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INTERNAL AUDITOR/COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Job Summary

The Internal Auditor/Compliance Officer is responsible for evaluating the adequacy of internal control systems, identifying potential risks, and proposing measures to mitigate them. The Internal Auditor/Compliance Officer is responsible for training staff on the organization’s financial policies and procedures and use of the ERP system.

Specific Duties/Responsibilities

• Assess organizational risks and the efficacy of the organization’s risk management efforts.
• Advise management and relevant staff on improvement of systems and processes.
• Prepare the annual internal audit plan.
• Conduct internal audits and follow up audits.
• Track implementation of audit recommendations and ensure compliance with the internal audit recommendations.
• Present risk analysis, internal audit findings, and recommendations to UNC Project Management in the form of reports and presentations.

• Analyze emerging issues and anticipate the impact of such through research and interviews and recommend how best to deal with them.

• Assist in planning, scope, preparation of audit files and resources for external audits.
• Conduct forensic and fraud audits for suspect transactions.
• Verify all accounts documents for accuracy and compliance with relevant laws, statutes and regulations.
• Input budgets and facilitate reallocation of budget lines NetSuite with approvals from Investigators and the Director of Finance.
• Review and authenticate financial transactions entries in NetSuite.
• Review payrolls.

• Provide staff trainings on accounting policies and procedures and use of the Netsuite system.

• Maintain awareness of internal audit trends as per evolving regulatory environment to assure audit processes remain effective.

• Supervise junior audit staff.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Country Director.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Accountancy or Bachelor of Business Administration/Commerce/Management with a bias in Accounting and Finance plus professional certificates.
• At least eight years’ experience in a busy accounts department.
• Experience in Audit and Compliance will be an added advantage

Required Skills

• Numerical Competence
• Competence in Taxation issues
• Communication Skills
• Team Player
• Interpersonal Skills
• Problem Solving
• Commitment and Motivation
• Reporting Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Time Management
• Professionalism
• Business Awareness

Required Knowledge

• Accounting principles, practices and procedures
• Business law
• The application of data processing to accounting operations.
• Auditing principles and practices
• Office practices and systems

Personal Attributes

• Adaptable, imaginative, innovative
• Self-Discipline
• Work to deadline
• Results Oriented

Please send your applications via email to:

The Country Director

UNC Project

Lilongwe

Email:

administration@unclilongwe.org

Deadline for receiving applications:

Friday, October 17, 2025

Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.