Internal Control and Audit Officer at Simple Finance Limited

Simple Finance Limited is a credit solutions service that solves financial challenges for individuals in Nigeria, using technology. SimpleFi is focused on providing easy loans without collateral, managing investment opportunities and making easy and secure payment transfers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Internal Control and Audit Officer

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• The Audit/Internal Control Officer would conduct various operational/technical reviews in line with agreed audit plan.
• Provision of audit reports with recommendations to management on all audit assignments.
• Reviewing the systems established to ensure compliance with those policies, plans, procedures, laws, and regulations that could have significant impact on operations and reports and determining whether the organization is in compliance.
• Evaluates the Internal Control system in the Company and recommending improvements / changes where and when necessary.
• Develop relevant audit programmes in line with specific audit objectives and risk analysis.
• Responsible for conducting various IT audits and reviews with key emphasis on IT corporate governance, adequacy of current hardware and software applications architecture and business support from vendors.
• The Audit/Internal Control Officer would conduct daily prepayment checks and vouching of all payments and other capital or overheads requests.
• Documenting and making reports of identified control issues discovered in the course of the vetting process and how they were resolved.
• Design and subsequently examine and evaluate the effectiveness and adequacy of the internal control systems
• Provides support to the company's anti-fraud programs.
• Challenging current processes across the company and identifying opportunities for refinement
• Engaging remediation of identified issues through follow-up
• Playing an active role in the maintenance and review of policies and procedures, including ensuring they are up to date with all legislation and best practices
• Perform test on both the functioning of specific internal control procedures and transactions
• Conduct regular control checks on cash, inventory, expense, dispatch and production reports.
• Review the responses to internal and external audit management letters and queries to ensure that recommendations are implemented and ensure that all action items are resolved.

Qualifications

• HND / B.Sc Degree in Banking and Finance, Economics or any social science related field
• Professional Certification; ICAN, ACCA, CISA, CIA etc.

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 - 5 years relevant audit experience in a financial institution or external audit firm.
• Skills
• Very Good Report Writing
• Moderate Negotiation Skills
• Very Good Presentation skills.
• Very Good Communication skills (English): Spoken and written
• Advanced Analytical Skills
• Very Good IT skills

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the email.

Application Deadline 15th November, 2024.