Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.
We are recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Internal Control and Compliance Manager
Job Identification: 1880
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Job Type: Full time
Job Category: Finance
Contract Length: Open Ended
Team/Programme: Internal Control And Compliance
Grade: 2
Child Safeguarding
- Level 3: The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people.
Scope Of Role
- Reports To: Head, IC&C
- Matrix Report to: Country Director
- Dimensions: Save the Children operates currently through 12 project office bases (Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa and Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa Lagos, Oyo and Kogi. SC Nigeria has over 500 staff and a high number of local Implementing partners both on development and humanitarian programmes. SC Nigeria has about 34 active awards, currently with about $52m pa. This IC&C Manager is to objectively collaborate with staff in all locations, programmes and functions towards the achievement of the overall organisational goal.
- Staff directly reporting to this post: Two (2) Internal Audit & Control Specialists
- Staff Working Closely with: Members of the Extended Senior Management Team (ESMT), Field/Project office leads, CO Head of Units (in particular the Head of the Awards, Finance & Operations sections), Budget Holders, Save the Children Member staff (as applicable), SCI Global Assurance department and the Regional Fraud Focal Point (RFFP).
Key Areas of Accountability
- In coordination with the Head of IC&C, conduct regular in-country risk assessments (incl. Fraud and FOs Internal Control adequacy) coordinate the update of CO risk management register in collaboration with the Programme Operations, Ext. Senior Management Team (ESMT), programme managers, field/project office leads and follow up on implementation of indicated risk mitigation measures.
- Manage all fraud investigations documentation, reporting and provide regular updates to the Head, IC&C internally and into DATIX (including queries from Regional and Centre Fraud team).
- Serve as the CO fraud focal point, providing necessary guidance and coordination to in-house investigators and ensuring all investigation report/ recommendations are reviewed for completion and share with the Head of IC&C for CD’s final approval prior submission onto Datix.
- In coordination with the Head of IC&C, ensure adequate investigation capacity is in place and regular capacity building session is provided for existing in-country trained capacities.
- Collaborate with Programme development and Awards unit when developing high-risk awards to risk culture is incorporated.
- In conjunction with the team, prepare and review annual internal audit work plan and processes, including but not limited to the design and implementation of various tools to conduct internal audits, investigation, compliance audit and spot-checks.
- Lead, plan, coordinate audit reviews, ensure reports meets a high standard and follow up with action owners and relevant SMT managers on implementation of recommendations from internal reviews and other compliance action.
- Follow up with Unit heads/BHs to ensure timely response to Global Assurance audit requirements and recommendation and update provide regular update to the Head of IC&C.
- Deliver training as required to reinforce risk mitigation, fraud awareness/prevention and internal control and compliance awareness for SCI staff and other stakeholders with meeting log frame results.
- Conduct internal controls compliance review on Save the Children CO units and across Field/Projects offices (incl. Programmes/Operations, Humanitarian & Development). Issues of non-compliance identified discussed with related unit team with agreed recommendations and closure timelines tracked for follow-up to ensure early implementation.
- Flag significant internal control weaknesses/compliance issues to the Head, IC&C and Extended Senior Management Team (as applicable) and provide required support in reinforcing the identified weak controls through recommendations implementation monitoring.
- Conduct sample-based compliance review on Implementing partners (IP), assess processes (organisation and donor regulations), raise issues observed with the relevant Program & Award managers, build the partner’s capacity by discussing issues observed/implications, share report detailing improvement recommendations with the IP’s management &SCI Awards Mgt. team for implementation.
- Provide necessary support to ensure successful completion of external audits (statutory /donor audits).
- Supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring of Internal Audit & Control specialists.
- Deliver on any other responsibility that may be requested or delegated by your Supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Qualified internal auditor or compliance manager (Graduate of Finance, Accounting or a related Business field with professional qualification-ACA, ACCA, CPA or CIA).
- Minimum of 8 years working experience with 3 years+ related work experience with a not-for-profit organization in related capacity.
- Experience in Investigation planning/execution/documentation and risk-based auditing.
- Be highly accurate, detail-orientated, and able to complete multiple projects, with conflicting priorities, on a timely basis.
- Excellent report English writing skills.
- Ability to speak Hausa will be a plus.
- Proven interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and relationship building.
- Willingness to undertake high amount of travel within the SCI Nigeria field locations (40%) and work with minimum supervision under difficult conditions in some of the most underdeveloped, insecure and remote parts of NIGERIA.
- Strong cultural awareness and be able to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Demonstrate standards of ethics and integrity.
- Commitment to Save the Children values.
Desirable:
- INGO experience or have worked in a commercial/public sector international organization.
- Familiarity with grant requirements of major donors such as USAID, EC/ECHO, FCDO/DfID and the UN.
