Senior Compliance Officer at Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria

Position Overview

• The position entails regular financial and programmatic review visits to the sub-recipients’ offices.
• It involves routine visits to close out prior findings before the subsequent quarterly visits and supervisory visits to implementing sites to review supplies, consumables, commodities and other provisions made available for program implementation.
• It requires quarterly or bi-annual visits to IHVN regional offices for financial review. 

Description and objectives:

• Under the supervision of the Manager, Internal Audit and Compliance, the Senior Compliance Officer will lead the audit team’s visits to the SRs for quarterly financial and programmatic reviews.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the audit team visiting for financial and programmatic review
• Lead the preliminary and desk review before the visit
• Coordinate the report writing process
• Submit reports to the Manager on agreed terms and conditions
• Carry out a follow-up review
• Develop a tracker on every review and ensure every finding is closed

Required competencies

Core requirements:

• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring ability.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with people of different backgrounds.
• Report writing skills
• Understanding of GF requirements, rules, policies and procedures
• Strong audit background in non-governmental organizations
• Ability to guide and train internal audit staff

• Education and Experience:

Academic training:

• Must possess a degree or HND in accounting or social sciences
• Possession of Postgraduate qualification/Masters will be an added advantage
• Membership of a professional body is a must- ICAN or ACCA
• At least 3-5 cognate experience in audit and NGO is a must
• Experience in GF and non-GF grants is a must.
• Willingness to be transferred to any other locations should be considered.