What we do

Since 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked to preserve human dignity and relieve suffering caused by war and armed violence.

In collaboration with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world, we do everything we can to deliver life-saving aid, reconnect families and locate missing people – helping those who need it most, regardless of who they are and what side of the front line they are on.

We engage with authorities and armed forces on all sides, often confidentially, pressing for access to detainees to improve their living conditions and urging compliance with international humanitarian law to protect non-combatants, including from digital threats.

Purpose

The position supports the monitoring and follow-up of recommendations and management actions points stemming from internal and external audits to ensure that agreed measures are appropriately addressed and implemented.

The role also provides analysis and reporting on the status of recommendations, challenges risk owners on the adequacy and progress of mitigation measures, signals overdue or potentially ineffective actions, and supports the escalation of significant issues.

The position contributes to management reporting and assurance activities by consolidating relevant information, identifying trends and recurring issues, and providing timely and reliable information to management and relevant stakeholders.

Accountabilities & functional responsibilities

• Monitor and follow up on recommendations, management action points, and risk mitigation measures arising from various internal and external assurance activities, in particular internal and external audits and findings of the Control Testing and Monitoring Unit (CTM).
• Coordinate with relevant risk owners, process owners, assurance providers, and stakeholders to obtain updates on implementation, and support timely resolution by action point owners.
• Identify overdue, delayed, incomplete, or potentially ineffective actions and escalate significant issues as appropriate.
• Assess and challenge (as necessary) action plan owners when they consider the status is ‘closed’, assessing whether the completed actions adequately address the identified risks and underlying root causes. This, in particular, when the action plan owners wish to close actions that are not completed but they accept the residual risk.
• Where necessary, raise need for testing or carry out interviews to verify the accuracy and completeness of reported implementation.
• Consolidate and analyze risk and assurance information across different lines to identify trends (including internal audits, CTM and those trends linked to the MIRs), recurring issues, and areas requiring management attention, including opportunities to strengthen control testing and visibility.
• Prepare periodic reports and management updates on the status and progress of recommendations, actions, and risk mitigation measures.
• Contribute to improving processes, tools, and methodologies for monitoring, reporting, challenging, and escalating risk and assurance actions.

Additional Duties

• Follows up on all work-related messages and correspondence with the relevant contacts and departments
• Is aware of the delegation’s objectives and has a good knowledge of the Movement and other contacts relevant to the position
• Collects and shares information to improve the ICRC’s understanding of the environment and humanitarian trends and responses
• Represents the ICRC in an appropriate way during activities, in meetings and in the field, and avoids any activity that may reflect negatively on the ICRC’s image
• Takes responsibility for their own professional development, including participating in short-term missions to support learning and growth.
• Completes relevant trainings determined necessary for the role

Our values

• At the ICRC, we value impact, collaboration, respect, and compassion. We seek candidates who demonstrate behaviors based on these shared values. For more information on the ICRC values, please visit this page.

Reports to (role)

• Head of Control Testing & Monitoring

People management responsibilities

No

Scope & impact

• Geographic remit: global

Relationships

• Internally, interacts with different units at headquarters and in the field, risk and assurance units within the different métiers (specialist functions) and the Ethics Risk & Compliance Office.
• Externally, interacts with auditors or consultants.

Certifications / Education required

• University degree in accountancy, any business-related course or equivalent.
• As an asset, qualification as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and compliance standards, such as the, Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA and Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).
• Excellent computer skills, including in Microsoft Excel.
• Fluent command of written and spoken English.
• Knowledge of other languages, such as French, an asset

Professional experience required

• Typically, 12 to 15 years’ overall professional experience.
• Eight years’ work experience in a similar field or function, preferably including at least six years with the ICRC.
• Experience in internal or external audit an asset.
• Experience in people management.
• Strong experience with enterprise resource planning systems.
• Amenability to work onsite in Makati City, Philippines
• Amenability to doing occasional international travel

Application Instructions

If this sounds like a good fit for you, kindly apply through the Apply now button below and attach a copy of your updated and comprehensive resume along with your motivation letter.

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Deadline of Application: 12 October 2026

Target Start Date: Immediately

Office Address: 32/F BDO Life Megaplaza, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

This vacancy is open for Philippine residents only.