Risk & Compliance Officer / Internal Control Officer Job at Oasis Africa Consulting Limited

Oasis Africa Consulting Limited - Our client is a prominent player in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry, the company’s operations span across major businesses in the Oil and Gas value chain. 

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Risk & Compliance Officer / Internal Control Officer (CRMA, ACA)

Job Location: Lekki, Lagos
Job Type: Full time

Job Description

• To implement and ensure strict compliance with business control policies and operational procedures thereby minimizing exposure to potential risks and impact on business performance.
• Contributes to the planning, designing and implementing overall risk management process for the organisation.
• Contributes to the update of business continuity plans to limit risk and prepare for disaster recovery
• Reviews business unit transactions to ensure compliance with policies and procedures
• Provides written reports of any required corrective action in operating procedures to the to the Head - Internal Audit / Executive Management
• Meets with Department Heads and Supervisors as necessary, to provide information on required compliance changes that affect them
• Conducts training for Client staff on internal control issues.
• Conducts Internal Control evaluation and risk assessments to identify loopholes and areas  requiring management intervention to prevent frauds, embezzlements, misappropriations,  misuse and wastage
• Ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures, identifying & proposing modifications as needed.
• Verifies the existence of documents vital to the operations of the various functions in Client e.g. Trading, Depot / Retail Operations documents.
• Evaluates operations or programs to ascertain whether results are consistent with established processes, objectives and goals and whether the operations or programs are being carried out as planned.
• Follows-up on the implementation of the audit recommendations.
• Provide training and awareness amongst staff on Internal Controls.
• Evaluate information security and associated risk exposures.
• Provides regular reporting on risk & governance requirements to operations

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree / HND in Accounting, Management or a Finance related discipline
• Minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience in internal control / audit / risk management of a similar company/industry.
• Relevant professional certifications e.g. ACA, Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA