About US:

Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Since its founding in 1971, MSH has worked in over 150 countries with policy makers, health professionals, and health care consumers to improve the quality, availability and affordability of health services.

Job Summary:

The Compliance Officer will conduct verification of internal controls and compliance of all financial and operational functions in the [specific project or country office]. S/he is also responsible for crafting, developing, and implementing project specific guidelines and procedures on all project support functions including but not limited to HR, Procurement, Finance, and Administration, and other operational functions, processes and controls. The position holder will verify that all staff are well versed in donor and MSH policies and procedures, and are adhering to such standards. S/he will identify gaps in existing internal control systems, and provide recommendations to strengthen them; will identify gaps in knowledge and skills; will provide recommendations for training.

Under the direction of the Director of Internal Audit (and MSH General Counsel, where necessary) s/he will conduct thoroughly documented investigations of whistle blower cases, and suspected fraud and will directly interface with the Director of Internal Audit on these or other specific cases.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Compliance/Internal Audit 90%

• Ensure that all MSH (country/project) financial and operational activities are in compliance with (country) law (tax laws, labor laws and government pension agency laws), donor rules and regulations, and MSH policies and standards.
• Develops an annual customized compliance monitoring plan, including evaluation tools, standards, ethical considerations, and schedule to evaluate all country/project functions, including remote staff/office locations, and to visit sites needing attention and further verifications.
• In collaboration with the Director of Finance & Operations and other MSH business units, crafts, develops, and ascertains implementation of project specific guidelines and procedures on all project support functions including but not limited to HR, Procurement, Finance, and Administration, and other operational functions, processes and controls.
• Develops compliance framework for the MSH country/project office; including compliance checklists for the various business processes, transaction classes, country laws governing NGO operations, and specific donor requirements.
• Periodically reviews and updates the compliance monitoring checklist and other tools to stay current with MSH procedures and policies.
• Examines the effectiveness of internal controls and compliance within MSH (country/project) policy framework and identifies gaps in procedures and controls systems and provides recommendations to the Country/Project Leadership Team for strengthening them.
• Tests internal controls, targeting high risk areas, including Procurement Workshops, Vehicle usage, Inventory control and Cash advance management, Payroll and Fleet Management.
• Documents internal control weaknesses and compliance deviations and their impact, and makes recommendations to address these weaknesses.
• Identifies gaps in knowledge and skills and provides recommendations for training.
• May be requested to provide training directly to staff.
• Prepares detailed reports of each compliance review and other task assignments, with prioritized findings and recommendations.
• Presents final reports to the MSH (country/project) Country Leadership Team after review and approval from Supervisor.
• When necessary, collaborates with internal and external audit on investigations of whistle blower cases, suspected fraud, mismanagement, loss of assets, etc.
• Follows-up on recommendations from the internal and external auditors to ensure the recommendations have been implemented and adhered to. Assists the Project Director and Finance/Operations Directors in providing response to ad hoc requests from auditors.
• Stays abreast of laws, directives, and current trends in the local legal and NGO environment.
• Provides risk assessment for financial and operational landscape. Identify high risk, high probability events, and provide recommended mitigation plan.   Provide ad hoc risk assessments for specific scenarios by request.
• Provide ad-hoc advice, helping staff to achieve the goal of establishing sound risk management and internal control systems; offer practical advice on how best to comply with financial policy and donor guidelines.

Additional Responsibilities 10%

• Prepares quarterly Compliance review/verification, investigations, and status of audit recommendations reports for submission to Director Internal Audit and (country/project) leadership team, if applicable.
• Meets with Project Director and Finance/Operations Director on a regular basis, or when requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Internal Audit.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the Management Sciences for Health (MSH) Compliance Officer job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or business management or related area.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Professional certification in Accounting, Internal Audit, and Fraud Examination.
• Six and above years of experience in compliance, risk management or audit required.
• Extensive familiarity of U.S Government grant rules and regulations (USAID, CDC,) or other donor rules and regulations (E.U) required.
• Experience in international development programs preferred.
• Excellent planning, management, and organizational skills.
• Proven leadership and interpersonal skill.
• Professional proficiency in English required

Competencies

• Navigating the Environment: Perspective, Dealing with ambiguity, Organizational Agility, Political Savvy and Strategic Agility
• Ensuring Delivery of Results: Functional/Technical skills, Client Focus, Managing through systems, Managing and Measuring work, Negotiating, Information Sharing, Process Management, Priority Setting, Problem Solving and Timely Decision Making
• Core Personal Competencies: Ethics and Values, Integrity and Trust, Listening, Written Communication
• Core MSH competencies: Adaptability, Communication, Problem Solving, Creativity and Innovation, Quality, Quality and Timeliness of Work, Quality of work and Team Relationships, Resource Utilization.

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Deadline: 18^th June 2020