Head, Internal Audit at a Hospital Group

A Hospital Group providing multispecialty tertiary healthcare services in Abuja is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Internal Audit

Location: Abuja

Description

• The Head, Internal Audit provides independent and objective assurance and advisory services to strengthen the Hospital's governance, risk management, and interal control framework.
• The role evaluates the effectiveness of financial, operational, clinical, and regulatory controls, ensuring compliance, safeguarding assets, ennancing operational efficiency, supporting patient safety and clinical governance, anc mitigating risks related to information technology, cybersecurity, procurement, pharmacy perations, revenue assurance, and frauc prevention.

Job Functions

• Develop and implement the annual risk based internal audit plan, budget, and  enterprise-wide risk assessment to support the Hospital's strategic objectives.
• Provide independent assurance on governance, risk management, interal prototing strical conduct accountability.
• Evaluate enterprise-wide risks, including clinical, operational, financial, information technology, cybersecunty, and patient satety risks, and advise Management on emerging risks.
• Assess the effectiveness of internal controls, including preventive, detective corrective, system controls, segregation of duties, and approval processes.
• Conduct financial audits covering revenue assurance, treasury, payroll, assets, inventory, budgeting, capital expenditure, and financial reporting.
• Perform operational audits of key hospital functions, including patient administration, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, theatre, Conduct difical governance audits to evaluate patient safety, medical records, infection prevention, clinical documentation, quality assurance
• accreditation, and incident management processes.
• Monitor compliance with hospital policies. laws, healthcare regulations, labour laws, tax regulations, procurement requirements, minancia data protection laws, and
• Audit information systems, including the Hospital Information System (HIS), ERP, EMR, cybersecurity, access controls, backup processes, and Al governance.
• Lead fraud risk management activities by conducting fraud risk assessments, investigating allegations, reviewing whistleblowing reports, and strengthening fraud prevention controls.
• Prepare and present audit reports to Management and the Audit Committee monitor implementation of audit recommendations, and escalate significant control weaknesses and unresolved issues.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, ora related discipline.
• Master's Degree (MBA, MSc Accounting, Finance, Healthcare Management, or related field) is required.
• Minimum of 20 years post-graduation experience
• Relevant professional certification such as ACA, ACCAor CIA.
• Minimum of 15 years post professional qualification and progressive internal or external audit experience.
• Minimum of 5 years' audit experience within the healthcare sector will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2026.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: hrcvs321@gmail.com using the job title and your full name as subject of the email.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.