Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement internal control policies and procedures.
• Conduct risk assessment and identify areas of internal control improvement.
• Design and execute audit plans to evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Analyzing financial statements and accounting records.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Recommend actions to mitigate risks and improve control environment.
• Monitor and report on the progress of control improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with external auditors and provide necessary support during audits.
•  Daily review of Trade Finance deal slips and bank instructions to the register as well as review of purchase instructions for completeness, accuracy and risk mitigation.
•  Daily report of FX funds yet to be received and unpaid naira for forward transactions.
•  Custody and monitoring of signed letterheads for safety and seamless transactions.
• Timely review and report of the bank reconciliation statements.
• Regular review of internal control policies and reports on weaknesses.
• Supervisory role and monitoring for liquidations in order to ensure safety of funds authenticity of transactions.
•  Responsible for the review, evaluation and monitoring of the activities of all non-financial SBUs.
• Assessment and review of physical and environmental risks.
• Timely audit of employee documents such as address, education, work history, references/guarantors etc.
•  Call over review of deal transactions.
• Regular review of general ledger and report on observations.

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in any numerate discipline
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in internal control or audit roles.
•  Minimum of 10 years cognate experience in a finance/accounting.
•  ACA/ ICAN/ACCA/CISA will be required.
•  Must have ability to think strategically.
•  Good knowledge of Nigeria Tax laws.
•  Good understanding and interpretation of policy and procedure.