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Internal Control Framework & Implementation:

• Develop, implement, and maintain the organization’s internal control framework, policies, and standard operating procedures in line with the industry’s best practices.
• Conduct regular and documented risk assessments to identify and evaluate key operational, financial, and compliance risks.
• Design and document process narratives, flowcharts, and risk control matrices for key business cycles.

Testing & Monitoring:

• Perform walkthroughs of key processes with process owners to validate control design.
• Monitor and report on the status of management’s remediation efforts for identified control deficiencies across several operations.
• Conduct and document surprise audits and spot checks on key facets of the organization especially those that have been identified as high risk.

Compliance & Reporting:

• Evaluate the organization’s statutory and regulatory compliance program with the aim of meeting prompt organizational compliance.
• Prepare detailed and clear reports on internal control findings, including the root cause, risk impact, and recommendations for management.
• Assist in the preparation for external audits.
• Study external audit shortfalls (audit findings) from the annual audit report and implement controls and activities to avoid reoccurrence/ repeat findings.

Investigation & Fraud Prevention:

• Investigate instances of non-compliance, fraud, or ethical breaches as they arise and implement measures to diminish reoccurrence of the same.
• Recommend and help implement anti-fraud controls and awareness programs.
• Serve as a confidential point of contact for whistleblowing reports.

Information security & data integrity:

• Ensure all end user devices accessing the organization’s networks resources are secured with the organization’s digital endpoint security solution.
• Ensure implementation of a disaster recovery plan for crucial business data and information.
• Ensure the timely completeness of key business support data.

Registry for Fixed Assets:

• Maintain an up-to-date register for the organization’s fixed assets
• Analyse performance of assets and make case for the improvement or the decommissioning of no longer performing fixed assets.