Senior Officer, Compliance Audit at Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC Plc)

Job Purpose

• The purpose of the Compliance Audit is to Increase the efficiency of AEDC, by ensuring that the company is operating in accordance with the internal procedures and standards while in line with the regulations from NERC and other applicable laws in Nigeria.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Gives inputs in compilation of annual plan for compliance audit based on the risk assessment factors in the company and based on the strategic priorities of the Company.
• Based on the assignments by General Manager – Compliance Audit, the job holder should audit the plans and activities of all departments in AEDC to ensure that their activities are in compliance with internal rules, NERC regulations and other applicable laws in Nigeria, with priority to Procurement, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain.
• Preparation of audit reports/findings for each audit case, giving recommendations for process improvements and disciplinary measures, and completing the case files with all required documents and samples.
• Ensuring that all issued executive orders by the company’s management are in compliance with applicable laws and rules.
• Ensuring that all levels of the employees are implementing decisions of the management and implementing executive orders issued by them.
• Receiving and analysing all HR decisions related to the issued disciplinary measures, to ensure that disciplinary measures are issued based on the internal rules and procedures.
• Ensuring that bill calculation is done based on NERC approved regulations.
• Ensuring that financial statements and taxes are done based on the applicable laws and rules.
• Ensuring that disconnection are done based on NERC regulations.
• Participates as observer in meetings related to new procedures and regulations in the company with the request of General Manager – Compliance Audit.
• Takes written interview by the officials who are allegedly implicated in violations, intentionally or by negligence, in order to grant the affected staff the possibility to give their explanations before the end of the report with findings and recommendations.
• Requests and receives documents and data from all positions in the company for official use.
• Ensures that the company and field employees implement health and safety procedures during their operations.
• Ensures that each audit case has its own file with all required documents and evidence(s) including final report.
• Job holder will perform any other assignment given by a senior colleague.

Education & Knowledge

• First degree (Engineering, Law, Statistics & Economics)
• Experience in the audit will be considered as priority
• Minimum of 3 years work experience
• MS Office
• Knowledge of report writing, technical knowledge, knowledge of laws and regulations in force based on what the company operates.

Required Skills & Competencies:

• Integrity and profesionalism
• Comunication skills
• Professional skills for writting audit reports
• Self motivation and self initiative
• Skills to do analyses and statistics
• Professional knowledge for interpretation of laws and regulations in force
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.