Internal Auditor Jobs – Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)
Organization: Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Audit and Compliance Manager
About US:
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is established as a Public Authority, and its mandate is to promote and oversee the coffee industry by supporting research, promoting production, controlling coffee quality, and improving the marketing of coffee in order to optimize foreign exchange earnings for the Country and payments to the farmers.
UCDA’s Vision is ‘A sustainable coffee industry with high stakeholder value for social economic transformation’ and its mission is “To facilitate increase in quality coffee production, productivity and consumption”. Its core values are; Leadership, Integrity, Teamwork, Client Focus, Accountability and Professionalism.
Job Summary: The Internal Auditor will perform financial, compliance and performance audits of accounting records and procedures for UCDA, to determine compliance with established systems and procedures, and make recommendations for action.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in the preparation of internal audit work plans and working papers for conducting audit exercises.
- Review accountabilities of funds advanced to Staff for program implementation.
- Identifies gaps in financial/accounting systems, controls and carries out systems/process audits.
- Carry out field audit inspections and ensure proper filing of audit working papers.
- Follow up on the implementation of the audit recommendations from previous audits.
- Prepare periodic audit reports and submit them to the Supervisor for review
- Provide assistance in the execution of special audits or investigations as may be required from time to time.
- Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by Management from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) Internal Auditor job must hold a Bachelor’s Degree (First Class or Upper Second class) in: Finance and Accounting; or B.Com (Accounting Option); or BBA (Accounting Option) from a recognized University.
- Professional qualifications in; – ACCA (at least Level II) or CPAU (At least Level II) or CIA.
- At least three years of working experience in audit or accounting.
- Good interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Working knowledge of Government auditing standards and procedures.
- Excellent computer skills in Microsoft office application.
- Good analytical and problem solving skills.
- High level of integrity.
- Be able to work with figures and pay attention to detail.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision.
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to apply by clicking on the application link below. Attachments (Curriculum Vitae and Academic Certificates) must be uploaded as a single document of maximum 2MB in Portable Document Format (.pdf).
Deadline: 13th March 2020