UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: Emmanuel Wanyama takes charge of 14 countries in his new role as Global Lead at War Child Holland

Emmanuel Wanyama took on this new position Global Lead – Internal Audit & Anti-Fraud/Anti-Corruption at War Child Holland this month of July 2022.

His role puts him in charge of 14 countries and he will be based in Holland. Emmanuel’s position gives him supervision over several nations from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Countries under his watch include; Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, DR Congo, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan, Sweden, Syria & Uganda.

Career wise, Emmanuel is an Audit and risk professional with a specialization in banking and Management of Donor programs. He has Over ten (10) years’ experience in Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk Management and Accounting.

In his own description of himself, Wanyama is; “passionate about growing people, team success and family.”

This new position that he now takes on as Global leader of Internal Audit & Anti-Fraud for War Child will see him work and travel in the 14 countries around the world, where War Child is both implementing its own programmes and cooperating with a variety of partner organizations, that it supports programmes and projects including:

As part of his job description, this is what will be expected of him:

To be the driving force and the face of the organization when it comes to AFAC and internal audits.

•  Lead on internal audits and collaborate with & advise colleagues worldwide to improve War Child Organizational quality in the areas of e.g., finance, logistics, partners and HR.

• Lead on AFAC investigations and awareness-raising, develop AFAC capacity in the organisation and collaborate with colleagues worldwide on organizational learning and improvement via the internal audits.

• Wanyama will be part of the Governance & Organizational Development team, working closely with the Integrity Advisors, safety advisors, country management teams and the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board.

• He will ensure adherence to the IASC Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

• Emma has also been tasked to develop and maintain relevant policies and procedures, like the AFAC policy, Internal Audit Charter and standard operating procedures as well as a cost-efficient audit delivery framework.

His most recent career appointment has been Head of Internal Audit at Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP).

Emmanuel has served in this outgoing position since September 2019 until last month in June 2022.

He has been responsible for setting up and providing leadership within the Internal Audit function.
As part of this job he has been preparing and implementing a risk-based audit plan to assess, report on, and make suggestions for improving the company’s key operational and finance activities and internal controls

In June 2017 to August 2019, Emma was at Stanbic Bank Uganda in the position of Junior Manager Internal Audit which he did for 2 years and 3 months based in Kampala Uganda.

Before that, he was an employed by Bank of Africa – Uganda in two separate positions starting out in March 2015 to Feb 2017 he was the Senior Internal Auditor after two years he was promoted by BoA to become Auditor Head of Mission – Central Unit Audits from March 2017 until June of that same year.

Wanyama’s very first job was of Account Assistant – Revenue at the Uganda Institute of Communication and Information Technology from July to December of 2009.

He then moved on to PIM & Co. Certified Public Accountants as an Audit Assistant for the next 4 months of his burgeoning career from Dec 2009 to March 2010.

In April 2010, Emmanuel joined the banking industry as a Senior Internal Auditor at Housing Finance Bank, where he lasted for 5 years until March 2015.

His academic journey has a been a remarkable one, having attended Kings College Budo for both his UCE and UACE (PEM/TD) he was at this great college from 2000 until 2005 before joining Makerere University to pursue a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) Accounting and Finance (2006-2009).

His postgraduate studies have earned him Premier Internal Audit Certification in 2016 attained from the Institute of Internal Auditors, Global.

A year later in 2017, Emma got certified by ISACA as an Information Systems Auditor – CISA, IT Audit.