Head, Internal Audit at Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners

GVA Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Head, Internal Audit

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The Head of Internal Audit will examine and evaluate the adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency of the organization's internal control systems and procedures, and recommend corrective actions to improve operations, enhance internal controls and reduce costs, design and develop robust internal controls and audit mechanism in a fast-paced, high growth FinTech company
• Prepare risk-based audit plan and supporting resource estimates for company executive leadership and audit Board consistent with the company's goals
• Plan, organize and execute internal audit and consulting engagements to assess the adequacy of management processes and systems for risk management & administration, budget & forecast planning, IT governance & financial management of the company
• Track implementation of audit recommendations and measure effectiveness of resulting improvements on risk management and cost
• Assist in the formulation and implementation of appropriate anti-fraud policy and company-wide code of ethics
• Develop and establish Internal Audit best practices consistent with the Institute of Internal Auditors International Professional Practices Framework within the company
• Contribute to the development of the company's safety program, values and ethics

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Banking and/or Finance or related discipline from any reputable institution.
• Accounting/Finance related certifications ACCA, ICAN, CFA, CPA.
• A recognized professional designation in Accounting or Internal Audit is an advantage (CA, CMA,CGA,CIA or CISA).
• 5-7 years of progressive internal audit and accounting related experience.
• Good understanding of accounting principles and financial statements with solid understanding of risk and control concepts and ability to apply these concepts to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of business processes and controls to mitigate risk to tolerance levels defined by management
• Working knowledge of professional IIA performance standards with regarding to planning, testing, sampling and documentation
• Knowledge of COSO Risk and Internal Control framework would be an asset
• Experience supervising the implementation of large systems, such as ERP is an advantage
• Experience leading a mid- to large sized team (up to 50 people)
• Experience in a conglomerate or group setting; private equity or venture capital and in 1 or more of financial services, payments or technology industries is an advantage
• Result and execution oriented professional
• Excellent stakeholder management and analytical skills
• Tolerance for ambiguity with the intellectual depth to develop structured path forward.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: recruitment@gvapartners.com or contact@gvapartners.com using the job title as the subject of the email.