Internal Control Compliance Manager

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Makati; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Makati City seeks an experienced professional to monitor recommendations, drive timely resolutions, and strengthen assurance processes across audits and control testing. The role requires leadership in risk management and rigorous validation of action plans.

Applicants should have 12–15 years of overall experience, an accounting degree, and professional certifications (CPA/CFE/CIA/CRMA or equivalent).

Qualifications

• University degree in accounting or business-related field.
• CPA/CFE/CIA/CRMA or equivalent is an asset.
• Knowledge of COSO, FCPA and SOX frameworks.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and follow up on audit findings and action points from CTM and other assurance activities.
• Coordinate with risk owners and stakeholders to obtain updates and drive timely resolutions.
• Identify overdue or ineffective actions and elevate significant issues.
• Assess action plans for closure and ensure residual risks are properly addressed.
• Raise need for testing or conduct interviews to verify reported implementations.
• Consolidate risk information across lines to identify trends and areas needing attention.
• Prepare periodic reports and updates on recommendations and risk mitigation.
• Contribute to improving processes, tools, and methodologies for monitoring and escalation.

Skills

CPA

Audit

Risk mgmt

Education

Accounting degree

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor and follow up on recommendations, management action points, and risk mitigation measures arising from various internal and external assurance activities, in particular internal and external audits and findings of the Control Testing and Monitoring Unit (CTM).
• Coordinate with relevant risk owners, process owners, assurance providers, and stakeholders to obtain updates on implementation, and support timely resolution by action point owners.
• Identify overdue, delayed, incomplete, or potentially ineffective actions and elevate significant issues as appropriate.
• Assess and challenge (as necessary) action plan owners when they consider the status is ‘closed’, assessing whether the completed actions adequately address the identified risks and underlying root causes. This, in particular, when the action plan owners wish to close actions that are not completed but they accept the residual risk.
• Where necessary, raise need for testing or carry out interviews to verify the accuracy and completeness of reported implementation.
• Consolidate and analyze risk and assurance information across different lines to identify trends (including internal audits, CTM and those trends linked to the MIRs), recurring issues, and areas requiring management attention, including opportunities to strengthen control testing and visibility.
• Prepare periodic reports and management updates on the status and progress of recommendations, actions, and risk mitigation measures.
• Contribute to improving processes, tools, and methodologies for monitoring, reporting, challenging, and escalating risk and assurance actions.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

• University degree in accountancy, any business-related course or equivalent.
• As an asset, qualification as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and compliance standards, such as the, Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA and Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).
• Excellent computer skills, including in Microsoft Excel.
• Fluent command of written and spoken English.
• Knowledge of other languages, such as French, an asset
• Typically, 12 to 15 years’ overall professional experience.
• Eight years’ work experience in a similar field or function, preferably including at least six years with the ICRC.
• Experience in internal or external audit an asset.
• Experience in people management.
• Strong experience with enterprise resource planning systems.
• Amenability to work onsite in Makati City, Philippines
• Amenability to doing occasional international travel

Deadline of Application: 12 October 2026