Senior Advisor, Financial Irregularities

Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) is seeking an experienced Senior Advisor, Financial Irregularities, to join its Legal and Compliance Division.

The position has a central role in strengthening NCA's efforts to prevent, detect and respond to fraud, corruption and other forms of financial misconduct across the organisation and its global operations. As NCA's technical lead in this area, the Senior Advisor will provide strategic and operational advice, develop and strengthen organisational policies and procedures, and support country offices and partners in managing corruption risks and ensuring accountability.

Reporting to the Head of Legal and Compliance, the Senior Advisor will also be responsible for overseeing financial misconduct cases, including acting as Investigation Manager, coordinating external investigators where required, and ensuring appropriate follow-up and reporting. The role involves close collaboration with country offices, partners, senior management, donors and other stakeholders, and contributes to organisational risk management, capacity strengthening and learning from investigations and compliance work.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and strengthen NCA's anti-corruption policies, procedures, standards and tools, taking account of emerging risks, donor requirements and sector developments.
• Advise senior management on corruption risks and mitigation measures, and promote the integration of anti-corruption requirements into organisational systems and programmes.
• Conduct and support corruption risk assessments, analyse trends and control weaknesses, and use lessons learned to improve organisational practices.

• Act as Investigation Manager for financial misconduct cases and oversee case management from intake to closure.
• Manage external investigators where required, and review investigation reports to ensure quality, sound analysis and appropriate documentation.
• Lead donor communications and reporting on financial misconduct cases, and present case updates, trends and lessons learned to senior management and governance bodies.

• Provide technical guidance to country offices and partners on fraud prevention, internal controls, accountability systems and compliance with donor requirements.
• Support country offices and partners in identifying and mitigating risks and strengthening their accountability frameworks.
• Develop and deliver training and guidance for staff, managers and partners, and promote learning from investigations, audits and compliance reviews.

Qualifications and Experience

A relevant university degree on master level in law, accounting, finance, auditing, compliance, governance, business administration, criminology or a related field.

• At least five years of relevant professional experience in anti-corruption, fraud investigations, forensic audit, compliance, internal audit, risk management, financial crime or a related field.
• Experience managing complex fraud, corruption or other financial misconduct cases, including as an Investigation Manager and/or overseeing external investigation providers.
• Strong understanding of corruption risks, fraud schemes, internal controls and organisational accountability frameworks.
• Experience with donor-funded programmes and donor reporting requirements.
• Experience supporting country offices, local partners or decentralised operations in complex operating environments.
• Experience engaging with donors, regulators, auditors or other external stakeholders on compliance-related matters.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess financial information, audit findings and investigative evidence.
• Excellent report-writing, communication and presentation skills.
• Sound judgement and the ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and professionalism.
• Ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across diverse cultural contexts.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, and a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is essential. Proficiency in French, Arabic and Norwegian is an advantage.

Ethical Commitments

Norwegian Church Aid is committed to high standards of ethics and accountability in all that we do. As an employee, you will be required to sign the following documents when entering into an employment contract:

• ACT Alliance Code of Conduct
• Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, Harassment, and Child Safeguarding Policy

These are binding documents for all employees. We therefore ask you to familiarise yourself with them before applying. You can find the documents on our website: https://www.kirkensnodhjelp.no/en/accountability