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Internal Auditor
Karunguru Group
Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 2 days ago (3 Sep 2026) Updated 1 day ago
Job Description
The Internal Auditor will design and execute a risk‑based audit plan covering financial, operational, compliance and IT areas across the Group. They will assess internal controls, identify governance gaps and provide actionable recommendations to senior management. The role also involves supporting enterprise‑wide risk management, fraud investigations and continuous process improvement initiatives.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • requirements. (where applicable) Investor or financing covenants (where applicable) 4. Fraud Prevention & Investigations Design and test anti-fraud controls and monitoring mechanisms. Investigate suspected fraud, theft, revenue leakage or policy violations Coordinate with Legal, HR and external investigators where required. Recommend disciplinary action and control remediation measures. 5. Process Improvement & Advisory Provide value adding recommendations to improve operational efficiency, agricultural yield management, guest experience controls and cost optimisations. Participate in system implementations, ERP/POS upgrades and digital initiatives as an independent assurance advisor. Promote internal control awareness and training across operational team.
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Develop and implement a risk‑based annual internal audit plan for the Group’s business units
- • Conduct financial, operational, compliance and IT audits across all subsidiaries
- • Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, SOPs and governance structures
- • Perform surprise audits, stock counts, cash reviews and procurement audits
- • Issue clear audit reports with root‑cause analysis, risk ratings and actionable recommendations
- • Track implementation of audit recommendations and report progress to Management and the Audit Committee
- • Support enterprise‑wide risk identification, assessment and mitigation
- maintain the Group Risk Register
- • Evaluate business continuity, disaster recovery and climate‑related risks
- • Strengthen corporate governance, ethics and whistle‑blowing mechanisms
- • Review revenue assurance processes for compliance with IFRS and tax regulations
- • Assess cost controls, procurement integrity and supplier management practices
- • Validate inventory management for farm inputs, produce, food and beverage stock and consumables
- • Ensure compliance with tax, environmental, food safety and hospitality licensing requirements
- • Design and test anti‑fraud controls
- investigate suspected fraud, theft, revenue leakage or policy violations
- • Coordinate with Legal, HR and external investigators
- recommend disciplinary action and remediation
- • Provide value‑adding recommendations to improve operational efficiency, agricultural yield management, guest experience controls and cost optimisation
- • Participate in system implementations, ERP/POS upgrades and digital initiatives as an independent assurance advisor
- • Promote internal control awareness and training across operational teams