Manager – Internal Audit – Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)

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Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)

BACKGROUND:

The Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has been established by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to identify and address systemic bottlenecks to Ethiopia’s agricultural development. The Agency does this through problem-solving, implementation support, and capacity building of stakeholders involved in implementation of interventions that address the systemic bottlenecks. The Agency reports to a Transformation Council chaired by the Prime Minister and whose co-chair is the Minister of Agriculture. 

The programmatic focus of the Agency responds to a core set of needs identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Transformation Council. Within the Agency, issues are divided into four different groups:  Production and Productivity which includes Inputs and Crop Protection, Livestock, Research and Extension, Mechanization, Rural Finance & Agro-Processing Value Addition; Agribusiness and Markets including Market Services, Market Infrastructure, Commercial & Contract Farming, Domestic and Export Market Development, and Cooperatives Development; Environmentally Sustainable and Inclusive Agricultural Growth including Sustainable Irrigation & Watershed Management, Sustainable Land Management, Gender Equality and Nutrition, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, and Planning and MLE; and Enhanced Implementation Capacity which includes ICT, Private Sector, and Organizational and Human Capacity. Across the programs, the ATA engages public, private and non-governmental stakeholders to support strategic planning, manage and strengthen implementation capacity and test innovative models.

Our Culture

We have an exceptional team of highly competent employees with a proven track record of success in managing complex activities and achieving transformational results.  Our culture is one where talented, dedicated and adaptable individuals are committed to doing their best and exhibit great team work to achieve excellent results. 

At ATA, we provide an exceptional platform for people who want to achieve their highest potential and make a meaningful contribution in changing the country’s agricultural sector.  We offer rewarding work in a young, fast-paced growing organization with passionate, committed, motivated colleagues and excellent career development and training.  We recognize our most valuable assets are our staff and are committed to providing our employees with the tools, training and mentorships necessary to achieve their career goals. 

 

 

Position:                           Manager –  Internal Audit

 

Employment Type:         One year, with the possibility to extension

Duty Station(s):               Addis Ababa

Required Number:         One

Salary & Benefits:           Competitive

Application Deadline:    January 5, 2024

 

BACKGROUND:

The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) is a strategy and delivery-oriented government Institute created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the country’s agriculture sector. The ATI envisions to be the leading center of innovative solutions for the transformation of Ethiopian Agriculture by 2030.

The Institute focuses on two primary national approaches to catalyze agricultural transformation. First, we support the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), its affiliate institutions, and other partners to identify and address systemic bottlenecks within an Agricultural Transformation Agenda. Second, we support Regional Governments to accelerate the development of high-priority commodity value chains in clearly defined geographic clusters, through the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) Initiative.

Our major activities include conducting strategic and analytical studies, providing technical implementation support, coordinating platforms to better integrate partners and projects, and designing and directly leading a number of implementation projects. Our headquarters are in Addis Ababa, and we have regional offices in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, South-West, and Tigray regional offices, allowing us to work closely with a wide range of public, private, and development sector partners across the country.

Our Culture

We have an exceptional team of highly competent employees with a proven track record of success in managing complex activities and achieving transformational results.  Our culture is one where talented, dedicated and adaptable individuals are committed to doing their best and exhibit great teamwork to achieve excellent results. 

At ATI, we provide an exceptional platform for people who want to achieve their highest potential and make a meaningful contribution in changing the country’s agricultural sector.  We offer rewarding work in a young, fast-paced growing organization with passionate, committed, motivated colleagues and excellent career development and training.  We recognize our most valuable assets are our staff and are committed to providing our employees with the tools, training, and mentorship necessary to achieve their career goals.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Internal Audit Manager is responsible for an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve the ATI’s operations. In this role, the Internal Audit Manager will help the ATI accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance

• Perform and control the full audit cycle including risk management and internal control over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations

• Institution's legal formation, business operation and financial structure

• Coordinate and lead control-related activities of the Institute.
• Design and develop internal audit procedure, define internal audit areas, resources and internal audit engagement requirements, that ensures independency, objectivity and quality assurance to the Senior Management Team.

• Conduct risk assessments and identify controls in place to mitigate identified risks

• Perform audit procedures to verify that controls are operating to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement

• Analyze and conclude on effectiveness and efficiency of control environment and promote compliance to organizational policies

• Document the results of audit work in accordance with the Internal Audit Manual-MoF 2014 and standard.

• Contribute, as appropriate, in the year-end financial audit with the external auditor

• Provide advice on internal control and participate in enhancing internal audit standards and practices within ATI.

• Lead and manage regular and ad-hoc internal audit engagements in accordance with requirements defined under Charter of the Institute.

• Develop audit plans, define activities to be audited, set clear objectives to be achieved; define types of audit review, key resources required, period of engagements and related communication channels to provide management with adequate, reliable and timely information

• Plan, lead and manage special internal audit investigations as instructed by the Director, internal audit.

• Conduct annual evaluation of internal audit engagements and findings and presents annual internal audit report

• Engage to continuous knowledge development regarding regulations, best practices, tools, techniques and performance standards

• Manage and supervise the internal audit staff, and performs other internal audit reviews as instructed by the Director

 

• Minimum Bachelor degree in accounting, business or finance or other related field, Master’s degree is preferred
• At least 8 years of relevant experience for Bachelor degree and 6 years of  relevant experience for Masters degree .
• ACCA certification is a plus, holding a CIA certification is an advantage
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent knowledge of accounting and risk-based auditing with a focus on financial risk and control requirements
• Excellent understanding of the audit standards of the government of Ethiopia and ability to fully comply
• Ability to manage and supervise auditors to follow sound internal control practices and to manage risks appropriately
• Be adaptable and able to meet deadlines as well as work with different types of staff
• Strong skills in negotiating, relationship building, problem solving and timely escalation
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Detail oriented and able to quickly grasp the big picture
• Able to learn quickly and work towards the Vision & Strategy of the organization
• Motivated to contribute to high performing teams
• Work independently as well as act as a team player with interest to collaborate and support colleagues across the organization
• Results Oriented – able to meet deadlines on assignments as well as work with all categories of staff
• Fluency in English and Amharic is essential

Competitive

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