Jobs Opportunity Kenya : Internal Audit Manager Job Vacancy Kenya

Jobs Opportunity Kenya : Internal Audit Manager Job Vacancy Kenya

OUR CLIENT IS A LEADER IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIELD WITH A FOOTHOLD IN ASIA AND MUCH OF AFRICA. THE COMPANY SEEKS TO RECRUIT A DYNAMIC INDIVIDUAL WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN HIGH LEVEL AUDIT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY FOR THE POSITION OF MANAGER, INTERNAL AUDIT

Position Title:Manager, Internal Audit
Reports to:Head, Internal Audit
Duty Station:Nairobi, Kenya

Basic Purpose:
The holder will be expected to enhance the Compliance and Control Culture in the organization, and facilitate an audit process that provides this assurance. They will be expected to understand the key risks in the business and ensure that steps are taken to highlight and address the risks. For effective results, the holder shall work with functional units on a pan organization basis, but simultaneously manage issues that are specific to particular regions.
The holder will also be responsible for managing Audit operations across multiple country units but will also have functional responsibilities.
Principle Accountabilities: The principles accountabilities, as measured by the expected end results shall include:Expected End Results

Major Activities
Improvement of the Internal Control Environment: This shall be achieved by having active engagement with senior functional and regional teams.
The holder shall be expected to track and ensure timely closure of the Audit issues in a sustainable manner.

The major activities include
• Holding periodic meetings with Functional Chiefs, Regional CEOs, Country MDs and other stakeholders to address the key audit issues and monitor the
progress of the action plan implementation issues
• Ensuring socialisation of audit issues in order to eliminate recurrence
• Work closely with Fraud and Investigations team to ensure what they learn is
incorporated into audit work
• Identify areas that will have significant impact on the business and work on
critical process changes to ensure that the new processes involve minimal
manual interfaces and have low fraud risk.
• Review mitigation plans of Function/business units and ensure
Audit Planning:Ensure optimal resources in terms of quality and numbers. Engage
out-sourced Internal Audit partners at a high level to ensure that audit plans are delivered to the desired quality and within the agreed timeliness
• Conduct regular review of audit work done by external audit partners to
validate quality of work and reporting
• Provide continuous feedback to partners on quality of field work and
deployment of resources
• Ensure training of partner staff to facilitate delivery highest quality work
Development of Risk profile
and establishment of Risk
Assessment Framework
• Establish continuous dialogue with internal and external stakeholders to
identify potential risks to ensure that the risk profile reflects key risks at all
times.
• Keep abreast with regional and international trends and identify new and
emerging risks in the business
Attract and Develop talent for
the Internal Audit function
• Maintain continuous development of functional staff
• Ensure continuous reassessment of skill sets required and supplement this
through recruitment or out-sourcing
• Ensure adequate progress on staff training and development

Major Challenges:
The ideal candidate shall be expected to
•Understand the operational nuances of the business across the geographies. They will need to interact with
senior members of the business and have the ability to challenge processes, identify gaps and ensure that the
gaps are addressed.
•Keep abreast with the changes in the business, operational and competitive landscape. They will have to:
oMake risk assessments and identify key risks in the business
oFacilitate audits to highlight and address these risks
oRecommend solutions that are pragmatic, cost effective and sustainable

Essential Skills & Knowledge: Education
•Be in possession of a university degree, preferably an MBA from a recognised university
•Have a professional certification such as CA, CS, ACCA, CPA (K), certification in Audit/Management

Relevant Experience:
Have a minimum of 12 years experience, six of which must be in a management role.
•Have good technical knowledge of Networks, Technology and Revenue Assurance
•Have functional expertise in Finance, Procurement (Supply Chain), Customer Service, Distribution, Marketing
and Branding.
•Experience gained in the telecommunication sector will be highly desirable.

Personal Characteristics & Behaviours:
•Excellent written and oral communication with a capacity to engage senior management in discussion
•Strong inter-personal skills and the ability to work in a team
•Ability to manage a team (in house and partner teams)
•Strong analytical skills with capacity to interpret audit and investigative results into impacts on business and how
to mitigate them
•Ability to communicate effectively in French highly desirable
•Goal oriented, focussed, energetic and enthusiastic
•Experience gained in a diverse multi-cultural setup will be an added advantage
•Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% of the time

APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested candidates are requested to submit their applications on e-mail, together with the latest copy of CV, day
time telephone number and details of their current remuneration to: recruit@idp-ea.com
so as to be received on or before Monday 2oth September 2010.

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