25 Job Positions at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 30 November 2022)

25 Job Positions at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 30 November 2022)

3 Job Positions of Internal Auditor Specialist Under Statute at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 30 November 2022)

Job description

Under direct supervision and guidance of the chief internal auditor, the Internal Auditor Specialist will be responsible of the following:

1. Prepare annual audit plan
– Participate and supervise Local Government internal audit team in carrying out risk assessment for Local Government
institutions and identify areas of high risks for joint and individual audits prioritization;
– Support Local Government internal audit team in preparation of risk based annual audit plan;
– Assist Local Government internal audit team in designing the audit plan with clear timing and proper resource allocation;
– Ensure that the annual internal audit plans are discussed with management and approved by District Council/Audit committee of
the institution.

2. Carry out Financial, performance, systematic, compliance and Forensic auditing in Local Government institutions
– Provide technical support to Local Government internal auditors and participate in evaluating the effectiveness of internal
controls over revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities designed to optimize the economical and efficient use of resources
and effectiveness of operations;
– Participate and Supervise Local Government internal audit team in assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of internal control
systems, risk management and governance processes;
– Supervise and Participate in conducting joint audit assignments with internal auditors from Local Government;
– Assist in Developing and reviewing audit programs for Local Government audit assignments
– Perform any ad hoc investigative assignments in Local Government entities

3.Train and Coach Central Government Internal Auditors
– Supervise activities of internal auditors across Local Government entities;
– Carry out quality review of Government Internal Auditors’ work including but not limited to the annual audit plans, audit programs,
internal audit reports and provide timely feedback for improvement;
– Disseminate internal audit regulations, policies, guidelines and audit methodology to Central Government Internal Auditors;
– Identify staff capacity building gaps and areas that need improvements, develop capacity building plan and propose continuous
professional development program for Local Government internal auditors and audit committees.

4. Consolidate internal Audit and Audit Committee reports.
– Consolidate quarterly and semi-annually internal audit reports from Local Government Internal Auditors and Audit Committees

5. Follow up of Audit recommendations implementation
– Consolidate quarterly issue tracking reports from Local Government entities indicating the status of internal and external audit
recommendations implementation;
– Identify Local Government entities with Adverse, disclaimer and qualified audit opinions and, in collaboration with management
and internal auditors, assess the root causes and advise on proposed alternative solutions to address the causes and achieve
unqualified audit opinions.

6. Monitoring the implementation of internal audit action plan
– Coordinate and monitor the implementation of risk based annual internal audit plans in Local Government entities;
– Prepare a consolidated monthly report on the status of implementation of Central Government annual internal audit plans and
highlight, in consultation with central government internal auditors, the implementation challenges and alternative solutions to
those challenges

2 Job Positions of Budget Management & Reporting Officer-MINECOFIN Under Statute at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 30 November 2022)

Job description

Under direct supervision and guidance of the Director General of Budget Management and Reporting, the Budget management and reporting officer will be responsible of the following:
1. Monitor, guide and support budget preparation and ensure quality of budget execution reports.
– Support the preparation of the monthly, quarterly and annual budget execution reports in conformity with OBL and other laws;
– Support and guide the preparation of the annual budget and MTEF for Central Government budget agencies under their portfolio;
– Monitor the budget implementation in line with agreed cash flow plans and priority expenditures for agencies under their portfolio;
– Advise the management on issues related to budget preparation and implementation
– Analyze the budget reallocation requests from Budget agencies under his/her portfolio to recommend appropriate actions
– Support the preparation of the budget analysis reports requested by the Treasury Management Committee
– Prepare the necessary information that form the background for the budget revision for budget agencies under his/her portfolio and any additional budget requests during budget execution
– Prepare the extra budgetary information for budget agencies under his/her portfolio with implication on implementation of the national budget;
– Provide technical support to budget agencies under his/her portfolio to prepare and implement their budgets.
– Follow up with budget agencies and consolidate quarterly performance reports under budget agencies of their focus

2. Participate in different reviews and provide requested data.
– Participate in the organization of Public expenditures reviews and surveys;
– Participate in the Joint Sector Reviews and disseminating the budget expenditures data requested.

Internal Audit Specialist in charge of IT Audit Under Statute at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 30 November 2022)

Job description

Under Direct supervision of the Chief Internal Auditor, the Internal audit specialist in charge of IT will be responsible of the following:
1. Prepare Risk Based annual IT audit plan
– Identify and evaluate public entities risks in IT auditable areas and prepare a risk-based annual IT audit plan
– Assist government internal auditors in risk based annual IT audit planning;
– Develop and maintain IT Risk Assessment including identifying areas where business units should consider additional
investment and areas internal audit should focus.

