Internal Control Officer at Haulage & Logistics Nigeria

Location: Surulere, Lagos

Overview

• The Internal Control Officer will protect assets for our organisation, create internal control system, ensures compliance with internal procedures, and maintains knowledge of federal and local regulations.

Job Responsibilities

• Internal control officer will be responsible toincrease the operational efficiency of organizations, detecting and eliminating fraud and ensuring compliance with relevant regulation.
• Support the department in ensuring a strong internal control and compliance environment through the development of policies and procedures, ensuring implementation and monitoring.
• The position will work to foster standardization and consistency across the business processes, internal control and compliance in the organization
• Support to design, document, implement and carryout assessments and monitoring of the company’s internal activities
• Assist to formulate policies and procedures to improve internal control system of the Company
• Support toadminister training to ensure that all workers have an intricate understanding of all internal control guidelines and standards.
• Conduct regular audits to verify whether departments follow established procedures.
• Support to provide an independent, objective assessment of risk and evaluation of the effectiveness of internal operating and financial controls within the Company
• Assist to establish formal operating and strategic planning processes for the company
• Ensure annual budgeting and periodic reporting systems are in place for all departments in a manner that allows the monitoring of progress against financial and operational performance targets and metrics
• Provide guidelines and limits for approval of expenditures
• Institute policies and procedures for the management of all financial risk
• Ensure that adequate insurance cover is taken to mitigate risks that can’t be covered by internal policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or it's equivalent
• Minimum of 4 years cognate experience in Internal control/Audit
• ACA, ACCA and any other relevant professional qualification
• Strong experience and interest on how technology and systems can support and enhance internal control effectiveness and efficiency
• Proficient in the use of ERP, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Must have a blend of superior analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail to perform duties effectively.
• Good organizational, verbal and written communication skills, as the person will often work with a range of documents, compiling internal control reports and preparing presentations for senior managers.
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail.