Orange Bank Africa, Orange’s 100% mobile bank, opens two positions within its financial and banking services in Côte d’Ivoire. The bank recruits a Financial Controller and Regulatory Reporting as well as a Domestic and International Operations Officer.
Education and experience
These opportunities are for candidates with a Baccalaureate-level degree+3 to Bac+5 in finance, accounting, banking, management or equivalent field, with at least three years of professional experience in the banking or financial sector, depending on the position. Interested candidates will have to demonstrate technical skills in their field and a good knowledge of banking operations and regulations.
Position 1: Financial Controller and Regulatory Reporting H/F
Reporting to the Finance & Accounting Department, your mission is to ensure the reliability of financial information, monitor economic performance, ensure compliance with financial and accounting procedures and provide management with relevant analysis for decision making. You also guarantee the quality of accounts, control of financial risks and compliance with external and regulatory reporting.
As such, you are responsible for:
Control of banking activity
Participate in monthly and annual closings; control orders; audit cut-off transactions; control interest calculated on credit; verify regulatory provisions and IFRS 9 on credit (if applicable); check discounts on restructured credit; analyze significant changes in accounts; control reschedulings on credit; analyze losses and recoveries; verify the structural meanings of accounts and correct those in abnormal credit positions; control interest on accounts; control credit.
Main duties
Verify the proper charging of fees and commissions applied; control dormant accounts; control transactions on cards; verify electronic clearing accounts; control electronic commissions; control settlement accounts; control EME accounts.
Other information
Control the accounts of various debtors and creditors and review them to the service manager; verify commissions with partners (EME and others); control transit accounts; contribute to audit missions (CAC, internal audit and group): data collection and consistency check; correct accounting anomalies in the CBS; perform any other tasks that his superior will entrust him.
Financial control
Verify the consistency and accuracy of accounting records; analyse accounts and justify account balances; monitor and verify the consistency of bank reconciliations with the balance; check monthly, quarterly and annual closing operations; monitor the correct application of accounting and regulatory standards in the system; monitor compliance with financial procedures; identify financial and operational risks; participate in the implementation of corrective action plans; contribute to strengthening the internal control framework.
Prepare statutory reports and declarations for the responsible authorities
Consolidate financial data; ensure the reliability of financial indicators; verify compliance with BCEAO rules; prepare and transmit periodic statements (monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual) to the Central Bank following the list of reports in force; check the consistency between accounting and regulatory reporting; monitor the application of BCEAO instructions; prepare and transmit the FODEP to the BCEAO; prepare and transmit the various reports intended for the Banking Commission;
CBS and ERP update
Create accounting chapters and third-party accounts; perform maintenance as part of periodic shutdowns; archive records of maintenance performed in the CBS and ERP.
Candidate profile
LAC +4/5 in management, finance, accounting, economics, audit or any equivalent degree with at least 3 years of experience, including 1 year in a similar function in banking, the financial sector or accounting firm. Good command of the revised Banking Accounting Plan, IFRS standards, including IFRS 9, and SYSCOHADA.
Required skills
A. Business Skills
- Financial control, closures and account analysis
- Banking regulatory reporting and state production
- Control of the revised PCB, SYSCOHADA and IFRS standards
B. Behavioural skills
- Ability to analyze and synthesis
- Rigor, autonomy and a sense of responsibility
- Integrity, discretion and team spirit
C. Special knowledge
- IFRS 9, Provisions and Financial Risks
- CBS, ERP and Financial Reporting Tools
- UEMOA banking regulations and prudential requirements
Poste 2: Responsable des Opérations Domestiques et Internationales H/F
Reporting to the Head of Domestic and International Operations, your mission is to ensure the smooth processing of requests for the transfer of clients to other accounts or beneficiaries and in the management of international transactions of the bank, respecting the procedure of the bank in the matter, regulations and international standards.
As such, you are responsible for:
Transfer of funds
Transactions for the transfer of funds issued internationally (outside of WAEMU); transactions for the transfer of funds received from abroad (outside of WAEMU); accounting for interbank loans and interbank borrowings; implementation of bonds and bonds; Pool feeding and Pooling Account; fund-raising operations; confirmations of purchases and currency sales to the corresponding banks; passing other cash account entries (Money Market, a transmission of the statements of transfers issued and received to the public treasury in a file, as well as the point of physical Trade Authorizations (TA) with the BCEAO; make the import domiciliation and archive records of transfers made; take stock of Western Union transactions and pass the appropriate entries after validation with the partner bank; prepare the various reporting files at the BCEAO (CRP, questionnaires on payment systems, transfer statistics ...);
Accounting treatment of international trade operations
Ensure the administrative management of Credoc and Remdoc files: output, restitution, storage, page numbering; process incoming SWIFT messages (Class 7); 4 and 9); write the various letters relating to the files dealt with in International Trade; archive each file to allow a clear understanding and an optimal follow-up; contribute to the strategic watch on the new practices relating to International Trade; carry out the domiciliation of exports and prepare the different files to send to the supervising authorities (BCEAO, CUSTOMS); collaborate in the repatriation of export revenues.
Profile
Experience
LAC +3/4 in Banking, Finance, Accounting, Management, International Trade or equivalent, and with at least 3 years of experience in a similar function in the banking or financial sector. Credit risks, clearing, treasury operations, international trade, accounting, local portfolio.
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