Technical Manager - Nat E at Auditor-General of South Africa

Requirement Overview

To provide technical support to the Product Champion (PC) within the Audit Business Unit (ABU), disseminate information and apply innovative processes to share technical processes to sustain and enhance quality of external audits in the Audit Business Unit. Further to this, support should also be given to the training officer.

Roles & Responsibilities
Provide 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 coordinateABU 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.

Perform 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

SAICA Learnership Programme

• Participate in meetings or any other forums to provide Training office support
• Provide support to the PC/Training Officer in the coordination of the SAICA learnership programme
• Provide support to the PC/TO with the overview of exposure to competencies relating to trainees
• Monitor trainee’s progress and experience and prompt corrective action in ABU
• Coordinate study support interventions
• Provide support to the PC/TO with the management of the academic progress requirement
• Support the PC/TO in the management of relationships with local TAF structures
• Address trainee auditor queries in conjunction with administrative support and escalate to Training Officer where appropriate
• Provide a channel for the dissemination of information from POE on matters relating to trainees, in conjunction with administrative support
• Assist with the Orientation of trainees as and when required by POE.
   

Skills, Experience & Education
Technical/professional Certification

• CA (SA)
• Registered SAICA Assessor

Formal Education

• NQF Level 7 i.e. relevant B Degree

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Auditing i.e. technical understanding of audit environment, needs and standards practices to interpret information and address theoretical and practical problems
• Understanding of SAICA training Scheme

Experience

• Minimum 3-years post articles audit experience