Compliance Intern at ACTED

ACTED has been committed since 1993, to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential. ACTED, headquartered in Paris, France is present in four continents and our teams intervene in 37 countries towards 14 million people, responding to emergency situations, supporting rehabilitation projects and accompanying the dynamics of development. Over 5,000 staff are dedicated to implementing and developing our projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Compliance Intern

Location: Borno

Core Functions / Responsibilities

• In order to ensure accurate and complete documentation of all projects as per the FLAT (Finance, Logistic, Admin, Transparency) compliance checklist, the Compliance intern will assist the Country Audit / Compliance Team with the follow-up on procedures and filing systems of ACTED.
• S/He also provides technical support for donor external audits and due diligence preparation and follow-up.
• S/He should comply and ensure compliance to the audit code of conduct.

General Objectives

• Assist in ensuring proper Compliance to ACTED, Transparency and Documentation procedures' enforcement
• Assist in Managing spot checks on the compliance of FIN/HR / LOG / PROGRAMME processes and completing the corresponding checklists
• Assist in Ensuring that the originals of the relevant documents are received monthly (finance vouchers, personal files, and procurement files). The effective sending remains the responsibility of each department
• Assist in ensuring proper Follow- up upon audit and compliance findings and recommendations
• Assist with Internal and External Audits preparation
• Assist in Preparing a monthly compliance report, share as due to Compliance Officer and/or compliance Assistant
• Perform other tasks as delegated by the Compliance Officer and/or Country Management.

About You

• All employees should master ACTED's core Principles: Independence, Neutrality, Non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, Ethics, Professionalism, anti-Corruption, Transparency and Accountability

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Desirable:

• Understanding of the basic finance systems and procedures and ability to apply it to other work environment.

Education

• HND / Degree in Art or Social Science and Humanities

Essential qualifications and experience:

• Excellent communication skills interpersonal skills.
• Excellent command of English language.
• Meticulous attention to details.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines, under pressure.
• Excellent organizational skills: the ability to multi-task, learn quickly, and work independently and productively in a fast-paced and detail-oriented environment
• Must have the ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion
• Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

We Offer

• Contract length: A year
• Start date: As soon as possible Desirable

Application Closing Date
17th July, 2020.