Career with BRAC Sierra Leone

With over 100,000 employees reaching an estimated 135 million people, BRAC is the world’s largest non-governmental organization.

BRAC is a development success story, spreading anti-poverty solutions born in Bangladesh to 9 others.

developing countries in Asia and Africa, making it a global leader in providing opportunities for the world’s poor.

With a holistic approach that uses a wide array of tools including microfinance, education, healthcare, legal services and more, BRAC invests in communities’ own human and material resources, catalyzing lasting change and creating an ecosystem in which the poor have the chance to seize control of their own lives. Of the world’s top development and humanitarian relief organizations, BRAC is one of the few based in the global South. BRAC International is seeking application from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill up the following position:

Position:  Head of Internal Audit 

Duty Station: Country Office 

 Major Responsibility 

Strategic Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in formulating policies, audit techniques and audit programs in compliance with new and changed global standards and requirements of internal audit.
• Identify and suggest improvement and development areas of Internal Audit regularly.
• Prioritizing discussion for process-based audit output for country management level briefings.
• Lead the annual internal audit plan preparation for BRAC Sierra Leone and necessary revision in mid-year to provide necessary risk coverage in accordance to the discussion with management, country board requirements, SBI level requirements.
• Maintain audit independence at each level at the time of audit as per approved Internal Audit Charter.

Operational Responsibilities:

• Implement and lead the conduction of internal audit exercises as per the SBI Internal Audit Manual, Country annual internal audit plan, and guideline (or operational instructions) of the head office;
• Development of monthly risk-based internal audit plans and achievement report and circulate to country management.
• Conduct process audit, program quality audit, safeguarding review as per the recommended schedule of the head office;
• Overall responsible for auditing BRAC’s all operations at the country level.
• Quality enhancements of compliance function through Compliance Reporting on ICQ & Quick Review, Regulatory and Donor Compliance and Financial Statements.
• Arrange Internal Audit Review Management Committee (IARMC) meetings as per plan to communicate key internal audit recommendations to the management;
• Provide regular/quarterly updates to the Country Board for NGO Operation and Microfinance Operation;
• Conduction of investigation if requested by Country Director and Chief Executive Officer with maintaining proper investigation procedures and independence.
• Delegate, allocate and assign audit team to carry out the audit work
• Finalize the audit report (including special report) and deliver to respective management in a timely manner.
• Ensure timely and effective execution of the audit work
• Ensure the preservation of various documentation for audit work such as working papers, supporting evidence, permanent file, current file, circulars, minutes, office memo, preserving duly signed risk registers, all reports and emails sent to head office, BI and any other documents which need to be preserved.
• Advise and supervise the audit activities carried out by the audit team as per the Annual Internal Audit Plan

Communication Responsibilities:

• • Discuss with the management of major risks or audit findings identified in the audit report in the CMT/MMT Meeting. Quarterly Programme’s Review Meeting.
  • Continuous communication with the BI Internal Audit team and Head of Internal Audit, BI to obtain necessary technical assistance and keep the line management updated about any important issues regarding the audit, risk management and compliance services.
  • Conduct meetings with donors or training for both local and expatriate staff regarding compliance and risk management services.
  • Presentation on Internal Audit Services to newly recruited staff including Young Professional in-country office requested by the programmes and HRD.

• People management:

• Disseminate knowledge related support to the department’s staff and ensure audit staff are well equipped with necessary skill set to deliver internal audit services.
• Recruited and deployed Internal Audit Resources in appropriate areas to achieve the Internal Audit Plan and grow them up for the next internal audit leader in the country.
• Capacity building of staff through the quality improvement of audit, documentation and reporting and communication.

Any other activities related to internal audit assigned by the line management.

Required skills:

• Maintaining the Internal Audit and Internal Control System, Compliance, Management and Risk Management services and dealing with financial management, tax matters and legal affairs of the organization.
• Ability to work in a multicultural work environment.
• Energetic, self-motivated, innovative, team builder, ambitious and self-starter.
• Excellent proficiency in English both oral & written.
• Problem-solving, good supervisory skills, strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Employment type: Contractual

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree Accounting, Finance, Business Management. Having a Masters degree will be an advantage
• Professional degree (or course completion) in the field of accounting and auditing, i.e.- CA, ACCA, CPA, CIA

Experience:

• At least 6 – 8 years’ experience in the field of accounting, finance, or auditing working experience in the development sector will be preferable.

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions

accordingly:

Candidates need to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades and years of

experience at recruitment.sierraleone@brac.net OR by hand to our Head Office 43 Freetown Road, Lumley.

PLEASE MENTION THE NAME OF POSITION IN THE SUBJECT LINE

Only complete applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 1st March 2023

Women are strongly encouraged to apply