Internal Auditor

ILRI seeks to recruit an Internal Auditor to support the Internal Audit Unit.

ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia. The outcomes of these research partnerships help people in developing countries keep their farm animals’ alive and productive, increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, find profitable markets for their animal products, and reduce the risk of livestock-related diseases.www.ilri.org

ILRI is a not-for-profit institution with a staff of about 700 and in 2015, an operating budget of about USD83 million. A member of the CGIAR Consortium working for a food-secure future, ILRI has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, a principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and offices in other countries in East, West and Southern Africa and in South, Southeast and East Asia. www.cgiar.org

Key Responsibilities

• Appraise the potential risk areas of the audit review to be included in the audit programme and based on the appraisal of internal controls and risks, determine the audit approach and prepare the audit program by describing tests to be conducted.
• Survey functions and activities in assigned audit areas to determine the nature of operations and the adequacy of internal control systems and procedures and conduct the audit in a professional manner; develop and organize the audit working papers, keeping all information confidential.
• Discuss the findings, observations, and recommendations of the draft audit report with the audit clients.
• Prepare coherent and concise audit reports on the audit findings and observations and make practical recommendations for the areas requiring improvements.
• Undertake special investigations, or other related special audit tasks upon the instructions of the Head of Internal Audit.
• Appraise the adequacy of the corrective actions taken to improve deficient conditions by following-up on past audit recommendations.
• Review and evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of management control in the operations.
• Plan and review the Institute’s administrative operations and financial activities in accordance with accepted professional standards and approved audit plan.
• Determine whether the organizational units in the Institute are performing their activities including planning, accounting, custodianship etc. and control the activities in compliance with the policies and procedures and other management instructions.
• Perform other related tasks upon the instruction of the Head of Internal Audit.

Requirements

• Business or Engineering degree (2nd class upper division or above) from a recognized university.
• Must be fully qualified CISA and CPA/ACCA.
• 5 years’ experience or more in Internal Audit, preferably in an international not for profit organization.

Terms of Appointment
This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus.  It is open to Kenyan nationals only. The position is on temporary basis for 6 months.

 Job Level

This position is job level 2D.

How to Apply

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV combined as one document addressed to the Director, people and Organisational Development explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience.  The REF: IA/IAU/07/2015 should be clearly marked on the cover letter. Only online applications will be considered, and only short listed candidates will be contacted.

All applications to be submitted online on our recruitment portal:http://ilri.simplicant.com by 30 July, 2015.