Head Audit at Daily Trust

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct a regular internal audit of all the departments of the Regional Office;
• Carry out regular review of statutory requirements for compliance;
• Properly scrutinize all payment vouchers and all other payment instruments;
• Check all retirements submitted by staff and outsiders;
• Regularly review all bank statements and bank reconciliation statements with a view to identifying hidden and excess charges and ensuring the adoption of verified outstanding entries;
• Verify all staff claims;
• Conduct periodic supervision of stocktaking/valuation;
• Effect periodic spot checking on the accounts department and other departments;
• Enforce general audit requirements including the collection of all necessary information and explanations;
• Ensure that the board and management decisions and policies especially as regards finance are strictly adhered to;
• Review the means of safeguarding assets from various types
• losses such as those resulting from theft, fire, unauthorised usage as appropriate and verifying the existence of such assets;
• Review operations or programmes to ascertain whether or not resultsare consistent with established goals and objectives;
• carry out any special investigations as they arise including forensic investigations with support of the Head, Internal Control & Audit;

Qualification and Experience

• A Degree or HND holder in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related disciplines;
• Minimum of 5 years practical experience in Audit and Internal Control
• Membership of ICAN or ANAN

Skills and Competencies:

• Good planning and organisational stdlls;
• Knowledge of audit and assurance processes in a similar organisation;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Computer literacy and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.

Person Specification:

• Self-motivated and able to influence and motivate others;
• Willingness to work at odd hours or put in extra hours;
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills;
• Excel lent time management skills;
• A logical thinker who pays attention to detail;
• Able to work under pressure to respond to service needs.
• Candidate must be between the age of 30-40 years