Internal Auditor - Tax at Afrizan Personnel

Job description

One of our leading financial services clients is looking for an Internal Auditor - Tax to join their expanding team. The incumbent will be responsible for conducting internal audits, providing independent and objective assurance to ensure that the governance processes, management of risk and systems of internal control, are adequate and effective to mitigate the most significant risks.

KY-38466

Responsibilities:

• Operates within a total Business Unit
• Interfaces with all staff members
• Operates as an individual professional but uses the support of internal and external Auditing professionals

Manage Productivity:

• Manage billable hours allocated to each audit by capturing time on timesheet system (Team Tec) to ensure cost effectiveness and to ensure work delivered is billed appropriately to stakeholders
• Track audit deliverable milestones by managing timely delivery of audit on SharePoint to ensure deliverables are met within agreed time frame

Manage Stakeholder Relations:

• Compile and maintain structured engagement plans for all stakeholders, to ensure that to determine client needs and expectations and build trusting and professional client relationships
• Interpret and ensure understanding of implications of client needs and expectations to ensure these are met
• Provide information and feedback to the internal and external clients to meet business needs and build collaborative relationships

Governance, Compliance and Risk Based Assurance:

• Conduct pre-audit investigation by attending meetings and conducting research to understand the Business environment
• Analyse all business documents, results and reports to identify high risk areas
• Conduct one on one meetings with key stakeholders to gain understanding of the area to be reviewed and consider other relevant input in order to document process flows and identified risks and controls (RACM)
• Participate in the development of the Audit Planning Memorandum to ensure completeness and relevance
• Compile audit planning documents (audit plan memorandum, risk and control matrix) through engagement with stakeholders, to identify scope of audit and to ensure work is completed according to plan, within agreed billable hours and according to Group Internal Audit (GIA) methodology
• Coordinate and manage audit by monitoring timelines, milestones and deliverables to ensure appropriate contingencies are implemented so that audit can be performed as per agreed scope

Manage Self:

• Review own audit plan to ensure alignment to support the achievement of Group Internal Audit strategy, objectives and values
• Identify training opportunities and career progression for self through input and feedback from management, to improve personal capability and to stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure all learning curriculum activates are completed within specified time frame to ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities
• Share professional knowledge with team to improve team efficiency
• Facilitate new starter training, methodology specialist skills training by coordinating, planning and organising the attendance of relevant delegates to ensure professional competence and alignment to objectives

Qualification and Experience Requirements:

• Higher Diploma or Honours in Taxation
• Ideally Bachelor of Commerce Degree – Finance related
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) - Advantageous
• Completed Articles - Internal or External
• Minimum 2 years in specialist Tax role
• Financial services experience
• Tax Audit exposure