Audit Officer at Sobaz Nigeria Limited

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Job Purpose

• Responsible for planning and guaranteeing independent and objective assurance on the management of risk throughout the organisation.

Key Responsibilities
Audit Planning and Design:

• Develop an annual audit plan using input from the team and stakeholders to identify priorities and resource requirements for the year.
• Schedule and assign audits to team members, ensuring effective use of people resources.
• Report to the Board of Directors at the required intervals on internal audit assignments including planned reviews, investigations, risk advisory work and all other duties assigned.
• Develop the team’s engagement with and support of major business change programmes thus ensuring that appropriate consideration of risk and control is given to all change initiatives.

Audit Review:

• Oversee and provide quality control for the departments audit, to ensure departmental mandate and business goals are met and that professional standards are maintained at all times.
• Plan and coordinate financial, regulatory, compliance and operational reviews.
• Conduct regular financial risk assessment and identify controls in place to mitigate identified risk.
• Perform audit procedures to test the reliability of established controls within the organisation.
• Identify control gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure corporate assets are safeguarded and accounted for at all times. Risk:

Develop a risk register and include level of risk and proposed mitigants. People and Process Management:

• Consistently develop and review of internal control policies and procedures.
• Build relationships with leaders across the organisation to understand issues and identify areas for improvement for the organisation as a whole.
• Develop new methodologies to improve the audit process, making it “easier” for the organisation to request audits and implement recommendations.
• Keep abreast of developments in Corporate Governance and Risk Management practices and advise the business accordingly.
• Provide assistance to the business in meeting regulatory requirements.
• Manage and oversee team performance through performance planning, coaching and performance appraisals.
• Handle performance issues, discipline as necessary and address poor standards, ensuring department targets and customer satisfaction is not compromised.

Academic Qualifications and Skills

• Advanced Degree MSc., MBA / PhD in Finance, Economics, Accounting or any related business degree.
• Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies.
• Full membership of relevant professional bodies such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria ICAN, ACCA.
• Must have 3-8 years work experience.

Functional Skills:

• MS Office proficiency.
• Behavioural Competencies / Attributes
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent, negotiation, communication, business.
• Presentation and people management skills

Salary
N60,000 - N70,000 / Month