Programme Management Office Senior Officer - Compliance

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types.

Background Information – Asia Regional Health Cluster

The Asia Regional Health Cluster (ARHC) was established in 2018 for efficient delivery of grants and fund management, and the provision of quality pharmaceuticals and health products. The ARHC aims to significantly impact the targets of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and well-being, by expanding the population benefitting from UNOPS-managed health-related engagements across the Asia Region.
The ARHC portfolio manages the PR Programme of the Global Fund, which has been providing financial support to the GMS countries for Malaria programs since 2003. Global Fund has selected UNOPS as a regional PR, responsible for delivering the targets set out in the grant agreements in collaboration with selected sub-recipients (SRs) from the National Programmes, local and international NGOs, the private sector and other UN agencies. UNOPS in Cambodia is currently the Principal Recipient programme (PR) for the Regional Artemisinin Resistance Initiative (RAI).

• Serve as focal point for audits and prepare required documentation
• Prepare annual audit calendar, develop work plan and audit ToRs and coordinate with UNOPS/PIP/SRs on audit scope and checklist
• Facilitate internal and external audit exercise for UNOPS/PIP/SRs and ensure timely submission of all audit requirements including reports
• Provide support to audits conducted by UNOPS' Internal Audit and Investigation Group
• Conduct investigations in close cooperation with UNOPS' Internal Audit and Investigation Group.
• Analyze audit finding and prepare audit follow up action plan
• Carry out regular monitoring and performance review on the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall project implementation (Programme, M&E, PSM, Finance), assess risk areas, document lessons learned report and provide on time update, facilitate solutions and make appropriate recommendations for improvement
• Ensuring the achievement of project objectives and outcomes; assess reliability and integrity of project and financial management
• Monitor and provide technical support on the implementation of previous audit recommendations and provide regular update status reports to the management
• Provide guidance and technical advice on audit to ensure minimal audit findings and risk exposure and work closely with the reporting and capacity building team and other units
• Maintain compliance standards by determining project implementation conformity with rules and regulations of UNOPS and Global Fund
• Advise the management about any suspected misconduct in the project implementation
• Other duties may be assigned by the PR Programme Coordinator for UNOPS Cambodia.

Strengthen the capacity and relationship between UNOPS and SRs on program management by focusing on the following results:

• Identify training needs, develop training programs and materials , provide guidance and conduct specific training sessions to UNOPS/PIP/SRs on audit processes, common findings
• Contribute to capacity development activities – organizational development for UNOPS/PIP/SRs
• Undertaking assessments of financial systems, risks and performance of UNOPS/PIP/SRs through carrying out analytical work and assisting with capacity building and providing support on all aspects of financial management including relevance project management
• Conduct financial management capacity assessment of implementing partners upon extension of agreements.
• Provide advisory services on audit related matters.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of professional practices within the UNOPS Cambodia Global Fund PR Office and any grants/projects implemented by it.
• Synthesis of lessons learnt and best practices and sharing with relevance units

Support to senior programme coordinator on partnership development, donor/public sector liaison and contribution to business development forums

• Assist in high level coordination with various partners, including Global Fund Country Team, CCC, public sector and other stakeholders.
• Monitor and track of all GF performance letters through joint coordination with the Senior Management Team to develop management responses.

• Professional certification in CIA, CFE, CISA, CPA, ACCA or CA are an asset.

• Minimum 2 years of progressively responsible for internal audit, finance and/or operations experience with an international organization in providing operations and financial management services. 
• Significant experience with internal auditing practices; tools and techniques; and the assessment of management systems and practices, financial and internal controls, and utilization of resources is required.
• Strong experience of working with general accounting principles and best practices required.
• Prior auditing experience, either as an auditor or auditee will be preferred.
• Experience in project management, Procurement and Supply chain Management would be an advantage.
• Experience of working in the UN system and familiarity with UNOPS procedures an advantage.

For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link: https://www.unops.org/english/Opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-offer/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements.aspx 

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.