Head of Internal Audit
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
Hiring: Head of Internal Audit
Location: Lagos
Our client is a well-established financial services group in Nigeria offering a broad spectrum of services across investment banking asset management securities trading research consulting and trust services with a strong emphasis on local expertise and global standards.
The Company is seeking to hire a Head of Internal Audit who will be responsible for helping the organization achieve its objectives by systematically evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management control and governance processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify control gaps and propose risk-mitigation measures across all processes.
- Enforce compliance with established policies maker-checker controls and regulatory directives.
- Review and validate all processes (de-materialization dividend processing e-lodgements withdrawals and related activities).
- Conduct periodic audit reviews and issue reports with actionable recommendations.
- Monitor compliance with internal policies regulatory directives and corporate governance standards.
- Track regulatory circulars from SEC CSCS NGX and ensure processes remain aligned.
- Support fraud investigations and liaise with regulators where required.
- Champion process improvement and staff sensitization on internal control best practice.
Requirements
- Bachelor s degree in Accounting Finance Economics or a related discipline.
- At least 10 years of experience in auditing finance accounting operational risk in the financial services industry.
- Solid understanding of risk-based audit methodologies fraud detection and control assessment.
- In-depth understanding of capital-market regulations.
- Excellent analytical report-writing and problem-solving skills.
- Integrity professional judgement and confidentiality.
- Tech savvy with advanced MS Excel/audit software capability.
- Exceptional attention to detail and stakeholder communication.
- Excellent written/verbal communication skills.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the organizations operations and industry.
- Adherence to high ethical standards and principles.
- Must understand internal auditing theory and techniques including types of controls and testing procedures related workpaper standards.
Benefits
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Key Skills
- Administrative Skills
- Time Management
- Internal Audit
- Accounting And Auditing
- Leadership skills
- Organizational Skill
- Accounting & Finance
- Business Process Skill
- Communication
- External Audit
- Relationship Management
- Strategic Thinking Skills
- Team Player Spirit
- Budgeting Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
