Business Unit Leader at Auditor-General of South Africa

Strategic Function:

• Contribute to the formulation and drive the implementation of the organisation’s long-term strategy.
• Develop the Business Unit Balance Score Card (BSC) and oversee the implementation and reporting thereof.

Product Management:

• Provide strategic direction for audit operations, ensuring the best overall quality of all audit outputs.
• Ensure that assignments and/or engagements are adequately planned, resourced and performed in accordance with the audit methodology and standards.
• Provide leadership support to sensitive, complex, and high-risk engagements.
• Oversee the timely sign-off of all audit engagements.
• Ensure quality delivery of critical AGSA reports (e.g. Sector, General, and Organisational Audit reports).
• Ensure approval and effective management of Contract Work Creditors (CWC) and pre-issuance allocations.
• Coordinate auditing activities and plans with other internal support stakeholders, e.g. Specialised Audit Service (SAS) activities to ensure objectives are met.
• Signing of audit reports for significant and complex audits as per delegations.

Stakeholder Management:

• Drive the strategic initiative of visibility through effective external engagements.
• Accountable for the implementation of the stakeholder engagement plan in line with the AGSA stakeholder engagement framework.
• Engage with the stakeholders as per the engagement plan, which includes consideration for political sensitivity, complexity, and seniority.
• Media engagement as per the AG delegations.
• Interact with relevant oversight structures and relevant committees regarding briefings on audit reports/outcomes, as well as the Cultureshift 2030 initiatives.
• Interact with and establish partnerships with professional bodies and higher learning institutions.
• Promote the AGSA brand and reputation.

People Management:

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to the BU in respect of:
• Vision achievement/organisation alignment.
• People Strategy commitments, including talent management and succession planning.
• Implementation of AGSA transformation strategies.
• Impact-driven strategic conversations with internal staff on an ongoing basis.
• The improvement of culture and staff engagement within the BU.
• Accountable for maintaining training office accreditation in compliance with the regulatory bodies.

Financial management and operational management:

• Accountable for the sustainability and profitability of the Business Unit (BU).
• Ensure that BU deliverables are executed economically, efficiently, and effectively in terms of recoverability and productivity.
• Ensure effective financial management of CWC.
• Provide input on the opportunities to improve the efficiency of the organisation’s business operations.

Other responsibilities:

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks, and assignments not stipulated in the Job description as and when required.
• Develop innovative solutions to navigate complex situations facing the Business Unit.

Education

• This position requires a minimum qualification of a registered CA(SA) or RGA or ACCA.

Experience:

• A minimum of ten years of relevant post-qualification experience is required, including at least six years in a senior management or executive-level role.