The Head of Internal Audit will support the organization’s internal auditing processes, oversee compliance, risk management and consolidate federation-wide reports and risk to the Board. As The Head of Internal Audit you will design annual plans for proposed audit visits, manage the internal audit reporting process and promote sharing of best practice across the organisation.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership and People Management
Ensure adherence and delivery of the organization Talent Management for respective Directorate including recruitment, selection, retention, development and succession planning
Functional and general management contribution to the senior leadership team
Develop a team culture that values collaboration internally, cross functionally and in partnership with countries
The organizations Values, Strategy and Change Priority
Leading Innovation and Change
Feminist Leadership
Organizational Values Practice
Internal audit strategic plan and implementation
To produce and manage annual plans for proposed audit visits and to ensure that Terms of Reference for these visits are agreed with management and meet the organizations standards.
To ensure adequate coverage of countries within the internal audit plan (including securing resources required), taking into account high-risk countries
To conduct special investigations and delegate these where appropriate, owning their findings to an appropriate conclusion or hand-off to management, and to ensure capacity exists in the team to conduct these investigations
To update all internal audit guidance and best-practice, embedding this with both the International team and in-country resources
Improved standards of financial Control
To liaise with senior management in the organization to ensure issues of corporate concern are identified and form part of management’s action plans.
To provide advice to the International finance community in the development of new/updated international financial policies and procedures for the organizatio
To collate information on all instances of fraud arising in the organization, to ensure that appropriate action is taken in response, and to report to senior management and to the Risk & Internal Audit Commit
To promote cost consciousness across the organizatio
Global Internal Audit Activity
To develop & support the internal audit function in Country Programmes & Members where required
To develop and disseminate materials and training which will benefit the organization’s internal audit community
To convene, if required, groups of internal audits for training and the sharing of best practice
To develop systems to stay abreast of all internal audit work to ensure and to support country internal auditors to follow issues to their most appropriate conclusion
To promote internal audit influence within the context of accountability
Liaise with the external auditors on the conduct of the organization’s statutory audit
To develop an appropriate working relationship with the external audi
To follow up recommendations from the statutory audit proce
To circulate all relevant audit reports to the external auditors.
Risk & Internal Audit Committee
To act as Secretary to the Committee
To present the annual work plan to the Commit
To report as appropriate the outcome on all the internal audit Activity undertaken by the International Team.
To respond to issue raised by the Committee at each meeting as requested
To maintain and present the Federation-wide risk register
To support Federation Development to produce high-risk country reports at each Committee meeting
To promote and recommend improvements to risk-management processes across the Federation
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Commerce – Accounting or any other relevant subject
Masters degree will be an added advantage
CPA Part III
Excellent communication skills
Working experience in substantial relevant post
Demonstrable experience of managing professional staff in multiple locations.
Experience of directly managing and reporting to Board Committees
Experience of managing a multi-entity and complex risk-register,
A proven ability to manage complex organizational change through to conclusion
Experience with the international regulatory environment for NGOs
Willingness to undertake significant travel.
