Apply: AfDB Senior Internal Auditor

Deadline: 18 April, 2021

Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast

African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking to fill the role of Senior Internal Auditor.

AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs).

Responsibilities

  • Conduct audits of highly diversified bank-wide activities or operations relating to the financial, administrative, and operational functions of the bank
  • Plan audits and determine the audit objectives, scope, criteria, methodology to be used, as well as staff and budget resources required to ensure the audit adequately covers the selected area of the bank’s operations, activities, systems, and controls
  • Decide on the applicable audit approach and techniques to facilitate the conduct of the audit and prepare the planning memorandum for the arrival of manager and auditor general
  • Prepare audit programme or modify existing ones (if any), ensuring a systematic approach to the audit and ensure the scope of the audit is covered adequately
  • Conduct fieldwork by collecting data, documents, and information, testing and analysing such information, identifying weaknesses, causes and effects of variances, errors, non-compliance with rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc. with a strong focus on using data analytics and analytical tools
  • As may be applicable, supervise and review the work performed by audit assistants and/or consultants to ensure objectives are achieved, working papers adequately support findings, conclusions, and recommendations, and the report is accurate, objective, clear, concise, constructive, and timely
  • Lead or participate in audit missions to member countries’ organisations, project executing agencies, and sites
  • Advise on compliance with bank rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to improve project implementation
  • Prepare the Preliminary Audit Report containing observations, conclusions, and recommendations to tighten controls
  • Prepare the Final Internal Audit Report after incorporating the comments of the auditee departments under the supervision of the manager for transmission to the auditor general
  • Monitor the implementation of audit recommendations to ensure the weaknesses observed are corrected and do not recur
  • Give advice to other departments and committees on matters relating to internal control, audit of bank projects, procedures, financial management, operational issues to facilitate their decision-making process
  • Propose and prepare broad audit guidelines, audit manuals, procedures, and standards for internal audit activities, ensuring consistency of audit approach, independence, objectivity, professional proficiency, and due care
  • As may be required, participate in the external quality assurance reviews usually conducted by external auditors or institute of external auditors or internal audit department of a multilateral development bank
  • Train, direct and counsel less-experienced internal auditors in the performance of audit assignments to ensure compliance with audit procedures, proficiency and time schedules
  • Participate in the preparation of the department’s statutory reports like the annual activity report and annual work programme
  • Participate/carry out knowledge management activities within and outside of the department
  • Provide technical updates to the audit team on new developments

Requirements

  • Master’s degree, minimum, in Audit, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, preferably combined with an internationally recognised professional Accounting/Auditing qualification
  • Five years, minimum, of auditing experience in an internationally recognised professional accounting firm or an international financial institution
  • Knowledge and auditing experience of private and public sector operations, financial instruments, and information systems
  • Good interpersonal, supervisory, communication and analytical skills
  • Demonstrated capacity to influence and inspire team members
  • Ability to deal with sensitive issues in a multi-cultural environment and to build effective working relations with colleagues
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while ensuring quality and exceeding client expectations
  • Ability to apply international audit standards to deliver quality audit report in line with the bank’s strategy needs/situation
  • Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French
  • Proficiency in use of computer-aided audit tools like ACL, Pentana, TeamMate, etc
  • Experience in the use of data analytical tools will be a plus

To apply and for more information, click here.

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