Performance Auditor- Audit (Kwazulu - Natal ) at Auditor-General of South Africa

Audit Functional Areas

• Understand the South African political system and government 
• Understand government priorities, policies and programmes
• Understand government administration 
• Design audit plans
• Perform audits according to auditing standards (which includes financial and performance audit standards)  
• Collect data and information/evidence for audit and other assignment purposes
• Analyse annual financial statements
• Analyse and interrogate data and information
• Obtain appropriate and factually correct audit evidence
• Compile audit working papers
• Identify and draft audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Identify root causes and effects of audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Use information and technology tools such as diagnostic tools, audit accelerators and any other IT tools in performing audits
• Knowledge sharing (audit insights, key risks from research and general knowledge)
• Compile high-quality impactful reports
• Compile high-impact and relevant recommendations on government programmes or audit focus areas
• Develop best practices/guidelines
•  Contribute to the risk identification processes at auditees

Research and development

• Research audit themes arising from government priorities/programmes
• Scan the environment, perform trend analyses and assess risks to identify audit themes and necessary interventions in government  Identify areas for potential value add work and provide inputs to line manager

Stakeholder Engagements

• Maintain an effective relationship with the regularity audit business units
• Assist with the integration of performance audit procedures at regularity audit
• Maintain visibility at regularity audit for effective interaction
• Support the marketing of performance audit products 
• Support initiatives of sharing insights, risks and experiences External Stakeholder engagement
• Support initiatives to market performance audit products

Financial Management

• Manage own work
• Monitor own deadlines
• Manage own productivity and recoverability
• Monitor project budgets and ensure that allocated work is completed within the allocated budget
• Account accurately for own expenditure and time

Administrative duties

• Provide input on the planning of audits, budgeting and other organisational reporting needs
• Assist with organisational reporting needs and initiatives supporting the BU goals

Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required

Qualifications

• BCom Auditing, CIA (part qualified), Internal Audit, Management Accounting

Professional registration

• Registration with a professional body is a requirement (where applicable)

Experience

• 3 years audit experience.