Appel à manifestation d’intérêt : ICARDA recherche un(e) Auditeur(trice) interne principal(e) en Egypte.

Appel à manifestation d’intérêt : ICARDA recherche un(e) Auditeur(trice) interne principal(e) en Egypte.

Main responsibilities

The role of the Senior Internal Auditor includes, but is not limited to:

Assurance/Advisory Strategy Delivery and Operation

• Actively participate in the systematic development of a risk-based assurance/advisory work plan relevant to address the risk challenges confronting ICARDA.

• Contributes to planning and executing risk-based assurance/advisory services of existing and planned processes, products, systems, and services, including identifying risks and vulnerabilities, and assessing their relevance, impact, and probability.
• Document relevant business risks in detail, including assessing ICARDA’s risk management activities within a specific function, technical area, or project.
• Plans, organizes, and conducts assurance/advisory services of assigned domain areas, cross-functional areas, and across ICARDA’s and CGIAR’s value chain.
• Confirms understanding the scope and objectives of specific assurance/advisory activity with management, ensuring its alignment with organizational priorities.
• Determines appropriate methods to achieve the assurance/advisory objectives.
• Investigates problems in systems, processes, and services, including analyses of patterns and trends that challenge ICARDA’s internal control architecture.
• Assists in monitoring improvement actions, including collaboration with other stakeholders responsible for implementing agreed remedies and preventive measures.
• Ensure that audit work performed observes CGIAR’s agreed quality standards for planning, fieldwork and reporting, and maintained in the audit management software.

Change and Transformation

• Assist in identifying risks and vulnerabilities, assessing their impact and probability, and recommend/advise on mitigation strategies.
• Analyse current business processes, designs, and controls to identify effectiveness and efficiency improvement needs to exploit innovative technologies and automation.
• Collates evidence regarding the interpretation and implementation of internal control measures.
• Identifies the root cause of issues during an assurance/advisory assignment and communicates these effectively as risk insights.
• Provide inputs on creating new and potentially disruptive approaches to performing business/internal audit activities effectively and efficiently.

People and Skills

• Develop effective working relationships within ICARDA and CGIAR Internal Audit Function members that promote ICARDA IAU’s value creation and value protection missions.
• Contribute to improving One CGIAR’s internal audit skills and techniques.

Knowledge Management, Relationships, and Engagement

• Presents assurance/advisory observations to ICARDA management describing the effectiveness and efficiency of control mechanisms.
• Provides general and specific assurance/advisory recommendations. Collaborates with other assurance/advisory professionals to develop and integrate observations.
• Prepares and communicates factual reports to stakeholders.
• Facilitates sharing ideas, work knowledge, and examples of best practices (using formal and informal channels to achieve desired results), collaboration, and communication of collaborative technologies, processes, and behaviors that promotes ICARDA’s strategies and goals and the ICARDA IAU’s value creation and value protection missions.
• Implements stakeholder engagement/communications plan, including collecting and using stakeholder feedback to help measure IAU’s contribution and effectiveness.
• Helps develop and enhance stakeholder relationships that enable the ICARDA IAU to achieve its functional objectives.

Requirements

Essential qualifications and competencies

• A professional qualification such as CGRCP, CBAP, CIA, CISA, CRMA, PMP
• A university degree or combination of degrees in business management/engineering and informatics, economics, mathematics/statistics, data/information management/science, organizational development, or public policy.
• At least seven years of internal audit experience, particularly in the research sector (public or private, including educational research institutions).
• A deep understanding of internal control concepts and frameworks, internal auditing standards, and risk management practices and experience in applying them to plan, perform, manage, and report on the evaluation of various organizational/business processes, areas, and functions.
• Demonstrated working effectively in a multicultural and fluid environment, including different time zones.
• Knowledge of any statistical packages and strong quantitative background.
• High-level of proficiency in English language both spoken and written.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent people skills with the ability to build trust and consensus and effectively manage working relationships.
• Ability to work independently, with limited required direction and guidance, and provide appropriate direction to other internal audit project team members.
• Experience in performing multiple projects and working with diverse, multicultural team members.