Internal Auditor at a Hospitality Company

Voltaire Lifestyle Services Limited, owners of GAIA AFRICA Club and Gaby Lagos in Victoria Island, seeks an Internal Auditorfor immediate employment.

Job Title: Internal Auditor

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

Job Summary

• Ensure the implementation of effective controls in the Company’s processes, operations, and system to ensure transparency and promote good governance
• Proactively coordinate preventive detection of sharp practices and continuously seek ways to eradicate leakages and improve the Company’s internal control systems
• Prepare the annual internal audit work plan and ensure its execution
• Continuously review/assess the business and operational risks facing the Company in order to proactively establish appropriate mitigating controls and monitoring frameworks
• Conduct periodic financial, compliance, operational and special audits and carry out investigations into reported irregularities, as required by the Company
• Highlight and flag duplications, leakages, and weaknesses across the Company’s business processes and systems and provide recommendations to improve the internal control systems and the quality of the Company’s processes and system
• Interpret and analyze reports / data to identify possible risk exposure and advise the CEO on risk exposure – internally and externally
• Collaborate with external auditors in their independent examination of the Company’s financial statements
• Stay abreast of industry trends and developments to enable the development and implementation of appropriate control measures, monitoring mechanisms as well as their continuous update/revision
• Prepare and submit periodic activity/management reports to the CEO, on the activities of the Internal function including findings and overall assessment of the Company’s control environment
• Perform any other duties that complement the internal control systems of the Company

Education and Work Experience

• First Degree in Accounting or any other relateddiscipline
• Professional accounting certification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA is required. (CISA will be an added advantage).
• Minimum of six (6) years internal audit experience in a reputable organisation or four(4) years experience in an audit firm

Competencies and Skills:

• Knowledge of:
• Internal audit methodologies
• Risk management methodologies
• Corporate governance procedures
• Accounting standards, GAAP, etc
• Auditing guidelines
• Good understanding of the operations of a hospitality company
• Maturity and tact, including the ability to relate effectively with various stakeholders
• Good report writing and oral communication skills
• Good knowledge of financial and IT systems controls
• Good knowledge of finance and business applications and systems
• Good appreciation and working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
• Good decision-making, problem-solving and leadership skills
• High sense of responsibility, accountability.

Application Closing Date
18th August, 2024.

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