- Good financial analysis aptitude.
- Experience of Agresso Account Payable financial software, Source to Pay or other ERP software.
- Experience of audit.
- Counter fraud experience.
- Ability to look at the bigger picture when assessing organisational performance and risk
Behaviours (Values in Practice):
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
- Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
- Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Deadline: 30th June, 2023 at 08:54 AM.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Audit & Compliance Officer
Job Identification: 1913
Locations: Abuja, Jigawa, Yobe & Adamawa
Job Type: Full time
Job Category: Finance
Contract Length: One (1) Year Renewable
Team/Programme: Risk and Compliance
Grade: Officers
Child Safeguarding
- Level 3: The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the policies/checking/vetting process staff.
Role Purpose
- Reporting directly to the CO Internal Control & Compliance Manager (ICC), The Compliance Officer is accountable of conducting investigations of allegations involving fraud, waste, abuse, corruption, beneficiary exploitation and abuse, and other misconduct.
- In this role, he/she will support SCI programs to ensure continued vigilance with regard to the risks associated with violations of SCI’s Code of Professional Conduct and Policies, law/regulations and the further development of complaints mechanisms and investigation capacity.
- He/She will additionally collaborate with other SCI functional areas and programs to support our partners, sub-grantees, and other agencies in encouraging a work environment that minimizes the potential for fraud & misconduct.
- He/She will also be responsible for conducting internal control compliance checks as may be required.
- He/she will collaborate with teams across the country programme, the SCI Regional Office, Global Assurance and Centre for relevant areas.
Scope of Role
- Reports to: Internal Control & Compliance Manager
- Matrix Report: Head of Internal Control & Compliance
Key Areas of Accountability
- Undertake investigations of alleged fraud, corruption and other violations of fraud and anti-bribery policy with objectivity, impartiality, and fairness throughout the investigative process and in accordance with generally recognized international investigative standards and SCI guidelines.
- Prioritizes, plans and implements investigative work in consultation with the Internal Control & Compliance Manager (ICCM), develops terms of reference (TOR) and investigative plans, and maintains records of all complaints and allegations of fraud and corruption from both internal and external sources.
- On a timely basis, prepares high quality investigative work products, including Investigation TOR’s, preliminary inquiry reports, work plans, reports of investigation and case closing memoranda, that analyse and clearly present the information collected, are consistent with applicable policies and procedures, and require minimal revision.
- Formulate investigation plans, review, and analyse all information to determine its relevance and reliability, conduct interviews of staff and other parties, record interviews, acquire and analyse potential documentary and electronic evidence, conduct investigative research, prepare draft investigation reports, and present investigative results in a clear written form.
- Prepare reports and ad hoc briefs pertaining to investigations in coordination with the ICC and others as appropriate.
- Prepare recommendations for corrective actions and improved controls and effectiveness or efficiency of SCI operations.
- Deliver investigation training, remotely and in person, to CO staff supporting investigations.
- Participate in developing and revising compliance-related best practices and lessons learned from investigative work.
- Conduct reviews/ spot checks on SCI policies and donor requirement compliance in finance, Human resources, administrative, award, procurement, logistics, operations, programme etc. (both at the Country and field office levels) in line with internal control and compliance risk base annual work plan.
- Keeps the ICC Manager informed on the status of implementation of corrective actions by management.
- Contribute into the development of the CO Annual Internal Control Work plan and other unit related activities.
- Ensures that lessons learned are considered and incorporated into procedures and policies and participates in fraud/Aid Diversion/Anti-terrorism financing -awareness and other training programmes.
- Contributes to the ongoing development of professional practices within ICC/Fraud Function, including exchange of experience with team members and external counterparts.
- Performs other duties as required by the ICCM/HICCM.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree required in Business, Finance, Accounting, Law, International Relations, Criminal Justice or related field. Fraud management related certification (e.g. CFE) is a plus.
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience (with a minimum of 1 years spent working at NGO will be a plus)
- Experience in the non-profit, NGO sectors or grant-supported organizations, regional and international organizations, or the inspector general function within a large government organization a plus
- Experience conducting fraud, collusion, corruption, vendor and supplier collusion, safeguarding and other types of investigations in challenging environments.
- Experience working with investigation teams in remote locations and insecure environments.
- Experience examining forensic, financial and electronic evidence.
- Extensive experience conducting interviews of witnesses and subjects in multicultural environment.
- Experience in fraud awareness and case investigation management.
- Computer fluency; highly competent using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Ability to speak and understand Hausa language is a plus.
- Candidate from the States indicated above will be preferred.
Skills and Behaviours (Our Values In Practice):
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
- Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
- Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence.
- Displays consistent excellent judgement and maintain confidentiality.
Deadline: 30th June, 2023 at 09:12 AM.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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