Overview
The Head of Audit, Risk and Compliance provides leadership and coordination for Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit/Internal Control, and Fraud Management activities within the Country Office. This role champions a culture of compliance and advises on risk and compliance best practices.
Tasks Summary
- Lead the preparation of operational and strategic audit plans.
- Design and execute internal reviews to ensure adequacy and effectiveness of internal control.
- Execute audit assignments in multi-disciplinary audit teams.
- Lead, plan, conduct, report, and follow up on audit assignments.
- Develop contextual modules for training and induction packages.
- Contribute to systems development with advice on internal control and risk management.
- Assess and analyze the effectiveness of actions taken in response to audits.
- Provide technical guidance to departments on action plans.
- Develop contextual training modules on processes, regulations, and organizational policy.
- Provide leadership on the organization’s management of key risks and ensure effective controls.
- Lead the PART process for New Business Development.
- Develop the capacity of ARC staff to develop PARTs.
- Strengthen the CO’s Risk Management Approach during the full project cycle.
- Establish a risk culture across the organization.
- Provide analysis to SLT on new and emerging risks.
- Own the CO Risk Management Plan with SLT and ensure its implementation.
- Challenge functional leads and SLT on risk management effectiveness.
- Co-chair the Country Office Risk Management Committee.
- Develop the capacity of individuals to conduct special investigations into fraud and/or serious negligence.
- Analyze trends relating to fraud and negligence cases.
- Ensure procedures related to fraud, bribery, and corruption cases are followed and strengthened.
- Develop a Country Office culture that reinforces zero tolerance on fraud, bribery, and corruption.
- Respond to queries raised by management and provide advice.
- Make recommendations on strengthening policies and procedures.
- Provide leadership to the Audit, Risk and Compliance team.
- Support the development of SoPs and policies.
- Help design and implement a coherent organizational structure.
- Support the development of an organizational culture that reflects values, promotes accountability, and high performance.
Experience Requirements
- Extensive experience in relevant operational areas (e.g. in programme/project management in an INGO context).
- Experience of risk-based auditing.
- Track record of leading a small team for specific short-term audit or other work assignments and delivering high quality timely results.
- Experience of evaluating systems and processes, identifying weaknesses and areas of improvements.
- INGO experience or have worked in a commercial/public sector international organisation.
- Familiarity with grant requirements of major donors such as USAID, EC/ECHO, DfID and the UN.
- Good financial analysis aptitude.
- Experience of Agresso financial software.
- Experience of IT audit.
- Counter fraud experience.
- Ability to look at the bigger picture when assessing organisational performance and risk.
Qualification Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Accounting, Business Administration is a Must.
- Professional qualification as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is desirable.
