National: Auditor Individual Consultant, Kabul, Afghanistan

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the leading UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths, end unmet need for family planning, and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments to accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the various natural and man-made disasters on women’s, girls’ and young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recovering lost gains, and realizing our goals.

Job Purpose:

UNFPA is seeking an Auditor for to provide an oversight on the resources of the Country Office in Afghanistan.

On 15 August 2021, the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, exacerbating what was already one of the worst humanitarian situations in the world, with approximately half the population in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. As a part of a prompt and effective response to unfolding events in Afghanistan, the CO is adjusting its structure with additional capacity to strengthen its humanitarian response. 

The proposed consultant will support the office by following up on audit findings. The Consultant will provide the Representative and the Senior Management Team (SMT) with independent, objective, expert advice, and assurance to add value and improve the UNFPA’s operations.

During the assignment, the incumbent will conduct herself/himself in a professional manner, will keep confidentiality and will exercise due care in carrying out her/his work.

You would be responsible for:

Complying with International Standards on Auditing, the auditor shall pay attention to the following:

• Fraud and Corruption: the auditor shall identify and evaluate risks related to fraud, obtain, or provide sufficient evidence of analysis of these risks and assess properly the risks identified or suspected.
• Conduct spot  checks and  compliance:  review of  key  risks areas  and programmes in consultation with the assurance team in the CO.
•  Provide support to the CO HACT Focal Point on the planning of assurance activities such as the spot checks, audits, and micro assessments.
•  Provide technical assistance to the CO spot checkers and conduct on the job training.
•  Develop mitigation measures for depository of programme and operational risks, develop and follow up on mitigation measures.
•  Provide   assurance  by   reviewing   activities  related   to   UNFPA’s Implementing Partners in Afghanistan. The Consultant will focus on areas of greatest risk and significance such as procurement, recruitment, and provision of services in the provinces and support the close monitoring activities of IPs as needed
• Support the focal point on anti-fraud and corruption and trainings within the 
• Country operations and Implementing Partners.
•  Effective contributions to the UNFPA’s transparency and accountability requirements.
• Prepare/participate in preparation for risk-based audit plans/programmes in accordance with UNFPA policies and procedures.
• Act as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity,
• legality, and goal achievement of the CO’s activities
• Identify loopholes and recommend risk measures and cost savings
•  Maintain open communication with Senior Management and internal and oversight committees.
• The Consultant shall ensure that the necessary processes and internal controls are in place to utilize its resources economically and effectively.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master's degree) in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or any closely related field.  A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Certification of CIA, CFE, ACCA, CPA, or any other relevant certification will be an asset.

Knowledge and Experience:

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in internal or external auditing, investigation and or fraud examination is required.
• Audit experience in the public sector is desirable, UN experience is an asset
•  Fluency in English is required

Core Competencies:

• Integrity, commitment, cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity
• Developing people, coaching and mentoring
• Building and managing relationships
• Personal leadership and effectiveness

Language requirements: 

• Fluency in English is required. Dari and Pashto are necessary as the working language in Afghanistan. 
• Knowledge of other official UN languages would be an asset.
   

Disclaimer: 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm

In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.