Senior Internal Audit Officer

JOB SUMMARY:Under the supervision of the Internal Audit & Grant Compliance Director, the Senior Audit Officer is responsible and accountable to overall success of the FGAE financial, material, human resources and program, management and provide reasonable assurance management of financial and operating information is accurate and reliable, policies, procedures, laws and regulation are compiled.

RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS:

• Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates, controls and supervises the overall activities of the internal audit (Financial, management, program and governance audit) of Association and ensure that strong internal control system is in place;
• Prepares short-, medium- and long-term audit plans of the FGAE and ensures the implementation of the same;
• Advise the management on planning and installing budgetary and accounting policies and systems to safe guard off embezzlement and fraud;
• Conducts regular audits (financial, material and human asset management) the accounts of the FGAE and certifies financial statements used for control purpose for the head of FGAE and the donor agency;
• Performs regular inspection of work to assure that operational and procedural manuals are adhered to;
• Advice area of improvement for any conflicting laws, policies and procedure which FGAE has endorsed;
• Conducts financial investigations when s/he suspects fraud and insolvency;
• Conducts Audit on Human, financial & Material resource management and practices of the work units on a planned and/or on a need basis;
• Obtains and communicates client requirements to appropriate personnel or function;
• Checks that personnel comply with applicable standards, regulation, specifications and documented procedures;
• Ensures that the Associations policies and procedural manual and legal requirements are properly implemented and adhere to; ensure that systems are put in place to safeguard for any embezzlement, frauds and mismanagement of resources;
• Ensures that all financial documents and contract documents, or other instruments of the Association are properly checked on time to ensure strict adherence to the rules and regulations of the Association;
• Ensures that all staff and properties purchased or mortgaged by the Association are insured and risks hedged with pertinent insurance company on time;
• Initiate actions to prevent the occurrence of any non-conformity; timely completion of corrective actions and verify its effectiveness;
• Takes part in the development, review and standardization of policies, guidelines, manuals, systems and procedures Advice and assist functional units when conducting system related activities;
• Reviews periodic reports and closure of books of accounts;
• Participate in preparation of Program/Project Contact agreements, Sub-Recipients pre-award capacity assessment when required;
• Ensure adherence to FGAE policies and procedures in the procurement of consultancy service;
• Participate in the assessment of organizational capacity Assessment, internal control and contract related training requirements for capacity building purpose;
• Participate in development of capacity of financial and program staff and Sub-Recipients/partners on budget preparation, policy adherence and other related initiatives;
• Performs related tasks as reasonably required.

Job Requirement

Education

• MA/MSc/MBA/BA degree in Accounting and Finance, Business Administration. ACCA Plus is a plus

Experience

4 Years for MA/MBA/MSc, 6 for BA degree directly relevant experience