About this role
Audit Specialist
The Dangote Group is one of the most diversified business conglomerates in Africa with a hard-earned reputation for excellent business practices and products' quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa. The Group's activities encompass:
Cement - Manufacturing / Importing Sugar - Manufacturing ...
Audit Specialist
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA , Professional Certificate
- Experience 7 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit
Job Objectives:
- To provide leadership to the analysts in the validation of financial statements
- To ensure improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of internal operations of the organization
Job Summary
Conduct financial and operational audits and special reviews, with focus on supporting the Group Head of Audit in providing assurance to management and the Board on Compliance with policies and procedures, as well as the effectiveness of risk management processes and the control environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Team lead in the development and monitoring execution of the Financial & Operational Audit Plan
- Ensure team members possess required skills to conduct financial audits
- Ensure that audit procedures are strictly adhered to, including identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing and analysing evidence, and documentation of processes and procedures
- Evaluate financial records and establish risk-based audit programs
- Review and validate the financial & operational audit report prepared by the team
- Make recommendations to enhance the internal control system
- Perform and manage ad hoc or special audit assignments, investigations as instructed by the Group Head of Audit
- Ensure full utilization of Audit tools throughout the audit assignments
- Oversee and manage the work of the financial and operational audit analysts
- Communicate the results, findings and recommendations of audit projects via written reports and face-to-face presentations on a timely basis to the team lead, Unit MD and the Audit Committee
- Maintain all organisational and professional ethical standards and ensure internal audit activities are carried out in compliance with International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards) and IIA Code of Ethics.
- Perform peer quality reviews as requested by the Team lead.
- Ensure risk assessment is updated to reflect identified controls that will impact the residual risk score.
- Identify training needs of direct reports and recommend training courses/programs
- Work with process owners to review management’s response to external audit management letter reco