Internal Audit Associate Job at Paga Limited

Paga is a licensed financial services company and a leading payments company in Nigeria with a massive transformative purpose - to make it simple for one billion people to access and use money. It was founded on the simple belief that the ubiquity of mobile phones can be leveraged in building an ecosystem that enables people to digitally send and receive money and creating simple financial access for everyone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Internal Audit Associate

Job Location: Yaba, Lagos
Work mode: Hybrid
Sector: Financial Services
Reporting Line: Manager, Internal Audit

About the Role

• Reporting to the Internal Audit Manager, the Internal Audit Associate will be responsible for supporting the internal audit team to build internal auditing systems and ensuring their correct application within the company.
• They will also provide the support necessary to ensure that the organization is compliant with current legislation and best practices.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Conduct risk assessments and regularly monitor business/regulatory environment for emerging risks to business operations.
• Document the scope of internal audit engagements and collaborate on developing annual audit plans.
• Implement Enterprise Risk-Based audit plan.
• Obtain, analyze and evaluate necessary support documents, previous reports, data, flowcharts etc. to support audit findings.
• Benchmark internal processes against regulatory guidelines and operational best practices and document recommendations on observed weaknesses.
• Provide reasonable assurance on entity’s operational effectiveness through operational/process reviews.
• Review internal control over entity’s financial reporting processes.
• Prepare and present reports that reflect audit’s results.
• Conduct follow up audits and remediation tracking to monitor audit management’s responses to issues identified.
• Ensure continuous knowledge development regarding industry developments, emergent regulations, global best practices, tools, techniques, and performance standards.

Qualifications

• HND (Upper Credit) or B.Sc. (Second Class Upper) in any discipline.
• Proven working experience in a structured environment, minimum of 1 year of post NYSC.
• Experience: 2 - 3 years of’ relevant experience in a structured environment
• Must already be or willing to undergo relevant certification training as an internal auditor (ACA, ACCA, CIA)
• Familiarity with the Fintech/Financial Services regulatory environment is a plus
• 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
• Sound independent judgement.