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NAKASENGE JACQUELINE
Position for this Contract: Audit Senior
Nationality: Ugandan
Language Skills: English – Very good

Luganda – Good

Swahili- Fair
Education and other qualifications:
Institution

(Date from – Date to)

 Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Zenith Business School

 

 Level II Institute of Certified  Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU)
 Makerere University Bachelor of Commerce
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Period: From- To Name of activity/ Project/ Funding organisation. Job Title and Activities undertaken/ Description of actual role performed:
05 October-03 November 2022 Statutory Audit of the financial statements of Public Hospitals for the financial year ended 30th June 2022 with the Office of the Auditor General Rwanda As the Audit Senior on the Job, My role was to ensure that;

a)  The financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, Public hospital’s revenue and expenditure incurred for the year ended 30th June 2022 was in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

b)      Those Public hospitals adhered to established financial compliance requirements, statute, relevant laws and regulations.

c)      That Public hospitals’ internal control structure for financial reporting and/or safeguarding assets, including controls in computer-based systems are suitably designed and implemented to achieve the control objectives.

d)      That Public hospital complied with all applicable laws, regulations and guidelines in incurring expenditure

e)      Whether Public hospitals’ financial resources were managed effectively, efficiently and transparently to enable the realization of value for money for public funds.

 
01 April -30 July 2022 Audit of Mildmay Uganda Subgrantees As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was to evaluate internal control systems, financial statements, confirm occurrence of activities, evaluate compliance and evaluate whether funds advanced to sub grantees are utilised efficiently, value for money is achieved and adequate records are kept by sub-grantees.
January-March 2022 Carrying out HACT Micro Assessments,

UNICEF and UNDP South Sudan

 

 The assessment included a review of the internal controls, financial management and programme implementing capacity of the implementing partners. I carried out the fieldwork which included reviewing financial records, procurement documents, holding meetings, reviewing manuals, systems, drafting reports etc.
November -December 2021 Carrying out HACT Micro Assessments,

UNICEF and UNDP South Sudan

 

 The assessment included a review of the internal controls, financial management and programme implementing capacity of the implementing partners. I carried out the fieldwork which included reviewing financial records, procurement documents, holding meetings, reviewing manuals, systems, drafting reports etc.
April and May 2021 Expenditure verification of the Health Pooled Fund (HPF) grants for the period April 2020 to 31 March 2021 for CORDAID, South Sudan Health Association (SSUHA); Audit Senior on the audit team responsible for planning of audit work, scheduling tasks, supervising work and staff, quality control of the work, ensuring timely delivery of reports including day to day coordination and liaison with the client, review of audit opinion, prepare all draft deliverables, review of the audit files, on the job training of audit staff, review of internal control systems and recommending improvements to client internal control systems, attending inception and debriefing meetings.

 
March 2021 Expenditure verification of the implementing partner contract between Windle Trust International – South Sudan and BMB Mott MacDonald the ‘Contracting Authority’. The objective of this expenditure verification was; –

To verify that the expenditure claimed by the Implementing Partner in the Financial Report for the Project financed by the Contracting Authority has occurred (‘reality’),

 

Is accurate (‘exact’) and eligible and to submit to the Contracting Authority the Report with regard to the agreed-upon procedures performed.

 
March 2021 External Audit for the year ended 31 December and project Audit (SSJR) of Dorcas Aid International

South Sudan

 

 The audit objectives were met and focused on the following: –

 

To establish whether all incomes and expenditures were properly accounted for in accordance with existing financial and operational manuals, and donor agreements.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance with consistently applied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance International Financial Reporting Standards as appropriate so as to give a true and fair view of the income and expenditure for the year and the financial position at the end of the year.

To review and evaluate the internal control structure, and weigh its strength to assess and control risks which could arise out of normal operations.

To establish whether all necessary supporting documents, records and accounts have been kept in respect of all the organisation’s activities, and are in agreement with financial statements presented.

 
January – February 2021 Financial audit for various projects funded by FAO ended 2017 to 2020, in South Sudan. As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was responsible for implementing the audit programme. I was charged with the following responsibilities;

 

·         Perform audit planning, audit execution; assist in audit finalization and reporting.

