Industrial
Promotion Services (IPS) is dedicated to promoting private sector entrepreneurship
and building economically sound enterprises in the developing world.
IPS
invests in projects within East Africa across a wide range of sectors,
including: Food and Agro Processing, Printing and Packaging, Textiles, Leather
processing, Pharmaceuticals, Power and Telecommunications.
Senior Internal Auditor
Senior Internal Auditor
We are
seeking applications from qualified candidates to fill the position mentioned
above:
He/she
will be reporting to the Group Internal Audit Manager.
The
successful candidate must be a self-driven individual.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Plans
and conducts risk based audits. Develops audit programs and testing
procedures relevant to risk and test objectives;
- Understands
and documents business processes and identification of key internal
controls;
- Identifies
and communicates issues raised, offering recommended solutions relevant to
business and risk;
- In
charge of Leading the Internal Audit team during fieldwork, reviews the
working papers, prepares reports and coaches the less experienced members
of the team;
- Ensures
assigned tasks are communicated to the engagement team in a manner that is
clear and concise ensuring high quality, accurate, and efficient results;
- Engages
the management of the project companies for interactive audits;
- Executes
financial, operational, investigative, compliance and system audits;
- Follows
up on implementation of audit recommendations, ensuring actions are
implemented correctly on a timely basis;
- Manages
audit files and working papers in TeamMate;
- Performs
other related duties as assigned.
Competency
Profile:
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Accounting, Finance or business management from a recognized
university and CPA (K) qualification;
- At
least 4 years work experience as a supervisor; in internal audit or
external audit in a reputable company/ firm;
- Auditing
Experience in Manufacturing Sector/ Environment is mandatory;
- Computer
literate with hands on experience in use of an Enterprise Resource
Planning tool (ERP);
- CISA
or CIA qualification is an added advantage.
- Team
player with excellent interpersonal skills;
- Great
analytical & planning skills with ability to pay attention to details
- Good
self-management skills;
- Very
flexible and willing to travel within and out of the country.
Applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, names of three referees, telephone contact, e-mail address and copies of certificates and testimonials should be sent to careers@ipskenya.com .
Deadline: Monday July 4th 2016