Internal Audit Manager at MFS Africa

The Role

We seek an experienced Internal Audit Manager to take responsibility of the development and execution of the newly created Internal Audit function at MFS Africa. The role's responsibility will include managing co-sourced audits and working across all functions and activities of the MFS Africa Group to collaborate with key stakeholders and staff across the Group.

Our ideal candidate should have a strong Internal Audit and Risk background, is comfortable operating independently, pragmatically and meeting strict regulatory deadlines.

The position will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa and will have dual reporting lines:
a) Organizationally to the Managing Director, MFS Africa UK Limited
b) to the Group Board Audit & Risk Committee.

The duties and responsibilities of the role will be as follows:

• Developing and maintaining an Internal Audit framework

• Designing and setting the annual internal audit plan for approval by the Board Audit & Risk Committee (BARC)

• Managing the scheduling of audits according to a risk-based execution plan

• Executing audits as necessary

• Managing the execution of audits with co-sourced partner(s)

• Providing regular reporting to senior management

• Providing updates to the BARC

• Overseeing and tracking the timely and adequate closure of audit findings and escalating issues to management and board

• Support the development and oversight of the Risk & Control Self-Assessment framework

• Be the primary point of contact for external auditors and other third parties who may need to interact with the internal audit function

• Dealing with any other day to day internal audit related issues as necessary

• Conduct ad-hoc investigations and internal audits, when required

• Provide reports, dashboards and feedback to stakeholders within the governance framework

Requirements

Skills

• Thrive in a diverse, collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts

• Can work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment

Qualifications and Experience

• Have at least 5 years of Internal Audit experience at management level

• Good practical understanding and application of corporate governance standards as it applies to Internal Audit

• Extensive practical knowledge and experience of financial services ideally gained in banking, payments, fintech sectors

• A sound understanding of digital and cash-based money transfer operations as well as broader e-commerce related activities

• Have an accounting and/or audit related qualification

Benefits

• We have a very diverse work environment with over 28+ nationalities represented and continually strive to build a culture of caring and execution

• We operate a flexible remote working policy

• We offer a competitive salary package and bonuses

• We prioritize the overall well being of our staff through various initiatives aimed at ensuring they reach their full potential in a supportive environment

• We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world in hope of continuing to make an impact on the millions, if not billions, of users who also believe in what we do

• We work at the very cutting edge of fin-tech in Africa