Internal Audit Program Manager (IA PM)

About the role:

The Internal Audit (IA) team is a firewalled team within GiveDirectly that exists to support the organisation in delivering millions of dollars to recipients safely. Specifically, the IA team is mandated to conduct field assessments to surface and investigate field-based risks, among the communities where we deliver cash. The IA team is responsible for assessing and identifying design gaps in our operations that have the potential to expose our recipients to harm, abuse and fraud. The team ensures that we are able to deliver cash safely to recipients by designing innovations for the prevention, detection, investigation and mitigation of risks that are both internal and external to GD.

GiveDirectly is seeking an experienced Internal Audit Program Manager to prevent, detect, and mitigate field-based risks associated with delivering cash transfers to thousands of households across a portfolio of countries. You will partner with the IA Director and Country Directors to design and implement risk management strategies, lead investigations, and manage a high-performing audit team.

What You’ll Do

Project Design (25%)

• Represent IA in country project design conversations, including development of risk management measures
• Own development of project-specific IA proposals (audit rates, approaches) and risk registers for all new and ongoing projects
• Oversee community risk scoping exercises and review implementation tools to strengthen risk detection and prevention

Risk Monitoring & Systems (45%)

• Own and monitor IA metrics and KPIs across your country portfolio; lead correction of missed or declining targets
• Hold regular meetings with Country Directors; lead escalation protocols and transparent investigation of high-risk cases
• Monitor fraud reporting trends; flag high-risk countries and projects to the CD and IA Director
• Build in-country relationships with fraud management