Internal Auditor 1096 views

SRC was awarded the status of implementing partner under the KP AUP 2018-2020. The grant aims to provide comprehensive HIV preventative and treatment Services through a peer led model for MSM and sex workers in their diversity and address structural barriers that hinder access to the above mentioned services
The Sexual Rights Centre is seeking services of an internal auditor for a period of 24 months starting in March 2019.The assignment involves the following key steps, and/or deliverables:

1. The Internal Auditor is responsible for conducting an objective and independent appraisal of all the organisations activities, financial and otherwise. It should provide a service to the whole organisation and all levels of management. This role will mainly compliment management and may when necessary provide financial intelligence and foresight. The Internal Audit Service is responsible for evaluating and reporting to the Finance and Administration Manager and the Director, and thereby providing them with assurance on financial arrangements for risk management, control and governance, and the production of data for public bodies. It remains the duty of management, not the Internal Auditor, to operate these arrangements, to determine whether or not to accept audit recommendations and to recognise and accept the risks of not taking action.
Scope
2. All SRC activities, funded from whatever source, fall within the remit of the Internal Audit. The Internal Audit will consider the adequacy of controls necessary to secure propriety, economy, efficiency and effectiveness in all areas. It will seek to confirm that management have taken the necessary steps to achieve these objectives and manage the associated risks.

3. The scope of internal audit work should cover all operational and management controls and should not be restricted to the audit of systems and controls necessary to form an opinion on financial statements. This does not imply that all systems will be subject to review, but that all will be included in the audit risk assessments and hence considered for review following the assessment of risk.
4. It is not within the remit of the Internal Audit Service to question the appropriateness of policy decisions. However, internal audit is required to examine the arrangements by which such decisions are made, monitored and reviewed.
5. The Internal Audit Service may also conduct any special reviews requested by management and or director, provided such reviews do not compromise its objectivity or independence, or achievements of the approved audit plan.
Responsibilities
6. The internal auditor is required to give an opinion to management and the director, on the adequacy and effectiveness of the arrangements for risk management, control and governance; and for economy, efficiency and effectiveness (value for money) within the organisation; and the extent to which management can rely on these. He or she should also comment on other activities for which the organisation is responsible for, and to which the Internal Audit Service has access. Internal Audit are not required to provide an opinion on the adequacy of management controls over the production of data, but will audit these controls regularly to provide management with the information required to form an opinion on these matters.
7. To provide the required assurance, the Internal Audit Service will undertake a programme of work based on a strategy, authorised by ma on the advice of the Audit Committee. The programme will evaluate the arrangements in place:
a. To establish and monitor the achievement of organisational objectives.
b. To identify, assess and manage risks to those objectives.
c. To advise on, formulate and evaluate policy within the responsibilities of management and the director.
d. To ensure compliance with policies, laws and regulations.
e. To ascertain the integrity and reliability of financial and other information provided to management and stakeholders, including that used in decision making.
f. To ascertain that systems of control are laid down and operate to promote the most economic, efficient and effective use of resources and to safeguard assets.

g. To ascertain the effectiveness of management controls over the production of data.
Reporting
8. The internal auditor must submit an annual report to management and the Director-Chancellor. The report must relate to the organisation’s financial year, and include any significant issues up to date for preparing the report which affect the opinion. The report should give an opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the organisation’s arrangements for: risk management, control and governance, economy, efficiency and effectiveness and the extent to which management can rely on them. The Auditor should also prepare, before the beginning of the year, a long-term strategy document supported by an assessment of resource needs. These should be submitted to management for approval following consultation with relevant supervisors and the director.
9.The auditor should usually produce its reports, in writing, within one month of completion of each audit, giving an opinion on the area reviewed and making recommendations where appropriate.

Qualifications

• University degree from a recognised institution
• ACCA or CIS certification
• 2+ years’ experience in internal auditing
• The candidate should be willing to work on a temporary basis as this is a part-time contract
• Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Firm understanding of Pastel Accounting
• Knowledge of accounting best practices
• Strong computer skills
• Ability to learn industry standards