Internal Auditor at Northern Rangelands Trust

Job Description

Purpose of the Position

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and with a close working relationship with all other departments, the Internal Auditor will be responsible in developing and overseeing audit strategies, audit plans and programmes.

We invite applications from highly motivated professional, with extensive experience in operational auditing as well as risk based approach to reviews. An individual with experience in project management and a professional qualified Accountant. The successful candidate should have excellent numeracy, computer and financial skills/knowledge and experience working in the not-for-profit sector.

It is expected that the Internal Auditor will undertake audits within a challenging environment. This includes leading in the design and delivery of new audit initiatives as well as on high level, strategic and complex audits. Secondly, the individual will also provide significant input to the design and delivery of ongoing risk management and control initiatives. These will be designed and delivered in accordance with the agreed internal auditing standards. This includes taking a leading role in contributing to the development of new and improved audit processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop audit strategies, audit plans and programmes
• Ensure all audits are planned and conducted in accordance with professional standards
• Undertake the design and delivery of new audit initiatives
• Develop professional and constructive working relationships with key managers including senior level be able to challenge when necessary
• Provide advice, guidance and support on risk and control issues to a wide range of staff at different levels of the organization
• Produce quality reports for senior management and Trustees
• Ensure responses to reports are received, reviewed and actioned
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  Take a leading role in the development of new/amended audit programs, specific innovative ways of working and new ideas for reviewing risk and control issues
• Monitoring the implementation of internal audit, external audit and donor review recommendations.

Qualifications: Education /Knowledge/ Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration or accounting and a professionally qualified CIA / CPA / ACCA
• Five (5) years relevant post qualification experience
• Professionally qualified auditor/accountant
• Experience of working with people from diverse backgrounds, demonstrating respect for, and understanding of, cultural differences
• Member of a related professional body
• Experience of project management activities in the NGO sector
• Demonstrates tenacity and diplomacy
• Ability to use imagination and creativity to generate alternative ways of working and achieve results
• Experience in operational auditing & risk based approach to reviews
• Excellent numeracy, computer and financial skills
• Highly developed analytical skills
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of accounting systems
• Ability to work in challenging environments and deliver on tight deadlines
• Excellent negotiating and high level influencing skills and the ability to challenge at a senior level when necessary
• Excellent self-awareness with an understanding of impact of behaviour on others
• Strong team player
• Ability to communicate with a wide variety of people, including those from different cultures
• Ability to take initiative and work independently
• Adaptable and flexibly resilience to respond to changes
• Ability to travel as required (approx. 30-40% of year in total)
• Ability to work and relate to NRT staff, volunteers and project partners