Back Call for Consultancy Service Pre-funding Financial Assessment of Sudan Evangelical Mission (SEM)

A. Background of Financing Agency (BftW)

Bread for the World (BftW) is an international development agency owned by the Protestant Churches in Germany based in Berlin. One of its regional offices is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, registered as an international NGO with the Federal Republic of Ethiopia Agency of Civil Society Organizations, registration number 1295. BftW works through various faith-based and secular civil society partners worldwide with whom they share similar values. The Horn of Africa Regional Office (RO) works with partners in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The main thematic areas of BftW are (1) new poverty and hunger crises, (2) Climate Change, (3) violence, fragility, (4) women-right and empowerment, and (5) digital change.

BftW would like to invite interested audit or financial consultancy firms for the pre-funding assessments of its partner's following.

A.) Financial Assessment

· To assess the financial management and internal control systems of:

Ø Sudan Evangelical Mission (SEM) – Head Office (Juba, South Sudan)

B) Financial Review (sample-based)

• To conduct a voucher audit on a sample basis of the following project for the months July 2019 – December 2020.

Integrated functionality literacy with economic empowerment and peacebuilding (Phase III) (A-SSD-2019-0016)

C) Verifying/Follow-up implementation of a plan of action of the partner as per recommendations of a consultancy firm on a pre-funding financial assessment finding (one-time follow-up assessment)

Minimum Qualifications:

Ø Language skills: English for reporting

Ø Renewed Business license (as Financial Consultancy or Audit Firm)

Ø Professional license (as Financial Consultancy or Audit Firm)

Ø Chartered Accountants registration certificate

Ø Tax Identification/Tax Payer Certificate

Ø Value Added Tax (VAT) Certificate (if any)

Ø Experience in auditing and financial consultancy of NGOs (Local and International)

Note: Minimum experience is five (5) years and above.