Risk and Compliance Specialist

The Risk and Compliance Specialist will strengthen risk assurance and compliance efforts in a large-scale country office. Responsibilities include supporting risk management, compliance, fraud risk management, oversight, advisory, and capacity building to ensure effective programme delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for risk management activities including development, implementation, and continuous improvement of risk management practices at process, systems, and entity levels.
• Support compliance efforts ensuring adherence to organizational rules, regulations, ethical behavior, internal controls, information and technology security, sustainability, and quality assurance.
• Support fraud risk management activities.
• Provide oversight and advisory services to management.
• Create awareness and build capacity related to risk and compliance.
• Provide any support needed from the regional office as required.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Business Administration and Financial Management, Operations Management, Strategic Management, Risk Management, Audit, Investigation, Internal Control, Statistics.
• At least 5 (five) years of continuous professional work experience in Risk and Compliance or another directly relevant area, several of which in internal audit.
• Experience in financial management, particularly developing and implementing financial control systems, ERM, audits, internal control preferably with international organizations, NGOs and UN.
• Experience in Risk Management, Mitigation, Monitoring, Managing Complexity.
• Fluency in French and English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience with UNICEF systems and in Emergency response is an asset.
• Data Analysis or Accounting certifications are considered as assets.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Risk Management
• Compliance Management
• Internal Audit
• Financial Control Systems
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Audit
• Internal Controls
• Fraud Risk Management
• Operations Management
• Strategic Management
• Data Analysis
• Finance Management
• Investigation
• Risk Mitigation
• Risk monitoring
• Capacity Building
• Emergency Response
• UNICEF Systems Experience

Languages

French, English