World Vision Careers – Audit Manager

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Job Title:         Audit Manager
Organisation: World
Vision Uganda
Reports
to:  National
Director and the Board
Duty Station:          Kampala,
Uganda
About WVU:
World Vision Uganda is a
Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization
dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome
poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 40 districts in Uganda. World
Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people
whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is
conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks,
including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child,
Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”
Job Summary: The Audit
Manager offers leadership to the Internal Audit Department of World Vision
Uganda in implementing an independent management appraisal system on the organization’s
financial and operations transactions to ensure compliance with WV policies and
procedures and generally acceptable audit standards.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Planning:
  • Develop audit
    plans for World Vision office based on risk assessments and communicate
    the audit dates, as appropriate to management. 
2. Management of the audit function: 
  • Manage the
    audit programs and work practices 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.
3. Risk management:
  • Advise management on the formulation of risk
    management strategies and policies in all operations areas of the
    organization
 4. Quality assurance: Review office financial systems and report on
compliance with the WVI financial policies and Generally Accepted Accounting
principles and practices.
5. Report Writing:
  • Review work papers before reports are issued
    and issue reports of audit results from internal audits and special
    investigations carried out by the internal audit function
  • 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.
 6. Staff supervision and management:
  • Provide direction and support to audit team
  • Ensure
    effective implementation of performance management processes within the
    audit team
  • Develop a
    system to ensure that quality of work done by the internal auditors is regularly
    reviewed and appraised and corrective action taken where necessary.
  • Supervise
    internal auditors as they conduct performance and procedural audit of all
    office functions and projects and, when necessary participate in such
    audits to provide field audit leadership and appraisals.
 Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
  • The applicant
    should hold a     university
    degree majoring in Accounting or related or  full Professional
    accounting qualifications such ACCA, CPA or other internationally
    recognized accounting qualifications
  •  Prior auditing experience of at
    least five years in a recognized organization. Two of these should be at a
    supervisory level.
  • Experience in public accounting will be
    an added advantage.
  • Computer literate with excellent working
    knowledge of computerized accounting systems. Knowledge of Sun Systems and
    vision excel is essential
  • Possess additional certification in
    management of United States Government funded projects
How to Apply: 
All suitably qualified
candidates must send their applications with complete Curriculum Vitae, via
email to: wvujobs@wvi.org.  Please address the application to the
People and Culture Specialist (Recruitment) and do indicate the post title in
the email subject line.
NB: Qualified
female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 13th September, 2013.  
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