OAI has a decentralized organizational structure with Directorate and other headquarter units based in New York, and Regional Audit Centre’s (RACs) located in five regions: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Asia Pacific), Pretoria, South Africa (East and South Africa), Dakar, Senegal (North, West and Central Africa), Panama City, Panama (Latin America and the Caribbean) and Istanbul, Turkey (Europe and the CIS).
The Audit Analyst reports to the Chief of the RAC for East and Southern Africa (RAC-ESA). The RAC-ESA is staffed with a Chief (P-5 level), four Audit Specialists (3 P-4 and 1 P-3), one Audit Analyst (P2), and one Administrative Associate (GS-6 level).
The Regional Audit Centre for East and Southern Africa (RAC-ESA) covers a portfolio of 23 UNDP country offices in the region. The primary role of the Audit Analyst is to perform internal audits of UNDP country offices in the region, to review the annual Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfer (HACT)/National Implementation (NIM)/NGO and Direct Implementation (DIM) audit exercises under the direct supervision of the RAC Chief. The location of the offices covered by the RAC-ESA may include areas with hardship or hazardous working conditions.
UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.
1) Participates in the annual exercise for the audit of projects directly implemented (DIM) by UNDP
This includes:

• Review the annual DIM plan and support the preparation of RFP to external audit firms;
• Assess qualitatively and quantitatively proposals for audit services received from audit firms;
• Oversee the work by audit firms and provides clarifications to external audit firms;
• Assess draft and final reports produced by external audit firms;
• Monitor the implementation of agreed recommendations and advises on problem areas; and
• Assess the performance of the work performed by the audit firms.

This includes:

• Review of annual HACT/NIM/NGO audit plans submitted by country offices;
• Qualitatively assess the HACT/NIM/NGO audit reports received;
• Assess country office follow-up action plans; and
• Preparation of HACT/NIM/NGO review letters and supervision of consultants engaged in the HACT/NIM/NGO exercise.

• For example, as a member of an audit team conducts specific elements of the assignment in accordance with the Global Internal Audit Standards and OAI policy guidelines.

• Participates in knowledge sharing sessions, learning activities, etc.
• Participates in the implementation of his/er personal learning and training development plan.

Core Competencies

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work.
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking.
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning.
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process.
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously.
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build and/or /maintain coalitions/partnership.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making.

Functional/Technical competencies
Business Direction and Strategy

• Systems Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.

Business Management: Communication

• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
• Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.

Audit & Investigation - Audit: Internal auditing standards, practices, and techniques

• Knowledge of key notions and concepts, practices, and methodologies of internal auditing (IPPF and Other IIA Standards, COSO).
• Undertake audit assignments in accordance with international professional standards in respect of operational audits, financial audits, performance audits, project audits and provision of advisory services.

Audit & Investigation - Audit

• Critical creative and foresight applied to audit and investigations: Possess essential critical thinking and foresight capacity to analyze facts to form a judgment.

Audit & Investigation - Audit

• Performance key concepts and techniques: Ability to understand and use various concepts such as efficiency, effectiveness, and economy.

Audit & Investigation - Audit

• Fraud awareness and investigation techniques: Basic knowledge to understand the foundations of fraud, how to detect red flags and conduct initial fact findings.

Business Direction and Strategy

• Negotiation and Influence: Ability to reach an understanding, persuade others, resolve points of difference, gain advantage in the outcome of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable solutions through compromise and creates win-win situations.