Background

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries.

Responsibilities

Lead and support audit readiness and engagement for USAID Foreign Recipient Audit (FRA) and SCUS AUP. Prepare Schedule of Expenditure of Federal Awards (SEFA), guidance materials, and run capacity-building exercises. Support country/regional readiness for compliance and substantive testing. Gather and review supporting documents, ensure disallowances are removed, and maintain audit findings tracker. Collaborate with IP Finance for SCUS AUP deliverables. Lead ECHO audit readiness and capacity-building across COs and ROs, including document review and sample testing. Maintain ECHO audit tracker, analyze disallowances, and prepare recommendations. Analyze Global Fund audit results, maintain tracker, and support follow-up actions. Contribute to other audit engagements as directed by the Head of Donor Audits. Assist in rolling out disallowance recording/reporting tools and templates. Conduct quarterly analysis and year-end disallowance reserve exercise. Manage donor assessment document folders and coordinate required evidence with stakeholders. Analyse results of annual Global Fund Audit. Maintain Global Fund audit recommendation tracker with bi-annual follow up.

Qualifications and Requirements

Experience and Skills

• Experience of external audit engagements; previous experience of similar kind of role in Save the Children or with other large organization.
• A thorough understanding of financial systems i.e. Agresso.
• Good knowledge of Save the Children policy & procedures and audit trail.
• Excellent IT literacy including expertise in spread sheet and sharepoint.
• Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy.
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines.
• Conscientious and client focussed.
• Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure.
• A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and within a team environment.
• Commitment to Save the Children values.
• Verbal and written fluency in English.
• Experience in working at a CO or Regional Level Finance at SCI or any other INGO.
• Good understanding of donor audit requirements in particular ECHO, USAID Global Fund etc.
• Basic working knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic.

Desirable

• Experience in operating within the charity or non-profit sector in a large global multi currency organisation.
• Across the 6 FC roles, at least one French speaker is essential and Arabic and Spanish desirable.

Education and Qualifications

• Part qualified accountant or equivalent or relevant experience.

• Lead and support audit readiness and engagement for USAID Foreign Recipient Audit (FRA) and SCUS AUP.
• Prepare Schedule of Expenditure of Federal Awards (SEFA), guidance materials, and run capacity-building exercises.
• Support country/regional readiness for compliance and substantive testing.
• Gather and review supporting documents, ensure disallowances are removed, and maintain audit findings tracker.
• Collaborate with IP Finance for SCUS AUP deliverables.
• Lead ECHO audit readiness and capacity-building across COs and ROs, including document review and sample testing.
• Maintain ECHO audit tracker, analyze disallowances, and prepare recommendations.
• Analyze Global Fund audit results, maintain tracker, and support follow-up actions.
• Contribute to other audit engagements as directed by the Head of Donor Audits.
• Assist in rolling out disallowance recording/reporting tools and templates.
• Conduct quarterly analysis and year-end disallowance reserve exercise.
• Manage donor assessment document folders and coordinate required evidence with stakeholders.
• Analyse results of annual Global Fund Audit.
• Maintain Global Fund audit recommendation tracker with bi-annual follow up.

• Experience of external audit engagements; previous experience of similar kind of role in Save the Children or with other large organization.
• A thorough understanding of financial systems i.e. Agresso.
• Good knowledge of Save the Children policy & procedures and audit trail.
• Excellent IT literacy including expertise in spread sheet and sharepoint.
• Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy.
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines.
• Conscientious and client focussed.
• Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure.
• A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and within a team environment.
• Commitment to Save the Children values.
• Verbal and written fluency in English.
• Experience in working at a CO or Regional Level Finance at SCI or any other INGO.
• Good understanding of donor audit requirements in particular ECHO, USAID Global Fund etc.
• Basic working knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic.
• Experience in operating within the charity or non-profit sector in a large global multi currency organisation.

• Part qualified accountant or equivalent or relevant experience.