Internal Control Officer

Brands Optimal Limited, a prominent experiential marketing agency in Africa, is recruiting an Internal Control Officer (Audit). Based in Ikeja, Lagos, this role serves as the primary safeguard against financial leakages, budget inflation, and campaign operational failures through field spot checks, vendor vetting, and forensic auditing.

Key Responsibilities

• Forensic Auditing & Financial Reconciliation: Investigate budget overruns, vendor invoices, and project float retirements, verifying that all receipts, field logs, and invoices are accurate and authentic.

• Live Activation Spot Checks: Conduct unannounced field visits to campaign sites to verify promoter compliance, asset deployment, and operational execution.

• Vendor Price Vetting & Procurement Auditing: Audit procurement processes and benchmark vendor quotes against market rates for setups, fabrications, printing, and merchandise.

• Asset Tracking & Warehouse Controls: Monitor and track the movement and storage of brand assets, electronics, rigs, and point-of-sale materials (POSMs).

• Risk Mapping & Exception Reporting: Patch internal control vulnerabilities across departments, maintain a weekly audit exception tracker, and report control breaches directly to Management.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: B.Sc. or HND in Accounting, Finance, or a related business discipline.

• Experience: 3 to 4 years of hands-on experience in Internal Control, Internal Audit, or Compliance—preferably within an experiential marketing agency, media firm, or FMCG environment.

• Professional Credentials: ACA / ACCA qualified, or currently in the final professional examination stages.

• Technical Proficiency: High proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables) and accounting software/ERP systems.

Core Competencies

• Deep understanding of internal control frameworks, process risk mapping, and field assurance.

• Forensic auditing mindset with high attention to detail and zero tolerance for budget inflation or fraud.

• Strong communication, reporting, and problem-solving skills for collaborative corrective action planning.