·         Review of source documents and document all pertinent information;

·         Perform walkthrough procedures over systems to gain assurance that they were designed and operating effectively during the period of review and recommending improvements to client internal control systems.

·         Review of the various account balances assigned;

·         Perform detailed audit tests and procedures;

·         Draft conclusions and brief the engagement executives on matters arising; and

·         Perform any other tasks as required by the audit executives and the assignment etc.

 

Jacqueline audited 12 projects under this audit.
July 2020 – August 2020 Carrying out Harmonised Approach to Cash Transfer (HACT) Micro assessment by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) South Sudan Office The assessment included a review of the internal controls, financial management and programme implementing capacity of the implementing partners. I carried out the fieldwork which included reviewing financial records, procurement documents, holding meetings, reviewing manuals, systems, drafting reports etc.

 

Jacqueline assessed 11 projects during the assignments.

 
January 2020 – March 2020 Carrying out HACT Micro Assessments,

UNICEF South Sudan

 

 The assessment included a review of the internal controls, financial management and programme implementing capacity of the implementing partners. I carried out the fieldwork which included reviewing financial records, procurement documents, holding meetings, reviewing manuals, systems, drafting reports etc.
November 2019 – January 2020 NIM audits for various projects funded by UNDP ended in 2018 and 2019, UNDP South Sudan

 

 As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was responsible for implementing the audit programme. Specific areas of responsibility included detailed expenditure review, confirmation of income received, carrying out systems walk through procedures, review of bank reconciliations, verification of assets, review of procurement files and procedures, preparing draft reports, coordination with client’s team, assist the team with planning of audit work, preparing audit file etc. recommending improvements to client internal control systems.
25 March 2019 to 31 July 2019. Audit of Mildmay Uganda Subgrantees As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was to evaluate internal control systems, financial statements, confirm occurrence of activities, evaluate compliance and evaluate whether funds advanced to sub grantees are utilised efficiently, value for money is achieved and adequate records are kept by sub-grantees.
March 2019 International Rescue Committee (IRC) South Sudan.

Final project independent audit for two SIDA funded projects (SIDA HFA III and SIDA HFA IV) for the period 01 July 2018 to 30 September 2018 and 11 June 2018 to 10 October 2018 and audit for the period 01 May 2018 to 31 March 2019 respectively.

 

 Audit Senior on the audit team responsible for planning of audit work, scheduling tasks, supervising work and staff, quality control of the work, ensuring timely delivery of reports including day to day coordination and liaison with the client, review of audit opinion, prepare all draft deliverables, review of the audit files, on the job training of audit staff, review of internal control systems and recommending improvements to client internal control systems, attending inception and debriefing meetings.
April-May 2019 Expenditure verification of the Health Pooled Fund (HPF) grants for the period 01 July 2016 to 30 June 2018 and from 18 October to 31 March 2019 for the following Implementing partners: IRC South Sudan, Healthnet TPO South Sudan, Malaria Consortium South Sudan, Health Link South Sudan and AAHI South Sudan Audit Senior on the audit team responsible for planning of audit work, scheduling tasks, supervising work and staff, quality control of the work, ensuring timely delivery of reports including day to day coordination and liaison with the client, review of audit opinion, prepare all draft deliverables, review of the audit files, on the job training of audit staff, review of internal control systems and recommending improvements to client internal control systems, attending inception and debriefing meetings.
April 2018

February – March 2017

Sept –November 2016

 HACT Transitional financial and internal control audits for various projects for UNDP Juba, South Sudan. As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was responsible for implementing the audit programme. I was charged with the following responsibilities;

Perform audit planning, audit execution; assist in audit finalization and reporting.

Review of source documents and document all pertinent information;

Perform walkthrough procedures over systems to gain assurance that they were designed and operating effectively during the period of review and recommending improvements to client internal control systems.

Review of the various account balances assigned;

Perform detailed audit tests and procedures;

Draft conclusions and brief the engagement executives on matters arising; and

Perform any other tasks as required by the audit executives and the assignment etc.

