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Senior Specialist, Audit
CountyNairobi CountyCityNot specifiedContractFull TimePosted2026-09-10Close dateNot specifiedExperienceNot specifiedSourceMyJobMag Kenya
auditsenior specialistfinanceNairobifull timedonor auditUSAIDECHOGlobal FundINGOinternshipfinance
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Save the Children is hiring a Senior Specialist, Audit in Nairobi to lead donor audit readiness and engagement across USAID, ECHO, and Global Fund audits. The role involves preparing audit schedules, maintaining trackers, conducting disallowance analysis, and building capacity across country and regional offices. Candidates should have external audit experience, financial systems knowledge, and fluency in English.
- Lead audit readiness for USAID FRA, ECHO, and Global Fund donor audits
- Prepare SEFA, audit trackers, and disallowance analysis
- Capacity building across country and regional offices
- Requires external audit experience and financial systems knowledge
- Based in Nairobi, full-time position
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- The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries
- Senior Specialist, Audit
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Qualification
- BA/BSc/HND
- ,
- Professional Certificate
Experience
- Location
- Nairobi
- Job Field
- Finance / Accounting / Audit
- Principal Accountabilities
- Lead and support audit readiness and engagement for USAID Foreign Recipient Audit (FRA) and SCUS AUP.
- Prepare Schedule of Expenditure of Federal Awards (SEFA), guidance materials, and run capacity-building exercises.
- Support country/regional readiness for compliance and substantive testing.
- Gather and review supporting documents, ensure disallowances are removed, and maintain audit findings tracker.
- Collaborate with IP Finance for SCUS AUP deliverables.
- Lead ECHO audit readiness and capacity-building across COs and ROs, including document review and sample testing.
- Maintain ECHO audit tracker, analyze disallowances, and prepare recommendations.
- Analyze Global Fund audit results, maintain tracker, and support follow-up actions.
- Contribute to other audit engagements as directed by the Head of Donor Audits.
- Assist in rolling out disallowance recording/reporting tools and templates
- Conduct quarterly analysis and year-end disallowance reserve exercise.
- Manage donor assessment document folders and coordinate required evidence with stakeholders.
- Analyse results of annual Global Fund Audit
- Maintain Global Fund audit recommendation tracker with bi-annual follow up
- and Skills
- Essential
- of external audit engagements; previous
- of similar kind of role in Save the Children or with other large organization
- A thorough understanding of financial systems i.e. Agresso
- Good knowledge of Save the Children policy & procedures and audit trail
- Excellent IT literacy including expertise in spread sheet and sharepoint
- Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy
- Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
- Conscientious and client focussed
- Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
- A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and within a team environment.
- Commitment to Save the Children values
- Verbal and written fluency in English.
- in working at a CO or Regional Level Finance at SCI or any other INGO
- Good understanding of donor audit
- in operating within the charity or non-profit sector in a large global multi currency organisation.
- Across the 6 FC roles, at least one French speaker is essential and Arabic and Spanish desirable
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- Method of Application
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- Save the Children on www.savethechildren.net
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Requirements
- in particular ECHO, USAID Global Fund etc.
- Basic working knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic
- Desirable
Education
- and Qualifications
- Essential
- Part qualified accountant or equivalent or relevant
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