Compliance Audit Manager at Guinness Nigeria Plc

Location: Ikeja, Lagos

Job Description

• The role, which is based in Guinness Nigeria Plc, Lagos, provides a company-wide business audit service to the business functions.
• The primary focus of this role is to support Guinness Nigeria executive management in providing assurance on the effectiveness of risk management and control procedures across the business, highlighting and resolving any particular risk areas.  

Specifically, this will include:

• Manage and deliver a range of assurance and risk management activities, as agreed with business unit or functional management.
• Use a thorough understanding of the business processes, expected controls and risks, to undertake activities, which maintain shareholder value and mitigate against risk.
• Driving the development of risk identification and evaluation strategies that deliver long-lasting benefits to the organisation and support its continued drive for success.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of Guinness Nigeria and the application of sound commercial judgement in all activities undertaken.
• Passionate commitment to engaging in the creation and maintenance of sustainable, mutually beneficial internal and external relationship.
• The ability to provide effective business audit and drive through the creation of a risk and performance management culture.

Top Accountabilities

• Deliver risk and performance effectiveness audits that provide assurance on the effectiveness of risk management and control procedures.
• Undertake business audit or develop design reviews with management to help improve management’s response to a particular risk or risk area.
• Contribute to other sources of assurance such as facilitating project teams through risk footprints and mitigation activities; following up on part audits or design reviews or supporting Diageo’s response to the Sarbanes Oxley requirements through the CARM programme

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Minimum 7 years experience including in a multinational corporate environment.  Qualified Accountant and/or MBA, or professional qualification or equivalent experience in one or more of the below:
  • FMCG industry and related business issues such as brand management or brand financial management, production, logistics
  • Risk management techniques
  • Internal / external audit experience
  • Business consulting
  • Information systems
• Experience in multicultural / multilingual environments

The role holder will be expected to work in a variety of team situations as well as be able to deliver work on his/her own.