Job Recruitment – Audit Officer

Audit Officer

Lagos / Port Harcourt – Nigeria

Head, Internal Control

·        To provide comfort on the figures for all the business run in the organizations

·        To monitor the exposures of the businesses to internal and external threats

·        To review the systems on a continuous basis and ensure compliance to laws and policies

·        To continuously review the policies, benchmarks and limits of the organization to limit exposures

·        Report activity and variances in the operations and process in all the businesses

·        Prompt identification and resolution of operational lapses and reconciliation issues

·        Prevention and/or detection of operational/fraud/business losses

·        Ensuring the integrity of financial and non-financial records and application systems in

Financial Services Department including the integrity of the trial balances of the various businesses.

·        Ensuring pre and post disbursement review, loan assessment eligibility and verification of credit  documentation

·        Implementing sound independent control policies and standards covering all sources of

risks (financial and non-financial)

·        Performance of specific risk based independent control functions assigned to you.

·        Review all the business processes and ensure that adequate controls are proffered to mitigate risks

·        Monitor the efficiency of implementation of the controls

The target clients for this role include but not limited to

·       All existing Co-operators in the Cooperative,

·       Immediate family members of Co-operators

·       Eligible Co-operators within the system

·       Staff of the Cooperative

·       All businesses which the Cooperative is operating and hopes to operate

·       Cooperative Management Committee (CMC)

·       Contractors to the Cooperative

·       Auditors to the cooperative

Know How and Experience

·       Good experience in customer services.

·       Good working knowledge of the bank’s operating systems.

·       Good communication and inter-personal skills.

·       Good working knowledge of the Cooperative’s products and services.

·       Good Microsoft skills.

Client engagement

·       Presentation and soft skills tailored to engaging business owners

·       Communication and presentation skills

·       Negotiation and objection handling

·       Client training and advice on process improvement

·       Risk assessment and policy development

Key Performance Indicators

·       Improved customer experience

·       Proactive identification of control lapses

·       Fraud prevention and detection

·       Prompt identification of risks

·       Improved control environment

·       Advise the Business on Co-operators which exhibit high risk policies and practices hence control and manage risk

Qualifications & Experience:

·       Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.

·       Minimum of 3 years’ cognate work experience from a reputable organization/Institution

·       Experience in internal audit, credit risk and operational risk management

Knowledge & Skills Required

·       At least 4-year experience in internal audit  in a financial institution

·       Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to extensively analyze business opportunities

·       Strong business/client engagement skills

·       Experience developing business requirements

·       Experience developing instructional and procedural documentation and presentations

·       High level of competence with MS word, power point and excel

·       Excellent time management and organizational skills

·       Capable of working independently and with minimum supervision

·       Unquestioned personal integrity with strong ethics and values

·       Showcase good analytical and evaluating skills

·       Internal control, Credit and operational risk skills

·       Good human relations.

To Apply, Click on the below Link to complete the application form:

https://totalupstreamng.coop/tender/job-application-form-audit-officer/

N/B: Deadline for all application submissions is on the 16th of November, 2021.