Senior Specialist, Audit

Principal Accountabilities

• 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 and Skills
Essential

• 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 
Essential

• Part qualified accountant or equivalent or relevant experience