Internal Control and Risk Management Coordinator at a Wholly Indigenous Exploration and Production Oil and Gas Company - Workforce Group

Workforce Group - Our client, a wholly indigenous exploration and production oil and gas company operating in Lagos and Delta States, Nigeria, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Internal Control and Risk Management Coordinator

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Job Description
Our ideal candidate should possess these qualities:

• A deep experience, passion and great determination,
• Ability to motivate teams and a strong moral compass. Such person should be able to develop and implement effective strategies.
• Ability to communicate effectively with and relate to a board range of internal stakeholders, including other senior team members, staff and top management
• Financial management experience, including preparation and management of budgets, etc.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Energetic, independent and self-motivated with a solution-based approach while demonstrating innovation, integrity, quality, creativity, flexibility and resilience.

Key Accountabilities

• Coordinate the implementation, documentation, assessment and monitoring internal control framework to ensure adequate controls to prevent unintentional and intentional errors in financial reporting, processes, and business operations.
• Formulate policies and procedures to improve internal controls, compliance, and efficiency
• Coordinate the process for internal controls reviews across the organization.
• Prepare adequate and timely reporting on the internal control framework and control deficiencies to ensure appropriate communication, documentation, escalation to GMs and executive management.
• Prepare adequate and timely action plans and monitor progress to address and resolve control deficiencies.
• Work collaboratively with all departments to implement and monitor remediation efforts that result from internal control assessments, ensuring the effective implementation of corrective action
• Responsible for a strong internal control environment through the development of policies and procedures, ensuring their implementation and monitoring compliance
• Coordinate enterprise risk management at third-line defence level including review of risk registers; facilitate engagement session with risk champions

Required Qualifications

• HND / B.Sc in related discipline with excellent knowledge of IFRS and general accounting principles
• Minimum of 14 years relevant work experience in the Oil and Gas industry or Auditing/Consulting
• Relevant professional qualification in Accounting (ACA, ACCA etc.) with minimum 5 years post qualification work experience
• Well-versed in state and federal laws and regulations relating to compliance, general accounting, and management controls
• Strong knowledge and practice of IAS practices and reporting guidelines
• Strong ethical standard, objectivity, qualitative risk based thinking and problem-solving skills
• Track record of improving processes and controls
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office tools and working knowledge of Infor Financials Business (SUN Systems), Q&A analysis tool and SAP B1 will be an added advantage.
• Ability to extract, manipulate and analyze large volume of data.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online