Senior Internal Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain the Internal Audit framework, methodology, procedures, and documentation standards.
• Develop risk-based audit plans, audit programmes, risk registers, and reporting templates.
• Conduct financial, operational, compliance, and process audits across Finance, Production, Inventory, Procurement, Logistics, Sales, and other functions.
• Review inventory movement, production records, wastage, stock reconciliation, procurement, payments, payroll, sales, collections, and other key controls.
• Evaluate policies, SOPs, approval processes, segregation of duties, and overall control effectiveness.
• Investigate irregularities, control breaches, unexplained variances, and suspected fraud where required.
• Identify control weaknesses, compliance gaps, and operational risks and recommend practical corrective actions.
• Prepare and present audit reports and monitor the implementation of agreed corrective actions.
• Support management in strengthening internal controls, policies, SOPs, and risk management practices.
• Support external audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance reviews.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 4 years of relevant experience in Internal Audit, Internal Control, Risk, or a related function.
• Proven experience independently planning and executing audit engagements.
• Experience developing or strengthening internal control systems.
• Experience auditing inventory, procurement, production, warehouse, sales, financial, and operational processes.
• Experience in FMCG, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retail, or a similar operational environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience establishing or independently managing an Internal Audit/Internal Control function is highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of internal audit, risk management, fraud risk, compliance, and internal controls.
• ACA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, or relevant ICAN certification is an advantage.
• Strong integrity, objectivity, confidentiality, and sound judgement.