Auditor Job Vacancy at United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Position: Auditor at the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services 

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications

• Lead audits of smaller, less complex operations and supervise audit assistants on these assignments.
• Prepare/participate in preparations for risk-based audit plans/programs in accordance with OIOS standards.
• Documentation, evaluate and test systems and controls to determine their adequacy and effectiveness to ensure: (i) compliance with policies and procedures; (ii) accomplishment of management’s objectives; (iii) reliability and integrity of information; (iv) economic use of resources; and (v) safeguarding of assets.
• Prepare working papers for review by the Chief of Section. Also, review working papers prepared by assisting auditors for subsequent review by the Chief of Section.
• Develop and discuss findings; come to an agreement on recommendations and timelines for corrective actions with responsible officers of operations audited as well as monitor the implementation status of agreed recommendations.
• Draft audit reports for an entire assignment or a portion of an assignment.
• Take initiative in identifying appropriate audit tools, best practices, and also identify/perform tasks aimed at ensuring that the audits/assignments are conducted in accordance with OIOS standards.
• Furthermore, perform other projects or tasks as may be assigned.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will  have the following qualifications

• Advanced university degree in business administration, finance, accounting, or related field. However, bachelor degree holder candidates with additional years of qualifying experience can also apply. In addition to that, Certification as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or equivalent is desirable.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience in audit, finance, accounting, administration, statistics, computer science, or related area. Similarly, audit experience is necessary.
• Audit experience in the public sector is desirable.
• For this post, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official language of the United Nations is desirable.