ROLE PURPOSE: 

• Support Finance Specialist in managing both donor and external audits
• Understanding donor compliance requirements and carrying reviews to ensure compliance
• Designing tools that will assist in communicating donor requirement and monitor their compliance
• Follow up on audit findings and ensure they are implemented within the set time
• Manage the archiving system and ensure that it meets both internal and external requirements

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• With support from Finance Specialist, come up with audit timetable based on the donors and external audit requirements. 
• Coordinate and facilitate the audits and ensuring their timely completion.
• Prepare draft responses to audit finding and management letter
• Prepare a tracker for audit findings and follow up to ensure they are implemented on timely basis.
• Manage the archiving system in ensuring documents are ‘audit ready’ and easily accessible during the audit.
• Provide guidance to Operations department in order to ensure that non-financial documents that are required for donor audits are maintained and made available during the audit.

Design tools for communicating and monitoring donor requirements across all the functions within SCI

• Reviewing internal control compliance in all offices and prepare recommendations that incorporate corrective, detective and preventive measures to address risks.
• Provides clear guidance and advise to make necessary amendments whenever the techniques and procedures are found inefficient and ineffective
• Updating the Finance Specialist on corrective actions required to address deviations that are detected during the internal control reviews. 
• Carrying out internal control awareness on regular basis in order to enhance compliance 
• Liaise with Control and Compliance department in implementing internal audit recommendations.
•  Endeavour to achieve zero disallowances on donor audits through efficient management of the audit processed. 
• Collaborate with HR department in enhancing compliance with Effort Reporting requirement and ensuring that auditable documents are maintained and available during the audit.
• Keep current on developments in the areas of general accounting, auditing, nonprofit issues, government regulations and information technology that can have impact on donor audits.
• Assist in maintaining expertise in audit-related subject matters such as internal controls, business process improvement and donor regulations and conditions.
• Participate in global audit assignments within and outside the country.

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree in Accounting (essential).

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Three years of relevant experience in auditing and/or accounting in humanitarian sector. 
• Fluent in both English and Arabic languages; 
• Excellent computer skills (MS- Word, MS-Excel, MS- Power Point)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise tasks to accommodate urgent needs and changes in the audit timetable

Desirable

• Understanding of major donor compliance regulations (EU, OCHA, ECHO, BHA, BMZ, etc)

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity