Internal Audit Manager

CARE is a leading global humanitarian and development organization. In Pakistan, CARE started its operations in 2005 and since then has supported the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to reduce poverty and suffering of the people affected by disasters. CARE’s programs focus on helping Pakistan achieve its Sustainable Development Goals especially in the areas of Health, Education, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR). Since starting operations in Pakistan, CARE has responded with life-saving support to a series of large-scale disasters. Through emergency programs, CARE International in Pakistan (CIP) has provided relief, recovery and rehabilitation support to millions of Pakistanis affected by disastrous floods, earthquakes and displacement. CIP works through its local partners and a range of stakeholders for development, as well as emergency response related interventions, which makes collaboration a key component of its work, across the country. We are a nationally inclusive organization that strives to support the most vulnerable communities all over Pakistan, with particular attention to women and girls and youth.

Summary of Key Functions: 

Internal Audit Manager is responsible for providing independent, objective assurance and consulting activities designed to add value and improve the operations of CARE International in Pakistan. S/He helps CARE Pakistan accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, compliance, control and governance processes. S/He has to conduct independent appraisals and address reports, which consist of findings, identified weaknesses, recommendations for off-setting or eliminating those weaknesses to the Country Director to ensure that appropriate action is taken. S/He will follow up on action planning and ensure that recommendations form the review process are addressed in a timely manner and if necessary appropriate trainings are provided to the relevant staff.

Summary of key functions:

• Effectiveness and efficiencies of the operation.
• Compliances with rules and regulations
• Reliable financial reports and management
• Safeguarding of CARE’s Assets and property

1. I.      Duties & Responsibilities:  95% of the time

• Maintaining knowledge of laws and regulations, keeping abreast of changes. 
• Developing the annual audit and compliance work plan that reflect the highest risks that will be monitored and conducting annual risk assessment using wide approach of the organization.
• Providing guidance to senior management, staff, and employees on compliance of CARE and donor policies and local laws.
• Overseeing and monitoring the implementation of the compliance program
• Developing policies and programs that encourage managers and employees to report suspected fraud and other improprieties without of fear of retaliation.
• Reporting on a regular basis on the progress of implementation and establishing methods to improve efficiency and quality of services, and to reduce the vulnerability to fraud, abuses and waste.
• Developing, coordinating, and participating in a multifaceted education and training program that focusses on the elements of the compliances program, and seeks to ensure that all appropriate employees and management are knowledgeable of, and comply with, pertinent organization standards.
• Developing materials at an institutional level for distribution to all employees to enhance awareness of compliance activities.
• Coordinating internal compliance review and monitoring activities, including periodic reviews of departments.
•  Monitor external audit review processes maintains awareness of compliance issues or audit.
• Coordinating internal auditing activities and plans internally.
• Ensure that internal audit resources are appropriate, sufficient and effectively deployed achieve the internal audit plan approved by the Country Director.
• Ensure the timely completion of internal audit engagement.
• Ensure that reports on internal auditing engagements are provided to the Country Director.
• Provide holistic opinion on the effectiveness and adequacy of risk management, control, and governance processes.
• Ensure the risk assessment is done on annual basis.
• Establish risk-based audit plans to set out the priorities of the internal audit functions, consisting with the organization organizational functions.       
• Conduct spot checks on quarterly basis or as necessary
• Conduct visit to local partners and review program and finance data in relations to sub award agreement, donor compliance and local laws. Identify and report to Country Director issues if any
• Conduct quarterly review of key functions such as finance, HR, procurement, Admin, MEAL, Programs and others.
• Review ROAR and develop action plan with ACD-P and ACD-PS to mitigate risks identified in ROAR
• Any other duty assigned

Any other task as assigned by the supervisor: 05% of the time

• Any other tasks or responsibilities based on organizational and programming need as assigned by Line Manager.
• Safety and Security is everyone’s responsibility within CI through full compliance and accountability (as per Principle of the CARE International Safety & Security Principles).

1. II.     Job Specifications:

Education: CA finalist, ACCA, a postgraduate degree or equivalent qualification (Economy, Finance, Accounting and Management)

Work Experience: 5 years’ experience with Category “A” Audit firm or 7 years’ experience in Internal Auditing and Managing with International NGO or similar nature organization.

1. III.   Competence: 

• Professional ethics: Promotes and applies professional ethics
• Internal audit management: Develops and manages the internal audit function
• IPPF: Applies the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
• Governance, risk and control: Applies a thorough understanding of governance, risk, and control appropriate to the organization
• Business acumen: Maintains expertise of the business environment, and specific organizational factors and practices.
• Communication: Communicates with impact
• Persuasion and collaboration: Persuades and motivates others through collaboration and cooperation
• Critical thinking: Applies process analysis, business intelligence, and problem solving techniques
• Internal audit delivery: Delivers internal audit engagements
• Improvement and innovation: Embraces change and drives improvement and innovation

A)     General Competencies:

• Problem identification and solution skills
• Ability to promote value of internal audit
• Organization regulatory and standards changes
• Organization skills
• Conflict resolution / negotiation skills
• Staff training and development
• Accounting framework tools and techniques
• Change management skills
• IT/ICT frameworks tools and techniques

B)     Behavioral skills

• Change catalyst
• Facilitation
• Influence ability to persuade
• Staff management
• Team building/creating group synergy
• Relationship building bonds
• Work independently
• Team player
• collaboration/cooperation
• Leadership
• Judgement
• Governance and ethics sensitivity (integrity)
• Work well with all levels of management
• Communication sending clear messages, listening
• Objectivity
• Confidentiality

C)     Technical skills:

• Statistical sampling
• Financial analysis tools and techniques
• Negotiating
• Data collection and analysis tools and techniques
• Problem solving tools and techniques
• Identifying types of controls (preventative, detective)
• Governance, risk and control tools and techniques
• Risk analysis and control assessment techniques
• Understanding business

Skills and Experience:

This position holder is expected to have:

• Effective written and oral communication skill in English
• Ability to work within a team with colleagues from a wide range of professional backgrounds and contribute to the development of team culture and the achievement of common objectives
• Ability to work without supervision and organize own workload and manage time effectively
• Ability to communicate control issues to managers
• Ability to use and maintain competence in computer literacy, including work processing, spreadsheets and internet
• Ability to take direct management responsibility for the full range of management duties including leading and motivating staff
• Ability to work under pressure, within agreed targets and timescales and delivery quality outcomes
• Ability to promote positively and present internal audit to new and existing staffs
• Ability to give clear advice, at an operational and strategic level, to members and seniors and other relevant external parties/organizations e.g. external audit

Languages Skills: Fluency in written and spoken English and Urdu languages

1. IV.   Key relations:  Country Director, ACD-P, ACD-PS, ARMU, internal auditors from other country offices, CARE USA Internal Audit Department, External Auditors, Donors and Government if required.        
2. V.    Duty Locations:  The position is based in Islamabad, but will require 50% of travel to field including visit to sub-offices/site offices of CARE and its partners when required.

CARE International in Pakistan is an equal opportunity employer; only individuals who are shortlisted will be contacted for an interview. CARE has a zero-tolerance approach toward sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse.

Note: Individuals can apply using Brightspyre or send their resumes directly to [email protected] clearly mentioning the position title in the subject line of the email, before the stated deadline. Please share your current as well as salary expectation along with the CV.