Performance Auditor (2 Positions) – Mogadishu, Somalia

Background

The Office of the Auditor General of the Federal Republic of Somalia (OAGS) is responsible to audit all the federal public institutions, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and enterprises in which the federal government has controlling interests. As our performance auditor, you are directly responsible for participating and conducting performance audits and examination projects. The performance audit ensures that all projects are planned, conducted, and reported according to professional standards, and that all relevant issues and concerns have been identified and resolved or raised to the director for resolution. the performance auditor assesses the performance of government organizations, including their efficiency, effectiveness and economy, based on compliance with relevant legislation and policy, best practices and other criteria.

Roles and responsibilities

• Participate in the planning and designing auditing process and necessary tasks to be completed.

• Performance audits evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of government programs to determine if there are ways of making them work better.

• Ensuring adherence to relevant methodology, standards, budgets, and policies and procedures.
• Review team member’s work for accuracy and compliance.

• Planning, conducting and reporting of several concurrent audits and/or assessments, involving specific methodologies and professional standards that are constantly evolving at a provincial, national and inter-national level.

• Inter-provincial committees’ participation.
• PA portfolio administration (i.e., staff scheduling, portfolio budget forecasting).
• Maintaining considerable subject matter expertise (such as the health care industry or environmental issues); obtaining, reviewing and analyzing evidence; and ensuring all significant matters are addressed.
• Providing direction and leadership to project teams of professional staff, and contracted resources as required, ensuring professional practices and standards as well as budget and timelines are met.
• Issues raised during the course of audits/assessments are often of a sensitive nature, which requires that Managers possess excellent communication skills and the ability to build credibility and strong long-term working relationships with auditees.