Nassim personally audited 36 projects during the two assignments.
Feb-March 2017

Feb-March 2016

 HACT Transitional financial and internal control audits for the year ended 31st December 2015 and 2016  for UNDP Juba As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was responsible for implementing the audit programme. I was charged with the following responsibilities;

Perform audit planning, audit execution; assist in audit finalization and reporting.

Review of source documents and document all pertinent information;

Perform walkthrough procedures over systems to gain assurance that they were designed and operating effectively during the period of review and recommending improvements to client internal control systems.

Review of the various account balances assigned;

Perform detailed audit tests and procedures;

Draft conclusions and brief the engagement executives on matters arising; and

Perform any other tasks as required by the audit executives and the assignment etc.

Nassim personally audited 12 projects during the assignments.
March 2019

May 2018

September 2018

April 2017

November 2016

June 2016 and

March 2016

 

 

 

 Performance of HACT Micro assessments for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) implementing partners in South Sudan

The Micro Assessment is part of the requirements under the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) Framework. The HACT framework represents a common operational framework for United Nations (UN) agencies’ transfer of cash to government and non-governmental implementing partners.

 

  The overall objective of the micro-assessment was to assess the financial management and programme implementing capacity of the Implementing Partners. It included:

A review of the IP legal status, governance structures and financial viability; programme management, organizational structure and staffing, accounting policies and procedures, fixed assets and inventory, financial reporting and monitoring, and procurement;

A focus on compliance with policies, procedures, regulations and institutional arrangements that are issued both by the Government and the Implementing Partner.

A review of the effectiveness of the systems in providing the Implementing Partner’s management with accurate and timely information for management of funds and assets in accordance with work plans and agreements with the United Nations agencies; and,

A review of the general effectiveness of the internal control systems in protecting the assets and resources of the Implementing Partners.

Nassim has assessed up to 30 implementing partners for UNICEF and UNDP.
Standard allocation 2016-2018 External Audit of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) South Sudan (CHF) projects. The overall objective of this engagement was to conduct the financial audit and an audit of internal controls of projects. This included;

To express an opinion whether expenditure incurred by the project was:

 

in conformity with the approved project budgets;

for the approved purposes of the project;

in compliance with the relevant regulations and rules, policies and procedures of UNDP and;

Supported by properly approved vouchers and other supporting documents in conformity with the approved project budgets.

 
1st January-31 December 2017 External Audit of UNIDO

South Sudan

 

 The audit objectives were met and focused on the following: –

 

To establish whether all incomes and expenditures were properly accounted for in accordance with existing financial and operational manuals, and donor agreements.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance with consistently applied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance International Financial Reporting Standards as appropriate so as to give a true and fair view of the income and expenditure for the year and the financial position at the end of the year.

To review and evaluate the internal control structure, and weigh its strength to assess and control risks which could arise out of normal operations.

To establish whether all necessary supporting documents, records and accounts have been kept in respect of all the organisation’s activities, and are in agreement with financial statements presented.

 
September 2017 Financial Audit of Project for Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas(PROFIRA) IFAD project number: 1630 for FY 2016/2017

 

The Government of Uganda (GoU) and International Funds for Agriculture (IFAD), both recognized the continuing need to promote rural finance; and both see the focus on financial inclusion as one of the key pillars of Uganda’s effort to eradicate poverty. In line with that, both IFAD and GoU designed the Project for Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas(PROFIRA)

 Audit senior on the audit team that carried out the review audit on the GROUPs under the project, specific areas of responsibility included; verification of the existence of the selected GROUP, verification of the books of accounts of the visited GROUPs, verification on whether the service providers trained the GROUP members and gave them technical assistance.

 
May 2017 External Audit of Confident Children Out of Conflict (CCC)

South Sudan

 

 The audit objectives were met and focused on the following: –

 

To establish whether all incomes and expenditures were properly accounted for in accordance with existing financial and operational manuals, and donor agreements.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance with consistently applied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance International Financial Reporting Standards as appropriate so as to give a true and fair view of the income and expenditure for the year and the financial position at the end of the year.

To review and evaluate the internal control structure, and weigh its strength to assess and control risks which could arise out of normal operations.

To establish whether all necessary supporting documents, records and accounts have been kept in respect of all the organisation’s activities, and are in agreement with financial statements presented.
March 2017 External Audit of Terre Des Hommes-South Sudan

Terre Des Hommes (TDH) is an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with a network of ten national organisations working for the rights of children and to promote equitable development without racial, religious, political, cultural or gender-based discrimination.

 The audit objectives were met and focused on the following: –

 

To establish whether all incomes and expenditures were properly accounted for in accordance with existing financial and operational manuals, and donor agreements.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance with consistently applied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance International Financial Reporting Standards as appropriate so as to give a true and fair view of the income and expenditure for the year and the financial position at the end of the year.

To review and evaluate the internal control structure, and weigh its strength to assess and control risks which could arise out of normal operations.

To establish whether all necessary supporting documents, records and accounts have been kept in respect of all the organisation’s activities, and are in agreement with financial statements presented.
September

2016

 Financial Audit of project activities for Uganda Non Communicable Diseases Alliance (UNCDA) project – Capacity Development Phase 3.

 

Uganda NCD Alliance is a non-governmental organization that received a grant from Danish NCD Alliance to implement the project- Uganda NCD Alliance Capacity Development Phase 3 with an overall objective of contributing to the alleviation of poverty in Uganda through combating NCDs.

 Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment responsible for implementing the audit programme. Specific areas of responsibility included detailed expenditure review, confirmation of income received, carrying out systems walk through procedures,

review of bank reconciliations, verification of assets, review of procurement files and procedures, preparing draft reports, coordination with client’s team Assist the team with planning of audit work, preparing audit file etc. recommending improvements to client internal control systems

 

I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, these data correctly describe my qualifications, my experiences, and other relevant information about myself.

 

06/02/2023

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Signature of Personnel                                                                       Date (Day/Month/Year)

 

 

 

 

NAKASENGE JACQUELINE
Position for this Contract: Audit Senior
Nationality: Ugandan
Language Skills: English – Very good

Luganda – Good

Swahili- Fair
Education and other qualifications:
Institution

(Date from – Date to)

 Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Zenith Business School

 

 Level II Institute of Certified  Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU)
 Makerere University Bachelor of Commerce
Work experience
Organisation

(Date from – Date to)

 Position Held
TMK & Company

(2013 to date)

 Audit Senior
 PIM+CO.

(2000 to 2012)

 Audit Assistant then Audit Senior
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Period: From- To Name of activity/ Project/ Funding organisation. Job Title and Activities undertaken/ Description of actual role performed:
05 October-03 November 2022 Statutory Audit of the financial statements of Public Hospitals for the financial year ended 30th June 2022 with the Office of the Auditor General Rwanda As the Audit Senior on the Job, My role was to ensure that;

a)  The financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, Public hospital’s revenue and expenditure incurred for the year ended 30th June 2022 was in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

b)      Those Public hospitals adhered to established financial compliance requirements, statute, relevant laws and regulations.

c)      That Public hospitals’ internal control structure for financial reporting and/or safeguarding assets, including controls in computer-based systems are suitably designed and implemented to achieve the control objectives.

d)      That Public hospital complied with all applicable laws, regulations and guidelines in incurring expenditure

e)      Whether Public hospitals’ financial resources were managed effectively, efficiently and transparently to enable the realization of value for money for public funds.

 
01 April -30 July 2022 Audit of Mildmay Uganda Subgrantees As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was to evaluate internal control systems, financial statements, confirm occurrence of activities, evaluate compliance and evaluate whether funds advanced to sub grantees are utilised efficiently, value for money is achieved and adequate records are kept by sub-grantees.
January-March 2022 Carrying out HACT Micro Assessments,

UNICEF and UNDP South Sudan

 

 The assessment included a review of the internal controls, financial management and programme implementing capacity of the implementing partners. I carried out the fieldwork which included reviewing financial records, procurement documents, holding meetings, reviewing manuals, systems, drafting reports etc.
November -December 2021 Carrying out HACT Micro Assessments,

UNICEF and UNDP South Sudan

 

 The assessment included a review of the internal controls, financial management and programme implementing capacity of the implementing partners. I carried out the fieldwork which included reviewing financial records, procurement documents, holding meetings, reviewing manuals, systems, drafting reports etc.
April and May 2021 Expenditure verification of the Health Pooled Fund (HPF) grants for the period April 2020 to 31 March 2021 for CORDAID, South Sudan Health Association (SSUHA); Audit Senior on the audit team responsible for planning of audit work, scheduling tasks, supervising work and staff, quality control of the work, ensuring timely delivery of reports including day to day coordination and liaison with the client, review of audit opinion, prepare all draft deliverables, review of the audit files, on the job training of audit staff, review of internal control systems and recommending improvements to client internal control systems, attending inception and debriefing meetings.

 
March 2021 Expenditure verification of the implementing partner contract between Windle Trust International – South Sudan and BMB Mott MacDonald the ‘Contracting Authority’. The objective of this expenditure verification was; –

To verify that the expenditure claimed by the Implementing Partner in the Financial Report for the Project financed by the Contracting Authority has occurred (‘reality’),

 

Is accurate (‘exact’) and eligible and to submit to the Contracting Authority the Report with regard to the agreed-upon procedures performed.

 
March 2021 External Audit for the year ended 31 December and project Audit (SSJR) of Dorcas Aid International

South Sudan

 

 The audit objectives were met and focused on the following: –

 

To establish whether all incomes and expenditures were properly accounted for in accordance with existing financial and operational manuals, and donor agreements.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance with consistently applied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance International Financial Reporting Standards as appropriate so as to give a true and fair view of the income and expenditure for the year and the financial position at the end of the year.

To review and evaluate the internal control structure, and weigh its strength to assess and control risks which could arise out of normal operations.

To establish whether all necessary supporting documents, records and accounts have been kept in respect of all the organisation’s activities, and are in agreement with financial statements presented.

 
January – February 2021 Financial audit for various projects funded by FAO ended 2017 to 2020, in South Sudan. As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was responsible for implementing the audit programme. I was charged with the following responsibilities;

 

·         Perform audit planning, audit execution; assist in audit finalization and reporting.

·         Review of source documents and document all pertinent information;

·         Perform walkthrough procedures over systems to gain assurance that they were designed and operating effectively during the period of review and recommending improvements to client internal control systems.

·         Review of the various account balances assigned;

·         Perform detailed audit tests and procedures;

·         Draft conclusions and brief the engagement executives on matters arising; and

·         Perform any other tasks as required by the audit executives and the assignment etc.

 

Jacqueline audited 12 projects under this audit.
July 2020 – August 2020 Carrying out Harmonised Approach to Cash Transfer (HACT) Micro assessment by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) South Sudan Office The assessment included a review of the internal controls, financial management and programme implementing capacity of the implementing partners. I carried out the fieldwork which included reviewing financial records, procurement documents, holding meetings, reviewing manuals, systems, drafting reports etc.

 

Jacqueline assessed 11 projects during the assignments.

 
January 2020 – March 2020 Carrying out HACT Micro Assessments,

UNICEF South Sudan

 

 The assessment included a review of the internal controls, financial management and programme implementing capacity of the implementing partners. I carried out the fieldwork which included reviewing financial records, procurement documents, holding meetings, reviewing manuals, systems, drafting reports etc.
November 2019 – January 2020 NIM audits for various projects funded by UNDP ended in 2018 and 2019, UNDP South Sudan

 

 As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was responsible for implementing the audit programme. Specific areas of responsibility included detailed expenditure review, confirmation of income received, carrying out systems walk through procedures, review of bank reconciliations, verification of assets, review of procurement files and procedures, preparing draft reports, coordination with client’s team, assist the team with planning of audit work, preparing audit file etc. recommending improvements to client internal control systems.
25 March 2019 to 31 July 2019. Audit of Mildmay Uganda Subgrantees As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was to evaluate internal control systems, financial statements, confirm occurrence of activities, evaluate compliance and evaluate whether funds advanced to sub grantees are utilised efficiently, value for money is achieved and adequate records are kept by sub-grantees.
March 2019 International Rescue Committee (IRC) South Sudan.

Final project independent audit for two SIDA funded projects (SIDA HFA III and SIDA HFA IV) for the period 01 July 2018 to 30 September 2018 and 11 June 2018 to 10 October 2018 and audit for the period 01 May 2018 to 31 March 2019 respectively.

 

 Audit Senior on the audit team responsible for planning of audit work, scheduling tasks, supervising work and staff, quality control of the work, ensuring timely delivery of reports including day to day coordination and liaison with the client, review of audit opinion, prepare all draft deliverables, review of the audit files, on the job training of audit staff, review of internal control systems and recommending improvements to client internal control systems, attending inception and debriefing meetings.
April-May 2019 Expenditure verification of the Health Pooled Fund (HPF) grants for the period 01 July 2016 to 30 June 2018 and from 18 October to 31 March 2019 for the following Implementing partners: IRC South Sudan, Healthnet TPO South Sudan, Malaria Consortium South Sudan, Health Link South Sudan and AAHI South Sudan Audit Senior on the audit team responsible for planning of audit work, scheduling tasks, supervising work and staff, quality control of the work, ensuring timely delivery of reports including day to day coordination and liaison with the client, review of audit opinion, prepare all draft deliverables, review of the audit files, on the job training of audit staff, review of internal control systems and recommending improvements to client internal control systems, attending inception and debriefing meetings.
April 2018

February – March 2017

Sept –November 2016

 HACT Transitional financial and internal control audits for various projects for UNDP Juba, South Sudan. As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was responsible for implementing the audit programme. I was charged with the following responsibilities;

Perform audit planning, audit execution; assist in audit finalization and reporting.

Review of source documents and document all pertinent information;

Perform walkthrough procedures over systems to gain assurance that they were designed and operating effectively during the period of review and recommending improvements to client internal control systems.

Review of the various account balances assigned;

Perform detailed audit tests and procedures;

Draft conclusions and brief the engagement executives on matters arising; and

Perform any other tasks as required by the audit executives and the assignment etc.

Nassim personally audited 36 projects during the two assignments.
Feb-March 2017

Feb-March 2016

 HACT Transitional financial and internal control audits for the year ended 31st December 2015 and 2016  for UNDP Juba As Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment, I was responsible for implementing the audit programme. I was charged with the following responsibilities;

Perform audit planning, audit execution; assist in audit finalization and reporting.

Review of source documents and document all pertinent information;

Perform walkthrough procedures over systems to gain assurance that they were designed and operating effectively during the period of review and recommending improvements to client internal control systems.

Review of the various account balances assigned;

Perform detailed audit tests and procedures;

Draft conclusions and brief the engagement executives on matters arising; and

Perform any other tasks as required by the audit executives and the assignment etc.

Nassim personally audited 12 projects during the assignments.
March 2019

May 2018

September 2018

April 2017

November 2016

June 2016 and

March 2016

 

 

 

 Performance of HACT Micro assessments for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) implementing partners in South Sudan

The Micro Assessment is part of the requirements under the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) Framework. The HACT framework represents a common operational framework for United Nations (UN) agencies’ transfer of cash to government and non-governmental implementing partners.

 

  The overall objective of the micro-assessment was to assess the financial management and programme implementing capacity of the Implementing Partners. It included:

A review of the IP legal status, governance structures and financial viability; programme management, organizational structure and staffing, accounting policies and procedures, fixed assets and inventory, financial reporting and monitoring, and procurement;

A focus on compliance with policies, procedures, regulations and institutional arrangements that are issued both by the Government and the Implementing Partner.

A review of the effectiveness of the systems in providing the Implementing Partner’s management with accurate and timely information for management of funds and assets in accordance with work plans and agreements with the United Nations agencies; and,

A review of the general effectiveness of the internal control systems in protecting the assets and resources of the Implementing Partners.

