Financial Audit Specialist at Unified Payment Services Limited

Unified Payment is a fast-leading financial technology company that provides seamless, secure, and efficient digital payment solutions. We enable businesses and individuals to send, receive, and manage payments across multiple channels through a single, integrated platform, driving financial inclusion, operational efficiency, and innovation in the digital payments ecosystem.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Audit Specialist

Location: Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Objectives

• Plans financial audits by understanding organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; determining audit scope and objectives; drafting audit programs.
• Assesses compliance with financial regulations and controls by executing audit program steps; testing general ledger, account balances, balance sheets, income statements, and related financial statements; examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation.
• Assesses risks and internal controls by identifying areas of non-compliance; evaluating manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and inefficiencies and operational issues.
• Verifies assets and liabilities by comparing and analyzing items to supporting documentation.
• Completes audit work papers and memoranda by documenting audit tests and findings.
• Communicates audit progress and findings by providing information in status meetings; highlighting unresolved issues; reviewing working papers; preparing final audit reports.
• Supports external auditors by providing information required. •Provides financial control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conducts Financial Audit and Other Audit Reviews such as; Stock take exercise/Inventory management review and reporting, Staff allowances and advances review and audit, Fixed asset tagging and verification, Consumable consumption management, prepayments, Accounts Payables, Pay Attitude stockmanagement & Operations review, Spot checks on company’s cash and fixed assets, attendance at User Acceptance testing for projects /products and the management of asset bidding process for item disposal.
• Proffer workable value added solutions for management consideration.
• Effectively discuss audit issues and develop business focused controls recommendations to strengthen control lapses and weaknesses.
• Conduct investigation assignments from time to time.
• Perform Adhoc task/assignments and departmental administrative duties as assigned from time to time.

Requirements
Education:

• First Degree (s) in Accounting.
• Others: Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) i.e. ICAN Professional Certification, Certified Information system Auditor (CISA) would be an added advantage.

 Experience:

• Understanding of the key technical concepts in Financial & IT Audits.
• Minimum of 7 years audit working experience in Financial Auditing.

Knowledge:

• Financial Auditing & Accounting knowledge.
• Fundamentals of E-payment Settlement process and cycle. ▪ Payment Card concepts and techniques. ▪ Clear understanding of Payment Card industry standards and Regulation.

Skills / Competencies:

• Strong interpersonal skills and Deductive reasoning abilities.
• Good analytical and financial reporting skills.
• Financial Diagnosis, Analyzing Information, Research Skills, Reporting Research Results, Verbal Communication, Integrity and Trust, Attention to Detail and Objectivity.

Application Closing Date
23rd March, 2026.