PASAI - Financial Audit Technical Assistance Support - Solomon Islands Audit Office

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The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) would like to invite suitably qualified professionals to apply for a for a short-term consultant role to provide Technical Assistance support to review financial audits conducted at the Solomon Islands Audit Office. This work is required to ensure financial audits are completed in compliance with International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI) or International Standards of Auditing (ISA).

The assignment will include the review of all State-Owned Entities audits done in-house and those outsourced to the private sector; as well as review of financial audits of selected political parties and provincial governments; training of SAI senior auditors to do these reviews and providing technical support to audit teams carrying out financial audits within the Solomon Islands Audit Office.

The Technical Advisor will be expected to carry out a supervisory role to review the financial audits of the abovementioned government entities in line with the ISSAI or ISA. The prospective consultant should have significant experience conducting a financial audit in line with ISSAI/ISA, documenting the audit process in audit work papers and preparing audit reports, with good knowledge, understanding and exposure to challenges in completing these audits. As well as practical audit experience the consultant should have a good understanding of ISA, ISSAI or other acceptable international auditing standards.

The consultant must have experience in supervising and training in a developing country context and ideally also experience providing this kind of support while working remotely.

The work will be performed under the oversight of the Auditor General of the Solomon Islands, Mr David Dennis, who will facilitate access to all necessary information for the assessment. Reporting is to the Auditor General. The PASAI Secretariat will also be available to provide guidance and necessary information relating to the work. The consultant will be required to prepare a Final Report on project implementation including views on the next steps and needs moving forward.

information can also be found at:
https://www.pasai.org/procurement-financial-audit-ta-support-solomon-islands-audit-office