Compliance Officer I

Required Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business Management or related area.
  

Preferred:

• Advanced Degree preferred
  
• Professional certification in Accounting, Internal Audit, and Fraud Examination
  
• Required Minimum Expereince
  

Required:

• Six plus years of experience in compliance, risk management or audit required.
  

Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive familiarity of U.S Government grant/contracts 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.
  

Required Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business Management or related area.
  

Preferred:

• Advanced Degree preferred
  
• Professional certification in Accounting, Internal Audit, and Fraud Examination
  
• Required Minimum Expereince
  

Required:

• Six plus years of experience in compliance, risk management or audit required.
  

Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive familiarity of U.S Government grant/contracts 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.
  

Compliance / Internal Audit:

• Ensure that all MSH Nigeria and PMI-S Malaria project financial and operational activities are in compliance with Nigeria law (tax laws, CSA 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 PMI-S Malaria project or remote staff/office locations, and to revisit sites needing extra attention.
  
• Develops compliance framework for the PMI-S Malaria project; 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 Nigeria policy framework, identifies gaps in procedures and controls systems, and provides recommendations to the Country Leadership Team for strengthening them.
  
• Follows-up on recommendations to ensure they have been implemented and adhered to.
  
• Tests internal controls, targeting high-risk areas, including workshops, vehicle usage, inventory control and cash advance management, payroll and Fleet Management.
  
• Documents internal control weaknesses, 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 Nigeria/PMI-S Country Leadership Team after review and approval from Supervisor.
  
• When necessary, collaborates with internal and external audit on investigations of whistleblower 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.
  
• 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:

• Prepares quarterly audit, investigations, and status of audit recommendations reports for submission to Director Internal Audit and Nigeria Country Representative, if applicable.
  
• Meets with Project Directors on a regular basis, or as requested by the CR.
  
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Internal Audit.