Corporate Executive - Auditor General's Office at Auditor-General of South Africa

Position Overview

• The purpose of the role is to serve as the strategic and operational advisor to the Auditor-General (AG), ensuring alignment between AG’s priorities and organizational execution of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA). The role drives and manages strategic priorities effectively, fostering collaboration across portfolios, and enhances decision-making through data-driven insights.

AG Strategic Support and Executive Advisory

• Drives strategic alignment across the AGSA by translating the AG’s priorities into clear organisational actions and integrated planning frameworks.
• Enables high‑quality executive decision‑making through strategic insights, real‑time intelligence, and rigorous analysis of emerging issues and systemic risks.
• Leads cross‑functional coordination, ensuring seamless execution of strategic initiatives, inter‑portfolio collaboration and the removal of operational barriers.
• Strengthens organisational governance by overseeing compliance, performance monitoring, and effective representation in governance structures and committees.
• Orchestrates the AG’s office operations to ensure efficient workflow, prioritisation and effective information management across administrative, financial and operational domains.
• Prepares and quality‑assures executive communication, including strategic reports, submissions, briefings and organisational performance documents.
• Provides project leadership for AG‑led and high‑impact initiatives, ensuring clear objectives, disciplined tracking, risk management and timely delivery.
• Optimises the AG’s strategic bandwidth by proactively managing engagements, workflow and operational demands, enabling focus on national oversight priorities.

Reputation and Crisis Management

• Leads crisis communication and reputational risk mitigation, ensuring strategic, timely and coordinated responses to complex stakeholder issues.
• Oversees and quality‑assures high‑stakes communication in collaboration for the AG, including speeches, strategic content, executive briefings and external engagements.
• Acts as a trusted delegate for the Auditor‑General, providing authoritative representation in high‑level forums, parliamentary platforms and critical public sector engagements.
• Positions the AGSA as a thought leader by representing the institution at key industry events, conferences and national dialogues.
• Champions the AGSA’s brand and visibility strategy, reinforcing institutional credibility and strengthening stakeholder confidence.
• Manages end‑to‑end preparation of executive communication, including reports, submissions, pitch decks and strategic narratives.
• Ensures the AG is fully briefed and prepared for all engagements by managing the flow of documentation, insights and pre‑meeting intelligence.
• Oversees strategic events and public‑facing platforms, ensuring alignment with AGSA messaging, standards and stakeholder expectations.
• Strengthens institutional reputation through consistent, strategic and values‑aligned communication across all AG‑led platforms.

International participation and engagement

• Leads the development and execution of the AGSA’s international engagement strategy, strengthening the institution’s global footprint and long‑term influencing capability.
• Manages high‑level communication and correspondence with Supreme Audit Institutions and international stakeholders on behalf of the AG.
• Oversees AGSA commitments within INTOSAI, AFROSAI and related bodies, ensuring effective participation, compliance and contribution to global working groups.
• Supports the AG in fulfilling oversight responsibilities as host of the AFROSAI‑E Secretariat and other regional governance mandates.
• Facilitates organisation to global professional standards by coordinating the flow of updates, emerging pronouncements and developments in public‑sector auditing, and ensuring that relevant teams are equipped.
• Coordinates AGSA’s participation in influential global audit forums, enabling subject‑matter experts and portfolio leaders to represent the institution effectively, strengthen thought leadership, and contribute to international dialogues.
• Acts as a technical advisor to the AG on international governance and INTOSAI matters, providing strategic insights and expert recommendations.
• Leads the coordination of key international programmes, projects and knowledge‑exchange initiatives, ensuring impactful participation and outcomes.
• Provides real‑time intelligence on global trends, risks and geopolitical developments, informing strategic decisions impacting public‑sector accountability.
• Develops strategic risk‑mitigation approaches to safeguard AGSA’s reputation and influence in international and regional forums.

Stakeholder Management

• Serves as the strategic interface between the AG and key institutions, ensuring cohesive engagement and alignment across the public sector ecosystem.
• Creates strategic linkages between domestic and international stakeholder initiatives and AGSA priorities, enhancing organisational visibility, credibility and impact.
• Builds and sustains high‑value relationships with Chapter 9 institutions, government entities, civil society, private‑sector leaders and oversight bodies.
• Cultivates strong regional and global partnerships, leveraging networks for benchmarking, knowledge exchange and institutional development.
• Positions the AGSA as a thought leader by facilitating collaboration on standards, methodologies and sector‑wide improvements across peer institutions.
• Coordinates stakeholder engagements and ensures follow‑through on commitments, decisions and collaborative actions.
• Quality‑assures submissions to the AG and tracks implementation of decisions, resolutions and governance outcomes.
• Manages key interactions and logistics for AG‑led engagements, meetings, business reviews and strategic dialogues.

People Management

• Steer the strategic people agenda of the Office of the AG, ensuring that workforce planning, capability development and organisational capacity align with the AG’s priorities.
• Drive an enabling culture by setting clear expectations, monitoring delivery across all functional areas and intervening decisively to remove barriers to execution and strengthen organisational effectiveness.
• Provide visionary leadership that inspires excellence, offering guidance, direction and mentorship that elevates team performance and builds leadership capability across the Office of the AG.
• Oversee resource optimisation and budget stewardship for the Office of the AG, ensuring that people‑related investments are efficient, strategic and yield measurable value.

Financial Management

• Ensure Office of the AG deliverables are executed economically, efficiently and effectively
• Develop and effectively manage the Office of the AG budget and financial performance targets
• Provide input on opportunities to improve efficiencies in the organisation’s business operations and other innovations

Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated in the role profile description as and when required

Formal Education:

• This position requires a post-graduate qualification at Level 8. Masters in public administration, Business Management or equivalent master’s in public administration with relevant Professional Body registration will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years’ executive leadership experience in an auditing, public sector or commerce environment. Proven track record and experience with leading and driving corporate strategy, strategic operations, business operations and stakeholder relations.