Internal Control Manager Vacancy at a Reputable Faith Based Organisation – Human Capital Partners (HCP)

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Position Title: Internal Control Manager.

Job Station: Lagos State.

INTRODUCTION:-

Internal Control Manager job opportunity is available at Human Capital Partners (HCP) for individuals who possess relevant qualifications.

Job Summary
The role holder will be responsible for:

• Ensuring a strong internal control environment through the development of adequate policies and procedures, whilst ensuring their implementation and monitoring compliance.
• Designing, documenting, implementing, assessing, and monitoring the internal control framework, including policies and key risks.
• Ensuring that the organisation has adequate controls to prevent errors in financial reporting, as well as ensure compliance with policies, operational and administrative processes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:-

• Design and implement an effective internal control framework within the Organisation.
• Identify and document key controls within the processes of major departments / functions to ensure the risk / negative exposures can be properly controlled.
• Formulate and implement policies and procedures to improve internal controls, compliance and efficiency across financial and operational processes.
• Identify the potential risks and develop preventive strategies.
• Ensure that the Organisation has adequate controls to prevent unintentional and intentional errors in financial reporting and operational processes.
• Lead the process for internal controls reviews across the various departments of the Organisation.
• Conduct regular audits to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the control environment, including assessing and appraising the Organisation’s operational procedures and compliance with policies and regulations.
• Deliver adequate and timely reporting on the internal control framework and control deficiencies to ensure appropriate prompt communication, documentation and escalation to the Organisation’s Leadership.
• Implement adequate and timely action plans and monitor progress to address and resolve control deficiencies.
• Work collaboratively with the various departments, functions and/or process owners to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring the effective implementation of corrective action.
• Co-ordinate with functional teams in developing and conducting training of relevant staff for the purpose of improving control adherence.
• Provide observation and recommendation to various control owners for improving the control.
• Provide informative report to the Organisation’s Leadership on significant impact areas where key controls should be implemented or updated.
• Apply and implement best practices for managing internal controls and deploy innovative technology, where possible, to enhance the effectiveness of the controls system.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION:-

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a Finance related discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years experience in an audit or core finance role with at least 3 years in management capacity.  Experience in an audit firm will be of added advantage
• Membership of a relevant professional body like the ACCA, ACA, CISA or a relevant post graduate degree is needed.
• Proven understanding and experience with internal control frameworks.
• Hands-on experience in the establishment and operation of internal control mechanisms.
• Experience in process evaluation as well as documentation of internal policies and procedures.
• Strong knowledge of accounting, finance and risk management, including the interpretation financial and other records.
• Experience in deploying technology and systems to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the internal control process.
• Excellent leadership, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills – including the ability to spot, assess and address risk, materiality and interdependencies and translate it into analysis for the financial reporting, as well as recommendations for improvement.
• Strong communication and influencing skills – presenting internal control and risk matters in an understandable way across various functions and levels of the Organisation with the right level of detail.
• Gravitas, stakeholder and relationship management exposure required to inspire confidence and create trust.
• Strong ethics and high level of integrity.
• Ability to work independently and with very limited supervision.
• Flexibility in resolving issues and addressing changing priorities.
• High Attention to detail.

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