Senior Internal Auditor: Land Acquisition & Compliance

Private Advertiser; Pasig; On-site; PHP 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser in the Philippines seeks an auditor to maintain a risk-based annual audit plan and live risk register, and to design audit programs and internal-control frameworks (COSO / IIA) suited to a land‑aggregation business.

Responsibilities cover the end-to-end land acquisition and payments cycle, validation of legitimacy and authorization, and testing for leakage, ghost payees, overpayments and kickbacks.

Qualifications

• Maintain a risk-based annual audit plan and a live risk register; design audit programs and internal-control frameworks (COSO / IIA) fit for a land‑aggregation business.
• Audit the end-to-end acquisition cycle and payments to landowners, agents, brokers and facilitators; verify legitimacy, authorization, valuation and documentation; test for leakage, ghost payees, overpayment and kickback risk.
• Audit chain of title, tax declarations, deeds, DAR conversion, reclassification and Registry‑of‑Deeds annotations/transfers; verify authenticity, completeness and safe custody; test against forged, double‑titled or encumbered titles.
• Conduct physical audits across provinces (existence, boundaries, area, occupancy/tenancy/right‑of‑way) and audit field‑level cash disbursements.
• Audit disbursements, treasury, procurement and vendor payments; test SEC/BIR (CGT, DST, VAT, RPT, withholding)/LGU/DAR/DENR/LRA compliance; audit tracking and reporting of major receivables.
• Audit compliance with lease, JV, land sale/option and SPV agreements, and review related‑party transactions for propriety and disclosure.
• Detect, investigate and report fraud and control breaches; issue clear, risk‑ranked findings and track remediation to closure; advise on stronger controls without compromising independence.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a risk-based annual audit plan and a live risk register; design audit programs and internal-control frameworks (COSO / IIA) fit for a land‑aggregation business.
• Audit the end-to-end acquisition cycle and payments to landowners, agents, brokers and facilitators; verify legitimacy, authorization, valuation and documentation; test for leakage, ghost payees, overpayment and kickback risk.
• Audit chain of title, tax declarations, deeds, DAR conversion, reclassification and Registry‑of‑Deeds annotations/transfers; verify authenticity, completeness and safe custody; test against forged, double‑titled or encumbered titles.
• Field verification across provinces and audit field‑level cash disbursements; test compliance with relevant laws and reporting.

Job description

Private Advertiser in the Philippines seeks an auditor to maintain a risk-based annual audit plan and live risk register, and to design audit programs and internal-control frameworks (COSO / IIA) suited to a land‑aggregation business.

Responsibilities cover the end-to-end land acquisition and payments cycle, validation of legitimacy and authorization, and testing for leakage, ghost payees, overpayments and kickbacks.