Audit Officer Job at First Power Electricity Distribution Limited

First Power Electricity Distribution Limited provides more than just electricity—we deliver stability, speed, and support to homes, businesses, and industries across Nigeria. Whether you need a new meter, seamless billing, or dependable energy, we’re here to keep your world switched on.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Audit Officer
Job Locations: Abagana, Aguleri, Obosi, Awka, Anambra
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Risk Management and Control Evaluation: To assess, identify and evaluate internal control risk for possible mitigation and/or elimination.
• Regulatory and Policy Compliance: Ensuring that the organisation/company’s operations comply with relevant local, State, and federal laws, regulations and industrial standards.
• Operational Efficiency and Performance Audit: To conduct performance and operational audits to assess the efficiency and productivity of business processes such as resource utilisation, cost control/reduction, and supply chain management/recommendation implementation.
  Financial Integrity and Reporting: Monitoring daily cash collections, preparing monthly revenue assurance reports, reconciling and examining accounting records and financial statements to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Carry out pre- and post-expenses audit for cost control purposes.
• Fraud Detection and prevention: Assisting in the investigation of suspected misconduct or fraud, and implementing controls to safeguard organisational assets.
• Follow-up and Remediation: Monitoring the implementation of corrective actions and remediation efforts by Management to ensure that identified gaps and deficiencies are resolved in a timely and effective manner.
• Process Review: Conducting a targeted and full routine audit of the various Districts and aspects of the company.
• Assets Management/Protection: Conduct regular checks on the company’s asset movement and usage.
• To evaluate projects and ensure standardisation.
• To follow up on Substation construction, commissioning, transformer acquisition and repairs evaluation.
• Energy audit evaluation.
• Reporting and Communication: Documenting audit findings, observations, and recommendations in clear, detailed reports and presentations for senior Management.
• Advisory Role: Providing objective advice to management and staff on best practices for internal control, risk mitigation strategies, and process enhancements to drive continuous improvement and add value to the organisation.

Requirements

• HND / B.Sc / B.Eng. in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering & Business Administration.
• Minimum of 3 years of auditing/accounting work experience.
• Professional certifications / memberships, such as CIA, CPA, CISA, CAN, ACA, ACCA, NEMSA, CIPEN & COREN, are an added advantage.
• Age: 30 years to 40 years.

Note

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• The HR Department reserves the right not to provide status updates on all applicants, but all successful applicants will receive a communication after the completion of the selection process.