Internal Auditor

Anera Lebanon invites proposals from qualified individuals and accounting firms, hereinafter referred to as “Auditor,” to perform the internal audit function.

Anera requests proposals from qualified individuals and accounting firms interested in providing internal audit functions for Anera Lebanon. The internal audit function will be performed to ensure that the operating procedures, including all internal controls, are being followed and that all expenditures of Anera’s funds are in accordance with laws, rules, and regulations.

The Internal Auditor's main function is to ensure that all processes in Anera-Lebanon are risk-management compliant. This includes certain areas for compliance with relevant laws, the five elements of the COSO Framework  and evaluating how effective Anera-Lebanon has been at implementing its controls and practices.

Objectives:

• The primary role of the Internal Auditor is to help Anera protect its assets, reputation, and sustainability.
• The Internal Auditor’s key objective is to provide reliable, valued, and timely assessment of Anera Lebanon's accounts and the effectiveness of internal controls to help mitigate risk.
• Assess whether Anera’s processes and actions are in line with its values, ethics, risk appetite, risk culture, and other policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Provide an effective internal audit service in accordance with current legislative requirements, statutory requirements, and professional standards.
• Carrying out an audit, investigation, or reasonable inquiry, authorized to have unrestricted access to all functions, records, property, and personnel, and to obtain assistance of Anera’s staff.
• Evaluate financial documents for accuracy and compliance with Anera’s policies and procedures, donor regulations and guidelines, and Lebanese government laws and regulations.
• Identify the financial risk of Anera and offer recommendations to reduce it.
• Identity accounting and financial record-keeping processes that can be improved.
• Present findings to upper management in the form of reports and presentations.
• Ensure adequate systems of controls, inspection, and reporting.
• Maintain adequate systems of control and review the effectiveness of those controls
• Helps to ensure that adequate, effective, and sustainable control processes are in operation to manage material risks and contribute to the improvement of the risk management and control process.
• Compile and implement the annual internal audit plan.
• Conduct ad hoc investigations into identified or reported risks.
• Oversee risk-based audits covering operational and financial processes.
• Audit of financial statements prepared according to US-GAAP, IFRS, and other applicable financial reporting frameworks
• Audit statutory reports and financial statements.