Head, Internal Audit - Abuja at Society for Family Health (SFH)

This is a senior management position (Assistant/Deputy Director), reporting to the Board through the Managing Director. The successful candidate will provide independent and objective assurance, evaluation, analyses and appraisals designed to add value and improve the organisation’s operations and effectiveness of governance and risk management processes, and internal controls environment.

S/He will direct the planning and execution of operational, financial and compliance audits to evaluate the effectiveness of the organisation’s internal control systems including field operations. Will determine compliance with selected policies, procedures, and regulations. Will make written recommendations to the Board and senior management for control enhancement and to increase efficiency and/or effectiveness of the control systems of functions reviewed. Will perform special investigations asrequested by the Board or management.

Qualifications/Experience: The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in Accounts or Financial Management and a relevant Masters’ degree with a recognised professional accounting qualification – ACA or ACCA or other professional body.
• Previous experience in a donor funded environment with a good knowledge of international donor rules & regulations and must possess a minimum of twelve (12) years post NYSC experience, the last five (5) of which should have been as the Head of an audit team. 
• Must show demonstrable experience managing the preparation of audit planning memoranda, including identifying and evaluating key risks, setting audit scope, and determining budgets and staff assignments.
• Must have expert knowledge of risk management and assessment, fraud investigation and detection criteria and strategies as well as auditing standards, techniques, activities, and processes.
• Must have good experience with drafting audit reports including writing clear and concise findings and recommendations and be able to properly assess potential findings for significance and negotiating their finalization with senior client management.
• Must be an analytic and decisive decision maker with strong organizational and planning skills, attention to detail and follow through.
• Must be able to multitask and manage audits within agreed budgets and time lines with a very good knowledge of the current financial and corporate governance regulatory environments.
• Must have very strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills including a high level of tact and diplomacy, a collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Must have demonstrated proficiency using intermediate level office software applications, including spreadsheets and relevant accounting software.

Application E-mail: recruitment@hcp-ng.com