Internal Auditor at Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC)
The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) is a membership-based organization registered in Kenya with country offices in Uganda and Tanzania.
Our members are key stakeholders and players in the grain value chain including cereal growers, millers and processors drawn from within and outside the East Africa States.
Our core mandate is to develop and promote orderly structured marketing systems and provide market information for grains so as to reduce transaction costs and eliminate barriers’ to regional trade.
The successful candidate should be highly professional, self motivated and a proven high achiever with good leadership skills.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following amongst others:
- Planning the Audit Engagement
- Managing the Audit process in the region.
- Audit reporting and follow up on recommendations and remedial actions.
- Reviewing operations against business and strategic.
- Providing assurance on compliance with EAGC’s operating policies.
- Developing an internal audit and audit risk assessment methodology and conforming to the standards, the requirements of the Internal Audit Charter and any other applicable legislation or applicable government policy.
- Administering and monitoring quality assurance and process improvement activities including formal quality assessment processes.
- Providing advice on the design, implementation and delivery of the risk management program.
- Provision of advisory services to support EAGC in improving risk management, control and governance processes.
Qualification, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor degree in Accounting and is computer literate.
- Minimum 5 years of auditing experience in Internal Auditing, with extensive knowledge & experience in Internal Auditing Standards and Quality Assurance Programs.
- Professional accounting/auditing qualification(s) such as CPA, CIA, ACCA, CISA.
- Working experience in a regional environment is desirable.
- Good analytical and report writing skills.
- Good planning and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- High integrity.
- Capacity to manage several tasks simultaneously, be flexible and be willing to assume a range of unanticipated assignments.
If your background and competence match the above specifications, please send your application demonstrating how your qualifications and experience matches our requirements.
It should include an updated C.V., your current remuneration package, valid email address, daytime contact number and full contact details of 3 referees including day time telephone number to: hr@eagc.org copied to dkiai@eagc.org by 12th September 2014.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
