Internal Audit Manager (Insurance) at FirstRand Corporate Centre

Job Description

• To oversee the audit function, ensuring the delivery of high-quality audit services aligned with strategic objectives. This job involves managing audit teams, developing audit plans, liaising with senior stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement in risk management and internal control frameworks.

 Are you someone who can:

• Provide management over a portfolio of clients and deliver high quality audit and assurance service, including preparing and reviewing audit plans and work.
• Maintain the highest technical and professional standard.
• Think strategically about client needs by understanding their business and key risks.
• Manage the quality of audit work output to ensure excellence is achieved through the application of end-to-end integrated risk-based reviews.
• Ensure that the audit team continually identify and report on potential financial, operational risks (including IT risks) and regulatory risk when conducting audits.
• Ensure that actual vs. approved/revised plan (including special requests) achieve the required coverage %
• Manage the Annual Audit Plan, continually reassessing and revising based on key or emerging risks.
• Identifying ways to maximise the relationship with clients and deliver added value by elevating our status to trusted partner / trusted advisor.
• Ensure excellence in reporting to governance structures (Audit Committee, Risk Committee, Regulatory Committee)
• Improve service delivery, create, and drive a professional and service excellence culture in the team.
• Prepare a quality and balanced audit report to specified standards, encapsulating the control weaknesses identified and results of audit work performed
• Performance of responsibilities with transparency, due professional care and with highest ethical standards to ensure audit outcomes align with work performed and the audit file.
• Effective communication with the audit team, audit management and key stakeholders.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• A qualified Chartered Accountant/ BCom honours Degree with financial savvy, a strong background in Financial, Operational (including IT) and Regulatory Risk Management.
• 5+ years of internal / external audit experience is a must.
• Insurance industry experience is preferred.
• Experience with auditing corporate and investment banking clients is also preferable
• A post-secondary qualification in IT e.g., CISA/CISM accreditation would be advantageous.