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• Ensure that all MSH Uganda financial and operational activities are
  in compliance with Ugandan law (tax laws, CSA laws and government pension
  agency laws), donor rules and regulations, and MSH policies and standards.
  Develops an annual customized compliance monitoring plan, including
  evaluation tools, standards, ethical considerations, and schedule to
  evaluate all COMU functions, including all COMU or remote staff/office
  locations, and to revisit sites needing extra attention.
• Develops compliance framework for the MSH country office; including
  compliance checklists for the various business processes, transaction
  classes, country laws governing NGO operations, and specific donor
  requirements.
• Periodically reviews and updates the compliance monitoring checklist
  and other tools to stay current with MSH procedures and policies.
• Examines the effectiveness of internal controls and compliance
  within MSH (country policy framework and identifies gaps in procedures and
  controls systems and provides recommendations to the Country Leadership
  Team for strengthening them.
• Follows-up on recommendations to ensure they have been implemented
  and adhered to.
• Tests internal controls, targeting high risk areas, including
  workshops, vehicle usage, inventory control and cash advance management,
  payroll and Fleet Management.
• Documents internal control weaknesses and compliance deviations and
  their impact, and makes recommendations to address these weaknesses.
• Identifies gaps in knowledge and skills and provides recommendations
  for training.
• May be requested to provide training directly to staff.
• Prepares detailed reports of each compliance review and other task
  assignments, with prioritized findings and recommendations.

• The applicants for the Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
  Compliance Officer job placement must hold a Bachelor’s degree in
  Accounting or business management, or related area. Advanced degree;
  Professional certification in Accounting; Internal Audit; and Fraud
  Examination is preferred.
• Six or more years of experience in compliance, risk management or
  audit required
• Knowledge and skills; Extensive familiarity of U.S Government grant
  rules and regulations (USAID, CDC,) or other donor rules and regulations
  (E.U) required. Experience in international development programs
  preferred. Excellent planning, management, and organizational skills.
  Proven leadership and interpersonal skill. Professional proficiency in
  English required
• Core job competencies:
• Navigating the Environment: Perspective, Dealing with ambiguity,
  Organizational Agility, Political Savvy and Strategic Agility
• Ensuring Delivery of Results: Functional/Technical skills, Client
  Focus, Managing through systems, Managing and Measuring work,
  Negotiating, Information Sharing, Process Management, Priority Setting,
  Problem Solving and Timely Decision Making

• Core Personal Competencies: Ethics and Values, Integrity and Trust,
  Listening, Written Communication

• Core MSH competencies: Adaptability, Communication, Problem
  Solving, Creativity and Innovation, Quality, Quality and Timeliness of
  Work, Quality of work and Team Relationships, Resource Utilization
• Travel requirements: Availability to travel domestically and
  internationally as needed.

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