As the employment agency hiring temporary workers to be assigned to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, we are responsible for direct hiring and seeking candidates for the following temporary role at the Foundation.
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The Foundation
We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve.
The Team
The Assurance & Enterprise Risk Management (ARM) team helps protect the integrity of the foundation’s brand and reputation in the service of impact. We provide assurance to foundation leadership and the trustees over the dollars we invest, the data we gather, and the de‐sign of business processes we rely on.
We do this through:
- Providing objective and independent assurance to the trustees and to foundation leadership;
- Monitoring the foundation’s risk exposure;
- Assessing the foundation’s and its partners’ performance and capabilities; and
- Investigating possible illegal, unethical, or improper conduct related to our grantmaking.
Your Role
We are looking for a full-time Associate Assurance Officer to support the team managing and executing the foundation’s internal and grantee audits and reviews and supporting other key ARM team activities. We have the flexibility to hire either an Assurance Officer or an Associate Assurance Officer, and as part of our interview process will map the final candidate to the appropriate role based on our assessment of your level of experience, aptitude, and related expertise.
The Associate Assurance Officer/Associate Assurance Officer’s key work will be to support grantee audits and internal audits. They will also support risk management and investigations and other special projects of the team, and the Finance and Resource Planning division as needed. This role helps provide assurance to the Audit Committee and foundation leadership and designing advisory projects to facilitate leadership decision-making.
What You’ll Do
Grantee Audit and Assurance (60%)
The core of the role is to support a portfolio of 25+ annual audits of foundation grant recipients. This is co-sourced with an audit firm and designed to provide assurance on grant expenditure, reporting accuracy, and internal controls across foundation investments. Key deliverables include:
- Develop and co-manage the annual grant audit plan;
- Work with the co-sourced service provider to ensure that audits are conducted at a high level of quality, and in line with our expectations;
- Calibrate findings to the foundation’s risk appetite, translate findings into implications for programmatic work and align with foundation staff on a response to engage the grantee;
- Work with foundation and grantee leadership to develop and agree upon management actions;
- Evaluate the results of audits to consolidate findings, analyze implications from the findings for foundation grantmaking policies and risk appetite, make recommendations for improvement, and engage with relevant stakeholders across the foundation to influence change;
- Proactively share lessons learned and ensure awareness of assurance value and resources.
- Track daily workflow and project activities, ensuring jobs and responsibilities are clear, tasks and deliverables are met, and action items are completed.
- Track deliverables and monitoring status, including document creation, presentation preparation, logistical support, and systems management.
- Coordinate contracts, including tracking of invoicing and deliverables, receipt of required reports, and monitoring expenditures related to audit.
Internal Audit and Advisory (30%)
Each year, the ARM team undertakes several internal audit projects which emanate from high priority risks identified in collaboration with foundation leadership. You will support the design and execution of 1-3 internal audits/advisories, which may involve the engagement and management of external consultants.
- Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of an internal audit program that addresses key risks across the foundation, including designing, leading and managing internal audit engagements;
- Provide assurance over the effectiveness and efficiency of the control environment; identify control gaps and make recommendations on process improvement;
- Evaluate audit results/findings, and lead discussions providing knowledgeable and objective counsel to operations and program leadership;
- Support an annual entity-wide risk assessment which identifies the key business risks and the adequacy of the processes and controls to address such risks;
- Offer opinions on control effectiveness and consult on the development of policies, procedures and systems;
- Stay ahead of changes to regulatory requirements and company compliance policies and procedures; communicate applicable changes; and
- Identify areas for process improvement and standardization and make recommendations to the team.
- Work on special team projects as needed, including ad hoc support of Investigations and Enterprise Risk work.
- Bachelor or Advanced degree in Accounting, Management, or related field, or equivalent blend of education and experience
Other work as directed (10%)
Your Experience
- 5+ years of progressive internal audit experience in an organization of comparable scale and complexity
- International development experience and/or experience in a grantmaking institution a definite plus
- CIA, CPA, CISA or similar professional credential preferred
- Foreign language skills preferred
Other Attributes
- Adaptability: ability to learn quickly and adapt to change in processes and organization
- Relationship manager: ability to work independently and as part of integrated, diverse teams and be comfortable in varied settings, tight deadlines, and with different work and learning style
- Problem-solving mindset: ability and willingness to take on new tasks, and broaden thinking, experience, and personal development
- Professionalism: demonstrates discretion and judgment in his/her decisions concerning the sharing of privileged information; demonstrates reliability by following through on commitments and obligations
- Integrity
- Diplomacy
- Comfort with ambiguity, complexity, volatility
- Appreciation of complexity/nuance/context
- Strong understanding of financial statement presentations
- Ability to evaluate and improve internal control practices
- Understand risk assessment and mitigation practices and tools
- Ability to analyze complex data and develop recommendations
- Management skills to manage, develop and effectively engage staff, partners, and external consultants
- Leadership and communication skills, including the ability to actively listen, engage with internal and external stakeholders, and foster the implementation of organizational improvements
- Awareness of and ability to execute change management activities in support of organizational goals
- Superlative oral and written communication skills to inform and persuade audiences
- Navigate politics, complex systems of influence
*Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
Hiring Requirements
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
NOTIFICATION: All opportunities listed are temporary in scope, and your employer would be AgileOne. These assignments are temporary and “at will.” There is no guarantee of on-going employment with AgileOne or any promise, express or implied, of conversion to employment with the Foundation.
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Last updated on Sep 19, 2024