SENIOR CONTRACTOR SUPPORT TO ACT OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT

Vector Synergy; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Senior Contractor Support in Norfolk, VA, responsible for compliance auditing and evaluation tasks. Candidates must have a university degree in finance or a related field, with significant experience in compliance auditing and travel management. Familiarity with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, is essential. The role involves conducting audits, assessing compliance, and providing advisory support to leadership. This is an on-site position, and clear communication skills are required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a function-related role.
• 6+ years of experience in compliance or forensic auditing.
• Experience in travel management and associated internal controls.
• Experience with large data sets analysis.
• Experience with Accounting software and Microsoft office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications.
• Hold a recognized professional fraud examiner (CFE) and/or professional accounting (CPA, CMA, etc.) qualification.
• Proven forensic accounting or forensic investigation experience.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both orally and in writing to senior management.
• Without conflicts of interest with any ACT staff.

Responsibilities

• Conduct compliance audits and inspections.
• Assess compliance with laws and regulations.
• Analyze ACT's audit universe and update it.
• Determine effectiveness of management responses.
• Responding to potentially serious or irregular compliance issues and violations, and consulting with management on appropriate responses;
• Supporting other audit activities approved in ACT’s annual Risk‑Based Audit Plan covering all aspects of the ACT audit universe;
• Analyzing internal audit processes and updating ACT internal audit manuals to adapt to agile auditing in areas that change rapidly within the yearly planning cycle;
• Developing and conducting audit risk assessments of ACT resource management activities to continue risk‑based auditing and identify risk areas, and updating internal audit methodology when needed to reflect appropriate risk assessments and the audit universe;
• Reviewing the execution, implementation, status, and effectiveness of ACT’s travel management and risk management processes; reporting on the status and effectiveness of risk registers; and advising on governance issues arising from these reviews;
• Undertaking ad‑hoc analyses and studies as tasked by the Chief of Staff and ACT Head of Internal Audit.

Skills

Compliance auditing

Forensic investigation

Data analysis

Communication skills

CFE/CPA qualification

Data analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Education

University Degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related discipline

Advanced vocational training with professional qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word

Job description

If you are interested, for further information, please contact the point of contact for this offer. VECTOR SYNERGY sp. z o.o., ul. Marcelińska 90, 60-324 Poznań, NIP PL7811857270, REGON 301575740, KRS: 0000369575

LABOR CATEGORY 22: SENIOR CONTRACTOR SUPPORT TO ACT OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT

Location: Norfolk VA, USA (On-site)

Taskings

• Conducting compliance and integrity audits, inspections, reviews, and audit tests in accordance with international auditing standards and ACT audit policies and procedures, and reviewing protocols while advising ACT leadership on regulations and policies;
• Assessing and evaluating ACT’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including conducting detailed reviews of travel activities (travel plans, travel approvals, travel claims, etc.);
• Analyzing, consolidating, and updating the ACT audit universe (requiring significant spreadsheet analysis) to reflect actual activities in Travel, Finance, Programmes of Work, and Human Resources, and reconciling and joining branch information and plans to provide organizational overview, branch review, and deep‑ dive audits and inspections as necessary;
• Determining the effectiveness of management responses to previous audit recommendations, internal control risks, and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies, and supporting senior leadership in decision‑making related to emerging travel non‑compliance and ACT’s implementation of NATO’s and ACT’s anti‑fraud and corruption strategies and directives;
• Responding to potentially serious or irregular compliance issues and violations, and consulting with management on appropriate responses;
• Supporting other audit activities approved in ACT’s annual Risk‑Based Audit Plan covering all aspects of the ACT audit universe;
• Analyzing internal audit processes and updating ACT internal audit manuals to adapt to agile auditing in areas that change rapidly within the yearly planning cycle;
• Developing and conducting audit risk assessments of ACT resource management activities to continue risk‑based auditing and identify risk areas, and updating internal audit methodology when needed to reflect appropriate risk assessments and the audit universe;
• Reviewing the execution, implementation, status, and effectiveness of ACT’s travel management and risk management processes; reporting on the status and effectiveness of risk registers; and advising on governance issues arising from these reviews;
• Undertaking ad‑hoc analyses and studies as tasked by the Chief of Staff and ACT Head of Internal Audit.

Essential Qualifications

• University Degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related discipline and 4 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 4 years function related experience;
• 6 or more years of experience performing compliance, integrity, and/or forensic auditing;
• 4 or more years of experience in travel management (and associated Internal Controls) and/or auditing travel management (planning, requisitions, claim liquidation, etc.) in a large organization;
• Experience in retrieving, compiling, structuring, statistical and non-statistical sampling, and analyzing large data sets of financial and travel information;
• Experience with Accounting software and Microsoft office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications;
• Hold a recognized professional fraud examiner (CFE) and/or professional accounting (CPA, CMA, etc.) qualification;
• Proven forensic accounting or forensic investigation experience;
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both orally and in writing to senior management (specialist and non‑specialist audiences);
• Without conflicts of interest with any ACT staff.

Additional information

If you are interested, for further information, please contact the point of contact for this offer. VECTOR SYNERGY sp. z o.o., ul. Marcelińska 90, 60-324 Poznań, NIP PL7811857270, REGON 301575740, KRS: 0000369575 Rejestr Przedsiębiorców KRS prowadzony przez Sąd Rejonowy Poznań – Nowe Miasto i Wilda w Poznaniu, VIII Wydział Gospodarczy KRS, kapitał zakładowy wynosi: 73.852,80 złotych wpłacony w całości, TEL [phone], FAX [phone], www.vectorsynergy.com , [e-mail]