Internal Auditor IT (IRC8087) at Parliament of The Republic of South Africa

Your key responsibilities will be:

Planning

• Schedule task assigned by the Audit Supervisor and IA Manager to achieve goals and objectives.
• Develop and maintain productive client relationship through individual contact and group meeting.
• Provide support to the Internal Audit Management team with facilitation of the Audit Task Team (ATT) responsibilities and coordinator of AGSA requirements.
• Provide support to the IA Management team with the development of the Annual Audit Plan and championing internal audit control throughout the institution.
• Executing of the IA plans.
• Document and record engagements with audit clients e.g. minutes of meetings held.

Organising

• Attend interviews with staff being audited and prepare working papers for review.
• Perform audit procedure; this will include identifying and evaluating risks, developing audit programmes, analysing and documenting processes and testing controls.
• Identify and document audit recommendations to aid audit supervisor in drafting the draft and final report.
• Confirm that all deficiencies identified are carried through to the findings and timeously communicated to the line management.
• Effectively analyse the root cause in relation to the finding raised and formulate practice recommendations that will enhance the effectiveness and/or the efficiency of the areas being audited.
• Follow-up on the status of outstanding IA recommendations.

Audit assignments

• Execute audit work based on IA department policies and procedures, as well as IA and ISACA guidelines.
• Provide support to the supervisor with risk assessment activities.
• Provide support to IA Management in communicating the results of the audit via written report to the Chief Audit Executive.

Stakeholder relationships

• Provide support in the development and maintenance of relationships with client personnel and commits to continually improving client satisfaction.
• Provide support in the identification and contribution to the process improvement opportunities within the institution.
• Maintains positive working partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute towards the management of stakeholder expectations.

To qualify, you must have:

• Applicants should be in possession of a 3 year Degree (Equivalent to NQF level 6 in IT Audit or IT related qualification. This should be coupled with at least 3 years’ of internal audit experience in IT Auditing (public sector related experience and professional membership with the IIA or ISACA will be an added advantage). 

You must also demonstrate:

• Knowledge of data, facts, models, principles, theories, techniques, procedures and methodologies of Auditing (ISACA and IIA’s GAIS).
• Knowledge and understanding of Parliament’s objectives and FMPPLA
• Knowledge of risk assessment software and internal control software’s, MS Office and Internet
• Understanding and knowledge of IT and/or ERP systems and related risks
• COBIT, ITL, etc knowledge and experience
• Knowledge and the ability to identify and rate risks and identify and assess control
• Utilisation of TeamMate as an audit tool.