Audit Inspector/Senior Inspector: Banking at Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA)

REQUIREMENTS

• Specialist knowledge/experience in banking 
• CA (SA) who trained in public practice/external audit. 
• RA registration / Eligibility to register as an RA is advantageous. 
• IFRS audit experience essential. 
• Six years post qualification/articles experience. 
• A number of years’ experience as an Associate Director/Director or equivalent in an external audit firm. 
• Excellent technical knowledge and experience in auditing and financial reporting standards. 
• Experience is performing Quality Reviews (e.g. EQR, Monitoring Reviews, Inflight-Peer Reviews). 
• IT Audit qualifications (advantageous) e.g., CISA. 
• Must have an understanding and appreciation of the IRBA’s role in protecting the interests of the investing public. 

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS 

• Participating in the team planning and scoping of risk-based inspections. 
• Inspecting planned audit engagements and firms’ quality control policies and procedures. 
• Regular interactions with audit firms and discussing findings with the engagement partners and leadership of the firms. 
• Demonstrating a high degree of independence and professional judgement to drive matters to conclusion. 
• Researching and consulting internally on technical matters. 
• Preparing high quality reports to be presented to the Inspections committee (INSCOM). 
• Preparing high quality inspection files with evidence of inspections in a timely manner. 
• Ensure that all INSCOM queries are cleared timeously and provide context and present if required at INSCOM meetings. 
• Assist Senior Inspectors in training new inspectors -onboarding. 
• Participating in relevant projects of the IRBA in fulfilling its mandate. 
• Assist with publications and articles on different technical topics -input on the public inspections Report. 
• Provide inputs on all the files quarterly - during the pre-committee (Pre-Com) meeting in preparation for the INSCOM meeting.