Internal Control Officer at TAK Logistics Limited

TAK Logistics Limited is a a top-tier transportation firm based in Port Harcourt, offering unparalleled logistics solutions to our clients. Our expertise lies in efficiently transporting cargoes from production sites to storage facilities across Nigeria, ensuring a smooth and reliable delivery process every time.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Internal Control Officer

Location: Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development of policies and procedures, ensures their implementation and monitor compliance.
• Formulates policies and procedures to improve internal controls, compliance, and efficiency.
• Leads the process for internal controls reviews across the group.
• Delivers adequate and timely reports on the internal control framework and controls deficiencies to ensure appropriate communication, documentation, escalation to business partners, senior leadership, and audit committee.
• Delivers adequate and timely action plans and monitors progress to address and resolve control deficiencies.
• Works collaboratively with business and process owners to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensures the effective implementation of corrective action.
• Develops and conducts adequate training and prepares related information material on the internal control objectives, approach, and methodology to business partners on a regular basis to build knowledge and understanding of risks and control.
• Keep company from engaging in potentially illegal or unethical activities.
• Communicates urgent changes immediately with department managers and staff.
• Addresses specific training and development need to fill compliance gaps.
• Advise them of necessary training to bring the company, a department, or employees up to speed on compliance standards.
• Works with human resources to update policy manuals and other documentation to ensure immediate compliance by all staff involved.
• Engages actively with internal and external auditors to ensure consideration and resolution of all relevant risks and audit findings.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration
• Masters' degree in related field is an advantage.
• Minimum of 6 years’ working experience in Accounting / Finance
• Minimum of 7 years experience in a similar senior role within the logistics field
• Experience in one or more of the following: management, legal compliance, accounting, and auditing.
• ACA/ACCA, CFA, CPA, or other relevant qualifications within or outside Nigeria with Proven skills and experiences are required.
• Solid understanding and experience with internal control frameworks.
• Strong communication skills presenting internal control and risk matters in an understandable way across various forums and levels of the organization with the right level of detail
• Team managemetn experience

Application Closing Date
20th February, 2025.