Position Overview
The position is responsible for performing compliance
checks on the overall financial, programmes and grants systems and processes
for the organisation by ensuring consistency with UAF-Africa’s standard
operating procedures, policies and with donor rules and regulations. Key
responsibilities include monitoring grant compliance, preventing fraud,
managing sub-grants and ensuring operational accountability and transparency.
Responsibilities
- Conduct financial, regulatory, operational
audit, reviews and compliance testing of UAF-Africa’s policies and
procedures to establish the reliability and integrity of financial and
operating information.
- Analyse risks for each process and make
recommendations on the systems, processes, operations, and procedures
reviewed.
- Review and update the risk register and track
the closure of action plans with support from Portfolio Heads.
- Assist in the development and implementation of
different organisational policies and procedures, including grant-making,
finance, procurement, ICT policies, procedures, and systems.
- Facilitate all donor systems reviews and due
diligence exercises as required.
- Perform risk assessment with regard to partners’
financial compliance and report timely
on the outcomes. - Perform regular partner support visits and
maintain an issues log to make follow-ups on
issues identified during the visit and share the agreed action points with all concerned. - Monitor the organisation’s compliance with
applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory directives.
- Ensure compliance with donor requirements
through timely, accurate financial reporting and the management of
donor-specific audits.
- Draft, review, and monitor sub-grant agreements
to ensure clear deliverables and compliance obligations.
- Review of various organisation contracts with
donors, suppliers and partners to ensure compliance.
- Investigate occurrences of fraud, embezzlement,
corruption, and indiscipline, and bring them to the attention of the
Executive Director and the Board.
- Organize trainings and workshops for the
Programme team on applicable donor rules and
regulations and any new government policies and directives. - Work with the management team to incorporate
capacity building for staff in compliance processes, code of conduct and
anti-fraud awareness as required.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree qualification in a related
field.
- Management or Finance Degree with professional
qualifications (ACCA/CPA/CFA), including membership to the relevant
professional body.
Skills and
Experience
- Minimum of 8 years’ relevant work experience in
compliance, risk management, or auditing working in or with organisations
in Africa, preferably women’s rights or social justice-oriented
organisations.
- Proven track record of developing and
implementing organisational policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Strong analytical skills, knowledge of
regulatory frameworks (AML/CFT), and ability to draft compliance policies.
- Experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and
reporting, preferably in an NPO context.
- Excellent written and verbal communications in
English.
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking,
presentation, planning and organisational skills.
- Ability to perform detailed work, frequently of
a confidential nature and/or to handle a large volume of work
systematically, optimally and accurately.
- Passionate about UAF-Africa’s mission, committed
to teamwork, and achieving results, including a commitment to trust-based
transformative grantmaking, community-led development, and grassroots
movement building.
- Experience working in a virtual setup with
seamless task coordination, managing multiple deadlines.
- Proven experience working effectively in a
cross-cultural team.
- Flexible and willing to perform other tasks as
assigned, in a fast-paced, team-oriented work environment.
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