The main objective of this position is to ensure within his/her function that AAH internal processes and activities are fully compliant with AAH Spain and its Donors’ rules and regulations as well with the local legislation through identifying non-compliance with the organization’s procedures and proposing corrective measures in whatever functional area these may be required.

Objective 1: To ensure compliance with Action against Hunger and donor procedures. 

• 1- To raise awareness on the importance of complying with regulations and procedures and disseminate a culture of compliance in the mission. 
• 2- To assume an active and proactive role in risk management and to act in advance in case of a possible risky event. 
• 3- To provide key compliance updates per donor contract to all departments 
• 4- To take an active role in projects Kick-off meetings and present a summary of donor guidelines related to the project and brief the team on any updates. 
• 5- To scrutinize supporting documentation and question the validity of information. 
• 6- Review correct implementation of HR, LOG, FIN, TEC archive procedures.

Objective 2: To manage and follow up external and internal audits 

• 1- Lead the audit process from contracting with the audit firm till receiving the final audit report. 
• 2- Ensure all the supporting documents are prepared and reviewed as per the request of external and internal auditors. 
• 3- Follow up on any missing/non eligible documents with the relevant department. 
• 4- Organizing the external auditors work on site (in AAH offices) and the hiring of audit firms. 
• 5- To support other departments by sharing and discussing internal compliance data and auditors’ findings and recommendation to improve the internal control. 
• 6- To follow up and ensure that audits and spot-checks findings and any donor’s recommendations are solved to avoid them in future audits. 
• 7- To ensure that complete, accurate, and timely audit information is reported to Mission Management and/or HQ compliance coordinator

Objective 3: To identify and prevent potential sources of corruption and fraud. 

• 1- To maintain a healthy level of professional skepticism in the mission. 
• 2- To further strengthen transparency and fraud/corruption prevention measures. 
• 3- To provide a more difficult environment to commit fraud by conducting periodically surprising visits to the bases to make sure that there is no over-riding of existing internal controls and procedures, and that the proper authorizations are in place. 
• 4- To perform periodic internal audits on a random base. The internal audit may include: - Check of payments and supporting documents - Surprising cash count - Activity implementation - Field visits 
• 5- Analyze and validate existing control measures used to prevent fraud and corruption schemes. Identify and propose new measures. 
• 6- To attend tender opening sessions from time to time to insure transparency and adherence to the procedures.

Objective 4: Follow up with the local partners reporting and compliance 

• 1- Review local partners supporting documents for the reported expenses on a monthly basis. 
• 2- Ensure that all the supporting documents provided are following AAH and donors’ regulations. 
• 3- Provide the feedback and recommendations on missing (not aligned) documents to the local partners. 
• 4- Follow up related audit findings and recommendations with the local partners and related departments in the mission

Objective 5: General Department Tasks 

• 1- Supervise the tasks of Archiving/Compliance Assistant in the department. 
• 2- Any other related tasks as assigned by the management. 
• 3- To provide advice and assistance to other departments when needed 

• University Graduate preferably in the area of Audit and Finance or any related field with five years of experience in the same field or related .
• Fluent English and Arabic (written and spoken)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Good Knowledge of donor rules and regulations (ECHO, UN, OFDA, SIDA.); knowledge of internal audit methodologies, Reporting skills;

Our Remuneration Package:

• Based in: Sudan – Port Sudan - The Capital office with required travel to field areas . 
• Position length: 1 year (renewable based on Evaluation) 
• Line manager: Finance & Admin Coordinator. 
• Salary: 1650 USD (Gross) 
• Annual Leave: 20 days/ year 
• Emotional care service at the service of the employee and family.

Notes:

Candidates may be contacted for other suitable positions within Action Against Hunger.
Due to the high number of applications received, only potential applicants will be contacted.
This is National Position for Sudanese Only.
Application must be submitted through the following link :http://employ.acf-e.org/index.php/positions/view/10234

Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us..