Recruitment of Consultant for review of Audit Practice

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia PFM Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES– INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT)

COUNTRY- The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

NAME OF PROJECT- PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (PFM) PROJECT

Credit Nº:-IDA-57660

Assignment Title: Consultancy Service for Audit Practice Review Manual Developer –Professional Consultant

Procurement plan Package No.: ET-MOFEC-COPCU- 97922-CS-INDS

This Request for Expressions of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared in Development Business No. DB Reference Nº: WB 1067/03-16 Posted on March 8/2016

The Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the contract for selection and employment of International Consultant for Accountants and Auditors Board of Ethiopia (AABE) for design and development of manual for Audit Practice Review.  

The Objective of the Assignment

The consultant shall be an individual consultant with a higher level of professional qualification who has relevant experience in developing detailed procedural manual for the IFRS and IPSAS based financial report review and monitoring and for the delivery of technical contextualized class room trainings and subsequent an on the job training on financial reports monitoring and review from a regulatory body perspective.

The consulting services include but not limited to the following activities:

• Design and Develop Audit Practice Procedural Manual for Audit Practice Review
• Deliver a class room based and on the job training using the manual to monitoring and review
• The consultants will plan, prepare documents and solicit and address feedback on the document based on the time breakdown

Required Qualification and Skill

The qualification of interested consultant who would like to apply for the job should possess the following:

• Must  have a minimum of MA in Accounting, accounting and Finance, or similar fields and hold an internationally recognized professional accountant credential/certification;
• Have at least 15 years of experience in the financial statement preparation, monitoring and review in different industries (Financial institution, manufacturing, construction, real estate, agricultural, forestry, hotel etc.)  area including  practice review and financial reporting, monitoring and  audit practice review,  manual development and interpretation of reports as well as  training  in accountancy and finance;

Expert in the area of accounting standards, and in particular review and monitoring - experience in working or serving with international accountancy organizations like, International Financial Reporting Standard Foundation (IFRS foundation), International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), InternationalPublic Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB), International Accounting Standard Board (IASB), International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER), etc

• Have additional background either formal or non-formal, as follows:
• Formal- academic education in line with the methodologies and/or the topics relevant to the activity; received extracurricular training.
• Non-formal- attended a training of trainers’ course; been a trainer on previous activities relevant to the project; led a project on a similar topic; published articles or other publications relevant to the topic.
• Fluency in English language, spoken and written.

Duration

• The service shall be time-based contract for a maximum of Six months.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF), Channel One Programs Coordinating Directorate (COPCD), now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide CVs supporting documents and information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, qualifications, and so forth).

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers [January 2011 and as revised July 2014] (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.  An individual consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Individual Consultants method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM in all working days. Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below on or before 15 April 2019.

Ministry of Finance (MoF)

Channel One Programs Coordinating Directorate

Attention Ato Degu Lakew Eguale

Room 614, 6th Floor, MoFEC Building

Street address: Sidist Kilo, Yekatit 12 Square, King George Avenue

Telephone Number:+251111570594/91, Postal Address-1905

E-mail address: copcuproc@gmail.com

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.