Mastercard Foundation recrute 01 Chef, Certification et gestion des risques d’entreprise
About Mastercard foundation
Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. Through its Young Africa Works strategy and Canadian EleV program, the Foundation works with partners to ensure that millions of young people, especially young women, access quality education, financial services, and dignified work. Mastercard Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company. The Foundation is independent with its own Board of Directors and CEO.
The work at the foundation
We are currently in an exciting period at the Mastercard Foundation as we intensify the implementation of the Young Africa Works strategy, aiming to empower 30 million young people throughout Africa to access dignified and fulfilling employment.
To ensure the Foundation’s accessibility to our partners and program participants, we have established offices in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Uganda. These offices provide strong in-country support for the implementation of Young Africa Works. We collaborate with governments, the private sector, educators, and other funders to enhance the quality of education and vocational training, equip young individuals with the necessary skills for the workforce, expand access to financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, and facilitate connections between job seekers and meaningful employment opportunities.
Our values serve as our guiding principles, transcending and surpassing all other considerations. We wholeheartedly encourage you to bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and expertise to your work.
If you are an experienced Head, Assurance and Enterprise Risk Management professional looking to increase your impact, read on!
The opportunity
Reporting to the Director, Assurance & Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), the Head, Assurance and Enterprise Risk Management will be responsible for managing the Foundation’s internal assurance and enterprise risk management function within the WAEMU region to help the Foundation achieve its objectives. This will entail evaluating the effectiveness of its governance, risk management, operational effectiveness, financial management and internal controls and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. S/he will also be responsible for leading the Foundation’s risk management initiatives within WAEMU.
Ways you can contribute
- Provide input into development and execution of audit strategy, risk management activities and risk based internal audit plan covering all countries and functions.
- Execute on the WAEMU region’s sections of the annual internal audit plan.
- Prepare audit reports to articulate the potential impact of issues, practical recommendations and collaborate with management on implementation and track progress.
- Promote cultural awareness of risk management that will assist in responsible risk taking across the region.
- Contribute to development and deployment risk management frameworks, assessments and processes needed to build a robust, strong, and sustainable control environment in the region.
- Drive comprehensive incident management, including identifying, analyzing, and resolving incidents to learn and prevent recurrence, as well as identifying associated risks and exposures.
- Perform Program audits within the WAEMU region to assess the use of the Foundation’s funds by program partners, including site visits.
- Review and report on internal controls, risk assessments, management, and monitoring.
- Review implementation of recommendations from incident and audit reports.
- Responsible for reporting internal audit activities, emerging risks, and potential exposures to regional leadership, while offering guidance on enterprise risk management and internal control best practices.
- Participate in various forums in an advisory capacity on risk and audit matters.
- External professional engagement with Internal Audit and Risk practitioners.
- Develop and provide coaching and leadership to the junior members of the audit and enterprise risk management team.
- Conduct talent planning, resourcing, performance evaluation and staff engagement.
- Train and induct the Foundation teams in different aspects including risk management, internal controls, governance aspects.
- Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders and steer collaborations across the Foundation’s functions including program partners, external auditors, colleagues and communities.
Who you are
- Master’s degree in accounting or related field.
- Relevant professional qualification: Accreditation as a member with a recognized institute of internal auditors or professional accounting body
- Minimum 15 years in audit or risk roles within large and/or global organizations, with at least 10 years in a senior internal audit or risk management role.
- Working experience in the Francophone West Africa region, with deep knowledge of the policies, networks, business landscape.
- Fluency in French and English is required.
- Previous work in the development sector is a definite asset.
- Experience working in the WAEMU region or with related.
- Experience building capabilities and capacity of an internal audit function in high growth organizations including multi-jurisdictional and multi-currency environments.
- Experience in preparing and presenting reports to senior leadership team.
- Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and engaging with a range of stakeholders.
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
- Proven excellence in verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures and to distill complex information and data into accessible conversation and written pieces.
- Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
- You have a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.
Deadline for Applications is July 6, 2023.
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