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• Company: Dangote Cement Zambia
• Location: Zambia
• State: Ndola
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: Accounting Jobs in Zambia

Job Description

The Dangote Group is one of Africa’s leading conglomerates producing diversified products. Dangote Cement, a subsidiary of the Dangote Group, is the leading producer of cement in Zambia with a modern advanced integrated cement plant in Ndola, on the Copperbelt.
Dangote Cement requires action-oriented, high performing, and dedicated professionals in the following discipline:

1. Head Internal Audit

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Be a primary audit business partner in the assigned locations. This includes providing the maximum support to embedding strong governance and control standards in the business while maintaining appropriate independence.
• Drive control consciousness and commitment to compliance with group policies and procedures.
• Supervise the internal team in the locations assigned. Provide leadership and counsel to the plant, head office, and supply chain. Generate ideas that will build the company, identify and implement cost-saving ideas to the assigned business units.
• Participate in the formulation and documentation of internal control and reconciliation framework for the group.
• Define the implementation plan to institute the internal control framework for the group across all the business units.
• Ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the approved internal control plan.
• Evaluate control mechanisms and governance processes for internal control processes.
• Define internal control processes and polices to ensure adherence to corporate governance polices.
• Coordinate all investigation and forensic audits across the group.
• Ensure internal audit and control activities are conducted in adherence to professional standards and observation of relevant legal requirements.
• Ensure quality of reports and documentation are in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Screen all internal reports for the approval of the chief internal audit and control officer.
• Provides advisory services concerning the business process, operations, regulations, policies, and procedures and makes improvement recommendations.
• Supervise and monitor the performance of line managers against their periodic plans and special assignments.
• Review and recommend training and development for staff auditors.
• Liaise with regulators, external auditors, affiliates, and outsourced service providers.
• Assign detailed responsibilities to subordinates and supervise them to ensure timely delivery of high-quality results.
• Implement risk-based plans to set out the priorities of audit consistent with the group’s objectives.
• Periodically make proposals for the review of group policies and procedures or for the introduction of new policies to strengthen controls in identified areas.
• Propose the internal audit activities, plans and resource requirements to the CIA.
• Conduct forensic audits and investigations in cases of frauds, losses and malpractices as may be required.
• Ensure all investigation and forensic audits are performed in a conscientious manner incorporating careful application of professional standards and observation of relevant legal requirements and rules of professional conduct.
• Support the CIA to manage performance evaluation, training needs, staff deferments and career path throughout the group audit function.
• Support the CIA to implement ad-hoc audit and internal controls directives from the board group-wide.
• Implement appropriate audit infrastructure e.g. SAP GRC, TeamMate Data Mining Tools required to support a robust audit organization.

Education and Work Experience

• 5 “O” levels, including English and Mathematics;
• Minimum degree in Accountancy from a recognized University or ACCA or CIMA;
• Masters in accounting or an MBA will be an added advantage.
• Full Membership to the following professional bodies;
  • Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA).
  • Certified Institute of Auditors (CIA),
  • ACCA or CIMA
  • International Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
  • Certified Quality Auditor (CQA),
  • Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA).
• A minimum of Ten (10) years progressive work experience of which five (5) years should be at the Management level.

The holder of this position will be required to adhere to all relevant requirements, policies, procedures, and legal regulations pertaining to health, safety, environment, and quality, as well as finance, human resources, and any other regulations as required by the company and relevant to the level of the role and responsibilities of the function.

Candidates meeting the above requirements should send their applications to the attached link.

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Closing Date: 10th May 2021.