CARE International is hiring: Regional Risk & Compliance Co-Ordinator (2023)
Closing date: 30 May 2023
CARE International places special focus on working alongside women and girls. Equipped with the proper resources, women and girls have the power to lift whole families and entire communities out of poverty.
In 2022, CARE International worked in over 111 countries, reaching 174 million people through nearly 1,631 projects.
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CARE USA manages, supports and and oversees 5 country offices in the Southern Africa region through the regional management unit (RMU). Within the RMU, the Regional Risk and Compliance Coordinator will report to the Regional Business Services Manager . The primary function of the Regional Risk and Compliance Coordinator (RRCC) is to ensure effective risk management processes and internal procedures and policies are socialized, understood, and maintained through.
Responsibilities:
- Providing independent assurance and consulting services that improve operations of the Country offices
- Evaluating the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance
- Determine compliance with selected policies, procedures, donor requirement as well as local laws and regulations
- Perform special investigations as requested
- Making recommendations to the COs that will increase efficiency and/or effectiveness of the control systems of functions reviewed
- Compliance functions
- Risk management
- Fraud management
- Oversee and support country offices financial planning and performance
- Partnering with the wider organization
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Management and CPA/ACCA or equivalent
- Minimum of 5-10 years work experience at CO or Regional set up in an INGO
- Minimum 5 years of experience in auditing, compliance with working knowledge of classical compliance techniques and tools including problem solving, corrective action and auditing Facilitation skills to conduct training sessions for small, medium, and large-sized groups
- Experience with major donor audits (e.g., USAID, EU, ECHO etc.)
- Strong oral and written communication skills; Customer focused while handling multiple priorities
- Ability to quickly learn new systems, processes, and procedures and adapt local practices to global standards
- Good leadership, coaching, and negotiation skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel and Word, People Soft or any other related online accounting packages
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We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran.
We stand in solidarity with people living in poverty and support their efforts to take control of their own lives and fulfill their rights, responsibilities and aspirations.
We ensure that participants and organizations representing people living in poverty, especially women and girls, are partners at all stages in our programs.
Work with partners
We work with other organizations and individuals to maximize the impact of our programs, building alliances and partnerships with those who offer:
- Complementary approaches
- Ability to scale up effective solutions
- A demonstrated responsibility to fulfill rights and reduce poverty through policy change and implementation
We commit to working in ways that support and reinforce, not replace, existing capacities.
Ensure accountability and promote responsibility
We seek ways to be held accountable by the people we serve and partners we work with. We identify individuals and institutions with an obligation toward poor and marginalized people, and support and encourage their efforts to fulfill their responsibilities.
