Your profile

• Proficient in English
  
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or a related field
  
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in an active internal control environment with the demonstrated knowledge of internal controls.
  
• Strong analytical skills, detail oriented.
  
• Thae ability to work with Microsoft office package software.
  
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
  
• The ability to address issues and effect change.
  
• The ability to always demonstrate a professional and objective perspective.
  
• Experience in Accounting, Finance, Audit or Business Management in a rapidly growing business.
  

Internal Control Framework & Implementation:

• Develop, implement, and maintain the organization’s internal control framework, policies, and standard operating procedures in line with the industry’s best practices.
  
• Conduct regular and documented risk assessments to identify and evaluate key operational, financial, and compliance risks.
  
• Design and document process narratives, flowcharts, and risk control matrices for key business cycles.
  

Testing & Monitoring:

• Perform walkthroughs of key processes with process owners to validate control design.
  
• Monitor and report on the status of management's remediation efforts for identified control deficiencies across several operations.
  
• Conduct and document surprise audits and spot checks on key facets of the organization especially those that have been identified as high risk.
  

Compliance & Reporting:

• Evaluate the organization’s statutory and regulatory compliance program with the aim of meeting prompt organizational compliance.
  
• Prepare detailed and clear reports on internal control findings, including the root cause, risk impact, and recommendations for management.
  
• Assist in the preparation for external audits.
  
• Study external audit shortfalls (audit findings) from the annual audit report and implement controls and activities to avoid reoccurrence/ repeat findings.
  

Investigation & Fraud Prevention:

• Investigate instances of non-compliance, fraud, or ethical breaches as they arise and implement measures to diminish reoccurrence of the same.
  
• Recommend and help implement anti-fraud controls and awareness programs.
  
• Serve as a confidential point of contact for whistleblowing reports.
  

Information security & data integrity:

• Ensure all end user devices accessing the organization’s networks resources are secured with the organization’s digital endpoint security solution.
  
• Ensure implementation of a disaster recovery plan for crucial business data and information.
  
• Ensure the timely completeness of key business support data.
  

Registry for Fixed Assets:

• Maintain an up-to-date register for the organization’s fixed assets
  
• Analyse performance of assets and make case for the improvement or the decommissioning of no longer performing fixed assets.