USAID - IUWASH Vacancy: Internal Auditor, Jakarta

The Indonesia Urban Water Sanitation and Hygiene (IUWASH) project is a sixty-month program (2011 – 2016) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented under the leadership of DAI. IUWASH works with government, the private sector, NGOs, community groups and other stakeholders to improve access to safe water supply and sanitation in Indonesia’s urban areas. The overall goal of IUWASH is to assist the Government of Indonesia (GOI) in making significant progress in achieving its safe water and sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by expanding access to these services. 

To achieve the above, assistance provided by the project is divided under three main technical components, including: 

1. Mobilizing demand for WatSan service delivery; 
2. Improving and expanding capacity for WatSan service delivery; and
3. Strengthening policy and the financial enabling environment for improved water supply and sanitation service delivery.

IUWASH will apply different approaches and interventions with its local partners, such as local Water utilities, local and national government institutions, NGOs and communities to address water, sanitation and hygiene. To achieve these objectives IUWASH need high caliber incumbent to fill the positions of

Name of Position: INTERNAL AUDITOR

Job Code: IA-STTA

Type of Employment: Short Term Technical Assistance (STTA)

Total Level of Effort: 44 days LOE

Location: Jakarta, with travel to Regional Offices.

OBJECTIVE

The Internal Auditor will assist the IUWASH Finance Officer to evaluate the project’s regional office’s business practices, provide objective assurance of compliance with internal control systems, and ensure that such offices are in overall compliance with DAI policies and procedures as well as client regulations. The Internal Auditor will further provide a comprehensive report on findings and recommended actions.

TASKS

The Internal Auditor will travel to all regional offices to examine financial procedures and assess their compliance with DAI and USAID policies, procedures, and standards, as well as their susceptibility to fraud. Specifically, the Internal Auditor will:

• Examine and verify existing administrative procedures, including measures and procedures for internal controls and their application with respect to financial transactions and to the use of funds. 
• Examine a representative sample of payment transactions and determine: their accuracy; their compliance with related rules regulations and procedures; and the completeness of relevant records. 
• Verify the segregation of duties and responsibilities (expenditure accounts, cash controls, inventory).
• Examine whether the expenditures are classified in accordance with the budget
• Examine office compliance with the Project’s Procurement Plan and Manual as concerns both programmatic and operational expenditures).
• Examine office compliance with approved Grant management policies and procedures as summarized in the Project Grant Manual, as well as the compliance of Grantees with such policies and procedures, including  the measures and procedures for internal controls and their application with respect to financial transactions and to the use of funds.
• Spot-check transactions with vendors to confirm IUWASH’s records match those of vendors. 
• Produce a complete audit report for each regional location that identifies strengths and weaknesses in financial controls, details any questionable transactions, and recommends ways to strengthen IUWASH financial procedures.

QUALIFICATION

• University Degree in Auditing, Accounting, Finance.  CPA (or country equivalent) highly desirable. 
• Strong interpersonal communicative skill, ability to work and communicate with different employees of all levels. 
• Multicultural understanding and strong organizational and planning skills; Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Strong coordination skills, decision making ability using good judgment and professionalism. 
• Strong computer literacy   – MS OFFICE 
• Strong English oral and written skills 
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge (continuous professional update)

MINIMUM DESIRABLE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years progressive work experience in Auditing and minimum 3 years in Senior Auditing positions. 
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working with INGO’s (preferable)

APPLICATION SEND

Interested applicants are invited to send a complete application with 3 references to IUWASH.recruitment@gmail.com by latest 10 days of the advertisement. Please write the job CODE in the subject line of the email. We regret that we are unable to acknowledge receipt of all applications and only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Closing date: 10 April 2014