Group Internal Auditor at Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group)

Job Summary

• The Group Internal Auditor is a seasoned professional with strong leadership, technical expertise, and experience in overseeing Risk, Internal Control, and Audit functions. S/he will ensure effective Governance, Compliance, and Risk Management across the organization by providing independent assurance and actionable insights to Leadership. S/he will support strategic decision-making while promoting accountability and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent assessment and transparency relative to Risk Management and practices, compliance with policies and industry standards.
• Ensuring Internal Audit adopts industry best practices in Information Technology Audit across the Group’s operations.
• Ensuring all risk related matters are provided for in the annual Assurance Statement on Risk Management as part of annual Governance Statement.
• Review Internal Audit frameworks against global best practices.
• Ensure Audit function/operations are aligned with global best standards.
• Be responsible for development, review and ongoing delivery of prioritised Risk Management and assurance implementation plans that reflects strategic objectives of the organisation and operational needs of business units.
• Ensure risks identified from external regulatory, audit reviews and other reports are assessed and informs the corporate risk registers as required.
• Provide support in undertaking risk assessments, analysing risk data to develop and review risk registers, as well as deliver regular progress reports to operational groups and committees.
• Ensure Implementation of an effective control environment at all organisational levels including control activities tailored for defined processes and creating minimum requirements for all business areas.
• Analyse and recommend possible disaster preparedness solutions using established Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity planning practices.
• Ability to Identify potential Business Interruptions, develop safe-guards, and implement recovery procedures in the event of a Business Interruption.
• Advise Executive Management and Board of Directors on suggested changes to relevant frameworks and ensure such frameworks, supporting policies and procedures, are well documented and current.
• Provide all relevant statutory reports and regulatory requirements to Audit Committees, and Board of Directors on risk and control matters.
• Review and ensure presentation of quarterly Internal Audit, Risk Management, Internal Control and Business Continuity management reports to Board Committees.

Person Specification & Required Qualification (s)

• HND/bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or any related discipline or any related discipline;
• Masters degree and Professional Qualifications in CFA, ACA, FCA, FRM, CIS, CIBN or its equivalent will be an advantage;
• Fifteen (15) years cognate experience with at least five (5) years’ experience in senior management Audit and Risk management role in the Financial services or Capital Market industry;
• Extensive knowledge of Risk Management, Internal Control, Audit, Compliance, Information Security & Business Continuity;
• A visionary with exceptional foresight for conceptualising and implementing leading edge Audit strategies;
• Good understanding and knowledge of Enterprise Risk principles (market, credit and operational risk);
• Strategy formulation & Execution;
• Excellent leadership and Communication skills.