Deputy Business Unit Leader at Auditor-General of South Africa

Leadership and Strategic Function

• Contributes to the strategy, vision and governance on the unit.
• Contributes to the formulation and implementation of organisational strategic initiatives.
• Supports the implementation of the business unit balanced score card (BSC) project and initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities in existing customer business processes to re-engineer business unit processes and procedures.
• Co-develops with the BUL the BU BSC and directs the implementation of the BU operational strategies and plans.
• Monitors and reports to the BUL on the delivery of the BSC project plans.
• Jointly accountable and responsible in assisting the BUL in visualizing and co-creating strategic direction for the Business Unit in line with the AGSA organisational strategies.

Product Management

Litigation

• Implements the AGSA litigation strategy, policy and procedures.
• Designs case-specific strategies for all litigation cases instituted by and against the AGSA.
• Oversees the development of case management plans and manages the team’s case management performance in accordance with the plans.
• Involves impacted stakeholders and specialists in preparing litigation attacks and defences.
• Oversees all submissions required by the AGSA litigation governance processes.
• Obtains timely case-related instructions and keeps the BUL and all stakeholders abreast of developments for the duration of each case.
• Oversees case analyses to extract lessons learnt after each case.
• Oversees the performance of attorneys and advocates acting on behalf of the AGSA and takes corrective action in cases where attorneys and advocates do not render their services in accordance with the memorandum and/or service level agreement.
• Prepares organisational reports on all litigation matters.

Debt collection

• Executes the CLS strategy on collection of long outstanding debt.
• Designs, implements, reviews and updates an effective system for the collection of debt by means of litigation.
• Drives the automation of legal processes for debt collection.
• Ensures alignment and integration between CLS and Finance in respect of debt collection efforts via legal processes.
• Oversees the performance of law firms who collect outstanding debt on behalf of the AGSA and takes corrective steps where necessary.
• Tracks the collection of outstanding fees and submits monthly collection reports.
• Facilitates the governance process to obtain approval for the execution of default judgements.

Contract management

• Develops, implements, monitors and adjusts a system for contract drafting and negotiation.
• Directs the development of standard terms and conditions of AGSA contracts, and leads the development of specialised terms and conditions for sourcing digital and technology goods and services.
• Oversees the performance of legal due diligence initiatives for high value and/or high-risk contracts prior to contract conclusion.
• Leads the process to resolve disputes arising from contracts, including the enforcement of penalties and termination of contracts.
• Drives the automation of a contract management system, including a repository of all AGSA commercial contracts.

Legislative development

• Contributes to the continuous review of the AGSA’s legislative framework to ensure the adequacy thereof.
• Participates in legislative development initiatives, such as amendments to the PAA and its regulations, or the development and implementation of new regulations.
• Participates in the development of non-AGSA legislation when the opportunity arises.

Risk management

• Assures the quality of products delivered by the BU.
• Drives the BU’s environmental scanning efforts, which includes legal and case law developments.
• Directs the preparation of advisory notes on legal developments that may impact the core audit function as well as the internal operations of the institution.
• Drives a culture of risk-savviness in the BU to ensure that risks are detected and mitigated as early as possible, irrespective of whether the risk is within the control of the BU, or not.
• Develops and implicates controls for the management of BU specific risks.

Stakeholder Management

• Drives effective internal and external stakeholder engagements.
• Integrates the BU’s service offerings with those of other BUs through collaboration.
• Concludes service level agreements with law firms on the AGSA panel of attorneys.
• Participates in the functions of relevant oversight structures and committees.

People Management

• Inspires, motivates and empowers staff to be accountable for decisions and actions that impact on the BU’s performance.
• Communicates balanced scorecard requirements during vision achievement/organisation alignment and other sessions.
• Addresses and guides team members on matters affecting the BU reputation and performance.
• Develops and facilitates implementation of a people plan.
• Develops, implements and oversees culture and employee wellness plans.
• Facilitates and monitors the implementation of a BU transformation plan.
• Ensures effective training programme is maintained for staff members.

Financial management and operational management

• Ensures that BU deliverables are executed economically, efficiently and effectively.
• Develops and effectively manages the BU budget.
• Provides input on the opportunities to improve efficiencies of the organisation’s business operations.
• Oversees the preparation of quality operational and strategic reports, including quarterly and annual report contributions.
• Coordinates the implementation of change/improvement initiatives.

Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JDs)

• Performs and/or manages other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the job description as and when required.

Formal Education

• Minimum qualification of an LLM degree
• Experience in corporate governance and/or business sciences will be an advantage

Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ relevant experience (post qualification), of which at least 3 years should have been at a senior management/higher level in a corporate legal environment.
• Then incumbent of the DBUL position operates at a senior level and is sufficiently skilled and experienced.