Job Details Role Requirements Role Requirement 1 Verification Checks and/or Audits Conduct routine verification and/or audit checks on a wide variety of Pobal funded organisations to ensure programme funding is spent for the purposes intended.
Evaluate the accounting systems of Pobal funded organisations, to ensure transparent audit trail between expenditure returns submitted and financial records maintained.
Assess annual financial statements and other returns submitted to the Companies Registration Office Check adherence to key programme rules e.g.
Maintain knowledge of key Government requirements to the management of grant aid, including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 13/2014.
Role Requirement 2 Reporting Prepare reports which include findings, conclusions, and recommendations in a timely manner Maintain logs of ineligible expenditure identified, debtor schedules, etc.
and provide inputs to reports for Government departments and other stakeholders such as the C&AG Attend meetings with other Pobal directorates, Pobal funded organisations and Government departments.
Communicate and follow-up with external organisations as appropriate in a professional and timely manner Proactively take responsibility for own workload, ensuring all requisite follow-ups with external parties are issued in a timely manner, facilitating an efficient audit/verification process.
Communicate and follow up any internal issues arising from the verification/audit process, including adjustments to expenditure reports and matters relevant to funding applications.
Role Requirement 3 Promoting a Collaborative Work Culture Proactively contribute to team meetings in the interest of promoting shared learning and best practice.
Provide assistance to management in developing/updating procedures, processes, checklists and reporting templates Liaise with management on a regular basis on patterns of findings that may help inform programme development going forward.
Assist in the development/testing of any relevant IT platforms to be used by the audit team Engage in Pobal's performance management process and continuous professional development.
Role Requirement 4 Promoting Best Practice in Governance Standards / Training Knowledge of key Government requirements to the management of grant aid, including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 13/2014 is a key requirement.
Knowledge of key legislative and regulatory requirements as they relate to Pobal funded organisations, for example, charity law, company law, GDPR and Revenue requirements.
publications from the Charities Regulatory Authority and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Develop training materials and deliver training to Pobal funded organisations and internal colleagues, as required.
Previous experience of conducting in-depth financial reviews or audits, for example, forensic accounting, collation of data based on incomplete records, etc.
Knowledge of Pobal funded programmes.
Applications from other candidates with good academic backgrounds plus relevant auditing experience and / or forensic accounting may also be considered.
Full driving licence and provision of car for business purposes for travel primarily within the Republic of Ireland and on occasion within the island of Ireland.
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