Internal Audit Head

POSITION:                Internal Audit Head

OPEN TO:                 All interested Ethiopian Nationals 

OPENING DATE:     Sept 18, 2014

CLOSING DATE:     Sept 28, 2014 

1.    Major Responsibilities:

  • Develop audit plans for the WV office based on risk assessments.  Communicate the audit dates, as appropriate, to management;
  • Ensuring that the audit programs and work practices in the department are in compliance with the Institute of Internal Auditors Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (SPPIA), the US Government Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAGAS) for US Government Funding and World Vision’s Financial Manual Internal Audit policies and procedures;
  • Advice management on the formulation of risk management strategies and policies and all operations areas of the organization with a view of ensuring all management policies adequately mitigate the risks identified – this role will not include the development of the actual policies and systems;
  • Review office financial systems and report on compliance with the WVI Financial Policies and the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and practices;
  • Supervise internal auditors as they carry out performance and procedural audit of all office functions and projects and, when necessary, participate in such audits to provide field audit leadership;
  • Provide summaries of audit results and trends to management regularly and in subsequent audits determine that audit recommendations have been tracked and implemented by management;
  • Develop a system to ensure the quality of work done by the Internal auditors is regularly reviewed and appraised and corrective action taken when necessary;
  • Assist in selecting firms, planning, and performing annual external audit work on behalf of external auditors (if applicable and cost-effective).

2. Qualifications Required: Graduate Degree preferably business related studies, if other must have full accounting qualifications-ACCA, CPA or other internationally recognized accounting qualification                                  

3. Work Experience and Skill Required: Must have prior auditing experience of at least 5 years in a recognized organization. Two of these should be at a supervisory level. Experience in public accounting will be an added advantage

  • Good communication and language skills
  • Good management skills – resources and personnel
  • Computer literate with excellent working knowledge of computerized accounting systems, especially Sun System is essential

4. Additional Requirements: Committed to WV’s vision, mission and core values

5. Place of Work: Head Office (Addis Ababa)

6. Salary: World Vision has an attractive salary and benefits scale

7. How to Apply:

Interested applicants are required to fill the employment application form (you can get this form from http://docs.ethiojobs.net/wve-jaf.pdf ) and send to P & C Division, World Vision Ethiopia P. O. Box 3330, Addis Ababa, or submit in person to our office located in Gerji area, near Anbesa Garage within 10 days after the date of this announcement or email to recruitment_ethiopia@wvi.org. Please indicate the position name on subject when email your application form.

Note: We have revised the employment application form, please use the revised one as indicated in the link