-proliferation financing) programme, including KYC/CDD (know-your-customer/customer due diligence), sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and suspicious transaction reporting
- Oversee customer onboarding and ongoing KYC compliance
- Coordinate compliance-related regulatory returns, submissions, and record-keeping
- Manage regulatory correspondence, inspections, examinations, and remediation of findings
- Monitor regulatory developments and advise Management and the Board on implications
- Maintain and periodically review compliance policies, procedures, and monitoring programmes
- Conduct risk-based compliance monitoring and testing; provide periodic reports to Management and Board
- Coordinate regulatory and compliance training across the organization
This role combines internal audit oversight with compliance leadership, requiring direct engagement with senior management, regulators, and board-level committees.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 4 years' relevant experience in internal audit, compliance, internal controls, or financial services, with demonstrated experience independently managing audit and/or compliance responsibilities
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, Law, or related discipline
- Relevant professional qualification preferred: ACA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent
- Strong knowledge of internal audit, internal controls, AML/CFT/CPF, regulatory compliance, and financial-services regulation
- Certificate in Microfinance Banking from the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), or willingness to obtain it
- Strong analytical, investigative, report-writing, and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into practical controls and compliance actions
- Proficiency in audit, MIS, data analysis, and reporting tools
