Internal Audit Associate
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Food Concepts Plc, the parent company of Chicken Republic, is hiring an Internal Audit Associate to support quality management, store compliance, and internal audit follow-up across its operations in Nigeria. The role involves conducting operations standard compliance checks, monitoring policy adherence, and reporting on audit findings to strengthen internal controls.
- Role focused on internal audit and operations standard compliance
- Involves monitoring store compliance and audit recommendation follow-up
- Opportunity to work with a leading fast-growing QSR brand in West Africa
- Position based in Nigeria with nationwide operational coverage
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Internal Audit Associate at Food Concepts Plc
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Sep 29, 2026, 6:03 AM
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Food Concepts commenced operations in 2001. From inception, our aim has been clear-cut and focused: to revolutionize the food sector in West Africa and to deliver extraordinary satisfaction to our stakeholders.
Since launching in 2004, Chicken Republic (Subsidiary of Food concepts) has already opened 55 stores in Nigeria and Ghana. On this basis, we are proud of the brand’s hard-earned reputation as the fastest growing chicken QSR in West Africa and the number 1 chicken QSR in Nigeria (both in revenues and number of outlets). In addition, Chicken Republic was ranked as one of Nigeria’s top 20 brands across all categories (Financial Standards Awards 2009).
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Internal Audit Associate
Requisition ID: 842
Location: : Nigeria
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure follow up on gaps identified and communicate to Line Manager
- Develop and maintain the company’s Quality Management system, ensuring full compliance with its guidelines and a consolidated uniform approach across the company
- Conduct OSC – Operations Standard Compliance on stores to ensure compliance to store standards
- Ensure and monitor store compliance to Company policies, procedures and systems
- Monitor the implementation of internal audit recommendations to ensure the satisfactory resolution of identified significant issues
- Report variance and ensure proper follow up
- Monitor the implementation of internal audit recommendations to ensure the satisfactory resolution of identified significant issues
- Proactively identify trends and issues from audit findings and formulate recommendations for improving internal controls and addressing identified weaknesses/gaps across all locations/markets in which the company operates
- Report on stores compliance to standards
- Assist management in the identification of business improvement opportunities in line with the recommendations of the Quality Policy and provide required assistance in managing projects which are spin-offs of such exercises.
- Undertake and report on the value for money that the company obtains in all its activities with special regard to economy, efficiency and effectiveness
- Review and report on the accuracy, timeliness and relevance of the financial and other information provided to management for decision making
- Key Performance Indicators
- All other Performance Indicators will be based on performance against agreed objectives.
- No. of fraud cases
- No. of variance/breaches
- No. of repeat occurrences of Control breaches
- No. of store compliance
- Skills, Competencies and Requirements
- Educational Qualifications/Experience:
- Minimum of 2-3 years working experience.
- Minimum of a University Degree or its equivalent in related discipline
- Desired Personal Attributes:
- Assertiveness & tenacity
- Results Orientation
- Ability to cope with and work under pressure.
- Strong cerebral capacity
- Proactive self-starter
- Strategic Thought Process and Follow through
- Integrity
- Highly organized and significant ability to multi-task effectively
- Ability to work with all levels of management, build partnerships and teams
- Functional Competencies/Requirements:
- Fundamentals of Accounting.
- An ability to maintain current knowledge of developments related to business matters of interest to internal audit, particularly legislation changes and developments as they affect the Food Industry, and new auditing techniques and practices
- Good knowledge of computerized accounting and auditing record keeping systems
- General Management Competencies/Requirements:
- Strong Time Management & Multi-tasking skills
- Ability to plan, schedule and coordinate effectively.
- Problem solving skills
- Strong Analytical
- How to Apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should:
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