Senior Manager: Digital Business Enablers at Auditor-General of South Africa

The purpose of this position is to evaluate market disruptions or trends and assisting with defining plans to address or compiling and analysing data. This is a cross functional role where the successful incumbent will be responsible for digital change management, agile project practitioners and business analysts

Roles & Responsibilities

Strategic Function:

• Provide strategic inputs to the strategy of the business unit (BU) and manage the output of the centre to ensure implementation of the BU balance score card (BSC) initiatives.
• Develop, drive and manage the transversal audit risks management strategy to mitigate macro-environment indicators that impact the audit portfolio.

Product Management:

• Ability to manage and lead team from both a strategic and tactical point
• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating team members on progress
• Understanding of system delivery life cycle agile delivery concepts
• A working knowledge of digital tools, enables and transformation within audit and assurance
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Ability to engage and guide various stakeholders into digital concepts and transformation
• Understanding of the delivery of assurance type projects
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong project management skills.

Stakeholder Management:

• Build and maintain strategic relationships/partnerships with the relevant stakeholders and or research institutions that enhance audit risk intelligence value proposition.
• Build and sustain value adding relationships with internal stakeholders to conduct relevant micro environmental scanning and or needs analysis that will inform relevant research projects for the BU.
• Provide strategic support and guidance to internal stakeholders on audit risk management strategies in order to ensure alignment within portfolios and organisation.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders portfolio and contribute in delivery of audit risk related products and processes in the organisation.

People Management:

• Implement the activities outlined on the BU People Plans.
• Manage team performance to drive productivity.
• Contribute to transformation/culture plans.
• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Participate in initiatives to attract talent.
• Cascade vision achievement/ organisation alignment messages and commitments.

Financial Management:

• Contribute to compiling the BU budget.
• Manage resources effectively and efficiently to comply with budget requirements.
• Ensure that research projects are delivered within allocated budget.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with SCM in AGSA.

Skills, Experience & Education

Formal Education:

• This position requires a minimum postgraduate qualification – CA (SA)
• Certification in digital enablers and tools
• Certification in agile principles

Experience:

• Client account management in digital(intelligent automation, data, etc)
• CA(SA) with no less than 3 years post – articles experience
• Extensive experience in the delivery of digital solutions (RPA, AI)
• Experience of digital transformation of assurance functions
• Knowledge and experience in current emerging technologies and their relevance in digitally transforming the audit and assurance functions.
• Experience in design thinking and innovation
• Experience in process improvement for design and efficiency upliftment in the assurance area
• Experience in digitally transforming audit functions of audit firms

Closing Date: 8th, July 2022