Senior Auditor - Field Compliance & Investigations

Senior Auditor - Field Compliance & Investigations

New Incentives is a US-based nonprofit committed to implementing health-related cash transfer programs to save lives in developing countries. Operating in Nigeria, New Incentives gives pregnant women with at-risk pregnancies conditional cash transfers, which encourage them to follow medical advice and treatment so that their children are born healthy.

Senior Auditor - Field Compliance & Investigations

• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Professional Certificate
• Experience 3 - 5 years
• Location Kano , Katsina , Kebbi , Niger
• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit

Job Summary

• The Senior Auditor - Field Compliance & Investigations supports field compliance, investigation oversight, and audit quality across assigned NI-ABAE states.
• The role combines field audits, investigation review, evidence validation, report review, and auditor supervision.
• This is a field-facing role requiring up to 3 field days per week, focused on high-risk clinics, priority operational issues, investigations, and gaps identified through audit trends or report reviews.
• The successful candidate must be able to assess whether field findings are supported by evidence, identify missed risks, and provide clear, actionable feedback to improve audit quality and program accountability.

What Success Looks Like in This Role

• A strong Senior Auditor will be able to:
• Plan field audits based on risk, not routine clinic rotation.
• Identify high-risk clinics, unresolved issues, and operational gaps requiring follow-up.
• Review reports critically and identify unsupported conclusions or weak evidence.
• Conduct field validation and investigations professionally and objectively.
• Escalate serious concerns with clear evidence and recommended next steps.
• Improve the quality of auditor submissions through coaching and feedback.
• Maintain strong follow-up and support issue resolution through closure.
• Balance field presence, investigation quality, and timely reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Risk-Based Field Audits & Compliance:
• Conduct field audits and investigations across assigned states.
• Prioritize high-risk clinics based on audit trends, unresolved issues, dashboard indicators, staff performance gaps, and operational risks.
• Review clinic operations, conditional cash transfer compliance, and adherence to NI-ABAE protocols.
• Validate findings using field observations, caregiver interviews, staff interviews, dashboards, records, and supporting documentation.
• Identify operational risks affecting compliance, retention, coverage, fraud prevention, and program quality.

Investigation Review & Fraud Risk:

• Support confidential investigations involving staff conduct, clinic operations, caregiver payments, and suspected fraud.
• Conduct field validation where necessary to assess allegations and gather supporting evidence.
• Review investigation reports for missing evidence, unsupported conclusions, inconsistencies, and weak validation.
• Distinguish between fraud, protocol violations, performance gaps, training gaps, and operational control weaknesses.
• Escalate serious concerns with clear evidence and recommended action.

Report Review & Evidence Quality:

• Review Staff Work Day, audit & investigation reports, and related field outputs.
• Identify weak validation, missed risks, unclear recommendations, and unsupported conclusions.
• Provide clear and actionable feedback to auditors to improve field validation, evidence quality, and reporting standards.
• Ensure reports clearly explain the findings, the evidence reviewed, the actions taken, and the required follow-up.

Team Supervision & Coaching:

• Provide technical supervision and guidance to auditors across assigned states.
• Review auditor work plans to ensure field activities are prioritized based on risk.
• Coach auditors on investigation quality, field validation, escalation standards, and report writing.
• Identify repeated performance gaps and support auditor development through follow-up and coaching.

Risk Monitoring & Continuous Improvement:

• Use dashboards, audit trends, field reports, and investigation findings to identify high-risk clinics, staff, or operational processes.
• Support improvements to audit tools, protocols, and training materials.
• Contribute to fraud prevention, compliance monitoring, and audit quality improvement initiatives.
• Support ongoing training for auditors, managers, and field teams on compliance and investigation standards.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in field audit, compliance, internal control, fraud i