Assistant Director: Internal Control and Compliance at Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

REQUIREMENTS :

• National Diploma (NQF 6) in Auditing, Accounting, Financial Management, or relevant qualification with accounting as major subject.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in internal control/ Supply Chain Management/ Auditing, Financial Management or related field. 

DUTIES :

• Investigate irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, identify potential financial risks (inclusive of fraud risks) and facilitate management action to mitigate the identified risks.
• Test and monitor level of compliance to enabling legislation: PFMA, Treasury Regulations, SCM and HR prescripts by performing assessments and raise findings on areas of concern relating to weaknesses in controls to assist and enhance effectiveness of the process.
• Monitor the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations based on the audit results. Attend audit steering committee meetings. Monitor the progress of audit recommendations, Coordinate, monitor and report on fruitless and wasteful expenditure registers.
• Coordinate, monitor and report on irregular expenditure registers. Monitor and strengthen the control environment within the Department through performance of planned internal control assessments, of Quarterly key control assessments and follow through of all data analysis reviews.
• Co-ordinate the assurance process (e.g., response to external and internal auditor’s queries, management responses, etc.) and facilitate the development and implementation of Departmental action plans to address identified control deficiencies relating to Irregular Expenditure and Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure. Facilitate the implementation and maintenance of Departmental loss control system and serve as secretariat of the Departmental Loss Control Committee.