Internal Auditor ENCOT Microfinance

Serving over 36,000 clients in 17 districts of the Mid-Western and Central region(s) of Uganda, ENCOT Microfinance Limited (ENCOT) is a social impact, fast growing and innovative MFI operating a network of 10 branches of Hoima, Masindi, Kigumba, Kagadi, Nakasongola, Kawempe, Luweero, Bweyale, Katikara and Karuguuza. ENCOT’s mission is to provide microfinance services to low-income smallholder farmer communities, most especially women, to allow them curve their own paths out of poverty through creation of own jobs. ENCOT is seeking to recruit dynamic, self-motivated and result oriented professionals to urgently fill the following positions:

1. INTERNAL AUDITOR – Head Office

Reporting to the Board Audit Committee, the Internal Auditor performs professional internal auditing work which involves managing or conducting performance, operational, financial, IT and compliance audit assignments across the organization. He or she ensures that the organization’s audit plan is executed; he/she provides consulting services to management and staff. He or she provides leadership to development of the annual internal audit plan, all with emphasis on a risk-based approach designed to assist the board and management in the attainment of their objectives. He or She maintains all organizational and professional ethical standards and ensures internal audit activities are carried out in compliance with The IIA’s International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.

Ideal profile:
1. Degree in at least one of the following fields is a MUST: Business, Finance, Accounting, Audit, and any other related field.
2. Chattered training in Auditing, Accounting, and Compliance Management such as IAA, CIA, ACCA, and CPA is a distinct advantage.
3. A minimum of THREE (3) years’ Finance/Accounting and/or Audit/Risk management experience.
4. Exposure to best-practice financial management in a financial institution or an audit firm is an asset.
5. Proficiency in MS Office suite, good understanding of IT and its role in modern management.

Core Capabilities:
1. Knowledge of and skill in applying internal auditing principles and practices, and management principles and preferred business practices.
2. Good knowledge of the Standards and Code of Ethics.
3. Some Knowledge of contemporary risk management and control techniques and working knowledge of contemporary control frameworks.
4. Some Knowledge of management information systems terminology, concepts, and practices, including but not limited to applicable reporting, disclosure, financial reporting and accounting principles and practices.
5. Skill in collecting and analyzing data, evaluating information and systems, and drawing logical conclusions.
6. Good skill in planning and project management, and in maintaining composure under pressure while meeting multiple deadlines