Regional Brand Auditor
Eat'n'go Africa Limited
Total years of experience :8 years, 1 Months
• Ensures compliance and controls in a regional brand environment.
• Identifies and manages financial, operational, and reputational risks through assurance and consulting
activities.
• Investigates discrepancies, generates reports on findings, interprets and recommends remediation,
monitors management actions, and prepares monthly audit reports.
• Collaborates with other departments to create a culture of compliance across the company, and
communicates and educates process owners on compliance, controls, and governance.
• Understands and monitors market regulations, collaborates with stakeholders to evaluate compliance
risks of new or existing products, and conducts audits on Quality Management System (QMS) for
compliance.
• Reviews regional 3rd party vendors and vendors due diligence and carries out compliance checks on
potential clients, providing advisory on KYC and AML regulations.
• Utilizes Power BI to create interactive dashboards displaying key performance indicators (KPIs) for
production, inventory, and sales for the 35 sales outlets and 2 production points, identifying areas of risk
and inefficiency, and to visualize audit findings and identify key areas for improvement.
• Utilizes Microsoft NAV to review and approve expenditure, ensuring compliance with company policies
and regulations, track and monitor financial performance of the 2 production points, providing insights
into areas of risk and inefficiency.
• Utilizes Excel Power Query and SQL to perform reconciliations on multiple payment channels and ecommerce merchants, identify and prevent fraudulent activities, and analyse financial and operational
data across sales outlets.
• Utilized Teammate+ to perform and document walkthroughs and test of controls, identify control
weaknesses and report findings in the sales outlets and production points.
• Utilizes Python for data analysis and automation of routine tasks, such as data validation and data
cleaning to ensure the accuracy of financial and operational data
• Developed and maintained an internal control environment to ensure compliance with laws and
regulations.
• Developed and implemented a risk management framework aligned with organizational objectives and
conducted risk assessments to develop annual audit plans using risk-based methodology.
• Carried out compliance checks on potential clients and performed periodic risk assessments.
• Conducted periodic spot checks of inventory holding units, test of controls and gap analysis and
performed investigations into suspected fraudulent practices and recommended appropriate actions.
• Advised management on new products, policies, and systems changes, and assisted with remediation
plans for identified issues.
• Strengthened, carved out and replaced departments to ensure differentiation of duties and improve
efficiency.
• Led the upgrade of Eltee's ERA by assessing current systems and processes, identifying business needs,
researching, and implementing new ERP systems, developing, and implementing a comprehensive plan,
testing, and training users, and monitoring and maintaining the new system.
• Pioneered, structured, and built the internal audit and control department to a staff strength of 12
• Implemented a staff support system through regular training on soft skills and fostering control and risk
awareness through ongoing support and training for operational staff.
A . A Z I B O L A @ G M A I L . C O M
• Conducted investigations into suspected fraud and provided recommendations for action.
• Acted as primary resource for assurance and risk advice to the Board and Senior Managers
• Engaged with external auditors and regulators and tracked progress and delivery of their
recommendations.
• Supervised and streamlined transaction process flow and eliminated cash handling by implementing a
composed structural payment mode, which enhanced revenue assurance and ensured that all financial
transactions were bona-fide, accurate and processed in line with established policies.
• Utilized Audit Board to document and track the progress of audits, and to generate reports for
management across the sales outlets and remote farm locations.
• Utilized Sage Payroll to review and analyse the payroll and employee data to ensure compliance with
labour laws and regulations.
• Developed, designed, and ensured a suitable internal control environment and implemented an overall
risk management framework based on organizational objectives.
• Upgraded existing traditional accounting, production, and manufacturing systems to cloud solutions to
support real-time reporting.
• Re-engineered cash handling processes by eliminating cash holding time and reestablished a
lodgment/withdrawal structure with banking patterns to improve cash management and revenue
assurance.
• implemented regular risk assessments and environmental scanning to ensure compliance.
• Reviewed revenue controls, banks/receivables/payables reconciliation, procurement, inventory
management, and company's recurring and non-recurring expenditure, financial control systems.
• Inspected accounting records and systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance, ensured prompt
and effective call over of depots' transactions and maintained an appropriate and holistic audit plan.
• Led the investigation, recommendations, and resolution of audit issues,
• Acted as primary resource providing timely and high-quality advice and information on assurance and risk
to the Board, Senior Managers, and operational staff. Acted as primary interface in dealings with external
auditors and other regulators, reviewed contracts, negotiations, and tracked delivery of their