A reputable Boarding School is currently recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Internal Audit Officer
Location: Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- We are looking for an objective Internal Auditor to add value and improve our operations by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.
- The successful candidate will possess a thorough knowledge of accounting procedures and a sound judgement
Key Responsibilities
- Performing the full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations
- Determining internal audit scope and developing annual plans
- Preparing and presenting reports that reflect audit’s results and document process
- Act as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality and goal achievement
- Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings
- Document process and prepare audit findings memorandum
- Conduct follow up audits to monitor management’s interventions
- Engage to continuous knowledge development regarding sector’s rules, regulations, best practices, tools, techniques and performance standards
- Perform daily review of previous day’s postings in Core application system particularly looking out for suspicious or irregular postings
- Review reconciliation statements
- Perform daily review of previous day’s items issued from store
- Perform monthly payroll review
- Review of accounts receivable
- Review of procurement document
- Year end and periodic stock taking
- Assist in performing staff audit
- Review of petty cash Imprest system
- Carry out financial, operational, and compliance audit duties such as: evaluating internal controls, applying professional audit techniques, preparing audit work papers, developing solutions, and documenting findings
- Perform staggered financial statements audit
- Continuous review of established controls
- Review all bank statements and compare all transactions listed on the statement with transactions posted on the core application for accuracy of details and amounts.
- Perform periodic surprise cash counts
- Regulatory requirement reviews like; VAT compliance review, WHT compliance review, etc.
- Obtaining,analyzing and evaluating accounting documentation, reports, data, flowcharts, etc.
Qualification, Experience, Skills and Competencies
- A First Degree in Accounting
- Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
- Excellent numerical skills.
- Student member of any recognized professional accounting body.
- Advanced computer skills on MS Office, accounting software and databases
- Ability to manipulate large amounts of data and to compile detailed reports
- Proven knowledge of auditing standards and procedures, laws, rules and regulations
- High attention to detail and excellent analytical skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Deadline: 10th February, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment2nig@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
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