Internal Control Officer (Audit)
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Brands Optimal Limited, an experiential marketing agency, is hiring an Internal Control Officer (Audit) in Lagos. The role focuses on forensic auditing, live spot checks, process risk mapping, post-activation reconciliation, asset tracking, and vendor price vetting to prevent fraud and financial leakage. Candidates should have a B.Sc./HND in Accounting or Finance, 3–4 years of internal control/audit experience, and ACA/ACCA qualification or final-stage status.
- Full-time audit role at a leading African experiential marketing agency
- Focus on fraud prevention, budget control, and vendor price vetting
- Requires 3–4 years internal control/audit experience in agency/media/FMCG
- ACA/ACCA qualified or in final professional stages preferred
- High proficiency in Excel and accounting/ERP systems required
- Apply by emailing resume to jobs@brandsoptimal.com with job title as subject
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Original source description
Brands Optimal Limited is one of Africa’s leading Experiential Marketing Agency which optimizes value for client through the use of strategic, reliable and measurable method in consumer engagement, loyalty seeding and sales generation. Read more about this company Internal Control Officer (Audit) Job Type Full Time Qualification BA/BSc/HND Experience: 3 - 4 years Location Lagos Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit Job Summary The Internal Control & Field Assurance Officer will serve as the agency’s primary line of defense against fraud, budget inflation, and campaign operational failures. You will enforce strict compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) during agency campaigns and identify financial leakage points across vendor management and project execution. Key Responsibilities: Forensic Auditing: Investigate budget overruns, vendor invoices, and project float retirement discrepancies. Live Spot Checks: Conduct unannounced field visits to activation sites to verify promoter compliance and asset deployment. Process Risk Mapping: Evaluate standard workflows across all departments to patch internal control vulnerabilities. Post-Activation Reconciliation: Audit and reconcile post-event project retirements, ensuring all receipts, field logs, and vendor invoices are genuine and accurate. Asset Tracking: Track the movement and storage of brand assets, rigs, electronics, and point-of-sale materials (POSMs) in the warehouse. Vendor Price Vetting: Periodically audit procurement processes and benchmark vendor quotes against market prices for setups, fabrications, printing, and merchandise. Corrective Action Planning: Work with heads of departments to correct audit exceptions and build stronger financial guardrails. Vendor Price Vetting: Periodically audit procurement processes and benchmark vendor quotes against market prices for setups, fabrications, printing, and merchandise. Exception Reporting: Maintain a weekly audit exception tracker and report all control breaches, financial errors, or suspicious activities directly to Management Requirements: & Qualifications Education: B.Sc. / HND in Accounting, Finance, or a related business discipline. Experience: 3 to 4 years of proven experience: in Internal Control, Internal Audit, or Compliance ( experience: in an agency, media firm, or FMCG environment is highly valued). Professional Stage: ACA / ACCA qualified, or currently in the final professional stages. Technical Skills: High proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables) and accounting software/ERP systems. Check how your CV aligns with this job Method of Application Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Resume to: jobs@brandsoptimal.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.