JOB ANNOUNCEMENT N° 006/2025
POSITION: SENIOR INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER
JOB TYPE: PERMANENT
REPORTING: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
LOCATION: HEAD OFFICE, KIGALI, RWANDA.
1. INTRODUCTION
DUTERIMBERE-IMF PLC is a local community development microfinance institution established in 2004. Its mission is “to provide financial and non-financial services tailored to low-income entrepreneurs, primarily women, to help them improve their socio-economic conditions”. It is operating in 12 districts of Rwanda.
In order to provide efficient services to its clients, DUTERIMBERE-IMF PLC is seeking to recruit highly-skilled, self-motivated and experienced person to fill the position of Senior Internal Audit Manager.
General Description:
The Senior Internal Audit Manager is responsible for anticipating risks that could affect DUTERIMBERE-IMF PLC performance and reputation results, and strive to develop tools and recommendation for proper and timely mitigation purposes.
Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)
- Responsible for ensuring internal audit requirements are fulfilled in accordance with Internal Audit Department Charter, Internal Audit Procedures and external legislation/ regulatory policies;
- Ensuring compliance of DUTERIMBERE-IMF PLC’s operations with external legislation and regulatory policies and adherence to the organization’s approved organizational policies and procedures and make appropriate recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the running of DUTERIMBERE-IMF PLC and its internal control system.
- Acting as a leader for audit teams in different audit assignments whenever necessary, perform audit fieldwork if circumstances demand (in case of special audits, staff shortage, etc.) and supervise the preparation phase of audit assignments.
- Ensuring conformance of the IAF staff members activities with defined standards, plans, budgets and audit programs.
- Manage the Internal Audit Function’s activities including:
- Developing the Annual Risk Assessment, the Annual Audit Plan and the Annual Audit Budget, reporting on the current status and analysis of reasons for deviations
- Developing a system of cost, time and content control over audit assignments
- Establishing, maintaining and continuously developing a unified audit methodology and framework in line with standard and ensure the implementation of such as well as Internal Audit Procedures
- Developing new audit programs, check lists, working papers, etc. for assigned areas and continuously revise and improve them
- Communicate with third parties and reporting on internal audit activities including Writing, inter alia, the Quarterly Internal Audit Reports and the Annual Internal Audit Report for submission to the Internal Auditor/ Audit Committee and Management.
- Reporting quarterly on Fraud and Forgeries to competent authorities as per the regulations;
- Participating in established Committees (Audit Committee, Risk Committee, etc.) of the DUTERIMBERE-IMF PLC
- Communicating with external auditors and other inspecting authorities.
- Obtain, develop and maintain an internal audit staff capable of accomplishing the Internal Audit Function and continuously develop own knowledge.
- Responsible for anticipating, identifying and promptly addressing relevant issues concerning internal audit in order to keep the approach, tools and skills of DUTERIMBERE-IMF PLC’s Internal Audit Function up to date
- Other tasks that may be assigned by the position applicable professional hierarchy from time to time.
Ideal Job competencies
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics and or any other related field;
- Accounting professional (CPA/ACCA) certification is mandatory;
- At least 3 years of experience in finance and/or audit environment with at least 2 years of Senior level experience in the audit field.
- Familiarity with BNR Regulations, and other applicable laws;
- Ability to analyse, interpret and conceptualize numerical data;
- Knowledge and mastery of financial instruments;
- Accounting and leadership skills;
- Good reporting skills and good command of MS Office skills (Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
- Ability to maintain a high level of financials accuracy and confidentiality
How to Apply?
Interested applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through the “Apply” Button by filling out the application form carefully. Only applications sent through the indicated channel will be considered.
Interested candidates should apply not later than 28th July 2025.
N.B: Only candidates meeting the requirements will be invited for the written test and/or the interview.
Done at Kigali, on 22nd July 2025.
