Head of Internal Control & Audit Job at Winock Limited

Winock is a holdings company incorporated in Nigeria to provide an ecosystem of sustainable services to micro businesses through duly registered and licensed subsidiary companies. We are inspired to provide services to micro businesses because they contribute significantly to economic sustainability and social wealth creation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Head of Internal Control & Audit

Job Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We are looking to hire an experienced, suitable individual who would be responsible for examining and monitoring the company's finances.
• The job holder will manage the auditing team and be responsible for overseeing the full audit cycle, developing auditing strategies, and creating solutions to make the company's financial processes more effective.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate the audit practice in the organization
• Ensure that the present audit practice in the company is in line with the international audit standard.
• The head of internal audit must ensure that the department complies with sound internal auditing standards and with a relevant code of ethics.
• To independently carry out the evaluation and examination of the effectiveness and efficiency of the internal control, risk management, and governance systems.
• To carry out periodic reviews of the compliance activities within the organization in line with the local laws and regulations.
• Promote and support a culture of compliance, risk avoidance/mitigation, and corporate accountability throughout the bank via training and knowledge in sharing.
• Regular monitoring and supervision of the field auditors' assignments and also report the audit findings from the field auditors to the appropriate authority.
• To have a detailed understanding of all checklists provided by HO and ensure its effectively disseminated to the other auditors.
• Prepare reviews and evaluations of the annual audit budget and audit plan.
• Safeguard the assets of the company.
• Carry out special assignments, and investigations that may be requested from the management
• Ensure that all the regulatory and statutory requirements are adhered to and all payments and returns are done by the prescribed due dates
• Ensures capital & revenue expenditure complies with policies and approval limits
• Ensure compliance of loans disbursement to credit policies
• Ensure appropriate level of communication is maintained on Internal Control matters to support the framework and ensure appropriate ownership and accountabilities from management and managers.
• Develop adequate training material on the internal control objectives, approach and methodology.
• Conduct follow-up reviews of financial, operational, or regulatory compliance deficiencies noted during audits.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of second-class lower division (2:2) in Finance related field
• Professional qualifications - either an ACA, ACCA, or CFA is an added advantage
• A minimum of 5 years experience in Internal Audit or related environment and at least 5 of these years must be in a supervisory capacity.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced financial environment.
• Possess good communication skills - the ability to write quality and coherent reports for management information and decision.
• Must be smart and able to think on their feet.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@winock.com using the Job position as the subject of the mail.

Note

• This position is based in Abuja and interviews will be conducted in Abuja.
• We are committed to improving diversity in the workspace and work to ensure that our team is supportive of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from women.