Senior Compliance Officer at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN)

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) is a leading and reputable non-governmental organization addressing infectious and non-infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and cancer through the provision of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, capacity building, research, and care and support services.

To further uphold our commitment to providing excellent services in the sector, we are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Compliance Officer

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
Scheduled Work Time: Monday - Friday (Flexibility, willing to travel and work weekends)
Reports To: Manager, Internal Audit and Compliance Unit
Operational Contacts: TB Lead, HIV Lead, Program Management Team

Position Overview

• The position entails regular financial and programmatic review visits to the sub-recipients’ offices.
• It involves routine visits to close out prior findings before the subsequent quarterly visits and supervisory visits to implementing sites to review supplies, consumables, commodities and other provisions made available for program implementation.
• It requires quarterly or bi-annual visits to IHVN regional offices for financial review. 

Description and objectives

• Under the supervision of the Manager, Internal Audit and Compliance, the Senior Compliance Officer will lead the audit team’s visits to the SRs for quarterly financial and programmatic reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead the audit team visiting for financial and programmatic review
• Lead the preliminary and desk review before the visit
• Coordinate the report writing process
• Submit reports to the Manager on agreed terms and conditions
• Carry out a follow-up review
• Develop a tracker on every review and ensure every finding is closed.

Education and Experience
Academic training:

• Must possess a Degree or HND in Accounting or Social Sciences
• Possession of Postgraduate qualification/Masters will be an added advantage
• Membership of a professional body is a must- ICAN or ACCA
• 3 - 5 cognate experience in audit and NGO is a must
• Experience in GF and non-GF grants is a must.
• Willingness to be transferred to any other locations should be considered.

Required competencies:
Core requirements:

• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring ability.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with people of different backgrounds.
• Report writing skills
• Understanding of GF requirements, rules, policies and procedures
• Strong audit background in non-governmental organizations
• Ability to guide and train internal audit staff.

Application Closing Date
14th December, 2023.