Job role

Reporting to the Board of Directors and administratively to the Chief Executive Officer, the Group Internal Auditor will drive the Audit Committee’s agenda of enhancing compliance across Acorn by providing independent, objective evaluation and assurance as well as advice designed to add value and improve the organisation’s operations while focusing on internal control systems, risk management and governance.

Your core deliverables will include developing comprehensive risk-based internal audit plans, effective risk identification, assessment and mitigation, timely reporting and communication across the organisation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Risk Assessment and Management:

• Undertake a risk assessment of Acorn’s systems, processes, and controls, and develop a risk map to be shared with management and the Board.
• Continually develop, review, and enhance strategies for assessing and mitigating risks across operations, ensuring the effectiveness of internal controls.

2. Internal Audit Planning and Implementation:

• Develop and implement the approved Internal Audit Charter for Acorn.
• Develop and implement an Annual Risk-Based Audit Plan, providing a comprehensive assessment of operating systems, policies, and processes from an internal control, compliance, and efficiency perspective.
• Develop and implement internal auditing policies and procedures. Participate in various committees geared towards policy/procedure development and operational improvements.

3. Fraud Prevention and Anti-Fraud Controls:

• Engage with heads of functions, external auditors, and subject matter experts in implementing anti-fraud monitoring and fraud prevention controls.
• Thoroughly investigate incidents and prepare comprehensive reports with recommendations aimed at eliminating recurrence.
• Monitor lessons learned from past incidents and ensure that remedial actions are proactively implemented; directly follow up on audits to assess management’s progress in implementing agreed-upon actions.

4. Reporting and Communication:

• Report and discuss the findings of audit reviews with the Board management and the Audit Committee on a constructive basis to develop the most appropriate recommendations for issues arising.
• Develop strong working relationships with external auditors and stakeholders as required, and follow up on the implementation of their recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field, a Masters is preferred.
• Full CPA (K), ACCA, CISA, CIA qualification.
• Certification in IT audits
• Member of a relevant professional body
• At least ten (10) years of experience working in a holding company, five (5) of which must be in a managerial position.
• High attention to detail, excellent analytical and presentation skills
• Strategic and independent thinker.
• Strong leadership, task management, planning and organisational skills.
• Must possess high standards of integrity, ethics, and confidentiality.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships across the organisation.
• Research and investigation skills.
• Highest level of personal and professional integrity

• Undertake a risk assessment of Acorn’s systems, processes, and controls, and develop a risk map to be shared with management and the Board.
• Continually develop, review, and enhance strategies for assessing and mitigating risks across operations, ensuring the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Develop and implement the approved Internal Audit Charter for Acorn.
• Develop and implement an Annual Risk-Based Audit Plan, providing a comprehensive assessment of operating systems, policies, and processes from an internal control, compliance, and efficiency perspective.
• Develop and implement internal auditing policies and procedures. Participate in various committees geared towards policy/procedure development and operational improvements.
• Engage with heads of functions, external auditors, and subject matter experts in implementing anti-fraud monitoring and fraud prevention controls.
• Thoroughly investigate incidents and prepare comprehensive reports with recommendations aimed at eliminating recurrence.
• Monitor lessons learned from past incidents and ensure that remedial actions are proactively implemented; directly follow up on audits to assess management’s progress in implementing agreed-upon actions.
• Report and discuss the findings of audit reviews with the Board management and the Audit Committee on a constructive basis to develop the most appropriate recommendations for issues arising.
• Develop strong working relationships with external auditors and stakeholders as required, and follow up on the implementation of their recommendations.

• High attention to detail
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strategic thinking
• Independent thinking
• Strong leadership skills
• Task management skills
• Planning skills
• Organisational skills
• Integrity
• Ethics
• Confidentiality
• Ability to build collaborative relationships
• Research skills
• Investigation skills

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field, a Masters is preferred.
• Full CPA (K), ACCA, CISA, CIA qualification.
• Certification in IT audits
• Member of a relevant professional body