Head Of Division: Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance at Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

• Bachelor’ Degree in Auditing/ Finance/ Risk, Compliance and Corporate Governance. 
• Post Graduate Risk Management related qualification. 
• Registration with a professional body such as IRMSA, IIA, etc. 
• 10 years’ work experience, with 6 + years’ pertinent experience as defined in this job function. 
• 5 or more years’ demonstrable risk and compliance management experience at management level. 
• 5 or more years’ practical experience at senior level in auditing. 

ADDED ADVANTAGE 

• Honours or higher qualification in Auditing/ Finance/ Risk Management/Compliance Management/ Corporate Governance. 
• Membership of two or more professional bodies/institutions. 

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS 

• Business ethics 
• Corporate governance 
• Enterprise risk management 
• Risk management and/or leading risk practices 
• Project management principles 
• Change management 
• Financial management 
• Business continuity 
• Operational procedures 
• Policy development 
• Quality assurance 
• Compliance management 
• Competent report writing 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES & KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS 

• Enterprise-wide risk and compliance management 
• To ensure development, implementation, and maintenance of Business Continuity Plan for the organisation and individual services as necessary. 
• To ensure development, training and communication of Enterprise Risk Management policy framework. 
• To ensure planning, designing and implementation of an overall risk management process for the organisation. 
• To ensure preparation and execution of an Internal Audit Charter in alignment with Internal Audit standards. 
• To ensure preparation and execution of a rolling three-year strategic internal audit plan in alignment with Corporate Governance requirements 
• To ensure preparation and execution of an approved Fraud Prevention Plan in alignment with the corporate governance requirements 
• To recommend and monitor continuous improvement to the HPCSA internal control environment. 
• Lead and manage the audit process together with the Head of Department: Finance & SCM (CFO) and the other Executives and report to the Audit Committee.