Chief Internal Auditor Job in a Leading Insurance & Pensions Management Company

A leading dynamic company that specializes in Insurance & Pensions Management, in line with their strategic objectives, are desirous of hiring individuals with requisite skills and experience to fill the executive position below:

Job Title: Chief Internal Auditor

Location: Any City, Nigeria

Job Description

• The position is responsible for ensuring that Internal Audit is closely aligned with industry best practices, compliance with accounting standards and in executing the company’s business and financial operations
• Works to ensure roles, responsibilities, and results are efficiently coordinated and collectively optimizing the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance of the company.

Desired Qualifications

• University Degree / Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy or any other related field
• Membership of ICAN, ACCA, AICPA or any other recognized professional body of Accountants
• CISA will be an added advantage
• 10 years working experience with 5+ years in management positions
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, Power-Point etc.
• Knowledge of popular accounting packages.

Key Skills:

• Excellent communication (oral & written), Interpersonal and listening
• Report writing and presentation
• Quantitative Analysis
• Excellent organizational and time management

Behaviors:

• Confidentiality and Integrity
• Team work
• Learning culture
• Leadership and Influence.

Key Responsibilities

• Full responsibility for the implementation of the internal control policy
• Identify any weakness in internal control procedure of the organization and recommend improvement and to monitor risk mitigations put in place by Management and reports its effectiveness or otherwise to Risk Manager.
• Ensure policies, procedures and control systems of the company are reviewed
• Carry out the implementation of the recommendation of external auditors and other regulatory authorities
• Check and verify accounting books and records are in conformity with industry practices, corporate and regulatory policies
• Identify and assess potential risks to the company’s operations.
• Performing the full audit cycle including risk and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations
• Generate report and present findings to the Heads of Department
• Post audit review
• Monitor risk mitigations put in place by management and report its effectiveness or otherwise to the Heads of Department
• Review of Financial Control’s transactions – Fund Accounting / Shareholders Fund
• Monthly review of management account
• Review of statutory deductions
• Monitoring of fixed and minor asset register to ensure proper recognition, measurement and full disclosure in line with IFRS and the company’s policy
• Review of daily valuation and Monthly fund accounting report
• Daily review of investment transactions to ensure that all investments are within statutory limits and matured funds are not left idle (un-invested)
• Weekly review of investment portfolio structure on the company’s website
• Review of performance contract
• Review and preparation of reports to Pencom – Monthly risk management / Quarterly investment
• Preparation of quarterly board audit & risk report
• Industry peer review
• Providing support, education and training to team members
• Any other assigned task.

Deadline: 25th February, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: ladicharles2003@yahoo.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.