Senior Internal Auditor at Promasidor Nigeria

Promasidor - We are an African company proud of our heritage and totally committed to the continent. We manufacture, market and sell unique brands which bring practicality and pleasure to millions of consumers across Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Internal Auditor

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time Mid-Senior level

Job Objectives

• The main purpose of the coordinator role is to manage audit engagements by providing direction to Auditors assigned to the engagements he/she oversees.
• Provides feedback to the Internal Audit Manager on the auditors’ performance during the individual engagements.
• Maintains sound relationships with process owners to facilitate audit management and the continuous follow-up process.

Key Responsibilities

• Personally perform engagements and investigations assigned by the Internal Audit Manager.
• Assist the Internal Audit Manager to monitor the audit plan by keeping track of project overruns, and mediating overruns.
• Supervise and coordinate the audit team’s performance during engagement and investigations.
• Assist the audit team in planning engagements and in the preparation of the project level risk assessment and audit program.
• Coordinate and present opening meetings, status update meetings, and closing-out meetings.
• Supervise auditors during the planning and execution of engagements and to guide them in identifying risks and developing a detailed audit program.
• Ensure effective execution of the audit procedures by the audit team.
• Ensure audit evidence, working papers, and support is properly documented, properly archived, and secured.
• Supervise auditor to comply with the department’s audit methodology and IIA standards.
• Help auditors document clear observations, identify causes, identify associated risks, and making audit recommendations to improve control effectiveness.
• Assist the Internal Audit Manager to follow up on outstanding management action plans to ensure significant risks and major deficiencies identified are effectively addressed and remediated by management within the mutually agreed time frame.
• Assist the Internal Audit Manager to prepare quarterly reports to the Audit Committee summarizing the status and the results of audit activities.
• Assist the Internal Audit Manager to ensure the whistleblowing hotline is operational and that all reports made through this medium will be followed up by the Group Internal Audit Director.

Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Management Information Systems, or related field.
• ACA, CIA, CISA or other relevant professional certification highly desired.

Experience:

• 6-7 years of internal audit experience, preferably with a large FMCG company, or Big 4 assurance experience.
• Experience in IT audits and audit data analytics is desirable.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Self-motivated and enthusiastic; with the ability to own and deliver assignments timely.
• Able to think critically and apply judgement within assigned tasks.
• Willingness to self-improve, seek feedback and constantly striving for the highest quality insights and conclusions
• Performs to the highest levels of integrity, quality, and transparency and in a manner most likely to promote the success of Promasidor
• Experience executing audits within a complex operational and regulatory environment desired.
• Strong time management skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Good analytical, organizational and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel nationally 30%.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to persuade and influence others.
• Ability to motivate others and promote teamwork.
• Effective Communication (Written and Verbal)
• Effective Supervisory Skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.