Esorae is a wellness-led lifestyle and home ecosystem committed to helping people live, rest, and feel better. Our growing portfolio spans premium mattresses and pillows, bedding, bath essentials, home fragrances, gifting products, real estate, residential and commercial developments, and other thoughtfully curated wellness and lifestyle solutions.
We
are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head of Audit
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Summary
- We are seeking an experienced, commercially minded and strategically
focused Head of Audit to lead the Group’s internal audit function and
strengthen its governance, risk management and control environment.
- The Head of Audit will lead Esorae Group’s internal audit function
across a multi-subsidiary corporate structure, overseeing all audit
personnel and activities, delivering risk-based audit plans, driving audit
quality and controls improvement, and providing independent assurance and
governance reporting to the Board and CEO.
- The role requires strong experience in multi-entity environments and
practical exposure to manufacturing and/or retail operations.
Key responsibilities
- Lead, manage and restructure the Internal Audit department,
including recruitment, performance management, training and career
development of audit staff.
- Design and implement a risk-based, multi-year audit plan aligned to
group strategy and revise plans as risks evolve.
- Execute and oversee audits (financial, operational, compliance, etc,
ensuring timely, high-quality audit deliverables.
- Coordinate and consolidate audit work across multiple subsidiaries,
ensuring consistent methodology, scope coverage and reporting.
- Identify control weaknesses and business risks; develop practical,
prioritized recommendations and monitor management action plans to
closure.
- Provide regular, clear and succinct reporting to the CEO, Audit
Committee and Board on audit findings, risk trends, control effectiveness
and remediation status.
- Act as a trusted advisor on governance, internal controls, risk
management and regulatory compliance to senior management and subsidiary
leadership.
- Manage relationships with external auditors, regulators and other
assurance providers; coordinate audit activities to minimize duplication.
- Promote continuous improvement in internal audit processes, use of
data analytics, automation and best practices.
- Ensure audit charter, policies and procedures are maintained and
comply with professional standards and local regulations.
Required qualifications
& experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or
related fields; advanced degree a plus.
- Minimum of 8 years of internal audit, external audit or combined
assurance experience, with at least 4 years in a senior / managerial audit
role.
- Proven experience in a multi-subsidiary/group environment with
decentralized operations.
- Direct experience auditing manufacturing and/or retail businesses
(operations, supply chain, inventory, point-of-sale, production controls).
- Professional qualification: CIA, ACCA or equivalent will be an
advantage.
Core skills &
competencies:
- Strong technical knowledge of accounting, internal controls, risk
assessment and audit methodologies.
- Excellent leadership and people-management skills; ability to build
and motivate high-performing teams.
- Strong commercial acumen and practical understanding of
manufacturing and or retail business processes.
- Effective communicator with experience presenting to Boards and
senior executives.
- High integrity, objectivity and professional scepticism.
- Project management skills and ability to manage multiple audits
across entities.
- Proficiency with audit software and data analytics tools; MS Office
advanced (Excel/PowerPoint).
- Ability and willingness to travel between group locations and
subsidiaries as required.
Application Closing Date
31st
October, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested
and qualified candidates should submit their CVs to: careers@esoraegroup.com using the job title as the
subject of the email.
Note: E’SORAE
Group is an equal-opportunity employer.
