Lutheran World Relief- East African Regional Office (LWR-EARO) is working with Neema and Makindu River Self Help groups to implement a 24 month-long project in Makindu District. The project, Rapid Response to Hunger and Lack of Resiliency in Eastern Kenya, was started November 25th 2009, and is scheduled to end on March 31st 2012. The main goal of this project is to bring vulnerable populations back from the brink of starvation by providing immediate access to food and water, and to avoid further expansion of the crisis by increasing resiliency and effective agricultural production in drought affected areas of Eastern Kenya. The partners, in collaboration with the LWR-EARO, are in the process of identifying a competent auditor to carry out an external audit of the project.
The overall output of the consultancy is an audit report expressing an independent opinion on the financial statements on audit.
Duties: 1. Conduct an audit of partners' financial records in accordance with International Standards on Auditing 2. Plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance that the partners' financial statements are free of material misstatements 3. Examine partner projects' financial transactions and accuracy and reliability of its supporting documentation 4. Assess the overall presentation of partners' financial statements and make sure they are in accordance with the approved budget 5. Review procedures and management and examine if these provide adequate internal control; 6. Determine if there has been any significant effort to address issues raised in previous audits 7. Provide an opinion on the audit findings
In responding to this request, following information shall be submitted: 1. Firm's registration details with relevant regulatory authorities 2. Details of firm's experience in providing auditing services to companies in the not-for-profit sector, especially international organizations and especially Cash for Work Projects; 3. Describe how your firm will approach the audit of the organization; 4. Describe how and why your firm is different from other firms being considered, and why our selection of your firm as an independent auditor is the best decision we could make; 5. Include fee proposal to complete the services outlined in this request. 6. Include estimated on site time required to complete the services. 7. Provide at list 3 references from not-for-profit organizations that you've conducted audit for in the recent years and are still your clients; 8. Provide names and resumes of key personnel that will conduct the audit.
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