Internal Audit Officer

The Internal Audit Officer will be based at Head Office (HO) and support the Internal Audit department in providing an independent evaluation of the activities of the Institution, centrally coordinating all audit activities within the Institution and ensuring strict adherence to the Company’s internal policies and procedures as well as regulatory and statutory requirements in order to promote transparency and accountability, add significant value, enhance risk management, governance, and compliance, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen the internal control systems within the operations.

Job Requirements

1. Diploma or Degree in Accounting or ZICA/ACCA/CIMA partial qualification
2. Knows to apply Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PP)
3. Mathematical skills
4. Relevant professional certification e.g., Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)
5. Chinyanja oral and English oral and in writing

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Audit each branch on basis of a yearly plan and on basis of the defined internal audit system
2. Audit of loan-life cycle process from beginning to the end of the loan (includes field visits and visits to loan takers)
3. Audit of other operational processes
4. Audit of finance processes
5. Audit HO on basis of a yearly plan and on basis of the defined internal audit system
6. Audit of finance processes
7. Audit of HR-processes
8. Make follow-up visits to the branches and the HO to check the progress of detected deficiencies
9. Quarterly reporting to the Board about audit activities and findings of the audits
10. Quarterly reporting to the CEO with suggestions to improve efficiency and/or security of defined processes

Responsibilities

1. Ensuring compliance of all company processes with the defined policies/procedures
2. Contributing to the improvement of defined processes and policies/procedures
3. Ensuring compliance with the provisions of BFSA (Banking and Financial Services Act)
4. Ensuring compliance with the “Prohibition and Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Number 14 of 2001” as well as other internationally accepted guidelines

Skills/Attributes

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills
• Hard work and Quality Focus
• Honesty and Reliability
• Collaboration and Resilience
• Objectivity and Independence
• Passion and Commitment
• Innovation and Attention to Detail
• Assertiveness
• Information Technology (IT) General Knowledge
• Result-oriented and Accountability

Applications and detailed curriculum vitae should be sent to: [email protected]

Closing date for applications is Monday, 22nd June 2022.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply

UMINO is an equal opportunities employer