Job Description
**Internal Audit Manager** **Job Summary:** Concern is seeking an experienced Internal Audit Manager to lead the development and implementation of a best practice, risk-based internal audit program, ensuring the effective management of financial, physical, and information resources. **About Concern:** Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organization dedicated to reducing suffering and eliminating extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries. Our vision is a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression. **Role Purpose:** The Internal Audit Manager will appraise the effectiveness of policies, procedures, and standards by which the organization's financial, physical, and information resources are managed. The role holder will add value by acting as a facilitator in business risk management and other reviews, assisting the management and trustees in the effective discharge of their responsibilities. **Key Responsibilities:** * Develop and implement a best practice, risk-based internal audit program covering Concern's program operations in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, as well as activities carried out by Concern Worldwide in Ireland, UK, South Korea, and the USA. * Manage the internal audit function, including completion of assigned audits, ensuring staff and volunteers adequately plan, control, and record their work, and reviewing reports. * Work closely with entities being audited and relevant line managers to ensure they understand audit issues and findings, improvement commitments are made, and implementation is monitored. * Brief the Senior Management Team and the Audit & Risk Committee on audit findings and lead the investigation of assigned frauds reported within the organization. * Maintain the register of frauds and provide Country Management Teams with lessons learned on how to detect and prevent such frauds in their own country of operations. * Conduct reviews or tasks requested by the Directors, the Audit and Risk Committee, Chief Executive, or Chief Operations Officer, ensuring independence and objectivity of the internal audit function. * Oversee and manage Regional Internal Auditors in the delivery of their work and their professional development. * Accept, advance, and pursue new objectives or responsibilities assigned by the Head of IAI. **Requirements:** * Degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or a related field. * Five years progressively responsible experience in performance auditing in one or more of the following fields: Financial/Operational Auditing; External/Statutory Auditing or Investigations; Information Systems Auditing. * Member of a recognized body of accountants and/or the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors. * Thorough understanding of principles and application of good corporate governance, business and operational risk, and control processes and procedures. * Thorough knowledge of audit procedures, including risk-driven audit planning techniques and methods used to examine, verify, and analyze business and financial operations, information, records, statements, and reports. * Fluent spoken and written English and excellent communication skills. * Ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate facts, and prepare and present concise oral and written reports. * Strong IT skills and good working knowledge of Excel and Word. * Ability to motivate staff through proper direction and counseling. * Excellent organizational and planning skills, as well as analytical and problem-solving skills. * Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines. * Flexibility to deal with unexpected issues. * Cross-cultural awareness and empathy with organizational goals. * Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships throughout the organization. * Commitment and interest in Concern's vision and mission. **Desirable:** * Fluency in French or Arabic would be highly advantageous. * Experience working in overseas/multi-cultural environments. * Previous experience in the non-profit, NGO sector, regional or international organizations. * Experience in conducting investigations and/or training. * Competencies: Focusing on the most marginalised people, Managing risk, Making decisions, Leading by example, Motivating and developing, Communicating and influencing, Leading change, Driving performance, Removing barriers to delivery.