Auditor: Financial Audit at Department of Agriculture(DOA)

REQUIREMENTS :

• Applicants must be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate and a National Diploma in Accounting / Auditing. Minimum of one (1) year credible and applicable experience (financial management, financial accounting, auditing). Membership of the Institute of Internal Auditors is recommended.

DUTIES :

• Plan the financial audit projects allocated to the employee. Organise opening meetings with clients. Attend opening meetings and compile minutes thereof. Prepare pre-audit survey (gathering background information e.g. acts, policies and procedures, legislations, previous audit reports and any other information related to the audit). Prepare a detailed system description which documents the entire process to be audited.
• Attend and participate in risk workshop with the audit client to identify and rate the audit risks per sub-process. Deliberate on the controls pertaining to each risk identified and produce a risk report. Conduct analytical reviews to identify patterns, trends etc in order to guide your sampling plan. Prepare audit programme to test the adequacy and effectiveness of the controls identified.
• Update teammate project file (ensure teammate is updated with all planning documents). Execute the defined scope of the financial audit projects allocated to the employee. Select a sample from the population. Prepare working papers. Execute the audit procedures according to the approved audit programme. Prepare the following documents whenever necessary: Document control sheet. Incomplete or missing documents.
• Factual correctness sheets. Collect audit evidence for each finding raised. Prepare finding sheets with relevant recommendations. Discussion of findings raised with relevant officials. Update teammate project file (ensure teammate is updated with all fieldwork documents including finding sheets). Report on the results of execution of the financial audit projects allocated to the employee. Participate in the compilation of the stream reports.
• Participate in the deliberation of the final report with audit manager and the audit client. Closure of the audit project. Organise closing meetings with clients. Prepare and discuss Audit Project Performance Evaluation. Complete the finding register. Update teammate project file (align findings raised and working papers to the final stream and Audit Committee reports).