Head, Internal Audit

Accountable administratively to the Secretary General and functionally to the National Board, the Head of Internal Audit Service plans, directs,  coordinates and controls the overall audit activities of the Society; identifies and manages critical risk areas of auditing; develops and enforce audit charter; effects performance audit; financial audit, system compliance and risk related internal audit of the National Secretariat and the branches of the Society; ensures that appropriate systems and procedures are in place for procurement, materials management, supplies and stock control; performs general inspection on the effectiveness of functions and organizational units of  the National Secretariat and branches and monitors their compliance ; facilitates external auditing of the Society’s financial reports and follows up timely implementation of comments thereof; monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of the internal control systems of the Society and that the internal control systems are properly and consistently practiced; proposes additional internal control mechanisms and amendments on the existing ones as deemed necessary; presents and it reports to the National Board. 

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Plans, directs, coordinates and controls the overall audit activities of the Society; Identifies critical risk areas that are worth auditing, the scope and depth thereof, and prioritizes with adequate justifications for auditing accordingly;
• Develops internal audit charter of the Society that is well line with the overall organizational objectives of the Society, gets it approved and implemented accordingly;
• Prepares annual work plans of the work unit in consultation and participation with work units’ heads and other concerned officials and staff members of the Society;
• Provides the Secretary General and the National Board of Directors of the Society with reports of individual audits and periodic /Sami annual/ summaries of findings;    Facilitates, cooperates, monitors the preparation and utilization of the budget of the Internal Audit Service;
• Perform  financial audit, system compliance and risk based internal audit (performance Audit) on the National Secretariat and the branches of the Society;
• Ensures that the financial accounts, records and activities of the Society comply with the Society’s financial policies and procedures in place; Audits and inspects yearly financial and other systems both at the National Secretariat and branch levels of the Society;
• Undertakes detail investigation and inspection when so instructed by the National Board or/and Secretary General whenever there are allegations of misuse and embezzlement on the Society’s finance and property, and reports for action;
• Checks and verifies that appropriate systems and procedures are in place for procurement, materials management, supplies and stock control with a focus to safeguard the Society’s property against theft, misuse or mishandling;
• Performs general inspection on the effectiveness of functions and organizational units both at the National Secretariat and branches; Facilitates external auditing of the Society’s financial reports and follows up timely implementation of external auditors’ recommendations
• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of the internal control mechanisms of the Society in place in serving their purposes well, that the internal control systems are properly and consistently practiced, proposes additional internal control mechanisms and amendments on the existing ones as deemed necessary;
• Makes sure that major decisions made by the Society and the branches are in line with the objectives of the Society and the decisions made by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and governance bodies of the Society;
• Checks that all financial as well as other documents are properly kept and maintained; Checks that all receivables of the Society are collected in time and all disbursements made are justified and in accordance with the internal control systems in place;
• Checks that all properties and fixed assets of the Society are properly registered and controls their proper utilization by ascertaining that there is an efficient material and fixed asset control system in practice in the Society;
• Checks that the Society’s resource utilization is economical and efficiently. Follows up the implementation of the comment of internal audit Service’s as well as external auditors’ comments after audit reports are issued;
• Effects in cooperation with the Human Resource Management Work units, personnel and other HR matters including recruitment, training, performance appraisal and promotion of internal auditors;
• Provides technical assistance to auditors in resolving complex problems encountered in the course of auditing;
• Advises the management on working systems and procedures before they cause damages & undesirable results; Participates in different top management and other collective decision making matters of the Society;
• Administers, guides and coaches subordinate staff, undertakes continuous or periodic performance appraisal in accordance with the performance management system in place; Reports Periodically the performance of the Division to the Secretary General and National Board

Work Unit :  Internal Audit Service

Reports to: National Board/Secretary General

Terms of employment:  Permanent after probation period 

Job Requirements

Qualification Requirements:

• Second/first degree in Accounting/ Accounting & Finance/Business Management/Leadership/
• Certifications-  IFRS and Certified Internal Auditor/CIA/  are additional assets
• 10/12 year work experience out of which 5/7 years on managerial position.

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out online employment application form

With the indicated link https://ee.humanitarianresponse.info/x/IyUTlyf1 before the closing date of this announcement on Jan 17, 2024.

Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply!