Head, Internal Audit
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22 hours ago
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Job Summary
1. SUMMARY
The Internal Oversight Service (IOS) operates as an Independent Office within the International Staff (IS) and reports directly to the Office of the Secretary General. IOS covers four key assurance functions - Internal Audit Risk Management Ethics and Fraud.
The Head Internal Audit is the designated deputy of the Head IOS and represents the Service in various internal fora as well as deputizes for them during periods of absences. The incumbent oversees internal audit assignments and is responsible for the relevance accuracy and timeliness of relevant outputs with a view to support the translation of audit activities into concrete improvements for the Organization. The incumbent may be required to travel to non-permissive environment.
2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The incumbent must:
possess a university degree in a relevant field (e.g. in the area of management business administration finance economics or information technology);
have 8 years of relevant professional experience relating to internal and/or external auditing including experience in the management of audit teams;
hold a professional audit certification such as a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or equivalent; and
possess the following minimum levels of NATOs official languages (English/French): V (Advanced) in one and I (Beginner) in the other.
The following would be considered an advantage:
experience in developing or overseeing the development of data analytics dashboards through software such as Microsoft Power BI;
experience in the management of audits on IT-related topics such as IT governance Information Security etc.; and
a second professional certification such as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) or equivalent.
3. MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES
Project Management: Plan assign and supervise the work of IS internal audit personnel to achieve overall Internal Audit objectives. Ensure that the execution of audit assignments adhere with the international standards for internal coordination with the Head IOS determine and verify the correct use of the financial resources needed to carry out annual internal audit activities.
People Management: Promote a positive productive and inspiring work environment. Provide regular and fair feedback on performance informally and formally via the HQ Performance Review and Development (PRD) system. Provide mentoring coaching and training opportunities and be available to offer guidance at critical moments.
Knowledge Management: Oversee the maintenance of proper records for the Internal Audit team. Contribute to the consolidation of information of relevance from other assurance providers within NATO IS and other IOS units with a view to maintain a cross-cutting understanding of governance risk management and internal control issues.
Expertise Development: Ensure continuous professional development of internal audit skills and technical tools supporting internal audit activities (including in such areas as data analytics and artificial intelligence). Support the management of audited entities in the identification of solutions to the issues raised in audit reports.
Perform any other duty as assigned.
4. INTERRELATIONSHIPS
Reporting line: The Head Internal Audit reports to the Head Internal Oversight Service.
Interactions: The incumbent interacts with the internal auditors of other NATO bodies and with the NATO external auditors. The incumbent will be in contact with heads of Internal Audit functions in other international organizations. Additionally they maintain contacts with all NATO IS divisions and independent offices and other NATO bodies as required by their duties.
Direct reports: 2
Indirect reports: N/A
5. COMPETENCIES
The incumbent must demonstrate:
Achievement: creates own measures of excellence and improves performance;
Analytical Thinking: sees multiple relationships;
Clarity and Accuracy: monitors others work for clarity;
Conceptual Thinking: applies learned concepts;
Customer Service Orientation: makes things better for the customer addressing underlying customer needs;
Impact and Influence: uses indirect influence;
Initiative: is decisive in a time-sensitive situation;
Teamwork: solicits inputs and encourages others.
7. USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING APPLICATION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Please note that we can only accept applications from nationals of NATO member must be submitted using e-recruitment system as applicable:
- For NATO civilian staff members only: please apply via the internal recruitment portal (link);
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More information about the recruitment process and conditions of employment can be found at our website ( will be subject to receipt of asecurity clearance(provided by the national Authorities of the selected candidate) approval of the candidatesmedical fileby the NATO Medical Adviser verification of your study(ies) and work experience and the successful completion of theaccreditationand notification process by the relevant authorities.
NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection prepared in whole or in part by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools including and without limitation to chatbots such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT) or other language generating tools. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared in whole or in part by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at NATOs sole discretion and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.
8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
NATO is committed to diversity and inclusion and strives to provide equal access to employment advancement and retention independent of gender age nationality ethnic origin religion or belief cultural background sexual orientation and disability. NATO welcomes applications of nationals from all member Nations and strongly encourages women to apply.
NATO is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible working environment where all candidates living with disabilities can fully participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require reasonable accommodation please inform us during your selection process.
Candidates will be required to provide documented medical evidence to support their request for accommodation.
Building Integrity is a key element of NATOs core tasks. As an employer NATO values commitment to the principles of integrity transparency and accountability in accordance with international norms and practices established for the defence and related security sector. Selected candidates are expected to be role models of integrity and to promote good governance through ongoing efforts in their work.
Due to the broad interest in NATO and the large number of potential candidates telephone or e-mail enquiries cannot be dealt with.
Applicants who are not successful in this competition may be offered an appointment to another post of a similar nature albeit at the same or a lower grade provided they meet the necessary requirements.
The nature of this position may require the staff member at times to be called upon to travel for work and/or to work outside normal office hours.
The organization offers several work-life policies including Teleworking and Flexible Working arrangements (Flexitime) subject to business requirements.
Please note that the International Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels Belgium is a non-smoking environment.
For information about the NATO Single Salary Scale (Grading Allowances etc.) please visit ourwebsite. Detailed data is available under the Salary and Benefits tab.
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