Senior Manager: Regularity Audit at National Treasury

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the following disciplines: Accounting or Internal Auditing;
• A Certified Internal Auditor certification (CIA) will be an added advantage;
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience at a middle management level (Deputy Director) obtained in the internal audit environment;
• Knowledge and experience of the broad Internal Audit and internal audit fundamentals, frameworks and Principles; and
• Successful completion of the Nyukela Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government available as an online course on https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/, prior to finalisation of an appointment?.

Key Performance Areas

Strategic leadership and support: 

• Conduct awareness sessions on regularity audit offerings through stakeholder engagement;
• Provide strategic support and recommend amendments to the Internal Audit Charter;
• Develop plans and guidelines to inform strategic and operational activities; and
• Liaise, co-coordinate, establish and maintain good relations with internal and external stakeholders on audit-related matters Audit Process. ?

Risk assessment, audit plan, assurance and consulting services: 

• Review annual risk assessment procedures and develop and align the internal audit plan based on the strategic and operational regularity risks;
• Provide advice on regularity audits to be conducted and propose solutions for challenging technical related problems;
• Coordinate the regularity audit plan and advice on operations and strategy in consideration of the organisational impact and findings register;
• Accountable for quality assurance of regularity audit reports before submitting to the Chief Audit Executive; and
• Provide feedback and clarification to the audit committee relating to Regularity Audit reports, control and technology related matters. ?

Process improvements and research: 

• Analyse policies, procedures, processes, measurements and expenditure and make recommendations for improvement;
• Keep abreast of global trends, new developments in the regularity audit environment and emerging technologies; and
• Develop a sustainable Regularity Audit Strategy, Regularity Audit Methodology and Resource Plan to ensure continuity of the Regularity Audit services.

Stakeholder Engagement: 

• Conduct quality assurance on reporting standards;
• Review audit committee pack deliverables and provide input thereto;
• Present regularity audit reports to the Audit Committee and recommend resolution to challenges; and
• Conduct continuous monitoring and evaluation of progress against the approved Regularity Audit plan.