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Principal Internal Auditor Kagrc Grade 4 at Kenya Animal Genetic Resources Centre

Responsibilities or duties

• Implementing audit strategies, policies and procedures;
• Periodical reviewing of systems and controls to give an opinion on their reliability and effectiveness;
• Reviewing operations to establish adequacy of the manuals, policies and guidelines that have been put in place to ensure smooth operations while undertaking the mandate of the Centre;
• Monitoring and reporting on the Centre’s risk profiling, risk appetite, risk registers and risk management in general;
• Supporting various Divisions in risk profiling and mitigation;
• Ensuring adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency in risk management processes in line with the mandate and operations of the Centre;
• Facilitating development and maintenance of risk registers within the Centre;
• Evaluating budget processes to give assurance on compliance and effectiveness of budget systems and controls;
• Preparing risk-based annual audit plans for approval by the Audit Committee;
• Undertaking specific audit assignments.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• A minimum period of eight (8) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in a Management position;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Commerce (Finance or Accounting option), Business Administration (Finance and Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in any of the following fields: Finance, Accounting, Business Administration (Accounting/Finance Option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Registered with a professional body and a member of ICPAK and IIA or its equivalent, and in good standing;
• Professional courses CISA, CIA etc
• Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution; and
• Proficiency in computer applications;

Skills and competencies

• Leadership skills;
• Strategic and innovative thinking;
• Interpersonal relationship skills;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Negotiation skills;
• Report writing skills;
• Problem solving skills; and
• Communication skills;

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• Implementing audit strategies, policies and procedures;
• Periodical reviewing of systems and controls to give an opinion on their reliability and effectiveness;
• Reviewing operations to establish adequacy of the manuals, policies and guidelines that have been put in place to ensure smooth operations while undertaking the mandate of the Centre;
• Monitoring and reporting on the Centre’s risk profiling, risk appetite, risk registers and risk management in general;
• Supporting various Divisions in risk profiling and mitigation;
• Ensuring adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency in risk management processes in line with the mandate and operations of the Centre;
• Facilitating development and maintenance of risk registers within the Centre;
• Evaluating budget processes to give assurance on compliance and effectiveness of budget systems and controls;
• Preparing risk-based annual audit plans for approval by the Audit Committee;
• Undertaking specific audit assignments.

• Leadership skills;
• Strategic and innovative thinking;
• Interpersonal relationship skills;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Negotiation skills;
• Report writing skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Communication skills;

• A minimum period of eight (8) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in a Management position;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Commerce (Finance or Accounting option), Business Administration (Finance and Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in any of the following fields: Finance, Accounting, Business Administration (Accounting/Finance Option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Registered with a professional body and a member of ICPAK and IIA or its equivalent, and in good standing;
• Professional courses CISA, CIA etc
• Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications;