Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct risk assessment and audits of departments/functional areas in accordance with the audit plan.
- Provide assurance that processes and procedures are complied with to avoid operational losses.
- Track resolution of all audit / control recommendations and ensure compliance within agreed timeline.
- Ensure Policy/Procedure/Regulatory Compliance on transactions or reports initiated by various process owners.
- Ensure prompt and qualitative rendition of relevant regulatory returns.
- Institute and enforce Revenue Assurance and Cost reduction Strategies to ensure zero% income leakages.
- Provide practical recommendations to management to minimize risk resulting from poor internal controls.
- Continuous review of policies, processes, and procedures to match up to best practices.
- Review the means of safeguarding assets and, as appropriate, verify the existence such assets.
- Appraise the economy and efficiency with which resources are employed.
- Provide assurance on the operating effectiveness of management internal control.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by Head, Internal Control and Management.
Professional Qualification
- Member of a recognized accounting professional body (e.g. ICAN, ACCA, CISA, CIA etc.)
Skills and Attributes:
- Advanced knowledge of auditing processes/procedures.
- Ability to coordinate and perform multiple tasks/projects simultaneously, balancing priorities and deliverables.
- Ability to evaluate business processes and identify risks and evaluate controls.
- Advanced investigative and analytical skills.
- Ability to translate business needs and problems into viable and accepted solutions.
- Strong knowledge of risks identification, assessment, and management frameworks.
- Ability to use data analytics techniques.
- Good appreciation and working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
Personal Attributes:
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
- Commitment to ethical standards and high level of integrity.
- Good interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Ability to build co-operation and collaboration between departments and other groups.
- Ability to asses matters quickly and to solve problems.
- Creativity and innovation.
- Ability to work independently.
- Organizational and time management skills.