Internal Audit & Finance Governance Specialist

Join our Finance team and help strengthen governance, controls, and financial excellence across our international operations.

As Internal Audit & Finance Governance Specialist, you will play a key role in strengthening financial governance and internal controls across the Group, with a particular focus on Central Africa. You will plan and execute internal audits across finance, procurement, inventory, and treasury, identify control weaknesses, and drive practical improvements. You'll work closely with Finance leadership, local finance teams, and internal and external auditors — combining technical expertise with a hands-on, multicultural approach.

What You'll Do

• Plan and execute internal audit missions across Group entities, primarily in Central Africa.

• Assess internal controls, governance processes, and risk management across finance, procurement, inventory, and treasury.

• Identify control weaknesses and recommend practical improvements to strengthen governance and compliance.

• Prepare clear audit reports and present findings and recommendations to the CFO.

• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the Group Internal Control Framework.

• Support major transformation initiatives, including ERP migration and process harmonization.

• Train and support local finance teams on internal control, audit findings, finance governance, and Group policies.

• Act as a technical reference for accounting control-related questions and promote a strong control culture.

• Coordinate with internal and external auditors, prepare audit campaigns, and ensure audit deliverables are complete and well structured.

• Monitor the implementation of audit recommendations and corrective actions.

What You Bring

• A Master's degree in Audit, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• 3–5 years of experience in accounting, internal control, or internal audit, ideally in an international environment.

• Solid knowledge of IFRS and experience designing, evaluating, or improving internal control systems.

• Good understanding of tax, compliance, and multi-entity operations.

• Strong analytical, organisational, and report-writing skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across multicultural and remote teams.

• A pedagogical mindset and the ability to train and support local finance teams.

• High levels of rigor, integrity, professional ethics, and independence.

• Fluent English and French, spoken and written.

• Willingness to travel frequently internationally, including to operational sites and logistics bases.