Compliance Officer

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• Ensure that all MSH (country/project) financial and operational activities are in compliance with (country) law (tax laws, labor laws and government pension agency laws), donor rules and regulations, and MSH policies and standards. • Develops an annual customized compliance monitoring plan, including evaluation tools, standards, ethical considerations, and schedule to evaluate all country/project functions, including remote staff/office locations, and to visit sites needing attention and further verifications. • In collaboration with the Director of Finance & Operations and other MSH business units, crafts, develops, and ascertains implementation of project specific guidelines and procedures on all project support functions including but not limited to HR, Procurement, Finance, and Administration, and other operational functions, processes and controls. • Develops compliance framework for the MSH country/project office; including compliance checklists for the various business processes, transaction classes, country laws governing NGO operations, and specific donor requirements. • Periodically reviews and updates the compliance monitoring checklist and other tools to stay current with MSH procedures and policies. • Examines the effectiveness of internal controls and compliance within MSH (country/project) policy framework and identifies gaps in procedures and controls systems and provides recommendations to the Country/Project Leadership Team for strengthening them. • Tests internal controls, targeting high risk areas, including Procurement Workshops, Vehicle usage, Inventory control and Cash advance management, Payroll and Fleet Management. • Documents internal control weaknesses and compliance deviations and their impact, and makes recommendations to address these weaknesses. • Identifies gaps in knowledge and skills and provides recommendations for training. • May be requested to provide training directly to staff. • Prepares detailed reports of each compliance review and other task assignments, with prioritized findings and recommendations. • Presents final reports to the MSH (country/project) Country Leadership Team after review and approval from Supervisor. • When necessary, collaborates with internal and external audit on investigations of whistle blower cases, suspected fraud, mismanagement, loss of assets, etc. • Follows-up on recommendations from the internal and external auditors to ensure the recommendations have been implemented and adhered to. Assists the Project Director and Finance/Operations Directors in providing response to ad hoc requests from auditors. • Stays abreast of laws, directives, and current trends in the local legal and NGO environment.