Sign of Hope Short-term Consultancy Final Audit Jobs in Uganda
Sign of Hope Short-term Consultancy Final Audit Jobs in Uganda
Background and Organisational Setting Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. is a Christian motivated organisation for Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation. Based in Constance, Germany, Sign of Hope is dedicated to helping those in distress and exploited people worldwide.
A final audit is commissioned under the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) funding guidelines for development projects run by private German executing agencies.
Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. is the private German executing agency and the contracting party, while SOCADIDO is the local implementing agency.
Project objective is the long-term improvement of food security and increase of household incomes in the Teso region, north eastern Uganda, through the sustainable, participative and community based empowerment of 2.000 small scale farmers regarding the increase of their agricultural production capacity and productivity and the improvement of their market access and marketing options. This is to be based on comprehensive and ongoing capacity building and training measures as well as on the creation of self-managed organizational structures strengthening the self-dependent and stable production and marketing of agricultural products. In this framework the project targets on the creation of capacities, ownership and multiplication effects within the target group as well as on the networking with, integration of and support by private sector and government authorities.
Audit Objectives
The purpose of the final in-depth audit is to provide Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. with a sound basis for its accountability, transparency and accuracy in the financial disclosure towards the funding agency BMZ.
This in-depth audit will verify the compliance with standards of the funding agency BMZ, Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V., national regulations and the international accounting standards.
The auditor will review the project’s financial documents, receipts lists, records of transactions, all vouchers and receipts disbursed (approx. 500 receipts), and relevant project documents in order to come up with a professional, independent opinion on the financial accounting of the project Improved food security and income situation by strengthening agricultural production and market access in the Teso region for all funds received and expended by SOCADIDO from January 1st 2017 – December 31st 2020.
Additionally, the audit shall give recommendations on strengths, weaknesses, and required improvement in the project-related financial and human resources management systems of SOCADIDO.
The audit will support the project quality assurance measures implemented by Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. and contribute to the decision-making process with regard to the project management and monitoring of finances by Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. and SOCADIDO.
Expected Deliverables
The auditor is expected to produce an audit report, audit certificate and management letter, which will comprise the following:
Presentation of the scope and mandate of the audit, as well as the list of documents that formed the evidence for the audit,
An opinion whether financial statements (statement of accounts) are issued in accordance with the financial reporting framework of the project, BMZ requirements and an internationally recognised accounting standard,
Recommendations on identified shortcomings, and, if applicable, comments on the follow-up of audit observations and recommendations from previous years.
An approved list of all project receipts sorted by funding line (list provided by SOCADIDO).
Audit documents can be issued in English or German.
Scope of the
Audit
The audit should focus on the following:
The correctness and completeness of the accounting records
The financial report, showing all project related income and expenditure structured by budget lines,
Deviations of expenditure by budget lines. The expenditure, which exceeds or falls below the budget appropriations by more than 30 %, shall be explained separately, if the approval of the BMZ has not previously been obtained,**
That receipts and relevant supporting documents are available for all project related income and expenditures,
The management of the funds made available, which includes the transfer of project funds, all interest earned from the project funds during the reporting period and further income generated by the project,
Reviewing the appropriate use of funds according to the project objectives,
Evaluation of the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the usage of funds,
Budget adherence through the comparison between budgeted and actual costs in the currency in which the expenditure was incurred. The audit report will not convert the examined amounts into the Euro amounts,
Reviewing if personnel costs and social security contributions conform to the regulations in the project country and are locally comparable,
The economical use of the project equipment and assets,
The inventory and the use of capital items, their whereabouts and their purposive usage,
Compliance with the legal framework of the project (project agreements and annexes, contracts, etc.) and the donor requirements,
Compliance with the policies of the local implementing partner regarding procurement, financial administration, human resources management and travel.
Procedures and Communication
The auditor will be given access to all necessary documents in the project offices through the local implementing partner SOCADIDO as well as relevant donor documents through Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V.
The auditor will be responsible to set up a schedule in agreement with the local implementing partner SOCADIDO. Any expenses for field trips, postal and translation services and other expenses shall be included in the auditor’s proposed budget. SOCADIDO will support the auditor with logistics and arrangements, however, all payments of the contract will be made directly by Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V.
Qualifications and Experience
Necessary qualification to serve as a recognized independent auditing authority,
Minimum of five (5) years of experience conducting external independent audits of projects funded by international institutional donors in Uganda.
How to Apply
Please submit the following documents with “Final Project Audit in Teso region, Uganda” to
procurement@sign-of-hope.org no later than December 17th 2020 :
A financial proposal in Euro,
A qualification certificate of a recognized independent auditing authority as confirmed by a relevant institution in the project country (for example, a chamber of commerce, national association of auditors or another relevant organisation),
A reference list of three previous customers.
The selection of the auditor will be conducted jointly by SOCADIDO and Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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