Internal Audit Associate - Sandton at Catch

Role Description:

• Strong governance, risk management, and internal controls are essential to the success of any growing organisation. The company operates in a highly regulated environment and is committed to maintaining the highest standards of compliance, operational excellence, and corporate governance.
• The Internal Audit Associate will support the business by evaluating internal processes and controls, identifying areas of risk, and assisting with audits across various functions. This role plays a key part in ensuring that company policies, regulatory requirements, and best practices are consistently adhered to, while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Arrange meetings with business units for audit preparation and document the minutes of the meeting.
• Understand the audit objectives scope and identify and assess risks and controls of each business.
• Conduct audits in line with audit objectives and methodologies.
• Assist in the preparation of working papers for the internal audit for different business units within the Group including:
• Walkthroughs and understanding of business processes.
• Process Flow documentation for each high-risk area.
• Identifying the Risks and mitigating controls along with recommendations for the business processes.
• Suggest appropriate tests of Controls
• Perform testing in line with sampling methodology
• Draft and present the final audit report to the relevant stakeholders including recommendation of changes and
• controls to be implemented
• Monitoring the implementation of audit recommendations.
• Conduct feedback meetings throughout the audit to manager
• Assistance with the growth and improvement of the internal audit department
• Recommend updates to policies and procedures to benefit the Group
• Undertake any other duties that may be assigned from time to time

Preferred skills and competencies:

• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, procedures and IFRS advantageous
• Knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements advantageous
• Advanced computer literacy skills - MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Great attention to detail and accuracy with the ability to work with large data sets.
• Experience with visualisation tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Trustworthy and Ethical
• Swift and adaptable learner
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good people skills

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field and/or Degree in Internal Auditing.
• Professional certification would be advantageous (Certified Internal Auditor (CIA))
• Previous experience with ISO would be advantageous, specifically ISO 9001 and ISO 27001
• Previous experience with ESG and SBTi would be advantageous
• 1- 3 years experience in a similar role