Internal Auditor - SIPML at Stanbic IBTC Bank

Stanbic IBTC Bank is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa's financial system for 150 years, and now spans 16 countries across the African continent.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Internal Auditor - SIPML

Job ID: 12882
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time - Permanent

Job Description
To provide support to SIPML’s Internal Audit and Controls Department ("ACD)” management team, and responsible for:

• Facilitating the smooth running of the day-to-day operations of the Internal Audit Unit
• Providing reasonable assurance that the company policies and procedures is adhered to, and errors and irregularities are discovered and corrected promptly.
• PSupporting the Departmental Head in realizing the department’s objectives in line with the company’s vision.

Key Responsibilities
The job holder is expected to:

• Implementation of audit plan
• Drive prompt resolution of audit issues raised
• Carry out risk assessment
• Implementation of feedback from Board Audit Committee and any other relevant Board Committee
• Management of external auditor activities.
• Drive compliance with Tax regulations
• Provide process improving recommendations
• Manage third party contractors including forensic accounting and auditing firms.
• Respond to company emergency situations that may require travels at short notice
• Year on year improvement in external survey rating reports
• Investigation of all reported incident
• Participate in various audit activities as required
• Provide timely and relevant business and client performance data and market intelligence for effective management decision making
• Weekly and monthly performance reports in relation to Audit assignment’s

Company Secretariat:

• Collaborative working relationship with SIPML’s Company secretary
• Monitoring Board actions to ensure business needs are met in a timely manner

Human Capital:

• Collaborative working relationship with SIPML’s Human Capital (“HC”) and Learning & Developments (“L&D”).

Required Skills and Qualifications
Qualifications

• University Degree or its equivalent in Accounting or other Business related field excluding IT.
• Advanced/Professional Degree or Professional Qualification/Certification in Accountancy/Accounting such as ACCA/ACA,
• Two years of experience in Audit Related environment.
• Intermediate IT knowledge
• Strong Analytical/Numeracy Skills
• Excellent understanding of Wealth Management Operations, Products and Services.

Experience

• Experience: Banking-Minimum: The job holder should have a minimum of 5 years in a banking, finance or consulting environment, and is expected to have a good knowledge of finance/accounting

Required Competencies
Technical competencies

• Detailed understanding of management and financial accounting
• Ability to gather, interpret, analyse and present both financial and non-financial information
• Understanding of Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers’ products and services
• Ability to source information, understand activities of all key players in the business (whether they are clients or not);
• Understanding of Pension business
• Knowledge of financial markets
• Computer literacy, particularly with Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point

Personal competencies:
The job holder should demonstrate the following traits / abilities and personal characteristics;

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Strong analytical skills
• Good numerical ability
• Attention to detail
• Methodical
• Result-orientated
• People management skills
• Ability to handle, manage and resolve conflict
• Team player
• Being proactive and self-motivated
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Diplomatic
• Resilient

Application Closing Date
21st July, 2015

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online