Crest Agro Products Limited Job for an Internal Control Manager

Crest Agro Products Limited is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:   Job Title: Internal Control Manager Location: Nigeria Job Description/Responsibilities

• Perform and control the full audit cycle including risk assessment & management and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations
• Prepare and present timely reports that effectively reflect audit results, processes & control issue
• Support external financial audits according to agreed-upon schedules by ensuring timely and qualitative delivery of auditors’ requests
• Conduct follow up audits to monitor management’s interventions
• Lead continuous improvement efforts for standardizing, rationalizing, optimizing and automating controls
• Engage in continuous knowledge development, share emerging best practices, and provides internal control awareness and training for managers throughout the Company
• Advise top management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on audit, and internal control matters
• Develop Internal Control Framework for the business
• Act as an objective source of guidance and advice for teams within the Company on control matters
• Identify loopholes and recommend cost saving risk aversion measures
• Supervise and conduct independent audits of the Company’s records according to agreed schedules to assess effectiveness of controls, accuracy of financial records, and efficiency of operations
• Raise reports on exceptional issues and escalate same to the Executive Management and the Board as the case may be
• Collaborate with Financial Control and Human Resources units on external audit, tax compliance and people related matters to ensure timely completion of jointly handled deliverables like external audit, tax audit etc
• Ensure adherence to safety precautions at the factory.

• University degree in Finance or Accounting
• Professional qualification such as CIA, CFE, ACCA, ACA or equivalent

• IFRS and NGAAP
• Internal Auditing Standards

• Financial audits
• Operational Finance Knowledge
• Financial accounting & reporting
• Finance & business process understanding
• 5-8 years of Internal Control experience.