Senior Internal Auditor at Grant Thornton South Africa

Job description

Purpose

A Senior Internal Auditor is responsible to execute allocated work, whilst effectively supervising team members and building on client relationships.

Job specification

• Attending client opening meetings with the Manager/Director
• Drafting of scoping letters based on Internal Audit Plan/Opening Meeting
• Drafting of the Risk and Control Matrix
• Drafting of the Document Request List
• Preparing minutes of opening meetings
• Timely loading of internal audit project on Barnowl
• Allocate audit procedures to team members based on their skills and experience
• Executing allocated audit procedures as per the Risk and Control Matrix with minimal supervision and review notes issued by the Manager
• Review working papers of team members and ensure review notes are adequately cleared before sending it to the Manager
• Drafting of findings identified through testing of allocated audit procedures
• Discussing findings with relevant process owners to confirm factual correctness, including the root cause and recommendations
• Drafting the audit report within the timeframe as set out in the scoping letter
• Provide on-the-job training of Junior Internal Auditors/Internal Auditors and collaborate with colleagues to improve team contributions
• Multi-task between two or more projects simultaneously
• Monitor audit budget against actual costs for audits and send to Manager weekly
• Facilitate in building/maintaining positive client relations
• Communicate with the Manager and Client in a timely manner on progress of work and any challenges being experienced

Competencies required

• Ability to apply knowledge obtained from previous audits, to reduce time spent on review notes or formatting of working papers and reports
• Ability to adapt approach accordingly and in an effective manner when working with different staff/clients to obtain the best results
• Ability to make decisions and take responsibility for them
• Contribute to a positive team atmosphere during projects
• Basic knowledge of IDEA and/or Barnowl is preferred
• Excellent report writing skills
• Good English language communication skills, both verbal and written
• We operate in at a faster-than-average pace and therefore the successful candidate should have the ability to learn quickly, thoroughly and in detail
• Work according to a high quality standard and deliver consistent results

Experience

• At a minimum, 3 years Internal Audit experience
• Preferably have a strong consulting background, with the ability to work on multiple assignments, under huge pressure and be willing to work overtime

Personal attributes

• Professional at all times
• Integrity
• Initiative
• Attention to detail
• Confidence
• Organised
• Self-disciplined
• Hands-on technical abilities and experience
• Strong work ethic
• Excellent interpersonal (“soft”) and networking skills to deal with difficult clients
• Team player with multi-tasking and leadership skills to manage a team as supervisor
• Good organisational skills
• Independent decision maker but accepts decision authority and responsibility
• Have a sense of urgency
• React and adjust quickly to changing conditions and come up with practical ideas for dealing with them

Qualifications

• At a minimum the candidate should have a B.Com in Internal Auditing
• Preferably B.Com Internal Auditing Honours
• At least 2 of the 3 parts of CIA

Office Hours

08:00 – 17:00

There will be occasions when the incumbent will need to work overtime.

EE candidates will be given preference.