Latest Jobs at Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited

Main Key Responsibilities:

Audit Planning and Execution:

• Support in the developing and implementing annual audit plans based on risk assessments, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct financial, operational, and compliance audits to assess the effectiveness of internal controls and adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Ensure audits are conducted in accordance with audit methodology and in line with local and international standards (e.g., IIA, IPPF).
• Perform risk-based audits, ensuring a focus on key areas such as revenue leakages, inventory management, procurement, and regulatory compliance.

Risk Assessment and Internal Control Evaluation:

• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and processes, identifying weaknesses and potential risks.
• Provide recommendations to mitigate risks, improve operational efficiency, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., NPA, NUPRC, NMDPRA, NIMASA etc).
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to risk management and internal controls.

Reporting and Communication:

• Prepare detailed audit reports highlighting findings, risks, and recommendations for management and stakeholders.
• Communicate audit findings and provide actionable recommendations to management in a clear and concise manner.
• Follow up on management’s corrective actions to ensure implementation of audit recommendations.

Compliance and Regulatory Audits:

• Ensure the company adheres to Nigerian laws and regulations specific to the downstream oil and gas sector.
• Conduct compliance audits related to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and other industry-specific regulations.
• Coordinate with regulatory authorities during audits and ensure that all statutory requirements are met.

Fraud Detection and Prevention:

• Identify and investigate instances of fraud, corruption, and financial mismanagement.
• Develop internal controls to prevent fraud and ensure transparency in financial transactions and reporting.
• Provide guidance to management on fraud risk management and mitigation strategies.

Continuous Improvement and Best Practices:

• Stay updated with industry trends, audit best practices, and regulatory changes within the oil and gas sector.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of internal audit activities.
• Assist in training and capacity building for internal audit staff and other stakeholders.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management:

• Work closely with various departments, including Finance, Operations, Procurement, and Legal, to ensure alignment with audit objectives.
• Serve as a point of contact for external auditors, regulators, and other third parties during audits and investigations.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement within the company.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional certifications such as ACA, ACCA is mandatory, while CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), or CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) are highly preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of audit experience, preferably within the oil and gas industry.
• Strong understanding of the Nigerian oil and gas downstream sector, including regulatory frameworks and key business processes.
• Experience in financial reporting, risk management, and compliance audits.

Key Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify key risk areas.
• Proficiency in audit tools and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of Nigerian tax laws, IFRS, and oil and gas regulations.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• High level of integrity and ethics in handling confidential and sensitive information

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Objective:

• The role will serve as the liaison between the IT department and other departments in the company. The role will also be responsible for translating business needs to IT solutions, and vice versa, with current programs, projects and initiatives in mind. The role will also leverage data analytics to assess processes, systems, and determine requirements and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to stakeholders

Main Key Responsibilities: –

• Collaborates with business staff to thoroughly understand the needs to be supported by the information systems and technology.
• Gathering, validating and documenting business requirements.
• Analyzing commercial data such as budgets, sales results and forecasts
• Modelling business processes and identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• Identifying issues, risks and benefits of existing and proposed solutions and outlining business impacts.
• Creating functional specifications for solutions.
• Estimating costs and identifying business savings.
• Implementing and testing of solutions.
• Discover, organize, and clarify business needs and review/produce specifications for change
• Supporting business transition and helping to establish change.
• Leveraging on data to build intelligent dashboards that can aid management decision making
• Support the Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution
• Negotiates plans and timeframes, ensuring that clients understand the anticipated result.
• Develops and communicates detailed specifications for implementation.
• Produces reports, timelines, and graphics to communicate expectations and progress to management, customers, investors, and other relevant parties.
• Maintains and ensures proper documentation and coordinates or performs testing of system modifications.
• Developing business intelligence dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, etc.

Qualification/Experience/Key Competencies: –

• Relevant degree in any IT related field
• IT certifications will be an added advantage
• Adequate Knowledge in Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions
• Developing business intelligence dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, etc.
• Problem solving skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Communication skills
• Database Management

Key Metrics

• Stakeholder/end user satisfaction
• Quality of scope document and requirements and analysis documents
• Improvement in productivity in departments because of BA inputs
• Quality of BI reports
• Time and cost reduction in business processes

Deadline: Not Stated

How to Apply: Interested applicants should use the links below to apply: