JOB TITLE: Head, Internal Audit Risk and Compliance
JOB LOCATION: Lagos
JOB DETAILS:
- The Head, Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance has overall responsibility for the Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance function.
- The position is responsible for ensuring internal audit, risk management, and compliance activities are closely aligned with global best practices in executing the duties across the Company’s business and financial operations.
- He/she works to ensure roles, responsibilities, and results are efficiently coordinated and optimised to ensure the effectiveness of internal audit, risk management, and control matters.
Responsibilities
Internal Audit:
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- Lead Internal Audit’s change initiatives by implementing action plans related to risk assessment and annual audit planning, audit execution, audit reporting, audit staff recruiting and development, audit technology, and Board reporting.
- Oversee the execution of individual audits defined in the audit plan ensuring the highest level of service quality and client satisfaction.
- Obtain approval of the risk-based annual audit plan from the Board. §Issue all Internal Audit reports ensuring the reports are clear, concise, identify root causes with practical solutions, and ultimately provide value to management.
- Meet regularly with the Board to report the status of Internal Audit’s ongoing monitoring activities, educate/inform the Board of emerging risks and/or exposures (whether internal or external to the company) that should be considered, and serve as a “thought leader” with respect to risk management and internal control best practices.
Qualifications
Minimum Education Qualifications:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related discipline §Relevant postgraduate degree and or professional qualifications such as – CIA, QIAL, ICAN, CRMA, ACA, ACCA etc.
Work Experience Requirements:
- Minimum of ten (10) years verified professional experience in internal audit or its equivalent with at least 3 years in managerial capacity.
General:
- Oral and written communication skills
- Ability to promote value of internal audit Organisational skills
- Change management skills
- Strategic thinking and problem solving ability
- Conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
Technical:
- Multi disciplinary disposition
- Policy and regulatory knowledge interpretation and application (IPPF, etc.)
- Business acumen §Project managemnent
- ISO/quality knowledge §Working knowledge of: Microsoft office suite oIT/ICT and tech-based audit techniques; Data collection and analysis tools and techniques; Accounting frameworks, tools and techniques; Governance risk and control tools and techniques; Risk analysis and control assessment techniques
- General operations
- Forensic skills and fraud awareness.
Job Features
Job Category | Administration/ Office/ Operations |