Head, lnternal Control at Human Capacity Development Consultants (HCDC)

Job Code: HIC22

Job Summary

• The Head, Internal Control will support the Group Head, Internal Control, Risk and Compliance in designing, documenting, assessing and monitoring the Internal control framework for the Group; defining the strategie direction for the internal control function which aligns with the overall strategic goals of the company and providing training and awareness on policies, procedures and control.

The Role

• Ensure that the company has adequate controls to prevent unintentional and intentional errors in financial reporting and operational processes.
• Evaluate the Internal Control system of the Company and recommend improvement / changes where and when necessary
• Review and appraise the soundness, effectiveness, and proper application of accounting and financial controls; compliance procedures and controls and timeliness of documentation generation
• Identify the risks that the organization might be facing through periodic and regular review of internal control operations and develop preventive strategies
• Review Vendor creation, Customer Creation (Agreements), Credit setting for customs for compliance with company policy and procedure before entry into the company database
• Manage and cool expenses through conduct of daily prepayment checks and vouching of all payments, and other capital or overheads requests to ensure budget alignment
• Review the fixed assets register from time to time and conduct physical asset count for compliance with company policy.

Requirements & Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Certification qualifications in (eg. ACA, ACCA and any of the following CICS, CIA, IIA, CFE, ACFE, CISA, ISACA) is highly preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of Internal Control experience with a least 2 years of management experience in any of the following Industries: Financial industry, FMCG, Hospitality, Accounting
• Excellent use of Microsoft office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Good quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Master in planning, time management and organizing skills
• Excellent leadership, oral and written communications, planning and effective decision-making skills
• Stakeholder management and networking skills.