Candidate Auditor - Durban at eThekwini Municipality

Job Purpose    

• To assist the Unit Auditors and management in the effective discharge of duties.

This post reports to SENIOR AUDIT MANAGER (CORPORATE ENTITIES)

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Provide a basic internal auditing service throughout the Municipality under supervision and guidance.
• Provide an internal operational and financial auditing service throughout the Municipality.
• Under supervision, provide integrated risk assurance of corporate organisations and entities, as well as the provision of a specialised and transversal portfolio.
• Under supervision, guidance and instruction, provide service delivery investments, performance and conformance audits in terms of the built environment.
• Assist with the planning of audit projects and interventions.
• Assist with the design and development of projects based on audit methodology.
• Under supervision, implements audit projects.
• Assist with audit projects and assignments through participating in audit teams.
• Keep abreast of new developments and techniques in the audit profession.
• Attends to specific administrative activities.

Competencies    

• Research and Analysis - Ability to break an audit problem into component parts, identify key issues, locate authority in the form of statute / policy and compile audit reports to support a position.
• Ethics and Professionalism - The ability to identify and deal with ethical issues and conflicts of interest.
• Organisational Awareness - The ability to understand the municipality’s objectives, and the impact of decisions on the public and the functioning of the various directorates.
• Internal Auditing - Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management, governance, and internal control processes.
• Engagement Management - Ability to plan, co-ordinate and control the tasks of self and others to deliver on engagements to the required specification and within budget and schedule.
• Information Management - The gathering and analysis of data and the management thereof utilising various techniques to best explain the results of the audit process.
• Interpersonal Relationships - The ability to establish and maintain productive relationships with people within and outside of the City.
• Communication - The ability to explore and implement new ways of delivering services that contribute to the improvement of municipal processes in order to achieve municipal goals.
• Change Readiness - The ability to innovate and challenge the status quo and the ability to cope with change driven by others.
• Cognitive Ability - The ability to gather information, analyses issues and deal with complexity and ambiguity. Shows long-term thinking, follows through in a logical manner, aware of consequences and implications. Is able to see the ‘Bigger Picture’.

Essential Requirements    

• Diploma (NQF Level 6) with Auditing or Internal Auditing as a major.

Preferred Requirements    

• Degree (NQF Level 7) with Auditing or Internal Auditing as a major.