Internal Control Officer at Whytecleon

Job Description

• Responsible for monitoring and evaluating the organization’s risk management practices as well as its governance and internal processes.
• The bulk of your duty will be in the area of advising management on how to assess and improve the Risk Management systems and processes already in place.

Functions:

• Performance and control over the company’s full audit cycle – including risk management and control management over operational effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations
• Periodic appraising of the adequacy of the company’s internal control systems and recommending new policies and procedures; where deemed necessary
• Periodic performance of risk assessments on key business activities
• Determination of the scope of the Internal Audit function and the development of annual plans for achieving this scope
• Periodic verification of all accounting practices inside of the organization and the accounting data being generated
• Identification of inherent loopholes inside of the company’s systems [processes] and the recommendation of risk-mitigating [and cost-savings, where applicable] measures
• Preparation and defense, before the Board Audit Committee, of Audit Findings Memorandum
• Conducting of follow-up audits to monitor Board interventions
• Carrying out of other duties as may be assigned by the Board Audit committee

Requirements

• The ideal candidate should be between 28 years and 35 years.
• Such a person must have a deep understanding of the Audit function and must be comfortable using appropriate modules inside of Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
• Candidate should have strong analytical and problem solving skills, as well as excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• He or she must be able to work in a customer-focused but high pressure environment; and thus must possess personal organization and business administration skills.
• A minimum of a first degree in Accounting, preferably with a charter – ACA or ACCA – is required for this job; as well as a minimum of three (3) years of experience in a related job role.