Inventory Audit & Compliance Lead at Babban Gona Farmer Services Nigeria Limited

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Inventory Audit & Compliance Lead

Location: Garba Chede, Taraba
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• Babban Gona is expanding its Finance and Governance function.
• The Inventory Audit and Compliance Lead is a full-time, on-site leadership hire based in Garba Chede, Taraba State.
• You are the strategic officer responsible for both the physical integrity of company assets and the operational audit of all business operations.

Responsibilties
Inventory Control & Asset Protection:

• Asset Auditing: Lead the execution of a comprehensive physical audit calendar for all assets in Garba Chede.
• Verification: Supervise a team to conduct daily and weekly physical-to-system reconciliations, ensuring our records perfectly match reality.
• Compliance: Enforce strict adherence to asset-handling SOPs, ensuring all movements are authorized, documented, and secure.

Internal Audit & Program Governance:

• Unit & Department Audits: Conduct regular audits of business units field programs to ensure compliance with Babban Gona’s internal policies and global best practices.
• Process Integrity: Review the operational workflows of various programs to identify inefficiencies, leakages, or deviations from the organization's strategic goals.
• Risk Management: Evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls within each department and recommend improvements to mitigate operational risks.

Staff Leadership & Strategic Oversight:

• Team Management: Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary audit team, fostering a culture of professional skepticism, reflective problem-solving, and meticulous accuracy.
• Strategic Reporting: Prepare high-level audit summaries for the Financial Controller and executive management, highlighting both asset variances and operational process gaps.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience: 2 years of experience in internal audit, inventory control, or compliance management, with proven experience leading a team.

Technical Proficiency:

• Strong mastery of Internal Control Frameworks and Audit Methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and familiarity with ERP systems.
• Extensive experience in process mapping and identifying root causes of operational inefficiencies.

Core Skills:

• Superior investigative, quantitative, and analytical skills.
• Uncompromising integrity and the ability to maintain independence while collaborating across units.
• Exceptional leadership skills and a structured approach to complex problem-solving.

Location & Commitment:

• This is a full-time, on-site position based in Garba Chede, Taraba State.

Communication:

• Excellent presentation skills; comfortable interacting with and challenging executive-level management when necessary.

Why this role matters:

• This role is the guardian of both our Balance Sheet and our Operational Excellence.
• As the Lead, you hold a dual mandate: you ensure that every physical asset is accounted for and you verify that every department is operating according to our standards.
• You don't just find mistakes; you identify systemic risks in our operations.
• In an organization where trust with global investors depends on the integrity of our data and the efficiency of our work, your work is vital to our mission.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Health Insurance
• Pension
• Performance Bonus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.