CBM
Compliance Manager (Nairobi-based)
Objective: The incumbent of the position will report directly via dotted line to the Chief Operations Officer (COO) to establish, enforce and help implement regional, country and local partner compliance standards with regard to programmatic and financial accountability requirements.
Objective: The incumbent of the position will report directly via dotted line to the Chief Operations Officer (COO) to establish, enforce and help implement regional, country and local partner compliance standards with regard to programmatic and financial accountability requirements.
In
addition, the position holder will help to set compliance and accountability
standards, tools and methodologies.
Main tasks
- Act as
“hands-on” support to ensure compliance, resolve compliance issues and
report back to the case specific stakeholders
- Identify,
capture and communicate pertinent information, under tight deadlines, in a
form and time frame that enables management to take due action
- Implement and
manage the issue resolution process of red flags and internal audit
critical project incidents in the region of operation and report back
results to internal audit
- Draw a list of
lessons learnt after a resolution process and include them into the
project monitoring/internal compliance process
- Embed control
activities in policies and procedures that help ensure that management
directives are clearly stated
- Participate in
the development of programmatic and financial accountability standards led
by the COO as well as with other compliance managers
- Communicate to
and train staff at regional, country and partner level on CBM´s
programmatic and financial accountability standards in order to avoid past
compliance issues
- Identify and
analyse compliance risk on an on-going basis and report to the COO and
Regional Director on specific cases and general trends
- Facilitate the
establishment of a compliance environment that sets the tone of CBM
integrity, commitment to competence, management philosophy and
implementation of remediation actions
- Establish a
process that assesses the quality of the system’s performance over time to
track and monitor the occurrence of compliance issues
Professional Profile and
Requirements
- CPA or
equivalent professional qualification, MBA, Master’s degree in Finance
and/or Compliance or related field;
- Minimum of 5
years of experience in professional audit, compliance and related risk
management, in a functional responsibility or in a management position;
- Knowledge of
CBM or similar organisations and their respective field and regional
operations;
- Extensive
experience working in the field;
- Experience in
working in a multi-cultural environment and with multiple stakeholders.
Personal Profile &
Competencies
- Technical expertise
- Establishing
focus
- Analytical and
forward thinking
- Personal
credibility
- Decisiveness
- Thoroughness
- Building
collaborative relationships
- Providing
motivational support
- Knowledge of MS
Navision, Office and SharePoint solutions, accounting software QuickBooks,
Dac Easy
- Very good
knowledge of English. Knowledge of French and/or Spanish would be
advantageous
The future job holder will adhere to CBM’s values and commits to CBM’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
CBM encourages persons with disabilities to apply for this position.
Candidates with the required profile and proven experience, who meet these qualifications, are invited to submit in English via e-mail, a meaningful cover letter, CV and salary expectations to: recruit.nairobi@cbm.org
Closing date: 30 Sep 2016
