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WARMA

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Set up in 201 2, Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) is an Authority whose main function, as spelt out in the Water Resource Management Act No. 21 of 2011 is “to promote and adopt a dynamic, gender-sensitive, integrated, interactive, participatory and multisectoral approach to water resources management and development that includes human, land, environmental and socio-economic considerations, especially poverty reduction and the elimination of water borne diseases, including malaria’

WARMA is responsible for managing and regulating the use of Zambia’s water resources in an integrated, participatory and sustainable manner based on human, land, environmental and socio-economic considerations

Water Resources Management Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In order to effectively manage its functions, the Authority wishes to recruit a suitably qualified, self-motivated and experienced person for the following position: –

INTERNAL AUDITOR (01 Position)

Department: Water Resources Management & Information

Reports To: Director-General

Location: Headquarters-Lusaka

Qualifications:

  • Full ACCA, CIMA or ZICA professional or BA in Accountancy with ACCA, CIMA or ZICA professional qualification.
  • A member of Zambia Institute of Charted Accountants (ZICA) and/or Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
  • Five (5) years’ relevant work experience
  • Hands-on experience in Pastel Accounting software
  • Experience in Financial Modeling in Excel will be an added advantage
  • Honest and reliable with high moral strength
  • Innovative and proactive
  • High degree of attention to detail and integrity

Purpose of the job

To plan and conduct audits and assess the effectiveness of controls, the accuracy of financial, accounting and operational records and efficiency of operations to ensure that accounting and other operational procedures are followed and/or improved upon and that the use of assets is properly accounted for to ensure accountability.

Main Duties and Responsibilities (Principal Accountabilities)

Examines Departmental records to identify risks that the institution faces, systems and procedural weaknesses, and interviews staff to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Makes appropriate recommendations thereafter, to the Director-General and subsequently, to the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board.

Inspect accounting and other systems to determine their efficiency and protective value. Recommends to the Director-General and subsequently to the Audit and Risk Committee af the Board, measures to strengthen the internal checks where there are weaknesses and inadequacies.

Analyzes data obtained for evidence of deficiencies in controls, duplication of effort, extravagance, fraud or lack of compliance with laws, government regulations and management policies or procedures. Prepares audit and investigation reports and make recommendations to the Director-General and subsequently to the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board.

Prepares the internal audit schedule based on what risks have been identified and ensures that it is implemented and executed in a timely and effective manner.

May conduct special studies for management, such as those required to detect anomalies and to develop controls for fraud prevention and assist management in the implementation of approved recommendations.

Performs other related duties as may be assigned by Management and the Board.

INTERESTED PERSONS SHOULD SEND THEIR APPLICATION LETTERS SUPPORTED BY COPIES OF CERTIFIED ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WITH DETAILED CVs WITH 3 TRACEABLE REFEREES TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS NOT LATER THAN 2nd March 2020 with the position applied for clearly marked on the envelope:

The Human Resource Manager

Water Resources Management Authority

Plot No LN-385-7 & 385-8, Alick Nkhata Road

PO Box 51059

LUSAKA.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED LATER THAN THE CLOSING DATE SHALL NOT BE OPENED AND WILL BE DISPOSED OFF IN THE MANNER THE AUTHORITY DEEMS FIT.