Director Internal Audit at County Government of Tana River

Duties and responsibilities: - 

• The Director, Internal Audit will be responsible to the Governor for management and coordination of the Internal Audit Function at the County.
• Specific duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 
• Overseeing implementation of internal Audit policies, strategies, standards and procedures at the County;
• Ascertaining the County’s level of compliance with the relevant Internal Audit statutes and other government regulations and guidelines; 
• Facilitating quality assurance and special audits; 
• Providing technical advice on internal audit matters; 
• Coordinating execution of investigation, forensic audit and other special assignments;
• Overseeing evaluation of the effectiveness of risk management mechanisms, controls and governance processes of the County and recommending improvements;
• Coordinating development and review of audit techniques, guidelines, systems and processes; 
• Identifying and profiling various risks inherent in specific audit assignments;
• Overseeing preparation of reports on audit findings and making appropriate recommendations; 
• Preparing detailed, understandable and cross referenced work papers to evidence work done and for future references, in compliance with standards for professional practice in internal audit;
• Executing audit activities to ensure reliability and integrity of information and effective use of the County resources and compliance with contracts, standards and policies; 
• Overseeing monitoring and evaluation of implementation of internal audit recommendations; 
• Coordinating preparation and presentation of reports on audit findings and recommendations to the Internal Audit Committee; 
• Coordinating preparation of periodic internal audit reports; 
• Coordinating designing and implementing of training programmes for internal audit staff and members of the audit committee; 
• Overseeing preparation of strategic plans and budgets; 
• Ensuring prudent utilization of resources; 
• Building capacity and managing performance of the directorate; and
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities that shall be assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Requirements for appointment:-
For appointment to this grade an officer must have:

• Served in the grade of Deputy Director, Internal Audit for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting option) from a recognized institution or any other relevant equivalent qualification;
• Master’s Degree in any of the following fields:- Auditing and Consultancy, Business 
• Administration, Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Project Management, Strategic 
• Management, Risk Management or its equivalent from a recognized institution will be an added advantage;
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountants of Kenya CPA (K) its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Membership to any of the following recognized professional bodies: of either CIA, ICPAK, ACFE, ISACA or any other professional recognized body;
• Certificate in computer applications skills;
• Certificate in any of the following: Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP), 
• Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Financial 
• Services Auditor (CFSA) or Forensic Auditing from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Demonstrated high degree of professional competence and administrative capability 
• required for the effective planning and coordination of the Internal Audit Function; and
• understanding of national goals, policies and objectives and ability to relate them to the Internal Audit Function and aspirations of Vision 2030