Background

Urgent Action Fund-Africa provides rapid response grants and technical support to women’s rights organisations, women's human rights defenders and activists who identify strategic and time sensitive opportunities to advance women's rights in Africa.

Responsibilities

The position is responsible for performing compliance checks on the overall financial, programmes and grants systems and processes for the organisation by ensuring consistency with UAF-Africa’s standard operating procedures, policies and with donor rules and regulations. Key responsibilities include monitoring grant compliance, preventing fraud, managing sub-grants and ensuring operational accountability and transparency.

Specific Responsibilities

• Conduct financial, regulatory, operational audit, reviews and compliance testing of UAF-Africa’s policies and procedures to establish the reliability and integrity of financial and operating information.
• Analyse risks for each process and make recommendations on the systems, processes, operations, and procedures reviewed.
• Review and update the risk register and track the closure of action plans with support from Portfolio Heads.
• Assist in the development and implementation of different organisational policies and procedures, including grant-making, finance, procurement, ICT policies, procedures, and systems.
• Facilitate all donor systems reviews and due diligence exercises as required.
• Perform risk assessment with regard to partners’ financial compliance and report timely on the outcomes.
• Perform regular partner support visits and maintain an issues log to make follow-ups on issues identified during the visit and share the agreed action points with all concerned.
• Monitor the organisation’s compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory directives.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements through timely, accurate financial reporting and the management of donor-specific audits.
• Draft, review, and monitor sub-grant agreements to ensure clear deliverables and compliance obligations.
• Review of various organisation contracts with donors, suppliers and partners to ensure compliance.
• Investigate occurrences of fraud, embezzlement, corruption, and indiscipline, and bring them to the attention of the Executive Director and the Board.
• Organize trainings and workshops for the Programme team on applicable donor rules and regulations and any new government policies and directives.
• Work with the management team to incorporate capacity building for staff in compliance processes, code of conduct and anti-fraud awareness as required.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree qualification in a related field.
• Management or Finance Degree with professional qualifications (ACCA/CPA/CFA), including membership to the relevant professional body.

Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 8 years’ relevant work experience in compliance, risk management, or auditing working in or with organisations in Africa, preferably women’s rights or social justice-oriented organisations.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing organisational policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Strong analytical skills, knowledge of regulatory frameworks (AML/CFT), and ability to draft compliance policies.
• Experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting, preferably in an NPO context.
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English.

• Conduct financial, regulatory, operational audit, reviews and compliance testing of UAF-Africa’s policies and procedures to establish the reliability and integrity of financial and operating information.
• Analyse risks for each process and make recommendations on the systems, processes, operations, and procedures reviewed.
• Review and update the risk register and track the closure of action plans with support from Portfolio Heads.
• Assist in the development and implementation of different organisational policies and procedures, including grant-making, finance, procurement, ICT policies, procedures, and systems.
• Facilitate all donor systems reviews and due diligence exercises as required.
• Perform risk assessment with regard to partners’ financial compliance and report timely on the outcomes.
• Perform regular partner support visits and maintain an issues log to make follow-ups on issues identified during the visit and share the agreed action points with all concerned.
• Monitor the organisation’s compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory directives.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements through timely, accurate financial reporting and the management of donor-specific audits.
• Draft, review, and monitor sub-grant agreements to ensure clear deliverables and compliance obligations.
• Review of various organisation contracts with donors, suppliers and partners to ensure compliance.
• Investigate occurrences of fraud, embezzlement, corruption, and indiscipline, and bring them to the attention of the Executive Director and the Board.
• Organize trainings and workshops for the Programme team on applicable donor rules and regulations and any new government policies and directives.
• Work with the management team to incorporate capacity building for staff in compliance processes, code of conduct and anti-fraud awareness as required.

• Proven track record of developing and implementing organisational policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Strong analytical skills, knowledge of regulatory frameworks (AML/CFT), and ability to draft compliance policies.
• Experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting, preferably in an NPO context.
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English.

• Master’s Degree qualification in a related field.
• Management or Finance Degree with professional qualifications (ACCA/CPA/CFA), including membership to the relevant professional body.