Internal Auditor at Best Search Recruitment Limited

Best Search Recruitment Limited - Our client is a multinational engineering firm that provides operations and maintenance services to firms within the global cement industry.

Job Title: Internal Auditor

Department: Finance
Reports to: CFO
Relationship (Horizontal): Finance Managers, Plant Finance Managers
Auditors Location: Lagos

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for independently carrying out Internal Audits at HQ, and Plant Locations (Ibese & Obajana)
• Preparing Audit Programmes/Checklists and conducting Internal Audit Assignments as per Internal Audit Plans
• Audit report writing
• Coordinating and following up on audit report findings
• Perform independent audits within the Area concentrating on the high-risk areas of the company’s plant and business operations. The objective is to support management by assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of control procedures in place to mitigate the business risks and where necessary, identify potential improvements and agree appropriate action plans with managers in charge of the processes.
• To promote awareness of control & risk and the benefits of a strong control environment in optimizing business performance and safeguarding asset throughout the company’s business locations.
• To support Management by performing adhoc assignments on the request of Functional Head of Functions and issuing reports on findings which highlight issues, potential impact on the business and suggest pragmatic recommendations to address the issues.

Essential requirement

• Sound Commercial Knowledge - A graduate who is a certified qualified accountant with at least 10 years’ experience in a professional services firm or with equivalent experience in the internal audit department of a Cement company or manufacturing firm.
• Technical skills - Good understanding of IFRS and superior analytical skills are required for the job to ensure effective reviews and delivery of audit work.
• Experience of preparing audit reports

Desirable requirements

• Sound cross functional knowledge is required in order to ensure that advice given has taken into account the business context of the matter.
• Strong creative, communication and interpersonal skills as the job is highly interactive with senior management and requires the person to make decisions unsupervised for most of the time and challenge senior management on the findings of audit work.

Application Closing Date:
31st October, 2014

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates for this role should, please forward a copy of their updated CV to: [email protected]