Overview
Job Title: Regional Audit Manager
Job location: Arusha, Tanzania
World Vision
With more than 70 years of expertise, we specialize in assisting the most marginalized kids in escaping poverty and living fully. Motivated by our Christian faith, we assist children from all backgrounds, even in the most hazardous environments.
Come experience the thrill of changing the lives of vulnerable children by joining our team of over 34,000 employees who operate in nearly 100 countries!
Primary Accountabilities:
* Job Location: Arusha, Tanzania.
*Please send your cover letter and resume in English.
The purpose of the job.
In the National Office (NO) portfolio assigned within the East Africa Region, the Regional Audit Manager (RAM) for that region assists the Senior Regional Audit Manager (SRAM) and the Regional Audit Director (RAD) in leading a team of Regional Senior Auditors (RSA) and Regional Auditors (RA) and providing independent, objective assurance and operational advice.\
In addition to issuing audit reports to the relevant NO portfolio Senior Leadership and the Audit committees, if appropriate, he or she is in charge of evaluating the audit work completed by the Regional Audit team.
The RAM reports directly to the RAD, while the Local ARCs and National Director are connected by a dotted line. Legislation in several countries mandates that SRAM report to the local ARCs. This will be used in certain circumstances.
In order to ensure that GAA fulfills its mandate to “enhance and protect the organizational value and assist WVI to accomplish its objectives by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight to improve the effectiveness of WVI governance, risk management, and internal control processes,” he or she oversees GAA’s services across a portfolio of offices within the East Africa Region, covering two National Offices with a cumulative annual revenue of approximately USD 57M.
THE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Planning, communication, and leadership.
- Give valuable advice on risk management, internal controls, and governance to important stakeholders, such as National Leadership and Local Boards. Additionally, actively assist in managing critical risks that could impede the implementation of Organizational Strategy.
- Provide strategic insights and important trend analysis on a quarterly basis about the audit results to the local Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) and the NO Leadership.
- As assigned by the RAD, assume a major advisory role on the local ARCs and other regional or national committees and forums.
- Overseeing a group of RSAs and RAs within the designated portfolio, which includes:
Assistance for the SRAM and RAD in creating a five-year risk-based regional internal audit strategy in collaboration with the Global, Regional, and National Leadership; annually submit this plan for approval to the local Audit and Risk Committees (ARC) in the regional portfolio and the GAA leadership;
assistance in creating the annual budgets for the GAA Regional Audit Team, guaranteeing National Leadership’s approval and local ARCs’ consent, and keeping an eye on the timely and accuracy of the fair-share charges made to those offices;
oversee the Regional Audit Team’s talent management initiatives, which include hiring, promoting, compensating employees, staff development, and ensuring their personal well-being.
Build a thorough awareness of all aspects of World Vision International’s (WVI) operations and the strategic risks—both internal and external—that the organization faces in pursuing its main goals and strategy.
In order to guarantee the caliber of the internal audit activities within the sub-regional portfolio, oversee engagement oversight actions.
- Assist in the development and implementation of WVI’s integrated assurance model in coordination with other internal and external assurance providers (e.g., donor auditors, legal, and ERM).
- Assist the GAA’s Investigations unit in looking into claims of fraud and unethical behavior.
In order to reduce risks and losses to the organization, actively participate in the Regional Investigations Oversight Committee (hotline reporting) for NO within the designated portfolio. Make sure that reported cases are carefully examined, addressed, and resolved.
Encourage and Guarantee the Excellent Work of the GAA Regional Team.
- Manage and keep an eye on the audit team’s daily activities.
- In order to guarantee that the GAA Regional Teams perform all facets of a professional, risk-based internal audit function in accordance with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS), the Code of Ethics, the GAA Charter, and WVI’s policies and procedures, sub-regional leadership and oversight are required for the design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of the framework.
- Develop GAA’s capacity to carry out assurance and advisory reviews in a way that adds value and enhances the organization’s operations while taking the organization’s main initiatives and strategic direction into consideration.
- Establish and maintain relationships with stakeholders, facilitate communication between them, and suggest or carry out activities to accomplish changes. Assess the internal audit activity’s advocacy efforts and identify key performance indicators to gauge the activity’s effectiveness.
Encourage and guarantee high standards for advisory and assurance of quality.
- Analyze and report to the local ARCs and Regional/National Leadership via the RAD the overall results of the engagements and follow-ups carried out by the internal audit activity. Evaluate residual risk and inform Senior Management and the Board of management’s acceptance of risk.
- Suggest enhancements to the Field Office governance policies, procedures, frameworks, general control environment, risk management approach, strategic planning procedure, organizational conduct, performance management metrics, and approaches. Additionally, suggest measures to mitigate risks associated with the organization’s business processes.
- Uphold and encourage the highest ethical and compliance standards for GAA.
- Establish and continuously enhance the reporting, monitoring, and follow-up procedures for audit finding remediation.
Encourage Innovation
- Maintain a constant state of innovation and progress in the projects, soft skills, and written and verbal communication abilities of the GAA Regional Team.
CERTIFICATION, REGISTRATION, LICENSE, AND/OR EDUCATION REQUIRED.
- A suitable bachelor’s degree, preferably in finance; an MBA is preferred.
- CPA, Chartered Financial Accountant, or a similar designation.
- Internal Auditor Certification (CIA).
A PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:
- A minimum of five years of experience in internal auditing or three years of outside experience, three of which should be in management.
- A track record of establishing connections at the highest level, including with boards and executive leadership.
- Demonstrated proficiency in risk-based internal auditing.
- The capacity for strategic thought, complexity interpretation, and “systems thinking”
- Strong sense of business and comprehension of functional relationships.
- Capacity to lead and/or collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance and Operations).
- Successfully and independently guide varied teams.
- Strong dedication to quality and consistency of work, and consistently drive improvements.
- Proficient in both written and spoken English communication, with exceptional interpersonal abilities, and capable of inspiring and influencing managers at any level.
- Strong interpersonal abilities, such as the capacity to influence people at the highest levels of the organization and to listen and develop relationships.
- Outstanding proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
REQUIRED TRANSPORTATION AND/OR WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATIONS:
- Only citizens of Tanzania are eligible for this role, which will be situated in Arusha.
- Ability and desire to spend up to 40% of time traveling both domestically and abroad.
PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND/OR ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.
- Experience with audit software, embedded audit tools and techniques, and strategy implementation in INGOs, as well as cross-cultural exposure.
- Fundamental Fraud Investigation and IT Auditing (CFE is a bonus).
- Financial and trend analysis are included in data mining and analytics.
Accepted Types of Applications: Only Local Candidates
