Head of Internal Control at Proten

Job Summary

• Ensuring a strong internal control environment through the development of adequate policies and procedures, ensuring their implementation and monitoring compliance
• Designing, documenting, implementing, assessing, and monitoring the internal control framework, including policies and key risks
• Ensuring that there are adequate controls to prevent errors or misstatements in financial reporting as well as ensure compliance with policies, operational and administrative processes
• Contribute towards establishing credible risk governance and integrated risks management mindset, and an execution approach which approximately prioritizes action based on business impact.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and implement policies and procedures to improve internal controls, compliance and efficiency across financial and operational processes
• Identify the potential risk and develop preventive strategies
• Ensure that the company has adequate controls to prevent unintentional and intentional errors in financial reporting and operational processes
• Lead the process for internal control reviews across the various units within the company
• Conduct regular audit to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the control environment, including assessing and appraising the company's operational procedures and compliance with policies and regulations. 
• Deliver adequate and timely reporting on the internal control framework and control framework and control deficiencies to ensure appropriate prompt communication, documentation, and escalation to management
• Implement adequate and timely action plans and monitor progress to address and resolve control deficiencies
• Work collaboratively with various department, functions and/or process owners to implement and monitor remediation effect efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring effective implementation of corrective action
• Examines current technology in the organization and future technologies that will need to be adopted
• Conducting special investigations of fraud, malpractices across the organization. 

Qualifications

• A good first degree in accounting or related courses
• Not less than 7 years experience in Internal control or risk management
• A professional qualification in accounting: ACA/ACCA
• Preferred IT certification - CISA
• Advance computer skills on MS office tools and accounting software
• Ability to coordinate and perform multiple tasks of project simultaneously, balancing priorities and deliverables
• Competent interpersonal skills, demonstrating the ability to lead projects and mentor others
• Ability to evaluate business processes and it technology, identify risk and evaluate controls.
• Proven knowledge of risk management information security, mobile core technologies and control.