Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities

1. Financial Audit & Control

• Review and assess internal controls over accounting, reporting, and treasury

operations.

• Ensure compliance with IFRS, corporate governance standards, and internal finance

policies.

• Monitor corporate-level financial covenants and reporting obligations.

• Collaborate with management, external auditors, regulators, and advisors to resolve

control and process issues, leveraging prior experience in public accounting to ensure

high audit standards.

• Identify inefficiencies, control gaps, and cost leakages; recommend corrective actions.

Job Description

2. Legal & Compliance Oversight

• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations (including CPs, loan agreements,

shareholder agreements, and concession contracts).

• Track regulatory deadlines, licensing requirements, and statutory filings to ensure timely

compliance.

• Assess exposure to legal risks and report on gaps that could impact project operations

or financing.

• Liaise with external legal advisors to confirm alignment on key compliance matters.

3. Commercial & Project Monitoring

• Review compliance with project milestones, deadlines, and key deliverables under

PPAs, EPC, O&M, and other critical contracts.

• Validate that obligations to lenders, offtakers, and partners are met in line with

contractual commitments.

• Ensure that operational and commercial risks (i.e.,, delays, penalties, liquidated

damages) are identified and reported early.

4. Project Finance

• Assess the adequacy of risk profiles across project financing structures.

• Liaise with Profile Management and review covenants, security packages, and reserve

account compliance (DSRA, maintenance reserves, etc.).

5. Risk Management

• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, audit planning, and evaluations of internal

controls, focusing on operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and financial

integrity.

• Monitor risk allocation between stakeholders and report on any deviations from agreed

financing structures.

• Advise management on emerging risks impacting creditworthiness, refinancing, or

investor relations.

• Present audit findings, risk assessments, and recommendations to senior management

and the Audit Risk & Compliance Committee.

6. Corporate

• Identify operational gaps, inefficiencies, and potential risks, and recommend actionable

improvements.

• Review adherence to group-wide corporate policies and procedures (procurement, HR,

IT, and expenses management).

• Assess efficiency of corporate cost structures and recommend improvements to reduce

overheads and duplication.

• Ensure group reporting and consolidation processes are accurate, timely, and

transparent.

7. Insurance

• Verify that all required project and corporate insurance policies (i.e., construction all-risk,

property damage, liability, political risk, business interruption) are in place and

maintained in line with financing agreements and contractual requirements.

• Review adequacy of insurance coverage compared to lender requirements, project

risks, and industry benchmarks.

Job Description

Person Specification

Experience

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in internal audit & risk management,

preferably in renewable energy sector and with a power developer.

• Experience in a leading audit firm (Big 4 or equivalent).

Education

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration,

or a related field

• Professional audit qualification (CPA, CA, ACCA, CIA, or

equivalent) strongly preferred.

Audit Director AMEA Power

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