Summit Recruitment and Search Africa is a leading Recruitment and Executive Search agency head quartered in Kenya providing outstanding talent to a wide range of companies and NGOs in various business sectors across Africa.
Our client, a dynamic Fintech Company based in Nairobi is seeking to recruit an who will be responsible to add value and improve the company’s operations by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. The successful candidate must possess a thorough knowledge of accounting procedures and have experience in the Financial Service Sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertaking specific audit assignments and preparing detailed audit observations and reports.
- Carry out audits and investigations.
- Assist in quarterly reviews of the accounting, internal controls and financial systems.
- Identify and communicate accounting and auditing matters to the team leader.
- Review all the policies and other statutory requirements to ensure compliance with the laid down internal controls.
- Review operations and programs activities to ensure they are consistent with established objectives and goals.
- Check on the soundness of accounting procedures and reliability of financial records and reports.
- Conduct audit reviews of policy and compliance to standards/regulatory requirements.
- Adherence to statutory and reporting requirements.
- Guarantee complete confidentiality of records and information obtained during audit jobs.
- Audit the utilization of funds disbursed to customers.
- Ensure safe custody of all Audit Documentation
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Audit, Accounting, Finance or related field.
- Professional audit certifications (ACCA/CPA/CIA) finalized or in advanced stage of certification process.
- Must have at least two years prior working experience in a reputable audit firm, with a bias towards auditing financial services clients.
- Up to date knowledge of and adherence to audit industry practices – such as the Institute of Internal Auditors guidelines, Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and the Code of Ethics.
- Good time management and research
- Exposure to various accounting systems.
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