Job Type : Contract
Industry : Finance/Accountancy and Auditing/Business Administration
Education Level : Junior Level
Reports To: Compliance
Manager
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Compliance
Manager, the Compliance Officer Monitors adherence and works in the
organization to remediate incidents of non-compliance; Conduct reviews of
organizational practices and operations in order to assess adherence to
policies and regulations and, consults with others to identify root causes of
non-compliance events. She/He is responsible for ensuring that MDH complies
with its outside regulatory requirements and internal policies.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. To perform risk assessments to understand risk level,
significance and scope.
2. To keep up to date with, and understand, relevant laws
and regulations.
3. To monitor compliance with laws, regulations and internal
policies.
4. To ensure that your findings are recorded and followed up
with management so that issues can be rectified.
5. To educate employees on not only the regulations, but
also the impact on the organisation if these aren't complied with and
investigate irregularities and non-compliance issues.
6. To report back to business functions on current risk and
compliance performance and highlight or escalate areas of concern.
7. To contribute to robust and effective compliance controls
within the organization, to review marketing materials, presentations and
websites to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
8. To assist in the gathering of internal information in
response to regulatory requests and to perform various general administrative
duties (such as file creation and maintenance of ongoing administrative
projects).
9. To collaborate with other departments to create a culture
of compliance, to assist in evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of
internal control systems and in conducting risk assessment.
10. To assist in preparation of annual audit plans plan and
tailored audit programs, execution of annual audit plan based on audit
guidelines and assist in periodic assessment of reliability of financial
information.
11. To perform sites-based physical verifications and
financial sport check procedures as well as perform specific compliance check
on regular subgrantees financial reports.
12. To act as custodian of compliance unit client’s files to
ensure temporary and permanent information is well secured and easily
accessible during and after engagements.
13. To assist in performance of special reviews/
investigation based on specific terms of reference as well as in provision of
technical assistance and capacity building to MDH-Staff and sub-grantees.
14. To make follow-up on implementation of internal and
external review or audit findings.
15. To participate in developing innovative solution to help
MDH or subgrantees response to any identified strategic, operational or
compliance challenges/opportunity.
To perform any other duties as may be assigned by
supervisor.
Requirements:
Education, Work experience and Skills:
1. Bachelor Degree in Commerce/Accounting or Finance or
Bachelor of Accounting and/or Finance with Information Technology, Business
information system, or equivalent.
2. Excellent English language skills (written, reading and
spoken).
3. Minimum of two (2) years’ experience with an NGO set up
in Tanzania.
4. Excellent writing, reasoning, organizational and
analytical skills.
5. Capacity building experience including training and
skills development.
6. Ability to prioritize own workload and work with minimal
supervision.
7. Must be IT/Computer literate conversant with, Microsoft
Office i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail, telephone, printer, calculator,
copier, cell phones, and other hand-held devices (Advanced certificate in excel
is added advantage).
8. Ability to work both independently under minimal
supervision and in a team.
9. Ability to travel frequently.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates for any of the above positions should submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the position applied for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading of the email. Applications should be submitted to the Human Resource Director through email hr@mdh.ot.tz by 30th September 2021. MDH DO NOT have any agents and DO NOT charge any fees to the interested candidates. Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
(MDH) is an indigenous-Tanzanian non-Governmental Organization with principal place of business in Tanzania. MDH's central office is located at Mikocheni B, along Mwai Kibaki road in Dar es Salaam.
MDH’s work is primarily in public health service and research in Tanzania and the world at large. MDH seeks to mobilize and engage a team of skilled, experienced and motivated Tanzanian professionals to work in collaboration with the government and with other local and international experts to address public health priorities through evidence based interventions.
MDH’s core business encompasses design, implementation and
evaluation of programs and research in Communicable diseases, Chronic
non-communicable diseases, Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health,
Nutrition, Health Information Systems, Health System Strengthening and others.
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