Job Summary
The role provides strategic leadership to the Company to establish and strengthen effective Internal Control frameworks and governance procedures that create a sustainable environment while addressing risks to the Organization’s mandate and objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and ensure the effectiveness of the internal control framework for the company (includes all entities within the group). This should be based on the definition provided by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control-Integrated Framework, May 2013 and Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR). It should also meet the requirements of relevant government regulatory agencies (e.g. Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Inland Revenue Service)
- Ensure, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are adequately designed, and tested in keeping with professional guidelines. Identified weaknesses are remediated on time and embedded through training and communication.
- Ensure that all key controls over financial transactions and reporting are operating effectively.
- Ensure full compliance with the ERP system (and other ancillary finance systems e.g. OMNI, SEC Portal, etc.) process and controls.
- Design and embed effective dashboards and other management reporting mechanisms that report and track the strength of the internal control framework to the management and the Board (i.e. through the Board Risk and Control Committee and the Statutory Audit Committee).
- Ensure an effective pre-payment audit process is in place.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Master’s degree or relevant professional certification e.g. (Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification will be added advantage.
- A minimum of 10 - 15 years of experience in internal control, audit, or compliance roles, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience in developing and implementing effective internal control systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with ERP systems, particularly SAP, is highly desirable.
- Working experience with the professional principles of Risk Management, Internal Audit and Internal Control.
- Good grasp of management principles
- Hand-on experience in the use of ERP (SAP)
- MS Office skills
- Change management skills
- Excellent Interpersonal skills
- Good written and oral abilities
- Motivational, Creative, innovative
- Team working ability
Benefits
- Private Health Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Training & Development
