Annual Audit for the Kenya Livestock Marketing and Resilience Project (KLMP)

Since 1944, Heifer International has worked with more than 43 million people around the world to end hunger and poverty in a sustainable way. Working with rural communities in 19 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas, including the United States, Heifer International supports farmers and local food producers to strengthen local economies and build secure livelihoods that provide a living income.

Heifer International began working in Kenya in 1981. Since then, Heifer Kenya has supported more than 682,000 families working in the dairy, meat, poultry and horticulture value chains. Heifer Kenya works with farmers to increase production and productivity by strengthening extension services and farmers’ cooperatives, where they gain vital skills that enable them to scale and sustain their businesses.

Heifer International wishes to engage the services of an audit firm for the purpose of auditing the Kenya Livestock Marketing and Resilience Project (KLMP), as stipulated in the agreement between Heifer International and Sida.

The audit shall be carried out in accordance with International Standards on Auditing issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. In addition, an assignment according to International Standard on Related Services ISRS 4400 (Revised) shall be carried out. The audit and the additional assignment shall be carried out by an external, independent and qualified auditor.

The reporting shall be signed by the responsible auditor and shall include the title of the responsible auditor.

The auditor shall provide an independent auditor’s report in accordance with ISA 800/805, with the auditor’s opinion clearly stated. The financial report that has been subject to the audit shall be attached to the audit report.

The reporting shall also include a Management Letter disclosing all audit findings and weaknesses identified during the audit process. The auditor shall make recommendations to address identified findings and weaknesses, presented in priority order and with a risk classification.

Measures taken by Heifer International to address weaknesses identified in previous audits shall also be presented in the Management Letter. Where there were no previous findings or weaknesses to follow up, this shall be clarified in the audit reporting.

The additional assignment according to ISRS 4400 (Revised) shall be reported separately in an Agreed-Upon Procedures Report. The procedures performed and findings shall be reported in accordance with ISRS 4400 (Revised), and the sample size shall be stated where applicable.

Only legally registered audit firms are eligible to apply.