Director: Internal Audit REF NO: D/PRES/2025 at The Presidency Republic of South Africa

REQUIREMENTS :

• A Senior Certificate plus an appropriate Bachelor degree (NQF level 7 as recognised by SAQA). Certified Internal Auditor or Principal Certified Internal Auditor. Other designations (example CISA) will be an added advantage.
• 5 years’ experience at middle/senior management in auditing environment. Appointment subject to successful completion of the Nyukela Public Service SMS Pre-entry Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government. Public Sector Experience. 

DUTIES : The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties:

• Manage the internal audit function in accordance with the Global Internal Audit Standards. Provide inputs to the Strategic Planning. Develop and implement a strategy for the internal audit function that includes a vision, strategic objectives and supporting initiatives of Internal Audit function towards fulfilment of the Internal Audit mandate. Develop and maintaining the Internal Audit Charter.
• Develop a 3 year strategic and flexible annual audit plan using appropriate risk-based methodology, including any risks or control concerns identified by management and submit that plan to the Audit Committee for review and approval. Establish methodologies to guide the internal audit function in a systematic and disciplined manner to implement the internal audit strategy, develop the internal audit plan, and conform with the Standards. Obtain and deploy resources.
• Evaluate whether internal audit resources are sufficient to fulfil the internal audit mandate and achieve the internal audit plan. If not, the Chief Audit Executive must develop a strategy to obtain sufficient resources and inform the board about the impact of insufficient resources and how any resource shortfalls will be addressed. Manage the internal audit function’s financial resources by developing a budget that enables the successful implementation of the internal audit strategy and achievement of the plan.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the internal audit function effectively and efficiently, in alignment with the budget. Establish an approach to recruit, develop, and retain internal auditors who qualified to successfully implement the internal audit strategy and achieve the internal audit plan. If the function lacks appropriate and sufficient human resources to achieve the internal audit plan, the chief audit executive must determine how to obtain the resources or communicate timely to the board and senior management the impact of the limitations.
• Evaluate the technology used by the internal audit function and pursue opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Evaluate the competencies of individual internal auditors and encourage professional development. Build relationships. Develop an approach for the internal audit function to build relationships and trust with key stakeholders, including the board, senior management, operational management, regulators, and internal and external assurance providers and other consultants.
• Communicate with stakeholders. Promote formal and informal communication between the internal audit function and stakeholders, contributing to the mutual understanding. Establish and implement methodologies to promote accurate, objective, clear, concise, constructive, complete, and timely internal audit communications.
• Communicate the results of internal audit services to the board and senior management periodically and for each engagement as appropriate. Disseminate the final communication to parties who can ensure the results are given due consideration. Ensure and enhance the performance of the function. Develop, implement, and maintain a quality assurance and improvement program that covers all aspects of the internal audit function.
• Develop objectives to evaluate the internal audit function’s performance. Coordinate combined assurance. Coordinate with internal and external providers of assurance services and consider relying upon their work. Combined Assurance Framework maintain and update. Provide effective secretariat function for the Audit Committee. Develop a meeting calendar for the calendar year in line with The Presidency’s event calendar.
• Arrangement for meetings as per the meeting calendar. Prepare meeting pack; and Follow through on decisions taken. Arrangement for payment of Audit Committee members after meeting attendance. Maintain the Audit Committee member’s contracts. Maintain and update the Audit Committee Charter