Nassim has assessed up to 30 implementing partners for UNICEF and UNDP.
Standard allocation 2016-2018 External Audit of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) South Sudan (CHF) projects. The overall objective of this engagement was to conduct the financial audit and an audit of internal controls of projects. This included;

To express an opinion whether expenditure incurred by the project was:

 

in conformity with the approved project budgets;

for the approved purposes of the project;

in compliance with the relevant regulations and rules, policies and procedures of UNDP and;

Supported by properly approved vouchers and other supporting documents in conformity with the approved project budgets.

 
1st January-31 December 2017 External Audit of UNIDO

South Sudan

 

 The audit objectives were met and focused on the following: –

 

To establish whether all incomes and expenditures were properly accounted for in accordance with existing financial and operational manuals, and donor agreements.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance with consistently applied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance International Financial Reporting Standards as appropriate so as to give a true and fair view of the income and expenditure for the year and the financial position at the end of the year.

To review and evaluate the internal control structure, and weigh its strength to assess and control risks which could arise out of normal operations.

To establish whether all necessary supporting documents, records and accounts have been kept in respect of all the organisation’s activities, and are in agreement with financial statements presented.

 
September 2017 Financial Audit of Project for Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas(PROFIRA) IFAD project number: 1630 for FY 2016/2017

 

The Government of Uganda (GoU) and International Funds for Agriculture (IFAD), both recognized the continuing need to promote rural finance; and both see the focus on financial inclusion as one of the key pillars of Uganda’s effort to eradicate poverty. In line with that, both IFAD and GoU designed the Project for Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas(PROFIRA)

 Audit senior on the audit team that carried out the review audit on the GROUPs under the project, specific areas of responsibility included; verification of the existence of the selected GROUP, verification of the books of accounts of the visited GROUPs, verification on whether the service providers trained the GROUP members and gave them technical assistance.

 
May 2017 External Audit of Confident Children Out of Conflict (CCC)

South Sudan

 

 The audit objectives were met and focused on the following: –

 

To establish whether all incomes and expenditures were properly accounted for in accordance with existing financial and operational manuals, and donor agreements.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance with consistently applied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance International Financial Reporting Standards as appropriate so as to give a true and fair view of the income and expenditure for the year and the financial position at the end of the year.

To review and evaluate the internal control structure, and weigh its strength to assess and control risks which could arise out of normal operations.

To establish whether all necessary supporting documents, records and accounts have been kept in respect of all the organisation’s activities, and are in agreement with financial statements presented.
March 2017 External Audit of Terre Des Hommes-South Sudan

Terre Des Hommes (TDH) is an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with a network of ten national organisations working for the rights of children and to promote equitable development without racial, religious, political, cultural or gender-based discrimination.

 The audit objectives were met and focused on the following: –

 

To establish whether all incomes and expenditures were properly accounted for in accordance with existing financial and operational manuals, and donor agreements.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance with consistently applied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

To establish that financial statements have been prepared in accordance International Financial Reporting Standards as appropriate so as to give a true and fair view of the income and expenditure for the year and the financial position at the end of the year.

To review and evaluate the internal control structure, and weigh its strength to assess and control risks which could arise out of normal operations.

To establish whether all necessary supporting documents, records and accounts have been kept in respect of all the organisation’s activities, and are in agreement with financial statements presented.
September

2016

 Financial Audit of project activities for Uganda Non Communicable Diseases Alliance (UNCDA) project – Capacity Development Phase 3.

 

Uganda NCD Alliance is a non-governmental organization that received a grant from Danish NCD Alliance to implement the project- Uganda NCD Alliance Capacity Development Phase 3 with an overall objective of contributing to the alleviation of poverty in Uganda through combating NCDs.

 Audit Senior on the audit team that carried out this assignment responsible for implementing the audit programme. Specific areas of responsibility included detailed expenditure review, confirmation of income received, carrying out systems walk through procedures,

review of bank reconciliations, verification of assets, review of procurement files and procedures, preparing draft reports, coordination with client’s team Assist the team with planning of audit work, preparing audit file etc. recommending improvements to client internal control systems

 

I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, these data correctly describe my qualifications, my experiences, and other relevant information about myself.