JOB DESCRIPTION: INTERNAL CONTROL MANAGER

The Company: A holding company with subsidiaries and one of the authorized dealers in a leading phone brand in Nigeria. The Company’s registered office is at Ikeja, Lagos with branches across Nigeria for distribution of products to sub dealers.
Job Location: The Internal Control Manager office is located at the company Head Office Ikeja but will travel to branch offices as occasion demands.

Reporting to: Managing Director/CEO

Position Description:
The Internal Control Manager will be responsible for ensuring a strong internal control
environment through the development of policies and procedures, ensuring
implementation and monitoring compliance
The position will work to foster standardization and consistency across business processes and internal controls.

Person Specifications:
The ideal candidate should be a critical thinker with strong internal control mindset. He/ She should be organized with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Own the design, implementation, documentation, assessment and monitoring internal control framework, including group policies and key risks to ensure that the company has adequate controls to prevent unintentional and intentional errors in financial reporting, processes and business operations.
• Review activities of the holding company and its subsidiaries
• Formulate policies and procedures to improve internal controls, compliance, and efficiency.
• Lead the process for internal controls reviews across the company.
• Deliver adequate and timely reporting on the internal control framework and control deficiencies to ensure appropriate communication, documentation, escalation to business partners, senior leadership, and the board of directors.
• Deliver adequate and timely action plans and monitor progress to address and resolve control deficiencies
• Work collaboratively with business and process owners to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring the effective implementation of corrective action.
• Actively seek standardization and automation, apply and implement best practices for managing internal controls and deploy innovative technology where possible to enhance and continuously improve the design and operating effectiveness of the controls, documentation, assessment and review procedure
• Actively engage with internal and external auditors to ensure consideration and resolution of all relevant risks and audit findings
• Develop and conduct adequate training and prepare related information material on the internal control objectives, approach and methodology to business partners on a regular basis to build knowledge and understanding of risks and control

Desired Skills and Experience

• 5+ from a similar position in a multinational group or delivering similar services via audit firm will be an added advantage
• Professional certification: ACA, ACCA, CPA etc is a must
• Strong experience and interest for how technology and systems can support internal control effectiveness and efficiency
• Solid understanding and experience with internal control frameworks
• Strong analytical skills includes the ability to spot, assess and address risk, materiality and interdependencies and translate it into impact analysis for the financial reporting and recommendations for improvement
• Strong communication skills presenting internal control and risk matters in an understandable way across various forums and levels of the organization with the right level of detail.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including sound presentational skills
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, and ability to work as part of a multi geographic team.
• Adaptable to working in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.
• Striving for continuous improvement and optimization
• Ability to work well independently as well as the ability to work well with stakeholders and communicate the benefits of tax initiatives.
• Flexibility in resolving issues and addressing changing priorities.
• Ability to work under pressure

How to Apply
Candidates who meet the requirements should submit their CV and cover letter to: recruitmentsphil@gmail.com before 30th April 2022

JOB DESCRIPTION: INTERNAL CONTROL OFFICER

The Company: A holding company with subsidiaries and one of the authorized dealers in a leading phone brand in Nigeria. The Company’s registered office is at Ikeja, Lagos with branches across Nigeria for distribution of products to sub dealers.
Job Location: The Internal Control Officer office is located at the company Head Office Ikeja but will travel to branch offices as occasion demands.

Reporting to: Internal Control Manager

Position Description:

Internal Control Officer will support the Internal Control Manager in ensuring a strong internal control environment through the development of policies and procedures, ensuring implementation and monitoring compliance
He/she will also support to ensure measures are taken by the organization for the purpose of protecting its resources against waste, fraud, and inefficiency, ensuring accuracy, reliability in accounting, operating data and securing compliance.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Plan, organize and carry out the internal controls function including the preparation of review manuals.
• Carry out internal control reviews across functions and subsidiaries.
• Conduct risk assessment of all departments and branches
• Reports risk management issues and internal controls deficiencies identified to Internal Control Manager and provide recommendations for efficiency.
• Evaluate compliance with existing policies and procedures, identifying and proposing modifications as needed
• Review the responses to internal and external audit management letter queries to ensure that recommendations are implemented and ensure that all action items are resolved
• Evaluate information security and associated risk exposures
• Evaluate regulatory compliance program
• Evaluate the organization’s readiness in case of business interruption
• provides support to the company's anti-fraud programs.
• All other duties as reasonably requested
Desired Skills and Experience
• BSC/HND in accounting or related field
• 3+ from a similar position in a multinational group or delivering similar services via audit firm will be an added advantage
• Working knowledge of control and compliance methods and procedures
• Experience in methods of receiving, inspecting, issuing stock and handling stock returns.
• Working knowledge of control and compliance methods and procedure
• Departmental and Branch audit experience
• Analytically minded with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), knowledge of QuickBooks is a plus
• Capable of working under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Flexible and adaptable approach to shift patterns and hours of work, ability to work flexible hours from time to time
• Excellent commercial and financial awareness
• A 'can-do' attitude and resilient character with the ability to manage expectations
• The flexibility and independence to work in a changing environment.
• Ability to work independently

How to Apply
Candidates who meet the requirements should submit their CV and cover letter to: officersphil@gmail.com before 30th April 2022.