Auditor in Charge (IT) at Afrizan Personnel

Job description

Requirements:

• BCom (Hons) degree
• Qualified CA(SA) or CIA
• CISA
• Insurance experience ideally
• Management experience is key ( Direct or Supervisor )
• 7-8 years related experience, of which a minimum of 5 in internal/external audit of which 2-3 years senior internal/external audit experience

Responsibilities:

• Business Development
• Gain insights and participate in setting up department goals and objectives annually in line with the department's medium term strategic plan and Hollard’s business strategy
• Actively participate in managing specific stakeholder relationships and engagements, e.g. Risk management, Compliance, Forensics, Finance, BU heads, etc
• Participate in the preparation and review of stakeholder reporting e.g. OSU management meetings, BU management meetings, Partner management meetings
• Apply continuous improvement principles and identify opportunities for change
• Establishes a clear set of standards for others to work within and provide the necessary guidance
• Practice effective communication skills
• Financial
• Gain insights and where requested participate in the departmental and resource budget planning process (high complexity)
• Conduct continuous resource allocation and planning
• Manage departmental cost and monitor in line with budget
• Be aware of and participate in the development of an audit plan for the upcoming 18 months
• Prioritises audits against overall budget and plan
• Prepare, manage and monitor audit budgets and allocations
• Monitor and collate timesheets to verify accuracy compared to work performed
• Capture timesheets
• Identify, monitor and communicate overruns and inefficiencies
• Become actively involved in productivity reporting
• Process
• Maintain and update of the Internal Audit Methodology in line with changes in industry
• Conduct audit in accordance with the approved Internal Audit methodology
• Develop and maintain Standard Audit Templates (i.e. reports, scope letter, meeting notes, etc.)
• Accountable for audit planning process
• Organise audit engagements with the client and the audit team and communicate the planned review and scope
• Coordinate and lead audit team kick-off meeting and debriefing session
• Prepare the audit team and ensure sound understanding of the audit scope, key business drivers and processes
• Preparation of process analysis documents (high complexity)
• Complete business understanding documents and related flow charts
• Prepare the audit program (high complexity)
• Conduct fieldwork and testing in alignment with the required standards
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of business processes, risks and controls including relevant regulatory and accounting issues
• Identification of process, information and control gaps and seeks additional information if necessary
• Ensure that information is accurate, valid and comprehensive prior to reporting
• Document findings and discuss them with clients to assess factual correctness
• Take responsibility to clear and finalise all own reported findings/reporting points
• Draft and review audit reports for management review
• Request finding recommendations from the client to obtain an understanding of their thinking in terms of possible solutions
• Evaluate management recommendations against best practice/knowledge and adjust the recommendations accordingly
• Set-up and participate in close-out meetings with clients to finalise reports
• Review all working papers produced by the team and provide constructive feedback and guidance
• Perform first review of draft report before escalation to manager (specific focus areas grammar, spelling, risks identification, formatting, initial rating of findings and recommendations)
• Ensure all review queries are cleared within reasonable timeframe (expectation 48 hours)
• Focus on problem solving/high risk areas during the audit
• Proactively communicate any delays or difficulties experienced on audit timeously with the client and management for corrective action to be taken
• Guide the audit team during the audit engagement in line with objectives, standards and deadlines
• Highlight and manage any function process improvement opportunities
• Track the status of audits being conducted (project management)
• Follow-up and update internal audit findings tracking document on allocated areas of scope and across multiple audits
• Encourages and drives knowledge management and communication within the audit team and function
• Integrate audit information across audits in order to present and highlight key business risks
• Human Resources
• Promote the creation of a unique and innovative culture through the advancement of The Hollard Way, focusing on total employee wellbeing and effective talent management
• Ensure the team is correctly trained, skilled and that their expertise is optimally applied
• Understand the guidelines, processes and underlying values for the function’s sustainability through the appropriate placement, deployment, management and development of human capital and the resultant succession planning
• Continuously practice effective performance management through clearly defining performance deliverable and measures, providing regular and rigorous feedback, conducting formal performance appraisals and linking individual performance results to other HR activities (career development, development etc.) (Junior to Auditor II level)
• Effectively contribute towards the internal communications
• Participate in the recruitment of junior staff
• Participate in the on boarding of new team members (Auditor and Senior Auditor level)
• Assist with the training co-ordination and monitoring (Auditor and Senior Auditor level)
• Assist with the training plan development, maintenance and monitoring
• Responsible for own career and performance management
• Actively seek and provide feedback from/to staff, peers and superiors
• Monitor resource capacity levels and identify any constraints and/or spare capacity
• Contribute to the social committee and attend social activities
• Assist with audit logistics
• Attend scheduled training