Assistant Manager - Audit: East London at Auditor-General of South Africa

Requirement Overview

To assist in the effective and efficient management and/or execution of audits. Provide guidance to the performance analysts in their development and manage the complete day-to-day running of the audit whilst maintaining client relations on behalf of the audit manager and the team.

Roles & Responsibilities

Key Performance Areas (KPA’s)

Audit:

• Conduct research and come up with new audit focus areas.
• Conduct client base environmental scanning to inform value add / integrated audits.
• Discuss the new focus areas with the RA teams with the possibility of obtaining more audit work for the BU.
• Compile audit plans and/or procedures for the focus areas.
• Execute audits.
• Source and interrogate data/information. This includes data analytics.
• Provide critical analysis of the evidence, identify management measures/processes that are not in place, root causes and effect on service delivery.
• Prepare appropriate findings with practical recommendations that would address the root causes.
• Discuss the audit findings with the external stakeholders to confirm factual correctness.
• Prepare detailed, factually correct, and complete working papers, including audit objective, procedures, record of work done, audit findings, and conclusion.
• Prepare factually correct and complete management report paragraphs supported by audit evidence.
• Produce high-quality audit work.
• Work with integrated audit teams (staff with audit background and those with skills other than auditing).
• Provide audit guidance to non-audit staff (e.g., specialist).
• Deliver audit work within the stipulated timeframes.
• Project management for the audit to ensure that the audit milestones (e.g., budget, engagements, timelines, quality) are met in an efficient manner.
• Provide feedback on the audit progress to the manager.
• Address coaching notes.
• Attend audit committee/steering meetings.

People:

• Training and developing of performance analysts through on-the-job mentoring and coaching.
• Managing staff hours.
• Monitoring staff performance.
• Allocating work to staff.
• Leading staff by ensuring undisturbed work flow.

Stakeholder Engagements:

• Liaise with relevant key stakeholders (internal and external) to ensure effective coordination, communication, and coverage of relevant audit issues.
• Support the audit team in engaging with relevant contact people (resources) at the auditee to provide required audit documentation.
• Prepare relevant documentation for stakeholder engagements for manager and SM.
• Market the value of performance audits and develop initiatives for sharing insights, risks, and experiences with regularity audit Business Units.

Financial Management:

• Provide inputs in the compilation of the centre budget (e.g., value add areas).
• Monitor own/team recoverability and manage resources to comply with budget targets.

Admin:

• Completion of all administration responsibilities, including but not limited to timesheets, cash advance/expense claims, leave application, overtime, bursary application, and annual ethical declaration, as well as compliance related policies/guidelines/timelines/instructions.

Ad-hoc Duties:

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks, and assignments not stipulated on the job description as and when required.

Skills, Experience & Education

Qualifications:

• CA (SA)/RGA/ACCA/CIA

Professional Registration:

• Registration with relevant professional body is mandatory.

Experience:

• Completed articles (3 years).
• Added advantage: Exposure to performance auditing environment.

Knowledge:

• Public sector knowledge.
• Technical understanding of the audit environment, audit standard practices, and reporting on audit outcomes.
• Knowledge of performance auditing will be an added advantage.
• In-depth knowledge of prescripts and application to the audits.