Job Description Summary:
The Head of Internal Audit at SPBD Microfinance will lead and manage the internal audit team, ensuring the effectiveness of internal controls, compliance with policies, and alignment with regulatory requirements. This hands-on role involves developing audit programs, evaluating risk assessments, and preparing work plans, while providing guidance on internal control improvements and mitigating risks. The position requires regular reporting to the Board’s Audit Committee and collaboration with management, external auditors, and government entities.
The ideal candidate has at least 10 years of auditing experience, with strong knowledge of microfinance and financial management, as well as a Master’s degree or equivalent in accounting or finance. This role demands high integrity, the ability to communicate effectively, and a willingness to travel frequently, with the position based in Suva, Fiji.
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Our Organization Summary:
SPBD has one mission—to improve the quality of life of underprivileged families by providing them meaningful economic opportunity to help lift them permanently out of poverty.
SPBD is especially focused on empowering women to start, grow and maintain microbusinesses through the provision of access to financial and business development services as well as the opportunity to build assets, improve financial security and finance housing improvements and education.
Our services are designed to be convenient and accessible, with weekly meetings held in nearly 2,000 villages where clients receive comprehensive support. Our core offering includes unsecured micro-enterprise loans, small business training, financial literacy education, and savings accounts for asset-building. Once a business is established, we scale our impact by offering financing for housing improvements and childhood education, enhancing both family health and future opportunities.
SPBD currently operates in the South Pacific countries of Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Our vision is to create a network of financially self-sufficient and scalable micro-enterprise development organizations throughout the South Pacific.
