Internal Control Officer

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the company’s anti-fraud programs.
• Partake in special investigations that may be required to forestall mismanagement of company resources and compliance with business governing rules.
• Reporting on control deficiencies and making recommendations to mitigate risk and add value.
• Challenging current processes  and identifying opportunities for refinement
• Engaging remediation of identified issues through follow-up.
• Playing an active role in the maintenance and review of policies and procedures, including ensuring they are up to date with all legislation and best practices.
• Perform tests on both the functioning of specific internal control procedures and transactions.
• Conduct regular control checks on company assets, including but not limited to cash, inventory stocks, expense, dispatch, and IT assets.
• Evaluating and ensuring compliance with existing company policies and procedures, identifying, and proposing modifications as needed.
• Review the responses to internal and external audit management letters and queries to ensure that recommendations are implemented and that all action items are resolved.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree/HND in Accounting or any numeric field
• Finance and Accounting professional certificate will be an added advantage.
• Extensive Working Knowledge of Microsoft word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of accounting, finance, and risk management
• Desire/aptitude for learning
• Strong analytical skills.
• Detail-oriented and ability to draw insight through data (including financials, business, macro environment).
• Good oral and written communication skills, including sound presentational skill