Vacancy title:
Assistant Manager Internal Audit

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Financial Services, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
ICEA Lion Group

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, July 4 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 23 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

• The Assistant Manager, Internal Auditor will be responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality risk-based audits to ensure Internal Audit achieves its mission and purpose.
• Internal Audit is the Company’s ‘third line of defence’ and provides the Board Audit & Risk Committee (BARC) and Management independent and objective assurance on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls

Roles and Responsibilities

• Understand the Company’s key strategies and how they impact Internal Audit’s work.
• Contribute to the development of the risk based annual internal Audit Plan.
• Assist in managing the day-to-day delivery of the Audit Plan.
• Conduct audit assignments as defined by the Internal Audit plan.
• Conduct regular data analytics, provide dashboards imperative in risk assessment, and audit planning.
• Conduct ad hoc assignments outside the approved Plan as requested by the BARC or the Head of Audit.
• Prioritize internal audit tasks on a continuous basis to accommodate changing business needs and strategy.
• Ensure all work is performed and documented in compliance with established Internal Audit Methodology and the Institute of Internal Auditors’ standards.
• Ensure all audit work papers contain sufficient evidence on which to base conclusions, which are of a sufficient standard, and which are of appropriate quality to allow performance and reliance on Internal Audit’s work.
• Deliver quality audit work-papers, including walkthroughs, control identification, control design assessments and control operating effectiveness testing.
• Deliver accurate, timely and commercially relevant audit reports.
• Undertake follow up of actions, and provide timely status updates, on the closure of internal audit recommendations

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Commerce, Finance, Economics, Actuarial or related fields.
• Certified Public Accountant
• Additional qualifications such as Certified Internal Auditor, Chartered Financial Analyst and ISACA Certifications will be an added advantage.
• At least three (3) years’ work experience in audit and risk management.
• Background in insurance, banking or audit firms will be an added advantage
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of Risk Management and Governance is critical
• Experience in data analytics and information security will be an added advantage
• Critical thinking and understanding of risks in the insurance industry​

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to ICEA Lion Group on selfserviceuat.zohorecruit.com to apply

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