Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, the organisation provides high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables a farmer to increase income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent while permanently improving resilience. This is made possible by a team of 9,000+ full-time staff drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.
About the Role: One Acre Fund is seeking an Internal Audit Specialist for its Growth Country Units to supervise key audits and strengthen operational controls. The role partners with senior leaders to drive efficiency, prevent fraud, and safeguard financial health as the organisation scales.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and supervise the execution of medium-complexity audits and management requests with little or no manager support
- Own execution of internal audit tests
- Deliver high-quality reviews in compliance with Internal Audit Methodology
- Coordinate the team to ensure delivery of the audit report and management reports in compliance with IA methodology
- Innovate and solve audit plan execution challenges/problems (e.g. swapping audits due to other conflicting events)
- Support the delivery of IA OKRs as they relate to the country program
- Own findings related to team lead level or defined grade 2 & 3, report findings to management, work with responsible management to develop resolutions, and regularly follow up to ensure findings are resolved
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of audit experience
- 3+ years of experience with accounting and auditing applications such as SAP, Symbiant
- 3+ years of experience with data analytics tools such as Power BI
- Audit findings and report-writing experience
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible. Contract Duration: 2 Years. Benefits: Health insurance, paid time off.
Job Location / Eligibility: Burundi, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda. This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Malawi, and Burundi.
Closing date: 12 November 2026
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the One Acre Fund vacancy page: https://oneacrefund.org/vacancies/internal-audit-specialist. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until a hire is made. One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process; official emails always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Do not send applications or application materials to the hotline address.