Manager - Internal Auditor at PKF Professional Services

Full Time
Lagos
Posted 11 months ago
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PKF Professional Services

PKF Professional Services (PKF Nigeria) draws on the expertise of over 20,000 professionals in the PKF International network; locally we have 10 partners /directors and over 150 staff, who provide the full range of audit, tax and consulting services across a range of sectors to clients in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager – Internal Auditor

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Department: Audit
Product Segment: Applicable for All Associate Companies.
Functionally Reports to: Group Managing Director

Job Objectives

Internal Auditor’s role is to develop, review, and monitor compliance with Company’s internal processes and procedures with regards to finance and other areas of operations including but not limited to Warehouse, Stores, Inventories, Compliances etc.
To ddevelop, review, and monitor the Company’s business disaster recovery plan and identify potential risks areas and ensure steps are taken to mitigate same.
To Investigate and report violations of processes and procedures and regulatory standards across the operations of the Company including but not limited to finance with effective action plans in response to discoveries and compliance violations.
To report and advise Management on the Company’s compliance level and potential risks areas with action plan to mitigate same.
To prepare annual audit plan and ensure strict adherence to the same.

Job Responsibilities

Adheres to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes and ensures that they are communicated and implemented within the team.
Duties include the following, measurable in terms of time, cost, quality or quantity.
Strategic Responsibility – To ensure the risk areas are covered well through periodic audits and necessary corrective and preventive practices are established.
To define, discuss, get it approved, and then implement and maintain internal audit policies and procedures in accordance with local and international best practice.
To ensure that the company acts in a manner to minimize fraud and to provide accurate cost projections to the Department heads.
Day to Day Management – To conduct risk-based internal audits at across all business units and functions on periodic basis, not delayed then a quarter.
To Identify and reduce all business and financial risks through effective implementation and monitoring of controls.
To Prepare audit plan, finding report etc and share with process owners and management team for necessary corrective and preventive action.
Audit Target – To prepare annual audit plan and ensure strict compliance to cover across the board and functions.
To ensure that detailed, complete and accurate audit information is reported to Management and/or Risk Committees within specified time.
To conduct periodic training to the process owners to ensure the processes are adhered to the SOPs.
People Management – To develop second line successor and drive performance through team to take up higher challenges.
Reporting – To prepare all applicable reports in time for accuracy and in order to ensure that they match the functional requirements, policies and standards.
Related Assignment – To perform other related duties or assignments as and when assigned.

Job Requirements

Qualified Chartered Accountant with minimum experience of 8-10 years of experience in the area of Internal Audit with manufacturing Industry.
Well-exposed and experienced to different internal audit processes and methods and must have exposure in leading a team of 3-4 people.
Well versed with SAP / ERP Accounting Package.
As per the need of the business the job is transferrable and posting can be made anywhere in Nigeria/West Africa.

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