Audit Associate at PepsiCo, Inc.

Auto req ID: 120904
Location: Ikotun, Lagos
Job Function: Finance

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing Internal Audit Plan
• Support in conducting internal audit for financial statement and operations
• Monitor execution of controls and carry out compliance test on business processes
• Escalate issues on non-compliance issues and control gaps identified
• Follow-up on remediation plans and timely resolve any issue identified during audit engagement
• Liase with Corporate Audit and support the External Auditor for the independent engagement
• Support in providing assurance services to the Audit-Committee and Leadership team
• Execute guidance on the review of control effectiveness and provide recommendations
• Advise and provide guidance to Control Owners and Process Owners on the execution of GCS
• Provide support in the facilitation of Risk Assessment Workshops
• Investigate incident cases of misappropriations and fraud related practices
• Maintain and keep audit evidence and file working papers for Corporate Audit purpose
• Track and update the GCS Documents (Business process,Flowchart,Test script,RCM,Minutes…)
• Initiate SOPs and assist in Preparing the quarterly GCS reports for Management review
• Implementing the control procedures on material management
• Verifying the 3 way match for vendors and contract management
• Assisting the broader accounts team with ad hoc
• Initiate SOPs and assist in Preparing the quarterly GCS reports for Management review – Providing consultation
• Monitor execution of controls and carry out compliance test on business processes – Executing actions
• Escalate issues on non-compliance issues and control gaps identified – Providing consultation
• Follow-up on remediation plans and timely resolve any issue identified during audit engagement – Executing actions
• Liase with Corporate Audit and support the External Auditor for the independent engagement – Providing consultation
• Support in providing assurance services to the Audit-Committee and Leadership team – Providing consultation
• Execute guidance on the review of control effectiveness and provide recommendations – Executing actions
• Advise and provide guidance to Control Owners and Process Owners on the execution of GCS.

Qualifications
Key Skills/ Experience Required:

• Minimum of Tertiary education - Bachelor's Degree.
• Professional accounting qualification is an added advantage.
• Full understanding of the FMCG business and 2-3 years of experience in Internal Audit and control in a Finance within an FMCG organization
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Good business acumen for problem solving
• Competency with large ERP systems
• Confidence to deal with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise a demanding workload.