Job Description
Job Summary
- The Internal Auditor / Control Executive is responsible for improving our operations by introducing a systematic and disciplined approach to effective risk management, and control processes.
- The job requires thorough knowledge of accounting procedures, obtaining, analyzing and evaluating accounting documentation, reports, data, flowcharts etc.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Objectively review the organization's business processes
- Evaluate the efficacy of risk management processesin place.
- Make recommendations on how to improve internal controls.Identify loopholes and recommend risk mitigating measures.
- Review of petty cash.
- Protect against fraud and theft of the organization's asset.
- Call-over of postings by the collectionsteam to assess correctness, promptness and completeness.
- Call-over of ledger postings by the Accounts department to ensure correctness and adherence to accounting principles and guidelines.
- Periodic risk assessment of internal processesin order to identify loopholes and proffering appropriate solutions.
- Conduct investigationsinto identified and reported cases asrequired.
- Ensure and monitor compliance to internal and regulatory policies.
- Anticipate emerging risksthrough data and regular assessments.
- Other relevant roles as ordered by the Head of department and senior officers in the department.
- Carry out internal control tasks as assigned by the manager.
Qualifications / Requirements
- University Degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Proven work experience as an Internal Auditor / Control Officer.
- Advanced computer skills on MS Office, accounting software and databases
- ICAN/ACCA certification (or in view).