Audit Officer

Job Title: Audit Officer

Reporting to: Audit Manager

Start date: 1/1/2023

Location: London, United Kingdom London (Hybrid)

Type of Contract: Permanent

LoE: Full time

Salary range: Band C1 (£35,813)

Works closely with: Audit Manager, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Finance, and Audit Departments, Key members of the IEU Senior Management Team, and other country office and alliance-wide staff as necessary to facilitate audit process, audit findings mitigation, and remedial field training responsibilities.

About Internews:

Internews works to ensure access to trusted, quality news and information that empowers people to have a voice in their future and to live healthy, secure, and rewarding lives. We envision a world where everyone can communicate freely with anyone, anywhere, and exchange the news and information they need to shape their communities and the world.

For 35 years and in more than 100 countries, we have worked with our local partners to build hundreds of sustainable organizations, strengthened the capacity of thousands of media professionals, human rights activists, and information entrepreneurs, and reached millions of people with quality, local information, improving lives and building lasting change. On issues ranging from health and the environment to conflict and governance, Internews has developed approaches that harness the power of media and information to create positive change.

Internews is a charity operating internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, London, and Paris as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Our commitment to a culture of belonging:

Internews is passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams, and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, the self-taught, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and actively welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.

About the Role:

Under the supervision of the Audit Manager, and in close collaboration with alliance-wide staff, this position provides audit and risk management support to the organization. Primary responsibilities include assisting the Audit department by supporting IEU’s internal audit processes, tracking findings mitigation, assisting in remedial field trainings, providing administrative support for audits, and acting as audit support for internal reviews. In addition, this position may support a wide range of other duties within the Enterprise Risk management, and Audit Department.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

• Under the guidance of the Audit Manager, support (IEU) internal audits (on-site and desk audits) and risk reviews, including assisting with sample selection, reviewing documentation, identifying issues, and completing work papers.
• Act as the secondary internal point of contact for IEU external audits, including tracking outstanding auditor requests and internal assignments and providing and reviewing supporting documentation. The role will be expected to support the IEU Audit Manager, Country Office, and Finance Team on all Programme/Donor Audits and the Statutory Audit.
• Assist in year-round preparation projects to collect data for the annual Statutory Audit.
• Assist in undertaking periodic (monthly) desktop reviews for Internews Europe HQ operations. Through sample selection, monthly independent checks and balances on the UK numbers with goal of little or nil error in postings.
• In collaboration with Audit Manager, maintain internal tracking of (IEU) external audit findings and provide project management support for mitigation of findings.
• Maintain tracking of (IEU) internal audit findings and perform tests on country office transactions as part of the office corrective action plan.
• Assist in preparing Ad-hoc reports to line management and maintain Audit KPI dashboards for use in reports to internal stakeholders and Board members.
• Under the guidance of management, assist with developing forms and training materials for use to support business operations.
• For all internal and external audits, ensure smooth workflow among teams.
• As part of a team, identify and define emerging risks to the organization.
• Encourage a management and organizational climate which is aware of and supports ERM.
• International travel may require up to 4 times per year.
• Other duties/projects as assigned.

Division of role:

Area of work

% Estimated Time spent

Field audits ( travel included)

10%

HQ desk audits (including Programme/ donor Audits, Statutory Audits, and reviews)

60%

Building capacity/Training/Developing material

10%

Findings and corrective action plan tracking and follow-up

10%

Other administrative support

10%

Skills and abilities needed to perform role:

Essential:

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Experience working in an audit environment, preferred.
• Good grasp of financial accounting., (QBE or a member of the CCAB preferably ACCA, CIA, CFE, ACA)
• Good written and verbal communication skills (good report writing skills)
• Ability to use Microsoft applications (Advanced Excel)
• Experience in presenting and discussing information in a logical, professional, and objective manner.
• Experience of ERP software is desirable.
• Availability for field travel.
• K nowledge of the NGO sector is desirable.
• Track record of effective interaction with colleagues.
• Good track record in building relationships across a diverse organization.

Preferred

• Working knowledge of UK Auditing Standards

Qualifications:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
• Knowledge of a second language such as French/Arabic are nice to have but not required

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date for applications: November 30, 2022

This position is being offered and hired by Internews Network. Benefits will be consistent with Internews Network’s offerings and will be reviewed during the hiring process. Additional information can be found on our About Working for Internews page.

Internews Network is an EEO/AAP/OFCCP employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. Internews does not discriminate based on race, gender, gender identity or orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

This is a UK based position and therefore the successful applicant must obtain the Right to Work in the UK to commence their employment.