Internal Control Officer at White Soul Group – 2 Openings

White Soul Group is a leading Automobile sales and logistics company with presence in over 3 locations across Nigeria. We offer first tier automobile sales and after sales, dedicated haulage and fleet management services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Internal Control Officer

Locations: Cross River and Ikeja – Lagos

Job Description

• The Internal Control officer will identify business policy inadequacies and/or gaps and recommend necessary policy improvements.
• The position will work to foster standardization and consistency across field offices as regards business processes and internal controls.

Specific Duties
Internal Control Review / Audit process governance:

• Ensure routine internal audits of the group and subsidiaries based on the risk assessment and annual audit plan;
• Submit audit updates, full reports, or executive summaries Group Head, Internal Audit.
• Prepare risk assessment analyses and develop tests of accounting records, internal controls, and accounting systems to ensure compliance with regulations, accounting principles, cost accounting standards, and contract/agreement provisions;
• Conduct confirmation programs and compliance testing as necessary to supplement ongoing internal control reviews/audits;
• Manage and monitor remediation efforts that result from individual internal audits, ensuring the documentation of completed corrective action plans by responsible officer;

Process Improvement:

• Review, analyse and report on subsidiaries and head office operations and reporting systems
• Provide guidance to internal stakeholders regarding the best internal control practices that minimize risk to the organization;
• Work cooperatively with other departmental staff to explain and improve processes and enhance internal controls and compliance;
• Participate in formulating policies and procedures to improve internal controls, compliance and corporate efficiency.

Qualification and Experience

• B.Sc or HND in Accounting or Finance and 5 to 7 years’ experience in the field of internal audit in the haulage and logistic company in Nigeria is strongly preferred
• Experience supervising others and developing talent. Experience working with staff level accounting personnel is desirable.
• Experience preparing risk assessment analyses and developing working papers to perform tests of accounting records, internal controls, and accounting systems to ensure compliance with regulations, accounting principles, cost accounting standards, and contract / agreement provisions
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Access. Experience in the Enterprise version of SAGE
• Evolution is strongly preferred
• Willingness to travel as needed.
• Possession of ACA, ACCA is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
13th July, 2022.