Audit Officer at Synapse Services

Synapse Services is a Centre for Psychological Medicine that is committed to providing a full range of mental health and substance misuse services in a caring, patient- centred environment. We are located in the heart of Nigeria – Abuja, with branches in Lagos, and Anambra state. We provide first class psychological and psychiatric care, with a range of therapeutic programs suited to individual needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Audit Officer

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports to: Head, Internal Audit

Job Description

Plan and carry out financial, regulatory, compliance or operational reviews/audits.
Coordinates work with Risk, Legal & Compliance and other control-related activities and with others within Internal Audit. Ensure daily compliance on the internal and financial policies of the facility.
Do a daily call over on all expenses across all synapse centres allocated to you and ensure that all postings are correctly done
Takes routine stocks check and verify that records in the bin cards show true representation of stock on ground
Ensure that costs are not over stated on all expenses.
Ensure compliance with all regulatory policies.
Ensure that internal control system is in place so as to control loss, theft and risk in the facility.
Identifies any internal control gap and measures for its improvement.
Report to management all risk issues in accordance with auditing standards.
Flag up any internal control issue.
Performs audit procedures to verify that controls are operating through testing and interviewing techniques.
Analyses and concludes on effectiveness and efficiency of control environment.
Identifies control gaps and opportunities for improvement.
Documents the results of audit work in accordance with audit department and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standards.
Assess, evaluate and promote compliance to Synapse internal policies.
Contributes, as appropriate, in the year-end financial audit with the external auditor.
Provides advice on internal control and participates in enhancing internal audit standards and practices within Synapse.
Provide feedback on Accounting Procedures.

Requirements and Experience

Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Economics or Business Administration
Student or fully-qualified member of ACCA, ICAN, CIA
3-years experience in a finance role (2 of which are in internal audit)
Understands/can review financial statements and management accounts
Eye for detail and can think out-of-the-box
Can keep confidential/classified information
Can work well with others in a very fast-paced environment
Good report writing skills
Good in written and spoken English
Very organized, can keep track of and complete multiple assignments
Respects deadlines
Can use MS-Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook
Can use video conferencing applications like Skype, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams
Must reside in Abuja.