Internal Auditor ~ ACTED

Department: Internal audit
Position: Internal Auditor / FLAT officer - Indonesia
Contract duration: 05 months renewable
Location: Based in Nias, Indonesia
Starting Date: Immediate

I. Background on ACTED:
ACTED (Agency for Technical Co-operation and Development) is an international NGO founded in 1993 and head quartered in Paris. ACTED provides relief to victims of conflict and natural disasters as well as local vulnerable populations. Its activities range from emergency relief tolong-term development projects. ACTED implements around 150 projects a year in twenty countries in Africa, Central Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
ACTED has been working in Nias since April 2005 assisting those affected by the earth quake of March 28th. We have completed a range of projects including housing, watsan, school reconstruction and hygiene education.

II. Background on Internal Audit Department:
ACTED has been growing rapidly since the creation of the organization. The Internal Audit department has been created in order to reinforce the quality of our internal control.
The missions of the department are:
* To ensure the respect of ACTED procedures;
* To improve ACTED current procedures;
* To promote transparency within the organization;
* To promote accountability
The Internal Audit department is composed by the Audit Director, internal regional auditors (Asia and Africa) and local internal auditors / FLATofficers.

III. Responsibilities:
The Internal Auditor / FLAT Officer is a senior position working directly under the Country Coordinator supervision, in collaboration with the Audit Director in Paris. He/She is independent from all other ACTED departments.
The main responsibilities of the Internal Auditor / FLAT officer will be:
1. Internal Audit:
. Ensure respect of ACTED's standard procedures for all managementcycles;
. Ensure transparency and financial accountability of ACTED Country;
. Gather, compile and analyze financial, logistical andadministrative information;
. Prepare written reports including findings, analyses andrecommendations based on audit work performed;
. Ensure preparation for external audits and support externalauditors;
. Follow-up the implementation of corrections and recommendations;
. Be discreet in the gathering and use of confidential information;
2. FLAT : What is FLAT ? FLAT is a main pillar of ACTED's internal procedures. FLAT stands for Finance Logistic Administration Teams. The FLAT process aims at centralizing, integrating and harmonizing the information coming from Finance, Logistics, Administration, Programme for each project. FLAT files are also our main tools to be ready for audits of donors.
The supervision of the whole FLAT process, i.e. :
- Follow-up of the FLAT process at base level,
- Centralization at the end of the project of all FLAT documents atCapital level
- Ensure a 2nd level of control of the FLAT documents and theirreconciliation
- Ensure the sending at the HQ of the FLAT filesIV.

Qualifications:
Qualified candidates must have:
. Prior experience in the field of finance, accounting, logistics oraudit;
. Excellent financial skills and analytical skills;
. Strong personality, ability to withstand pressure and produce objective reports;
. Commitment and honesty, and a passion for improving transparencyand accountability within the organization as an absolute requirement;
. Excellent drafting and writing skills;
. Fluency in English required;
. Ability to operate Microsoft Word and Excel.

Conditions:
Salary: 3,7 million IDR per month
Based: Gunung sitoli, Nias
In addition, for people outside intervention area:
- Free housing
- 300,000 IDR for food allowance
- Return ticket home every six month

Submission of application:
Applications CVs should be submitted no later than (31 Jan 2009) to the following address: nias.administration@acted.org.