Senior Contractor Support To ACT Office Of Internal Audit – HQ SACT

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.

We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who We Are Supporting

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; and improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed, cross-functional project-specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement-related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO, NCIA, NSPA, NATO HQ, territorial Host Nations, and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) to support the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy, political guidance, and other policy documents supporting NATO’s strategic objectives.

Role Responsibilities

• Conducts compliance and integrity audits, inspections, reviews, and audit tests in accordance with international auditing standards, and ACT audit policies and procedures. Reviews protocols and advises ACT leadership on regulations and policies.
• Assess and evaluate ACT’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations. This involves conducting detailed reviews of all ACT activities.
• Analyze, consolidate, and update the ACT audit universe (significant spreadsheet analysis) to reflect the actual activities undertaken, such as fund management, project, HR, and travel plans. Includes reconciliation and joining of individual unit plans will be necessary to provide organizational overview, review, and deep dive audit and inspection where necessary.
• Determine the effectiveness of management responses to internal control risk and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in their daily decision-making relating to emerging non-compliance and ACT’s implementation of NATO’s and ACT’s anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives.
• Determine the effectiveness of management responses to internal control risk and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in their daily decision-making relating to emerging non-compliance and ACT’s implementation of NATO’s and ACT’s anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives.
• Determine the effectiveness of management responses to internal control risk and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in their daily decision-making relating to emerging non-compliance and ACT’s implementation of NATO’s and ACT’s anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives.
• Determine the effectiveness of management responses to internal control risk and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in their daily decision-making relating to emerging non-compliance and ACT’s implementation of NATO’s and ACT’s anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives.
• Determine the effectiveness of management responses to internal control risk and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in their daily decision-making relating to emerging non-compliance and ACT’s implementation of NATO’s and ACT’s anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives.
• Determine the effectiveness of management responses to internal control risk and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in their daily decision-making relating to emerging non-compliance and ACT’s implementation of NATO’s and ACT’s anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives.
• Determine the effectiveness of management responses to internal control risk and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in their daily decision-making relating to emerging non-compliance and ACT’s implementation of NATO’s and ACT’s anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives.
  
  

Essential Skills And Experience

• 6 - 8 years of experience in compliance, integrity, and or fraud auditing.
• 2 - 4 years of experience in fund management or travel planning, review, and management in a large organization.
• Experience in compiling, structuring and analyzing large data-sets and experience in the field of financial systems, financial and travel planning and management, or computer systems.
• Experience with operation of automated accounting systems and office automation software packages, particularly spreadsheet applications.
• Hold a recognized professional fraud examination, forensic examination, or accounting qualification.
• Proven forensic accounting or forensic investigation experience.
• Ability to express himself/herself clearly and persuasively, both orally and in writing at all levels to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• The contractor, at all times, is required to assess possible conflicts of interests and to declare and report identified or perceived conflicts of interests and failure to do so will constitute a cause for immediate default termination.
  
  

Education

• University Degree in accounting, finance, management, business administration, public administration or related discipline and 4 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 2 years function related experience.
  
  

Language Proficiency

• Advanced Proficiency in English.
  
  

Working Location

• Norfolk, VA, USA
  
  

Working Policy

• On-Site
  
  

Contract Duration

• June 2025 – December 2029
  
  

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
  
  

We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn't for you please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.