Compliance Officer
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Urgent Action Fund Africa (UAF)
- Career category: Finance
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Location: Kenya
Who we are
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a consciously feminist and women’s human rights panAfrican Fund, registered in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic presence in Africa’s three sub-regions- East Africa: Nairobi- Kenya, KampalaUganda; Southern Africa: Harare- Zimbabwe, Lilongwe- Malawi, Antananarivo- Madagascar, Johannesburg, Pretoria & Cape Town- South Africa, Gaborone- Botswana; and Central Africa: Yaoundé & Douala - Cameroon.
Specific Responsibilities
• Conduct financial, regulatory, operational audit, reviews and compliance testing of UAFAfrica’s policies and procedures to establish the reliability and integrity of financial and operating information.
• Analyse risks for each process and make recommendations on the systems, processes, operations, and procedures reviewed.
• Review and update the risk register and track the closure of action plans with support from Portfolio Heads.
• Assist in the development and implementation of different organisational policies and procedures, including grant-making, finance, procurement, ICT policies, procedures, and systems.
• Facilitate all donor systems reviews and due diligence exercises as required.
• Perform risk assessment with regard to partners’ financial compliance and report timely on the outcomes.
• Perform regular partner support visits and maintain an issues log to make follow-ups on issues identified during the visit and share the agreed action points with all concerned.
• Monitor the organisation’s compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory directives.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements through timely, accurate financial reporting and the management of donor-specific audits.
• Draft, review, and monitor sub-grant agreements to ensure clear deliverables and compliance obligations.
• Review of various organisation contracts with donors, suppliers and partners to ensure compliance.
• Investigate occurrences of fraud, embezzlement, corruption, and indiscipline, and bring them to the attention of the Executive Director and the Board.
• Organize trainings and workshops for the Programme team on applicable donor rules and regulations and any new government policies and directives
Qualifications
• Master’s Degree qualification in a related field.
• Management or Finance Degree with professional qualifications (ACCA/CPA/CFA), including membership to the relevant professional body. Skills and Experience
• Minimum of 8 years’ relevant work experience in compliance, risk management, or auditing working in or with organisations in Africa, preferably women’s rights or social justiceoriented organisations.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing organisational policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Strong analytical skills, knowledge of regulatory frameworks (AML/CFT), and ability to draft compliance policies.
• Experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting, preferably in an NPO context.
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, presentation, planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to perform detailed work, frequently of a confidential nature and/or to handle a large volume of work systematically, optimally and accurately.
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a consciously feminist and women’s human rights panAfrican Fund, registered in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic presence in Africa’s three sub-regions- East Africa: Nairobi- Kenya, KampalaUganda; Southern Africa: Harare- Zimbabwe, Lilongwe- Malawi, Antananarivo- Madagascar, Johannesburg, Pretoria & Cape Town- South Africa, Gaborone- Botswana; and Central Africa: Yaoundé & Douala - Cameroon.
Specific Responsibilities
• Conduct financial, regulatory, operational audit, reviews and compliance testing of UAFAfrica’s policies and procedures to establish the reliability and integrity of financial and operating information.
• Analyse risks for each process and make recommendations on the systems, processes, operations, and procedures reviewed.
• Review and update the risk register and track the closure of action plans with support from Portfolio Heads.
• Assist in the development and implementation of different organisational policies and procedures, including grant-making, finance, procurement, ICT policies, procedures, and systems.
• Facilitate all donor systems reviews and due diligence exercises as required.
• Perform risk assessment with regard to partners’ financial compliance and report timely on the outcomes.
• Perform regular partner support visits and maintain an issues log to make follow-ups on issues identified during the visit and share the agreed action points with all concerned.
• Monitor the organisation’s compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory directives.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements through timely, accurate financial reporting and the management of donor-specific audits.
• Draft, review, and monitor sub-grant agreements to ensure clear deliverables and compliance obligations.
• Review of various organisation contracts with donors, suppliers and partners to ensure compliance.
• Investigate occurrences of fraud, embezzlement, corruption, and indiscipline, and bring them to the attention of the Executive Director and the Board.
• Organize trainings and workshops for the Programme team on applicable donor rules and regulations and any new government policies and directives
Qualifications
• Master’s Degree qualification in a related field.
• Management or Finance Degree with professional qualifications (ACCA/CPA/CFA), including membership to the relevant professional body. Skills and Experience
• Minimum of 8 years’ relevant work experience in compliance, risk management, or auditing working in or with organisations in Africa, preferably women’s rights or social justiceoriented organisations.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing organisational policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Strong analytical skills, knowledge of regulatory frameworks (AML/CFT), and ability to draft compliance policies.
• Experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting, preferably in an NPO context.
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, presentation, planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to perform detailed work, frequently of a confidential nature and/or to handle a large volume of work systematically, optimally and accurately.
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