Are you detail-oriented with a passion for risk management, compliance, and financial integrity? Food Concepts Plc is currently recruiting an Internal Audit Officer to support its internal control and corporate governance functions. This opportunity is ideal for professionals with experience in internal auditing, accounting, finance, risk management, compliance, or business process improvement. The successful candidate will evaluate internal controls, identify operational risks, ensure compliance with company policies, and recommend improvements that enhance efficiency and accountability.
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Applications are invited for the position below:
Job Title: Internal Audit Officer
Requisition ID: 1180
Location: Nigeria
Reports to: Internal Auditor
Job Theme: Implementation, Monitoring and Coordination
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure and monitor store compliance to Company policies, procedures and systems
- Report variance and ensure proper follow up
- Monitor the implementation of internal audit recommendations to ensure the satisfactory resolution of identified significant issues
- Conduct OSC – Operations Standard Compliance on stores to ensure compliance to store standards
- Ensure follow up on gaps identified and communicate to Line Manager
- Undertake and report on the value for money that the company obtains in all its activities with special regard to economy, efficiency and effectiveness
- Proactively identify trends and issues from audit findings and formulate recommendations for improving internal controls and addressing identified weaknesses/gaps across all locations/markets in which the company operates
- Review and report on the accuracy, timeliness and relevance of the financial and other information provided to management for decision making
- Monitor the implementation of internal audit recommendations to ensure the satisfactory resolution of identified significant issues
- Report on stores compliance to standards
- Develop and maintain the company’s Quality Management system, ensuring full compliance with its guidelines and a consolidated uniform approach across the company
- Assist management in the identification of business improvement opportunities in line with the recommendations of the Quality Policy and provide required assistance in managing projects which are spin-offs of such exercises.
Key Performance Indicators
- No. of store compliance
- No. of variance/breaches
- No. of fraud cases
- No. of repeat occurrences of Control breaches
- All other Performance Indicators will be based on performance against agreed objectives.
Skills, Competencies and Requirements
Educational Qualifications / Experience:
- Minimum of university degree or its equivalent in related discipline
- Minimum of 2 years working experience
Functional Competencies / Requirements:
- Good knowledge of computerized accounting and auditing record keeping systems
- An ability to maintain current knowledge of developments related to business matters of interest to internal audit, particularly legislation changes and developments as they affect the Food Industry, and new auditing techniques and practices
- Fundamentals of Accounting
General Management Competencies / Requirements:
- Strong Analytical
- Problem solving skills
- Strong Time Management & Multi-tasking skills
- Ability to plan, schedule and coordinate effectively.
Desired Personal Attributes:
- Integrity
- Proactive self-starter
- Results Orientation
- Strategic Thought Process and Follow through
- Assertiveness & tenacity
- Strong cerebral capacity
- Ability to work with all levels of management, build partnerships and teams
- Highly organized and significant ability to multi-task effectively
- Ability to cope with and work under pressure.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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