Internal Audit Specialist - GBfoods Africa

At GBfoods we offer culinary solutions in several countries of Europe and Africa with prestigious leading local brands, including Jumbo, Gallina Blanca, Erasco, Gino, Liebig, Star, Bama, D&L, Grand'Italia and Blå Band, among others. GBfoods Africa operates in 24 countries with a Regional office in Accra - Ghana.

Our Purpose “Celebrating local flavours” is to empower and take care of each of the local communities we belong to and to bring out their authentic flavours. Some of our local brands have been in consumers' kitchens for over a century and have positioned themselves as authentically loved brands, as well as deeply rooted parts of the local culture.

Today, with a turnover of around 1,5 billion euros and a team of around 3,600 people, we are the preferred choice of millions of consumers.

Role:

Reporting to the Internal Control & Audit Manager,

The Internal Audit Specialist will be responsible for generating added-value evaluations and recommendations to the Africa Regional and Country Management Teams to enhance GBfoods governance, risk management, compliance, controls, and audit model to accomplish the company's strategic objectives and transformational agenda.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate internal control systems, identify areas for improvement and recommend suitable value-added changes.
• Implement internal control system by administering training to ensure that employees have an intricate understanding of all internal control guidelines and standards.
• Conduct regular internal control reviews to verify whether departments, units and functional areas follow established policies, procedures and processes.
• Ensure risk assessment and control frameworks are in place and running effectively and efficiently.
• Create, review and/or maintain internal control narratives, flowcharts and/or risk matrices.
• Identify key business and technology risks and mitigation activities.
• Design, review and evaluate control testing to address audit assertions; interpret the significance of control deficiencies, draw appropriate conclusions from the results, and promote recommendations
• Perform annual and ongoing risk assessments in accordance with COSO frameworks.
• Perform internal control as well as internal audit projects, in accordance with best practices, and internal audit standards at all Africa Regional and country locations, providing opinion on control effectiveness, recommending action plans and present it to the management team.
• Monitor and validate completion of risk, compliance and audit recommended action plans, appraising adequacy of management responses and corrective actions implemented.
• Assist in developing and monitoring Africa Region fraud management protocols (preventive, detective and response controls) conducting ad-hoc investigations and reviews (when needed).

What can you expect from us?

You will be part of a unique company in an exciting moment, when we are growing and becoming a very consolidated multinational in the FMCG Food industry, with many strong brands.

What do we expect from you?

We expect that you will bring aboard your authentic personality and experience to effectively develop and implement strategies to drive the growth of our existing business.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Business Administration or related field (an MBA is a plus).
• At least six (6) years of working experience in Internal Controls, Audit, Accounting, Finance or any relevant field.
• Professional practice experience in an internationally recognized professional accounting firm (Big 4) and/or in the internal control or audit department in a leading private sector company, international organization in Africa is a plus.
• Professional qualifications in Accounting, Financial Management or Internal Control and Audit Certification is a plus.
• Strong knowledge in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SAP ERP system.
• Proven knowledge and hands-on experience in internal control frameworks, internal audit standards, and data analytics.
• Ability to weigh alternative control designs to balance effectiveness and efficiency
• Experience with evaluating the root cause, aggregation, and reporting of internal control deficiencies.
• Advanced knowledge of the COSO and internal control frameworks.
• Proven ability as a creative business partner to key leaders in supporting rapid growth.
• Self-starter who demonstrates initiative and displays a high energy level
• Good project management skills.
• English proficient. French very beneficial.
• High degree of flexibility and willingness to travel.

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