2. Carry out IT audits in government institutions
– Plans, supervises IT audit assignments and communicates with auditee departments concerned;
– Conduct audits or lead audit teams in performance of IT audits and reviews of systems, applications and IT processes;
– Supervision of IT internal auditors engaged in the IT audit projects;
– Evaluate information general computing controls and provide value added feedback and test compliance with those controls.
– Gather and critically evaluate evidence and assess the operation of systems to identify risks and associated controls
recommending actions for improving the effectiveness of the risk management process and internal control environment;
– Collects and analyses data, prepares preliminary report, discusses with auditees on audit findings before the issuance of a final
report;
– Direct and participate in special investigations, digital forensics projects, and programs as requested;
– Review IT management policies and procedures such as change management, business continuity planning / disaster recovery
and information security to ensure that controls surrounding these processes are adequate;
– Supervise or lead other IT audit assignments on a regular or permanent basis as assigned by the supervisor;
– Regularly validates audit recommendations from auditee departments as assigned by the supervisor

3. Train and Coach Government Internal Auditors and Audit Committees and Management
– Develop, build & implement tools to analyze data to improve IT audit efficiency and effectiveness. Ultimately be a source for
analytics that business units adopt to provide business insights or for continuous auditing;
– Provide Business and IT management with guidance on IT risk management matters, particularly on application and
infrastructure security;
– Carry out supervision of IT audit activities as assigned by Government Chief Internal Auditor;
– Under the guidance of Government Chief Internal Auditor, carry out quality assurance review to assess the efficiency and
effectiveness of IT audit activity and identify opportunities for improvement;
– In collaboration with directors of Central and Local Government internal audit, develop capacity building plan and propose
continuous professional development program for Government internal auditors and audit committees in IT audit area;
– Participate in development and dissemination of IT internal audit tools, IT audit methodology to Government Internal Auditors as
assigned by Government Chief Internal Auditor;

3. Consolidate Government Internal Audit Activity and Audit Committee reports relating to IT audits.
– Summarize Government Internal Audit activities in a consolidated IT audit report to be submitted on a quarterly basis to the
Government Chief Internal Auditor;
– Summarize Audit committee reports relating to IT in a consolidated report to be submitted, on quarterly basis, to the Government
Chief Internal Auditor

4. Follow up implementation of Internal and External Audit and Audit committee recommendations
– Identify Government public entities with Adverse, disclaimer and qualified audit opinions in IT audits and, in collaboration with
management and internal auditors, assess the root causes and advise on proposed solutions to address the causes to achieve
unqualified audit opinions;
– Under the guidance of Government Chief Internal Auditor and in collaboration with directors of Central and Local Government
Internal Audit, Educate all levels of the Institutions on IT risk management plans;
– Assess the implementation of internal, external IT audits and Audit Committee recommendations and communicate to the
Government Chief Internal Auditor the outstanding recommendations for decision making

5. Monitoring the implementation of risk based annual internal audit plans
– Coordinate and monitor the implementation of risk based annual internal IT audit plans in Government institutions;
– Summarize in a consolidated report, on quarterly basis, the status of risk based annual internal audit plans by Government
Internal Auditors

6. Monitoring the implementation of risk based annual internal audit plans
– Coordinate and monitor the implementation of risk based annual internal IT audit plans in Government institutions;
– Summarize in a consolidated report, on quarterly basis, the status of risk based annual internal audit plans by Government
Internal Auditors

Public Accountants Officer-MINECOFIN Under Statute at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 30 November 2022)

Job description

Under direct supervision and guidance of Deputy Accountant General/ DG Public Account, the public accountant officer will be responsible of the following:
1. Provide technical support and advice to Budget Agencies
– Liaise with Budget Agency management in preparing GoR Financial Statements and verifying their timeliness, completeness and
accuracy of financial reports,
– Guide step by step assigned portfolio in implementation of International Public sector standards
– Review of financial Statements for assigned Budget Agencies and ensure timely provision of quality review feedback,
– Monitor and support audit process of assigned entities and ensure issues noted are resolved and recommendations
implemented.

2. Train and Coach Budget Agency personnel
– Provide induction and reinforcement training to Budget Agency personnel in public finance management and accounting tools
and software such as IFMIS,
– Support and take active role in the preparation of public finance reforms and documents and ensure its dissemination to users in
Central Government Agencies, Local Government and Public Institutions.
– Ensuring that financial and accounting arrangements in Ministries/Districts/Agencies are adequate and effective and
performance of PFM staff of assigned portfolio is satisfactory

3. Consolidate financial reports.
– Prepare monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual consolidation dashboards of financial information for assigned portfolio.
– Monitor accountability issues of assigned portfolio and ensure these are resolved in reasonable time.
– Maintaining the accounting records of assigned portfolios.