External Senior Internal Auditor at Kouga Municipality

Kouga Local Municipality is committed to the prescripts of the approved Employment Equity Plan and furthermore invites suitably qualified applicants to submit a detailed application for the following position:

REQUIREMENTS:

• B Comm Degree with Internal Audit as a major subject or Equivalent Finance Qualification with Accounting III at NQF level 7;
• 4 Years’ relevant experience;
• Code B Driving license;
• High level Computer Literacy – Office applications with Advanced Excel;
• Member of Institute of Internal Auditors;
• Ability to provide credibility to financial affairs of the municipality and to ascertain compliance with relevant legislative prescripts and standards;
• Thorough knowledge of supply chain management and information systems;
• Detailed knowledge of municipal policies and procedures and Treasury regulations;
• Self starter;
• Ability to work independently;
• Attention to detail;
• Good investigative, research, analysis techniques. Assertiveness in dealing with audit report findings;
• Must be able to speak, read and write in at least two of the official languages in Kouga Municipality (Afrikaans, English, and Xhosa).

DUTIES:

• Receiving instructions/ details from the Manager: Risk & Internal audit and formulating a conclusion in respect of conducting preliminary investigations, including identifying activities within the Auditee’s environment, internal control and accounting/ financial system analysis, inherent and control risks associated with the audit, and formulating a conclusion in respect of the preliminary investigations;
• Determining critical risk areas and audit criteria from the preliminary survey and the level of tests to be performed prior to preparing an audit program/ plan;
• Monitoring fieldwork performance through supervision of team members on coaching notes and on the job training; reviewing audit working papers; following up on audit findings; discussing audit findings with the auditee/ client, and clearing audit review notes;
• Executing fieldwork on reviews as may be determined by the Manager Risk and Internal Audit.
• Preparing the draft audit reports which include, major findings, causes, impact and recommendations, and communicating the findings and recommendations of the draft audit report verbally with the auditee to reach consensus and clarity;
• Advising and consulting with the Department’s Officials independently or in conjunction with the Manager : Risk and Internal Audit at various functional levels to guide them on specific aspects of control and/ or the audits being conducted in their areas of responsibility;
• Providing guidelines/ guidance to personnel on the application of procedures;
• Collating information from reports and documentation for audit assignments through retrieval/ filing of audit related documentation;
• Preparing ad hoc reports, compiling Risk & Internal Audit related Audit Committee Agenda items and submitting to the Internal Audit Manager for review;
• Attending to risk identification and assessment processes
• Monitoring of all risk mitigating projects.
• Educating and training staff and business associates on the risk management program and their respective responsibilities in carrying out the risk management program.

Closing Date:03 Feb 2026