Internal Auditor at Alan & Grant Full Time

Job Title: Internal Auditor

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Industry: Education

Job Description

• Prepare the annual internal audit work plan and ensure its execution
• Continuously review / assess the business and operational risks facing the School in order to proactively establish appropriate mitigating controls and monitoring frameworks
• Conduct periodic financial, compliance, operational and special audits and carry out investigations into reported irregularities, as required by the School
• Highlight and flag duplication, leakages, and weaknesses across the school’s business processes and systems and provide recommendations to improve the internal control systems and the quality of the school’s processes and system
• Verify that the school’s PPP (Policies, Procedures and Processes) manual is followed in all areas of the school’s operations
• Interpret and analyze reports / data to identify possible risk exposure and advise the Principal, Risk Committee, and the Board on risk exposure – internally and externally
• Collaborate with external auditors in their independent examination of the School’s financial statements
• Stay abreast of industry trends and developments to enable the development and implementation of appropriate control measures, monitoring mechanism as well as their continuous update / revision
• Prepare and submit periodic activity / management reports to the Board, on the activities of the Internal function including findings and overall assessment of the School’s control environment
• Perform any other duties that complement the internal control systems of the School

Requirements

• First Degree in Accounting or any related discipline
• Professional accounting certification e.g. ICAN, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA. (CISA will be an added advantage)
• Minimum of ten (10) years internal audit experience in a reputable organization or eight (8) years’ experience in an audit firm.
• Good knowledge of financial and IT systems controls
• Good knowledge of finance and business applications and systems
• Good appreciation and working knowledge SAGE Evolution and of Microsoft Office productivity tools
• Good decision making, problem solving and leadership skills

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.