Specialist – Fraud Monitoring, Commercial at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria – The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Specialist – Fraud Monitoring, Commercial

Job Identification: 1552
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Category: MTN Level 2
Job Schedule: Full time
Reports To: Manager Operations Fraud Quality and Processes
Division: MoMo Payment Service Bank

Description

• Develop, implement and maintain programs for monitoring suspicious activity and respond to requests to investigate suspicious activity or reporting
• Ensure implementation, compliance & adherence to the standards, policies, guidelines & processes defined by Group DigiFin Internal Audit & Forensic team and MTN Group Risk & Internal Audit & Forensic team as applicable
• Implement and manage appropriate fraud detection and prevention operational frameworks, aligned to overall Fraud Risk strategy, ensuring that the systems and processes in place are effective and drive reduction and mitigation of fraud risk and enables the employees and business to denounce any irregular activities
• Manage continuous testing on the design and effectiveness of these key internal controls, systems and processes for fraud detection and prevention, addressing control weaknesses, and making recommendations regarding industry best practice controls, systems and processes, and continued control improvement
• Develop reports on fraud detection and prevention systems, trends, new challenges, new exposures, with recommendations and guidance to management, based on internal expertise and, best practices
• Review documents such as emails, transaction records and other information to identify evidence of inappropriate or fraudulent activities
• Conduct interviews to uncover new information, clarify or corroborate investigation findings
• Review OpCo information, documentation and internal controls to determine risk of exposure to fraudulent activities
• Assess identified risks and determine compliance with legal/regulatory responsibilities
• Work with Compliance Officers, Internal Auditors and Risk Managers to provide recommendations to take corrective action or protect against fraud
• Interact with business management, legal, risk and core compliance teams to inform them of investigation proceedings
• Prepare investigative reports that provide details of investigations (e.g. method, information collected, people interviewed), findings and recommendations
• Participate in court proceedings as a subject matter expert/witness on issues relating to fraud and forensics
• Assist in spreading awareness within the OpCo on potential frauds and share investigative findings to bring colleagues up to speed on potential risks related to fraud
• Develop internal training materials on fraud detection and prevention in line with Group guidelines
• Proactively update the Group Fraud Incident Register for driving the definition of new methods, mechanisms, systems, and processes to prevent new incidents
• Other tasks and duties, as assigned.

Requirements
Education:

• First Degree in Accounting / Finance / Information Systems / Business Science or related degree
• Master’s in business administration is advantageous
• Certified Fraud Examiner
• Fluent in English.

Experience:

• 3 – 7 Years’ experience in Internal Audit/Forensics and/or Fraud investigation is required;
  • Experience in Fintech, banking or Telecom is preferred
  • Expert knowledge on risk-based methodologies – risk, governance, control and auditing methodologies
  • Understanding of information security standards, best practices for securing computer systems, and applicable laws and regulations
  • Experience working in a global/multinational enterprise with a good understanding of emerging markets is preferred

Deadline: 17th October, 2022 (11:59 PM).

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online