Lead, Head Office Operations Control at Moniepoint Inc.
Remote (Lagos preferred) · Full-time
Moniepoint Inc. is hiring for the position of Lead, Head Office Operations Control. This is a full-time remote role with Lagos preferred for occasional in-person oversight. The listing does not state a specific application deadline or salary figures. Compensation is described as competitive, with benefits and support for professional development. Applications are accepted through Moniepoint’s official Greenhouse job board. Note that the listing is now closed.
What the Role Involves
The person in this post leads the assessment, monitoring and reporting of internal controls across head-office operational functions and shared services. Day-to-day work centres on building and running the annual internal control plan, identifying and prioritising risks, and acting as the main second-line-of-defence advisor to support-function leaders.
Key areas of focus include:
- Designing and carrying out risk-based control assessments covering daily core banking general-ledger movements, people operations, real estate and administration, procurement, customer complaints handling (levels 1–3), physical security and other shared services.
- Validating physical assets (including POS devices), reviewing purchase-to-pay and accounts-payable processes, and assessing HR processes such as joiner-mover-leaver and payroll.
- Managing the central policy and procedure repository and conducting periodic attestation reviews.
- Assessing physical and environmental controls such as access systems, CCTV, UPS, fire suppression and facility-management procedures.
- Building and maintaining key-risk-indicator dashboards, overseeing remediation of control deficiencies, preparing periodic reports and following up after reviews.
- Leading and developing a team of Shared Service Control Officers while collaborating with other control leads and head-office teams.
The role also requires staying current with emerging risks and regulatory changes and recommending process improvements.
Requirements from the Employer
According to the listing, candidates need:
- 6–8 years of proven experience in internal control assessments, operational auditing or risk management, including at least 2 years in a supervisory or team-lead capacity.
- Experience in banking or financial services is strongly preferred. Big Four experience conducting operational or ICFR assessments is an advantage.
- A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Risk Management or a related field. A master’s degree or MBA is an added advantage.
- A relevant professional certification such as ACA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, CFE or equivalent, plus membership of a recognised professional body.
- Comfort working remotely, with Lagos preferred for occasional shadow oversight.
Skills highlighted include practical knowledge of the COSO framework, ISO 31000, entity-level control assessment methods and Basel Committee principles for internal control systems in banks; operational risk management in non-core support functions; experience validating physical assets and governing purchase-to-pay and accounts-payable processes; ability to maintain a central policy repository; knowledge of SQL and handling of large data sets; designing control programmes and test scripts; using data analytics for exception reports and KRI monitoring; leadership, stakeholder management, attention to detail, organisation, adaptability and high integrity.
Documents required: a résumé/CV (mandatory). A cover letter is optional. Soft copies or clear details of relevant professional certifications should also be provided.
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through Moniepoint’s official Greenhouse job board. The direct link is given below. The listing does not state an application deadline and is now closed.
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What the company does
Moniepoint Incorporated is a global business payments and banking platform. The listing notes that it was ranked in 2024 by the Financial Times as Africa’s fastest-growing fintech. In the Nigerian market this places the firm among the larger digital financial service providers that serve businesses and individuals with payments, banking and related services.
Day-to-day reality of the role
Expect a mix of planning, detailed testing work and people leadership. A typical period might involve updating the annual control plan, designing test scripts for a process such as payroll or purchase-to-pay, reviewing evidence from Shared Service Control Officers, updating KRI dashboards, writing a short report for senior management, and following up on open deficiencies. Because the role covers physical assets and facility controls, occasional visits or coordination around Lagos facilities may arise even though the base arrangement is remote.
Skills and preparation that matter most for this role
- On your CV, lead with concrete examples of control assessments or operational audits you have designed and executed, especially any work covering shared services, HR processes, procurement or physical asset validation. Quantify only where the numbers are accurate (for example, number of controls tested, deficiencies identified and closed).
- Highlight any experience using data analytics or SQL to produce exception reports or KRIs; this is explicitly mentioned and differentiates candidates.
- List professional certifications clearly and ensure membership status is current. Soft copies or clear details of these documents are requested.
- In interviews, be ready to walk through how you would structure a risk-based assessment of a non-core function such as real-estate administration or complaint management, and how you would prioritise findings for remediation.
- Prepare a short example of how you have mentored or developed junior control or audit staff; the role includes direct team leadership.
Applicants who need to refresh their CV can use the free CV Builder available on this site. A tailored cover letter, although optional on the form, can be prepared with the Cover Letter Generator.
Who this role suits and who may find it difficult
The position is a fit for professionals who already have several years of hands-on internal control or operational audit work, preferably inside banking or financial services, and who have supervised others. It will feel natural to those comfortable with frameworks such as COSO, policy repositories, physical-control testing and data-driven monitoring.
Candidates whose experience is limited to pure financial audit, pure compliance, or pure process improvement without control-testing depth may find the technical breadth demanding. Those who prefer purely remote work with no possibility of occasional Lagos-based oversight may also find the preference for Lagos presence restrictive.
One question to ask yourself before applying: “Can I point to at least two concrete examples where I designed and led a control assessment of a shared-service or support function, and can I describe the outcome and the follow-up I drove?”
Practical Nigerian context
Applicants may want to confirm their ability to work effectively from a reliable remote setup and to travel occasionally into Lagos if required for shadow oversight. Hiring processes for senior control roles in Nigerian fintechs commonly involve an initial CV screen, a technical or competency discussion, and at least one further interview with the hiring manager or broader control leadership. Timelines are not stated in the listing.
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