Internal Control Manager at Human Capital Partners (HCP)

JOB SUMMARY

The role holder will report to the church leadership and will be responsible for:

• Ensuring a strong internal control environment through the development of adequate policies and procedures, whilst ensuring their implementation and monitoring compliance
• Designing, documenting, implementing, assessing, and monitoring the internal control framework, including policies and key risks
• Ensuring that the church has adequate controls to prevent errors in financial reporting, as well as ensure compliance with policies, operational and administrative processes

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement an effective internal control framework within the church
• Identify and document key controls within the processes of major departments/functions to ensure the risk / negative exposures can be properly controlled
• Formulate and implement policies and procedures to improve internal controls, compliance, and efficiency across financial and operational processes
• Identify the potential risks and develop preventive strategies
• Ensure that the church has adequate controls to prevent unintentional and intentional errors in financial reporting and operational processes
• Lead the process for internal controls reviews across the various departments of the church
• Conduct regular audits to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the control environment, including assessing and appraising the church’s operational procedures and compliance with policies and regulations
• Deliver adequate and timely reporting on the internal control framework and control deficiencies to ensure appropriate prompt communication, documentation, and escalation to the church Leadership.
• Implement adequate and timely action plans and monitor progress to address and resolve control deficiencies
• Work collaboratively with the various departments, functions, and/or process owners to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring the effective implementation of corrective action
• Co-ordinate with functional teams in developing and conducting training of relevant staff for the purpose of improving control adherence
• Provide observation and recommendation to various control owners for improving the control
• Provide informative reports to the church Leadership on significant impact areas where key controls should be implemented or updated
• Apply and implement best practices for managing internal controls and deploy innovative technology, where possible, to enhance the effectiveness of the controls system

 REQUIREMENTS

• First degree in a Finance-related discipline
• Relevant professional certification (ACA, ACCA, CISA)
• Minimum of eight (8) years' cognate experience