Job Description
Job Summary
- The Manager, Internal Control is responsible for implementing, monitoring, and strengthening the company’s internal control systems to ensure effective operations, reliable financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and safeguarding of assets.
- This role supports control effectiveness across projects, inventory, procurement, sales, collections, and distributed operational assets.
- Come join Arnergy’s and help accelerate deployment of distributed energy reliability to businesses and homes in Nigeria and beyond.
- This is a terrific opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our team.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll focus on:
Internal Control Implementation & Monitoring
- Implementing and maintaining internal control policies, procedures, and standard operating manuals.
- Monitoring the effectiveness of controls across key business processes.
- Conducting periodic control reviews and walkthroughs to identify gaps and weaknesses.
- Tracking and following up on remediation of control issues.
- Performing process-level risk assessments across operations and support functions.
- Designing and executing internal control testing plans.
- Documenting control processes, risks, and mitigating controls.
- Recommending improvements to strengthen control effectiveness.
- Reviewing controls over procurement, inventory, warehouse operations, and fixed assets.
- Monitoring and supporting controls around revenue, billing, collections, and cash handling, project execution, capex, and asset deployment.
Audit & Compliance Support:
- Supporting internal audits and coordinating external audit activities relating to controls.
- Preparing control-related documentation and evidence for auditors.
- Tracking audit findings and ensuring timely implementation of corrective actions.
- Supporting compliance with regulatory, contractual, and investor requirements.
Fraud Prevention & Investigation:
- Supporting fraud prevention, detection, and investigation initiatives.
- Monitoring adherence to anti-fraud controls and company policies.
- Investigating suspected control breaches and escalating findings appropriately.
- Supporting implementation and optimization of ERP and financial systems.
- Reviewing system access controls, user rights, and data integrity.
- Identifying opportunities to automate or strengthen controls.
- Driving continuous improvement in control efficiency and effectiveness.
Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting:
- Working closely with Finance, Operations, Projects, Sales, Procurement, and People & Culture teams.
- Providing training and awareness on internal control requirements.
- Preparing periodic internal control reports for management.
- Acting as a control advisory partner to functional teams.
- Any other tasks assigned by your line manager.
Requirements and Skills
You'll be a good fit for this role if you have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related fields
- Professional certification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CISA, CIA) is an advantage.
- 5 - 8 years of experience in internal control, audit, risk, or compliance roles.
- Experience in renewable energy, power, utilities, construction, or project-based organizations is an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of internal control principles and audit methodologies.
We’d also like to see:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail and strong documentation skills
- Integrity and sound professional judgment
- Effective communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- Proficiency in ERP systems and MS Excel.