Technical Manager - BU Western Cape at Auditor-General of South Africa

Technical Support

• Provide support to the PC to address technical queries
• Escalate queries which cannot be resolved to the PC
• Participate in meetings or any other forums to provide technical support
• Stay abreast of developments with regards to committees attended by the PC and attend meetings in the absence of the PC
• Provide comment and coordinate  ABU commentary on draft technical documents prior to submission to the PC for final review and sign off
• Coordinate the Business Unit (BU) approach to quality management for all audits in consultation with the PC
• Provide support to the PC in addressing audit queries to resolve grey areas in audit methodology
• Provide support to the PC to summarise technical memos for the BU and disseminate the information to the relevant stakeholders
• Review and monitor reporting to ensure a basic level of consistency exists to allow for the consolidation of information for general report
• Coordinate the consolidation of BU information for general reports
• Support the PC in finalisation of the final draft of general report prior to central review
• Assist the PC with internal quality and peer reviews

Facilitate Technical Training

• Identify individual training needs 
• Compile and finalise the annual ABU technical training plan
• Conduct practical training sessions on new or amended procedures and practices
• Manage the budgeting for all technical training events and ensure spend is within the allocated budget
• Facilitate the scheduling of annual training events, in consultation with BU admin support
• Co-ordinate the finalisation of training evaluation reports and submit to PC for final review
• Facilitate induction for new starters through to senior management level within the relevant business unit / region

Research and Development

Proactively identify problem areas through the analysis of:

• legislation
• auditing & accounting standards
• QA results
• stakeholder feedback
• training needs
• technical committee input
• cyclical debrief sessions
• Collect, analyse & interpret information relevant to the research problem or request
• Process, analyse and validate research data
• Prepare project plans
• Write research project reports and minutes of project meetings
• Propose research findings and make recommendations to Product Champion in accordance with stakeholder requirements and best practice principles
• Formulate technical procedures and guidelines to be followed by the audit staff and develop improved ways of executing the audit
• Conduct practical training sessions on new or amended procedures and practices

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholder such as Trainee Auditor Forum (TAF)
• Provide technical support and guidance to internal stakeholders on technical matters in order to ensure alignment with ARD guidelines
• Support the PC on the various engagement with stakeholders
• Communicate technical processess and requirements to internal stakeholders and ensure understanding of these by all relevant stakeholders
• Attend and participate in technical sessions guidelines
• Support the PC on the variuos engagements with stakeholders
• Communicate technical processes and requirements to internal stakeholders and ensure understanding of these by all relevant stakeholders
• Attend and participate in technical sessions or meetings and upon request by the PC.

People Management

• Manage own performance.
• Participate in the IBU’s transformation, culture, diversity and employment equity initiatives.
• Participate in the implementation of initiatives for creation of talent pipeline and succession planning.
• Provide on the job training, coaching, mentorship and support to the audit team.
• Ensure that Trainee Auditors receive adequate and relevant exposure on audit components to ensure compliance with SAICA requirements

Qualification:

• CA(SA)

Experience and Knowledge:

• Completed articles (3 Years)
• Two years post articles work experience as Assistant Manager

Advantageuos

• Experience of technical understanding of audit  environment, audit standard practices and reporting on
• audit outcomes
• Experience in planning and monitoring the use of expenditure to meet organizational objectives and compliance
• Experience in budget preparation and reviewing budget documents or reports
• Experience in PFMA
• Implementation of CAATS
• Preferably registered with SAICA as an assessor
• Extensive in knowledge of IFRS accounting framework
• Extensive in working on large SOE's
• Extensive knowledge of MI processes in the organisation