Job Detail

About Save the Children

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•             No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•             All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•             Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

Job Description

Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements as relating to Organization and Afghanistan Law.

To ensure that internal auditors and External auditor are provided all the requirement in respect to documentations and make sure that the queries of auditors are responded in professional manner.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

1. Attending audit related meetings including entrance conferences, end of planning meetings, status meetings, and end of field work meetings.
2. Serve as an agency liaison for all external audits organizing entrance and exit conference ensuring audit scope falls within agencies mission
3. Review all documents and make sure they are complete and according to SCI policy and procedure before submitting to auditors
4. Responding to Management letters with complete supporting documents in professional way.
5. Assisting management in reviewing and responding to draft audit findings, recommendations, and reports.
6. Assisting management in identifying options for incorporating control and monitoring processes to fully address the audit recommendations and mitigate risks identified.
7. Serving as a point of contact regarding the overall audit process including the drafting and routing of management’s responses.
8. Performing oversight procedures on audit recommendations (focusing on those categorized as significant) to verify actions taken are designed and/or working effectively.
9. Serve as an agency liaison for all external audits organizing entrance and exit conference ensuring audit scope falls within agencies mission
10. Collaborate with the Finance, Legal and Human Resources departments to monitor enforcement of standards and regulations
11. Ensure complaints are handled effectively and that effective root cause analysis is carried out and drives required customer journey improvements
12. Identify trends and taking a proactive approach to sharing knowledge and taking action
13. Identify compliance issues that require follow-up
14. Provide support to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews.
15. Be a member of procurement committee representing finance department
16. Assist in covering for any other position in Finance team during vacancy, leaves, or high workload.
17. Perform other Related Responsibilities as assigned by supervisor
18. Ready to work to respond to any natural disaster or emergency situation anywhere in Afghanistan

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities, giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency.

Skills Required

• COMMUNICATION

Submission Guideline: