Manager, Financial Audit at IHS Towers

Reports To: Head, Financial Audit & Internal Control

Job Summary

• The Financial Audit Manager is responsible for executing, evaluating, and tracking internal controls over financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Identify, map, and continuously update key financial controls specific to financial reporting.
• Plan, undertake and supervise financial and system audits within finance function to ensure that all functions and systems of finance are working in line with management advised guidelines.
• Perform and supervise tests of the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of key financial controls.
• Assist testers undertaking the control self-assessments.
• Train Sox champions on the provisions of Sarbanes Oxley Act.
• Collect, review and analyze workings of, and other financial information prepared by accounting department for identification of exceptions.
• Incorporate external and internal audit findings into testing scope.
• Aligninternal control evaluations with external audits.
• Supervise the regional audits for Pre-audit of invoices, Site visits, Cash counts, Inventory count, Document reviews and Other risk & control related tasks
• Review and audit financial schedules prepared by accounting team.
• Identify and review controls in automation projects for finance in new ERP.
• Support the finance team in implementation of new control activities.
• Test the compliance with approved processes and notify of exceptions.
• Analyze and review other non-financial information reported to management for completeness and accuracy.
• Assist the external auditors in their assessment of internal controls over financial reporting by providing evidence of management review of internal controls.
• Draf consolidated monthly management reports on the assessment of the internal control environment for all the entities.

Education and Experience

• Degree in accounting, audit/risk management
• Chartered Accountant/ACCA certified
• Internal or external audit training
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in audit & accounting with at least two (2) years in a    managerial/supervisory role.
• Demonstrable experience in planning and execution of risk based internal or external audits.
• Demonstrable experience in preparation or review of financial results.
• Experience with evaluation of ITGC for integrated financial audits.

Skills:

• Strong experience of Accounting & Reporting
• Demonstrate experience and knowledge of IAA/IFRS
• Target oriented with strong focus on excellence on customers relationship management
• Good understanding of Financial Systems i.e. AR, AP etc
• Good understanding of contracts and legal compliances
• Demonstrate knowledge of tax related matters
• Hand on experience of ERP i.e. NAV, SAP, Oracle
• Strong analytical & problem solving skills
• Practical experience of managing teams
• Basic understanding of TowerCo business and technical knowledge
• Practical experience of  KPIs
• Demonstrate the skills of management reporting
• Document archiving & filing
• Leadership  & Relation building
• Problem solving, dispute resolution & team building
• Planning and organization
• Sound knowledge of internal control environment & internal control framework (COSO)
• Presentation skills, and hand on experience on MS Office tools
• Knowledge of internal control evaluation requirements for SOX provisions
• IT general controls