Internal Auditor at Seven Up Bottling Company
Created by the Howdy Corporation in St. Louis, MO, 7UP was an optimistic venture from the very start. After great success with the Howdy Orange drink, company founder C.L. Grigg decided to try his luck with lemons and limes. C.L. Grigg spent more than two years testing over 11 different formulas, all in search of a drink that was refreshing enough to prove irresistible to the people of Missouri and the world at large. In 1929, C.L. Grigg’s bubbliest drink was born. The public quickly developed a taste for Grigg’s caramel colored lemon-lime soda. Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda sold, and sold well. As the drink grew more and more popular, the original name was traded in for something short and sweet. Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda became known as 7UP. Early advertising featured a winged 7UP logo with copy that read "a glorified drink in bottles only. Seven natural flavors blended into a savory, flavory drink with a real wallop." The drink was so successful by 1936 that Grigg changed the name of The Howdy Corporation to The Seven-Up Company. By the late 1940s, 7UP had become the third best-selling soft drink in the world. In the decades to follow, 7UP developed iconic branding, setting it apart from industry front-runners. In 1967, 7UP brought the phrase UNCOLA into the national vernacular. The UNCOLA campaign set 7UP apart from its competition and became part of a counter cultural that symbolized being true to yourself and challenging the status quo. Always at the frontier of taste and pop culture, 7UP was also among the first sodas to introduce sugar-free and caffeine free options. Through the years, advertising for 7UP featured everything from a cartoon mascot named Spot, to the "It’s an Up thing" and "Make 7UP yours" taglines.
Job Brief
The main purpose of the job is to assist the Head of Department in conducting comprehensive audits across various departments, ensuring adherence to professional standards, identifying areas for improvement, and supporting audit planning and reporting activities.
Responsibilities
Carryout specific assignments as a team member and also take up team leadership role when assigned to do reviews of financial, system, transactional, operational, risk assessment reviews.
Discuss issues identified during process review with the process owners, department heads and draft recommendations partnering with process owners.
Support in finalization of audit report post approval from Chief Audit Officer (CAO)
Help review of process, transaction walkthroughs to perform basic risk assessment and prepare required documentation for risk matrix.
Prepare proper work papers as back up of work done and comply with professional standards on
Internal Audit. Ensure proper conduct of assigned audits within approved scope and any other delegated tasks.
Review compliance with Company policies and procedures in Financial, Operational & Compliance
areas.
Conduct audits as per the direction of Chief Audit Officer (CAO) and support in finalization of audit report. This involves identification of issues, discussion with process owners, escalation wherever necessary, root cause of deficiencies and highlighting unmitigated open risks and suggesting recommendations after partnering with process owners
Report on probable avenues for revenue leakage/loss from audits conducted.
Assess accountability for the Company’s assets to safeguard against loss.
Assess the reliability and integrity of financial and other operating controls.
Support in developing framework on internal controls as assigned
Supporting Head of Internal Audit in planning and co-ordination of audits
Supporting in Fraud Investigation as per the direction of Chief Audit Officer (CAO)
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree / Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting and Finance
5 + relevant experience as Manager in Accounts / Audit working with Senior Management
Professional Certification; ICAN etc.