Country: Liberia
Closing date: 28 Sep 2019
Forensic Data Analytics Trainer,Legal Professional Development and Anti-Corruption (LPAC) Project, Liberia
Project Summary:
The USAID Legal Professional Development and Anti-Corruption Program (LPAC) is five-year project implemented by Checchi and Company Consulting and consists of two components. The first component directs capacity building to the four key Liberian justice sector institutions that educate, regulate and inform legal professionals. The second component, under a sub-contract with MSI, supports the Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) and associated Government of Liberia entities in their efforts to investigate and prosecute corruption cases, supports enhancing organizational structures and systems of the LACC, promoting education, outreach and prevention activities, and assists the LACC in its anti-corruption leadership and coordination roles.
Position Summary:
MSI seeks an international consultant to train Liberian government auditors and financial investigators in forensic data analytics. The training should focus on the use of data analytics methods in detecting fraud. While the content of the training will be finalized by the consultant, topics should include basic data concepts, data management best practices, project organization best practice, importing and locating data, sampling, arranging data by expressions, analytical routines for manipulating and leveraging data, filtering, comparing values in a field with a constant or with values in another field, computed fields, profiling and grouping data, fraud techniques, fuzzy logic and Benfords law, compliance testing and verification, red flag attributes and repetitive analytics, and developing interactive and automated procedures. Since a large part of the training will involve training in specialized software, the consultant should be able to identify the most appropriate software for the purposes of the training.
It is expected that the training will take ten working days for a group of approximately 30 trainees drawn from qualified auditors from the Internal Audit Agency and the General Auditing Commission as well as investigators from the Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Liberian Revenue Agency. The assignment is scheduled for November 2019.
Responsibilities and Deliverables:
Develop a detailed syllabus.
Deliver training to about 30 participants over a ten-day period.
Assemble handout materials for the training including training slides, reading materials, exercises, reference materials and links for on-line resources, etc.
Required Qualifications
Graduate degree in accounting, auditing, or criminal justice preferred.
At least 10 years of experience of high-level auditing in a government environment, ideally in or with law enforcement and regulatory agencies.
At least 5 years of experience training auditors and law enforcement financial investigations officers.
Experience working in Africa preferred.
Experience working with USAID or another donor program is preferred.
Fluent English language is required with strong oral and written communication skills.
Deadline for submitting applications is September 10, 2019
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.
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