Internal Controls Manager
2025-08-12T15:31:27+00:00
PremierCredit Zambia Limited
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Lusaka
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Financial Services
Management
2025-08-22T17:00:00+00:00
Zambia
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The Internal Controls Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing eShandi’s internal control framework to ensure operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation across PremierCredit Zambia Limited and its subsidiaries. This includes overseeing all business functions such as lending, payments, merchant services, embedded finance, cards, remittances, and IT-related processes. The role ensures that effective controls are integrated into daily operations, maintaining adherence to both regulatory standards and internal policies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop, document and maintain eShandi’s Internal Control policies and procedures in line with Bank of Zambia requirements, COSO principles and internal governance structures.
- Integrate control mechanisms into operational processes across all products and services.
- Conduct risk assessments to identify and address control weaknesses in business operations.
- Perform periodic testing and monitoring of operational, financial and IT-related controls.
- Review reconciliation processes for POS, ATM, cards, payments and remittance transactions.
- Track resolution of control deficiencies and ensure timely follow-up.
- Implement preventative and detective controls to minimize fraud, financial loss and operational disruptions.
- Maintain segregation of duties across operational processes to reduce conflict-of-interest risks.
- Ensure compliance with BoZ directives, AML/CFT regulations, Data Protection Act and other relevant laws.
- Work with Compliance, Risk and IT teams to ensure alignment with operational control requirements.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Risk Management, or related field.
- Certifications (preferred): CPA, ACCA, CIA, CRMA, or CISA.
- Minimum 5 years in internal controls, operational risk, or audit — ideally in financial services, fintech, or banking.
- Solid understanding of payment systems, lending operations and IT system controls.
Develop, document and maintain eShandi’s Internal Control policies and procedures in line with Bank of Zambia requirements, COSO principles and internal governance structures. Integrate control mechanisms into operational processes across all products and services. Conduct risk assessments to identify and address control weaknesses in business operations. Perform periodic testing and monitoring of operational, financial and IT-related controls. Review reconciliation processes for POS, ATM, cards, payments and remittance transactions. Track resolution of control deficiencies and ensure timely follow-up. Implement preventative and detective controls to minimize fraud, financial loss and operational disruptions. Maintain segregation of duties across operational processes to reduce conflict-of-interest risks. Ensure compliance with BoZ directives, AML/CFT regulations, Data Protection Act and other relevant laws. Work with Compliance, Risk and IT teams to ensure alignment with operational control requirements.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Risk Management, or related field. Certifications (preferred): CPA, ACCA, CIA, CRMA, or CISA. Minimum 5 years in internal controls, operational risk, or audit — ideally in financial services, fintech, or banking. Solid understanding of payment systems, lending operations and IT system controls.
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Vacancy title:
Internal Controls Manager
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Financial Services, Category: Management]
Jobs at:
PremierCredit Zambia Limited
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, August 22 2025
Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, August 12 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
The Internal Controls Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing eShandi’s internal control framework to ensure operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation across PremierCredit Zambia Limited and its subsidiaries. This includes overseeing all business functions such as lending, payments, merchant services, embedded finance, cards, remittances, and IT-related processes. The role ensures that effective controls are integrated into daily operations, maintaining adherence to both regulatory standards and internal policies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop, document and maintain eShandi’s Internal Control policies and procedures in line with Bank of Zambia requirements, COSO principles and internal governance structures.
- Integrate control mechanisms into operational processes across all products and services.
- Conduct risk assessments to identify and address control weaknesses in business operations.
- Perform periodic testing and monitoring of operational, financial and IT-related controls.
- Review reconciliation processes for POS, ATM, cards, payments and remittance transactions.
- Track resolution of control deficiencies and ensure timely follow-up.
- Implement preventative and detective controls to minimize fraud, financial loss and operational disruptions.
- Maintain segregation of duties across operational processes to reduce conflict-of-interest risks.
- Ensure compliance with BoZ directives, AML/CFT regulations, Data Protection Act and other relevant laws.
- Work with Compliance, Risk and IT teams to ensure alignment with operational control requirements.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Risk Management, or related field.
- Certifications (preferred): CPA, ACCA, CIA, CRMA, or CISA.
- Minimum 5 years in internal controls, operational risk, or audit — ideally in financial services, fintech, or banking.
- Solid understanding of payment systems, lending operations and IT system controls.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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