Responsibilities
Compliance Tracking
- Ensure audit readiness for organizational, statutory, and grant audits.
- Review and test books and records to prepare for audits.
- Conduct desk and field reviews of financial transactions for accuracy and eligibility.
- Coordinate audit requests and responses.
- Maintain and update the monthly compliance tracker, ensuring accurate and up-to-date records of compliance activities, issues, and resolutions.
- Assist compliance manager by preparing concise compliance reports to be presented to senior management as required.
- Maintain an updated organizational and compliance calendar.
Financial and Regulatory Compliance
- Develop, implement, and maintain effective compliance programs, policies, and procedures to ensure adherence to applicable laws and regulations.
- Monitor and analyze regulatory developments, advise management on necessary actions, and update compliance programs accordingly.
- Review financial data, identifying and reporting transaction errors.
- Ensure tax compliance in all countries of AWF’s registration.
- Perform compliance reviews of AWF and partner programs.
- Track and document quality assurance issues and feedback from audits and reviews.
- Participate in new awards kick-off meetings to reinforce compliance requirements.
Compliance and Tracking
- Ensure audit readiness for organizational, statutory, and grant audits.
- Review and test books and records to prepare for audits.
- Conduct desk and field reviews of financial transactions for accuracy and eligibility.
- Coordinate audit requests and responses.
- Maintain and update the monthly compliance tracker, ensuring accurate and up-to-date records of compliance activities, issues, and resolutions.
- Assist compliance manager by preparing concise compliance reports to be presented to senior management as required.
Follow-up on Audit Findings Implementation
- Assist in the implementation of audit findings from organizational, statutory, and grant audits.
- Develop and manage action plans in response to audit observations, ensuring timely implementation.
- Ensure timely and effective resolution of compliance violations.
- Monitor the progress of corrective measures to address audit findings.
Leadership and Collaboration
- Proactively report instances of non-compliance, fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Together with the compliance manager, provide periodic training to staff on internal control procedures and accounting tools.
Other Duties
- Proactively report instances of non-compliance, fraud, waste, and abuse.
Requirements and skills
- Minimum of 5 years in public accounting, including 2 years as an Auditor, with a mix of profit and nonprofit experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or related field.
- CPA accreditation highly preferred; additional certifications such as CISA, CFE, and CIA advantageous.
- Solid knowledge of accounting standards governing nonprofit accounting, financial reporting, procurement, and audit.
- Ability to organize and synthesize large amounts of data and communicate complex information effectively.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong decision-making skills, self-starter mentality, and ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Familiarity with African development sphere regulations.
- Cultural sensitivity, teamwork skills, and proactive problem-solving abilities.
- As this position is heavily anchored in AWF’s conservation programs, the successful candidate must have a strong interest in and understanding of conservation.
- Knowledge of French is advantageous.