Senior Manager of Audit

Overview

This senior manager leads the Asia region audit team to ensure organizational accountability and integrity through audit of business controls, accuracy of financial records, and efficiency of Compassion operations, examining departmental records, and interviews individuals to provide assurance about ministry operations, including compliance with applicable laws and regulations. This position is also part of the Global Audit leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
• Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
• Provides leadership, planning and consultation to subordinates, executives, and peer management in the successful alignment of assigned department resources to ensure achievement of operational priorities and initiatives, integrating priorities within organizational strategies to ensure that department's purpose is fulfilled.
• Contributes to or prepares and administers the annual budget and departmental expenses, ensuring accountability for on-time completion of deliverables based on department objectives, SLAs, and other Compassion standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory and board policies.
• Selects, manages and develops assigned staff, establishing goals and objectives, coaching and managing performance, including discipline, motivation, and annual reviews; supports continuous learning and development that enhances individual performance and organizational capability.
• Forges partnerships with senior ministry leaders, managers, and other audit and risk management professionals, collaborating across functions to plan and manage audits that review supporting documents for Compassion operations to ensure organizational accountability and integrity and maintain operational excellence.
• Provides professional, insightful recommendations concerning key decisions on Compassion's standards, controls, programs, and processes. Manages the implementation of initiatives to improve consistency, scalability, quality and efficiency of audits; provides opinion and assurance on control framework issues, including: internal policies and procedures, industry standards and requirements, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that subordinate managers and professionals conduct audits and investigations in a manner that builds partnership with Compassion and Partners and is successful in identifying root causes that can be corrected to ensure ongoing improvement and future successes.
• May travel to Compassion project sites to participate in or lead the audit operational and financial systems, administration records, accountability procedures, staffing, planning, budgets, specific key result indicators, legal compliance and general management practices. Manages audits in a facilitative manner, emphasizing opportunities for training and development of ministry partner workers.
  
  

Qualifications

Faith

• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
  
  

Culture

• Accountable for supporting, upholding, and engaging in Compassion's core "Cultural Behaviors" in all internal and external communication and relationships.
  
  

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
  
  

Professional Experience

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in this field
• Strongly preferred: Managerial experience within a major public accounting firm
  
  

Certifications

• Strongly preferred: Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and/or Certified Fraud Examiner