PepsiCo Nigeria
Audit Associate Job at PepsiCo Nigeria. Please ensure you read the job requirements before applying for this position.
PepsiCo – In 1965, Donald Kendall, the CEO of Pepsi-Cola, and Herman Lay, the CEO of Frito-Lay, recognized what they called “a marriage made in heaven,” a single company delivering perfectly-salty snacks served alongside the best cola on earth. Their vision led to what quickly became one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies: PepsiCo. Our company is made up of seven divisions: PepsiCo Beverages North America; Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia/New Zealand and China. Each of these divisions has its own unique history and way of doing business.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Audit Associate
Auto req ID: 120904
Location: Ikotun, Lagos
Job Function: Finance
Responsibilities
- Assist in providing Internal Audit Plan
- Support in conducting internal audit for financial statement and operations
- Monitor execution of controls and carry out compliance test on business processes
- Escalate issues on non-compliance issues and control gaps identified
- Follow-up on remediation plans and timely resolve any issue identified during audit engagement
- Liase with Corporate Audit and support the External Auditor for the independent engagement
- Support in providing assurance services to the Audit-Committee and Leadership team
- Execute guidance on the review of control effectiveness and provide recommendations
- Advise and provide guidance to Control Owners and Process Owners on the execution of GCS
- Provide support in the facilitation of Risk Assessment Workshops
- Investigate incident cases of misappropriations and fraud related practices
- Maintain and keep audit evidence and file working papers for Corporate Audit purpose
- Track and update the GCS Documents (Business process,Flowchart,Test script,RCM,Minutes…)
- Initiate SOPs and assist in Preparing the quarterly GCS reports for Management review
- Implementing the control procedures on material management
- Verifying the 3 way match for vendors and contract management
- Assisting the broader accounts team with ad hoc
- Initiate SOPs and assist in Preparing the quarterly GCS reports for Management review – Providing consultation
- Monitor execution of controls and carry out compliance test on business processes – Executing actions
- Escalate issues on non-compliance issues and control gaps identified – Providing consultation
- Follow-up on remediation plans and timely resolve any issue identified during audit engagement – Executing actions
- Liase with Corporate Audit and support the External Auditor for the independent engagement – Providing consultation
- Support in providing assurance services to the Audit-Committee and Leadership team – Providing consultation
- Execute guidance on the review of control effectiveness and provide recommendations – Executing actions
- Advise and provide guidance to Control Owners and Process Owners on the execution of GCS.
Qualifications
Key Skills/ Experience Required:
- Minimum of Tertiary education – Bachelor’s Degree.
- Professional accounting qualification is an added advantage.
- Full understanding of the FMCG business and 2-3 years of experience in Internal Audit and control in a Finance within an FMCG organization
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Good business acumen for problem solving
- Competency with large ERP systems
- Confidence to deal with a range of stakeholders
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise a demanding workload.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online