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Financial & Operations Internal Auditor

Gertrude's Children's Hospital
Nairobi, Kenya
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Posted:Jul 10 By:Hiring Kenya

Company Details
Name:Gertrude's Children's Hospital
Industry: Hospital & Health Care
Website: https://www.gerties.org/
Description: Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is a not-for-profit Children’s Hospital established in 1947. Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is the most established paediatric hospital in Eastern and Central Africa, providing healthcare to children in Kenya as well as those referred from neighbouring countries. The hospital attends to over 300,000 outpatients annually through a network of 15 facilities in and around Nairobi and admits over 9,000 patients annually at its 100-bed facility located at Muthaiga, Nairobi. Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is licensed to provide healthcare to children and teens up to 21 years, and provides the full range of healthcare services including preventive care, accident and emergency, outpatient care, inpatient medical and surgical care, and rehabilitation services. The hospital provides specialist care covering more than 20 aspects of paediatric specialisation, and also runs a teens’ clinic providing comprehensive healthcare to teenagers and young adults. Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is licensed and recognised as a Level 5 Healthcare Facility, a Tertiary Referral and Teaching Children’s Hospital. The hospital operates on a self-sustaining financing model through charging fee for services. With a staff complement of 750, the hospital employs 90 doctors and 250 nurses directly and works with more than 200 independent specialist consultants to provide high quality healthcare services. The hospital allocates substantial resources towards staff training and development with greater emphasis on specialised training. The hospital has a fully accredited Ethical Review Board that oversees research activities which range from operations research to clinical trials. The Gertrude’s Institute of Child Health and Research which coordinates all training activities provides specialised training for nurses as well as accredited short courses in resuscitation, among others.
Job Description

Gertrude’s Children’s hospital is looking for a Financial & Operations Internal Auditor. The Financial & Operations Internal Auditor is responsible for performing and completing internal audits, in line with the annual internal audit plan. This responsibility includes performing internal audit procedures and preparing internal audit reports reflecting the results of the work performed.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Designing audit procedures to execute the annual audit plan, assess controls and to meet audit objectives.

 

Reviewing the reliability and integrity of the financial and operating information and the means used to identify, measure, classify, and report such information.

 

Review adequacy of internal policies and procedures ,and compliance thereon as well as with relevant laws and regulations.

 

Appraising the economy and efficiency of how resources are employed.

 

Preparing audit work-papers according to established department guidelines.

 

Preparing draft audit reports in good form, with sound recommendations and analyses that will assist the management team with the proper discharge of their responsibilities.

 

Evaluating the adequacy and timeliness of management’s response and the corrective action taken on significant audit recommendations.

 

Providing assistance and guidance to the external auditors to facilitate timely and efficient completion of the audit.

 

Providing assistance to the Manager, Internal Audit on special projects and assignment

 

Presenting audit findings or other relevant information to Management and/or the Audit Committee on the effectiveness of risk management, governance, and internal control procedures.

 

Monitor and report on the implementation of audit recommendations.

 

Maintaining continuous professional education.

 

Education and Professional Training:

 

Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce/Business Administration ((Accounting/Finance), Economics or related from a recognized institution.

 

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member in good standing of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).

 

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Information

 

Systems Auditor (CISA) would be an added advantage.

 

Ability to act as a team player, collaborate and support colleagues and peers across the organization, while still being able to work independently.

 

Experience:

 

Two (2) years working experience One (1) of which should be in management in an auditing and/or risk management and compliance assurance role.

 

 

 

Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
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