Location: London
Deadline: Tuesday, 01 October 2013
Description
Deadline: Tuesday, 01 October 2013
Description
Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
The role
The Save the Children International (SCI) Global Assurance function supports the Board of Trustees and management of the organisation by evaluating adequacy and effectiveness of the governance, risk management and control systems.
You will work closely with all members of the Global Assurance team, with a direct reporting line to one of the four Global Assurance Managers. Working on your own as well as part of a team you will carry out audits, reviews and investigations to deliver opinions on the effectiveness of the controls and risk framework operating across Save the Children International to the various stakeholders. These opinions, together with the agreed action plans resulting from your work, will contribute to the overall work of the department to provide assurance to the management and Board of SCI as well as to all Save the Children members. You will have a close working relationship with managers in country programmes and regional offices, in-country audit resources, and will be in regular contact with staff within individual Save the Children members.
Specific requirements include:
* leading on and completion of audits, reviews, investigations and other work assigned to you to agreed professional standards and stakeholder expectations, on time and within budget
- working as a team and supporting GA team members and other country office/guest auditors working on audit assignments
- production of high quality, value-adding audit reports that are clear, concise, timely and solutions-driven
- building strong relationships across the organisation and ensuring that you keep up-to-date with changes and events that have a significant impact on the risk profile of your actual or potential assignments
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Qualifications and experience
QUALIFICATIONS:- be a qualified internal auditor (IIA) or accountant;
- or alternatively have extensive experience in relevant operational areas (e.g. in programme/project management in an INGO context) and be willing to learn the appropriate audit skills
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: As a minimum you will:
- be highly accurate, detail-orientated, and able to complete multiple projects, with conflicting priorities, on a timely basis
- have been producing high quality effective written communication e.g. reports, in English
- have highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and relationship building
- have strong results-orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind sets
- be willing to undertake high amount of travel overseas (70%) and work with minimum supervision under difficult conditions in some of the most underdeveloped, insecure and remote parts of the world
- have a strong cultural awareness and be able to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- be able to demonstrate standards of ethics and integrity
- be committed to Save the Children values
We expect applications from internal auditors to:
- have experience of risk-based auditing
- have a track record of leading a small team for specific short-term audit or other work assignments and delivering high quality timely results
- have experience of evaluating systems and processes, identifying weaknesses and areas of improvements
We expect applications from operational staff to:
- show extensive experience in relevant operational areas (e.g. in programme/project management in an INGO context) and be willing to learn the appropriate audit skills
It would be advantageous if you:
- have INGO experience or have worked in a commercial/public sector international organisation
- have some experience of grant requirements of major donors such as USAID, EC/ECHO, DfID and the UN
- have a financial analysis aptitude
- have some experience of Agresso financial software
- have some experience of IT audit
- have some counter fraud experience
- are able to look at the bigger picture when assessing organisational performance and risk
- are proficient in a second core language of Save the Children (French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic)
This role will be based in London with 70% travel overseas. The role can be offered as a permanent role or a one year fixed term contract.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
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