Auditor Job at Sahara Group

Sahara Group is a leading international energy and infrastructure conglomerate with operations in over 38 countries across Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia. Spanning three decades, we have broken ground and challenged stereotypes across the global business landscape. The women and men who make up our organization are our strongest levers for growth.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Auditor 
Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Assess the risk management techniques/principles of assigned business or functional areas within the required timeline.
• Identify possible red flags and draft risk-based audit programs for different audit tasks.
• Carry out the audit of business processes, policies, systems, financials, operations, governance and HSSE.
• Evaluate the level of business compliance with its policies, processes and existing systems.
• Discuss possible control issues with relevant business heads to improve and
  add value to the system.
• Participate actively in the review of business processes to drive efficiency gains.
• Discuss audit findings/significant variations with relevant staff and senior management after each audit task and proffer suggested solutions.
• Prepare draft audit report and work papers with minimum supervision.
• Review the suitability of internal control design and test their operating effectiveness.
• Perform the audit of business information technology and data management system tools (like ERP).
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory provisions of the businesses.
• Carry out spot checks and quarterly/periodic inventory counts and reconciliation.
• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the Head, Internal Audit

Requirements

• University Degree in Accounting or any other course.
• Minimum of 1 - 3 year of cognate experience in similar role, IT/Systems.
• Relevant professional qualification (CIA, CISA, ACA, ACCA, etc.) will be an added advantage.
• Ability to manipulate large amounts of data and to compile detailed reports.
• Proven knowledge of auditing standards and procedures, laws, rules and regulations.
• High attention to detail and excellent analytical skills
• Systems knowledge and familiarity, ERP (Oracle or Power Enterprise) preferably.
• Sound independent judgement.
• Ability to administer Microsoft Word, Excel, Power point and Outlook in various situations.
• Ability to travel for audit assignments in various locations at short notice