VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE) – INTERNAL AUDIT/COMPLIANCE MANAGER

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE)

INTERNAL AUDIT/COMPLIANCE MANAGER

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is soliciting experienced and qualified professionals to join its management team.

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE), is a strong, upcoming faith-based local NGO, that is expanding its operations and workforce in Nigeria in line with its new five-year strategic plan and to align with international donor localization initiatives such as the Foreign Commonwealth Development Organization (FCDO) working with Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs), USAID localization strategy, and the European Union’s interest in engaging more local organizations. 

WEWE is compiling a list of qualified and experienced professionals who will be on standby to be engaged if WEWE secures any grants this year 2024 and early next year 2025. If your application is successful, WEWE will reach out to you first when we win a new award.

Are you interested in joining a local organization, especially now that international donors are allocating more funds to local organizations?

Is your internationally donor-funded project ending, and as a result, will you be out of work in a few months?

Are you working in an insecure part of Nigeria and looking to relocate to the South-South or South West, where you are more familiar with the terrain?

Do you currently work far from your family and wish to move closer to them, perhaps to the South-South or Southwest? Then come and join the WEWE family.

Position:         Internal Audit/Compliance  Manager

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• S/he will work to improve WEWE control processes, risk management, and governance.
• S/he will maintain an integrated internal Audit system with up-to-date data from central and state offices for consolidation of information and reporting.
• S/he will review and ensure implementation of appropriate systems and controls that provide, complete documentation and accurate reporting.
• S/he will carry out pre and post-review of all financial expenditures.
• S/he will review CBO’s monthly certified expenditure reports.
• S/he will carry out internal control self-assessment on CBOs.
• S/he will perform monthly reviews and evaluations of financial records/reports and bank reconciliation statements.
• S/he will ensure WEWE and the donor’s assets are safeguarded.
• S/he will ensure that inventory record is up-to-date, complete, and accurate
• S/he will assist the organization in carrying out risk identification and timely reporting to the appropriate authority with improvement recommendations.
• S/he will timely investigate all cases of fraudulent practices and missing assets.
• S/he will prepare and present reports that reflect the audit’s results and document process and prepare an audit findings memorandum
• S/he will conduct follow-up audits to monitor management’s interventions
• S/he will engage in continuous knowledge development regarding the sector’s rules, regulations, best practices, tools, techniques, and performance standards
• S/he will periodically carry out Fraud Awareness and Prevention training for staff

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree or HND in accounting or its recognized equivalent.
• Must be a Chartered Accountant e.g. a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) or ACCA Certification.
• At least 5 years post NYSC experience and 4 years of professional qualification experience in an audit firm with at least two years of NGO experience auditing NGOs working on International donor-funded projects.
• Working knowledge of USG rules and regulation
• Hands-on experience working with the eight statutory bodies – NSITF, FIRS, State IRS (specially FCT State IRS), NHF, PENCOM, CAC, EFCC-SCUML, and Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
• Must be very strong in report writing – i.e., evidence that they have led audit assignments and have been the ones writing the final audit report for their audit firm.
• Must have experience writing quarterly audit reports to the board
• Experience with word processing and spreadsheet software (Microsoft Word and Excel)
• Excellent experience with financial systems and software i.e., quick books

Method of Application

Interested and qualified individual should send their comprehensive curriculum and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word document) explaining their suitability for the job to: internalauditmanager2024@weweng.org on or before Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Kindly Note: WEWE reserves the right to conclude this recruitment process when a suitable individual is selected. While WEWE thanks all for showing interest, only shortlisted individuals will be contacted.

“WEWE is an equal opportunity employer, which promotes diversity and does not discriminate based on tribe, state of origin within Nigeria, religion, age, sex, race or on different physical ability”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture promotes the principles of safeguarding and high moral values. WEWE’s Safeguarding Policy 2022 promotes an environment where no staff, associates, volunteers, case workers, consultants, board members, and partners engage in a sexual relationship, harass, or exploit anyone under the age of 18 or vulnerable adult, especially our beneficiaries”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture also has zero tolerance for corrupt practices. Therefore, for any of our job vacancies, we advise that applicants do not offer or accept any request for money, favors, or gifts from anyone to facilitate an employment opportunity with WEWE. Applicants found engaging in such practices could jeopardize their chances of being selected. If anyone contacts, you with such an offer please report this immediately to WEWE management on this WhatsApp line 09037811024”.

“WEWE’s Vision, Mission and Ideologies ”

Organization Vision:  A society without vulnerable persons

Organization Mission: Empowering communities, vulnerable persons, and local  organizations to be resilient by faith

WEWE’s Organizational Ideologies

1. To beat global standards of excellence in all we do
2. To improve the lives of vulnerable people
3. To be statutorily and financially compliant at all times. We want to strengthen the capacity of other local NGOs to equally be statutorily and financially compliant and thereby contribute to increasing the number of compliant NGOs in Nigeria and Africa.
4. To consistently deliver superior and ever-improving programs and services than any other local and international organization.
5. To be better than the rest and be better than the best in all we do