Internal Auditor

Responsibilities

• Conduct audits across the organization either by him/herself or as part of a team.
• Prepare and participate in preparations for risk-based audit plans and programmes in accordance with IOM standards.
• Document, evaluate and test systems and controls to determine their adequacy and effectiveness to ensure:
• compliance with policies and procedures;
• accomplishment of management’s objectives;
• reliability and integrity of information;
• economic use of resources; and,
• safeguarding of assets.
• Prepare working papers for review by the Auditor in charge or the Head of Internal Audit.
• Develop and discuss findings; come to agreement on recommendations and timelines for corrective actions with responsible officers of audited operations and monitor the implementation status of agreed recommendations.
• Prepare audit reports for the entire assignment or portion of assignment.
• Identify appropriate audit tools, best practices and identify/perform duties and responsibilities aimed at ensuring that the audit/assignments are conducted in accordance with IIA standards.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Master’s degree from an accredited academic institution, in business administration, accounting, finance, audit or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or,
• University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
• Professional certification from a recognized accreditation body such as (Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA) is desirable.

Experience

• Experience in audit,finance, accounting or a combination thereof.