Regional Internal Auditor - Sahel & Francophonenew

About MSI

MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.

Today, our organisation has around 10,000 team members working in 36 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centred care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.

We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.

About the Role

The role reports directly and functionally to the MSI Head of Operational & Financial Audit, with an administrative dotted-line relationship to the Hostl Country Director. This arrangement will facilitate local coordination and integration while ensuring that responsibility for audit planning, scope, conclusions, performance management and professional oversight remains with Global Internal Audit, thereby preserving the independence of the audit function.

The role provides independent assurance across Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Niger, with support to other Francophone Africa programmes where required. The post holder will complement Group Internal Audit cyclical audits through risk-based audits, targeted and routine monitoring, follow-up of audit actions and fraud investigations. The role will cover key financial, operational, donor compliance and programme risks, and will require regular regional travel.

About You

For us, it’s vital that every MSI team member believes in and is committed to our organisational mission, vision and values.

This means that we will only accept applications from candidates who are unequivocally pro-choice.

Our values act as guiding principles, providing us with a clear direction. They set the tone for how we approach our work, interact with others and align ourselves as ‘One MSI’. It’s important that our team members truly resonate with our values and demonstrate them consistently, in all that they do.

We recruit talented, dynamic individuals with diverse backgrounds who share our mission and are focused on delivering measurable results. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can participate and contribute meaningfully. We value open-mindedness, curiosity, resilience, and a solutions-oriented mindset, alongside a commitment to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of both team members and clients.

We seek exceptional communicators who are self-motivated, solutions-driven, and aligned with MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You should be dedicated to driving social change in an environment focused on sustainable impact, both locally and globally, and comfortable working with diverse teams in an ambiguous setting.

To perform this role, you’ll need the following skills:

• Fluent in French and English;
• Ability to plan and scope risk-based audits and translate key risks into proportionate audit procedures
• Ability to perform and document walkthroughs, control design assessments and tests of controls
• Strong data analysis skills, including use of CAATs to identify trends, anomalies and control exceptions
• Strong investigative skills, including root cause analysis, evidence evaluation and identification of fraud indicators
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, concise audit and investigation reports
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including confidence engaging and constructively challenging senior management.

To perform this role, you’ll need the following experience:

• Strong internal audit experience (at least 5 years), obtained through practice (Big 4/Mid-tier) or industry, with a working knowledge of the IIA Standards (essential)
• Experience conducting or supporting fraud and misconduct investigations (essential)
• Experience working in Francophone West Africa, the Sahel, or comparable fragile and conflict-affected environments, with a strong understanding of local operating contexts (desirable)
• Experience of working in an international, donor-funded service delivery organisation (desirable)

Formal education/qualification

• Holds a recognised professional accountancy/audit qualification (e.g., CA/ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIA etc.)

Please email Joshua.Wright@msichoices.org for the full job description.

Location: Dakar, Senegal.

Full-time hours.

Contract type: 2 year fixed term contract.

Salary: Gross Monthly Salary of 1,600,000 FCFA - 2,000,000 FCFA, plus benefits - dependent on experience.

Salary band: Niveau 8

Closing date: 5th November 2026 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.