Job Vacancies @ Wakanow – 4 Positions

Wakanow is Africa's leading, full-service online travel company. At Wakanow, we understand that everyone likes easy and affordable travel services, so we provide our customers with a one-stop booking portal for Flights, Hotels, Visa Assistance, Holiday Packages, Airport Transfers, an international Travel SIM, a Prepaid Travel Card, a Loyalty program, and much more.

Wakanow is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Lead Backend Engineer
2.) Sales Account Manager
3.) Senior PHP Developer
4.) Head, Internal Control and Compliance

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Responsibilities

• Good understanding of Agile Scrum
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable C# code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation
• Follow emerging technologies
• Collaborate with other team members to build state of the art solutions

Requirements

• Work Experience: 5+ years
• Proficient in C#, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles
• Strong understanding of Test Driven Development(TDD)
• Skill for writing reusable C# libraries
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
• Knowledge of concurrency patterns in C#
• Strong understanding of MongoDB, Redis, Elastic Search, Message queue, and MS-SQL data stores
• Strong understanding of ASP.NET Web API (both classic and core)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure platform and technologies
• Knack for writing clean, readable C# code
• Proficient understanding of GIT version control system
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment (CICD)
• Experience using Azure DevOps (Visual Studio Online).

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Responsibilities 

• Presenting products and service offerings to the market
• Establishing new business leads
• Attends trade exhibitions, conferences and meetings to broker deals and close sales
• Coordinate other small operators in the market to drive sales volume
• Works to achieve monthly or annual targets working with affiliates, corporates, direct consumers and several market segments.
• Works with Marketing department on sales activation.
• Research and recommend prospects for new business opportunities
• Research and analyze sales options
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and prospects
• Stay current with trends and competitors to identify improvements or recommend new products
• Collect and analyze information and prepare data and sales reports
• Build and maintain professional networks
• Meet with potential clients to determine their needs
• Grow B2B and B2C businesses across all platforms
• Organize forums to build B2B network for sales and revenue drive as well as product with service knowledge

Job Requirements

• Must have 4-5 years work experience
• Customer facing experience
• Experience in negotiating contracts.
• Experience in Airline Sales and Marketing.
• Good understanding of reservations systems and interpretation of available data.
• Able to spot and interpret market trends.
• PC literate with knowledge of Word/PowerPoint/Excel.
• Influencing skills in order to deal with internal and external customers.
• Command of English language.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos
Industry: Travel

About the Job

• We are looking to hire a talented PHP developer to manage our back-end services and ensure a seamless interchange of data between the server and our users. As a PHP developer, you will be responsible for developing and coding all server-side logic. You will also be required to maintain the central database and respond to requests from front-end developers.
• To ensure success as a PHP developer, you should have in-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming, understanding of MVC designs, and working knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Ultimately, a top-level PHP Developer can design and build efficient PHP modules while seamlessly integrating front-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Conducting analysis of website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates:
Click here to apply online

Location: Lagos
Industry: Travel

Job Description
Risk Management:

• Oversee risk assessments and internal control reviews
• Champion the implementation of mitigation strategies to identified risks and coordinate implementation firm wide
• Supervise the follow-up on identified issues relating to compliance to operational policies and procedures by organs of the organization such HR, Marketing Project etc.

Internal Audit Administration:

• Provide feedback on performance of Internal Auditors on audit assignments
• Assess the adequacy and extent of programs designed to safeguard organization assets
• Conduct and direct audits and ongoing reviews of organization controls, and operating procedures
• Review the soundness, effectiveness, and proper application of accounting and financial controls
• Oversee the Internal control Assessments across the organs of the Organization
• Direct and appraise the activities of the Internal control and compliance officer
• Manage or conduct fraud investigations and review work papers completed by internal control officers
• Oversee risk assessments and identify controls in place to mitigate identified risks
• Coordinate staff to implement the set out internal control procedures
• Identify internal control weaknesses and recommend necessary corrective actions, including the findings and recommendations of internal and external audits
• Recommend internal control training requirements and providing requisite internal control training
• Provide to employees a statement of policies and standards with which they are expected to comply.
• Provide staff with clear directions and information relating to importance of adherence to internal procedures and the process

Stakeholder Management:

• Serve as a liaison with external auditors
• Engage with relevant regulatory agencies on internal control issues
• Engage with Internal Auditors to discuss ways on improving internal control based on their findings
• Provide External Auditors  with information they need to make an opinion
• Review report of Internal and External Auditors concerns on internal control and engage relevant authorities affected

Compliance Management:

• Conduct and direct the review of organization controls, and compliance with policies and regulations.
• Appraise the soundness and effectiveness of compliance procedures and controls and timeliness of documentation generation.
• Compile and issue reports detailing conclusions and provide recommendations for improvements regarding compliance
• Champion the review of the organization’s existing policies and procedures to comply with required rules and regulations.
• Collaborate with the department managers to develop clear and concise policies and procedures.
• Identify methods to ensure new policies and procedures as well as updates to existing policies and procedures are communicated, distributed and added to repository.
• Provide direction and leadership to the team responsible for reviewing the departmental policies and procedures for gaps in adherence to relevant Tourism and Airline policies

Requirements
Key Skills & Competencies Requirements:
Functional/ Technical:

• Good knowledge of Accounting and Auditing Function and Standards
• Business & Financial acumen
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft packages

Behavioural:

• Attention to detail
• Strong Analytical Skill
• Problem-Solving
• Interpersonal Skill
• Leadership skill
• Ethical Behaviour
• Persuasion

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates:
Click here to apply online