[Job Vacancy] Audit Associate at PepsiCo

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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
• 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.
• 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

Qualifications
Key Skills/ Experience Required:

• Minimum of Tertiary education – Bachelor’s Degree.
• Professional accounting qualification is an added advantage.
• 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.
• 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

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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