Unified Payment Services Limited is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology Company which operates as a shared infrastructure and service provider for the banking community in Nigeria and Payments service Providers within and Outside Nigeria.
We
are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head, Revenue Assurance
Recruitment&
Staffing
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Objectives
- The Head, Revenue Assurance is responsible for providing independent
assurance that all revenue-related processes, systems, and controls across
the organization are efficient, accurate, and compliant with internal
policies and regulatory standards.
- The role focuses on identifying revenue leakages, assessing the
adequacy of revenue controls, and recommending improvements to strengthen
financial integrity and operational efficiency.
- The incumbent will lead revenue-focused audit engagements and
collaborate closely with Finance and Accounts, Operations, IT teams and
other stakeholders to ensure transparent and reliable revenue reporting.
Duties &
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute audits and reviews focused on revenue generation,
recognition, billing, and collection processes.
- Verify the completeness and accuracy of file generated on approved
transactions processed for local settlement and secondary settlement.
- Quality checks to forestall duplicate or incomplete submission of
clearing files to the different schemes in specified formats and within
defined time windows for each scheme.Verify the complete and accuracy of
reprocessing rejected file or transactions where applicable and submission
within defined time window for each scheme to prevent late presentment.
- Provide regular oversight on the processing of approved transactions
(clearing) for international scheme settlements.
- Conduct oversight review on chargeback reconciliation to mitigate
exposure from late presentment.
- To provide assurance on dispute and settlement management.
- Automate the revenue assurance review processes to improve speed,
enhance audit plan coverage, and ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Develop and maintain a risk-based revenue audit plan aligned with
organizational priorities.
- Evaluate the design and effectiveness of internal controls over
revenue-related processes.
- Identify revenue leakages, control gaps, and process inefficiencies;
recommend and monitor corrective actions.
- Assess compliance with internal revenue policies, accounting
standards (IFRS, GAAP), and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor revenue risks and emerging control issues that may impact
financial reporting accuracy.
- Ensure audit recommendations are implemented effectively and within
agreed timelines.
- Review revenue-related systems (billing, ERP, POS, etc.) for data
integrity and control effectiveness.
- Collaborate with IT Audit to ensure system configurations support
accurate revenue capture and reporting.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related
field.
- Professional certification required: ACA, ACCA, CPA, CISA, CIA, or
equivalent.
- Minimum of 10 years relevant experience in audit leadership roles
focused on revenue assurance, risk management, or financial controls.
- Experience in banking, telecommunications, insurance, utilities, or
large corporate audit environments preferred.
- Strong understanding of revenue recognition principles, internal
controls, and risk based auditing methodologies.
- Proven ability to use audit management and data analytics tools
(e.g., ACL, IDEA, Power BI, SQL).
Application Closing Date
11th
September, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested
and qualified candidates should send their CV to: mercy.joseph@up-ng.com using the job
title as the subject of the mail.
