Job Opportunities at Discovery Limited

Reporting to

Head of Risk

Level

Senior Manager

Department

Group Risk Management

About Group Risk Management

The Group Risk Management (GRM) Function is a centralised risk management function independent of day-to-day management. Its primary responsibilities include:

• assisting the Group to identify, assess, monitor, manage and mitigate its material risks, and promote a sound risk culture; and
• Assisting the Discovery Limited Board and senior management to develop and maintain the Group’s risk management system, including promptly informing the Discovery Limited Board of any circumstance that may have an adverse material effect on the risk management system of the Group.

GRM works closely with Internal Audit, Compliance and Discovery actuaries.

Key Purpose of the role

The candidate will report to the Head of Risk. The successful candidate will be required to but not limited, take full accountability for the development and implementation of a complete end-to-end IT risk management programme including project risk management for Discovery Group on par with best practice.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Risk Strategy, Policies and Implementation

• Develop, implement, maintain risk strategies, risk policies for the Group, ensure alignment between group standards, that of subsidiaries and partnerships in the Group.
• Provide Management and the Board with a framework for IT risk management;
• Embed policies and train all required staff accordingly.
• Co-ordinate and manage the policy attestation and assurance requirements for risk policies within portfolio and report the results to management and the Board.
• Establish, monitor, improve the risk governance structure and reporting requirements of the Group wide and at various levels within Discovery

• Ensure that all business units, companies within the Group have an established risk appetite, risk tolerances and key risk indicators for relevant risk classes as well as principal risks

• Develop, implement and maintain standardised templates for IT risk activities across the three lines of defence.
• Develop, implement and maintain risk toolkits as well as process flows for IT risk activities. Across the Group which include inter alia strategic risk process, RCSA, PCSA, Deep Dives, project risks, emerging risks, incident management, escalation and reporting, KRI monitoring, mitigation development and monitoring etc.
• Develop, implement and maintain risk criteria keeping these current to the changes in the Discovery risk environment. These include inter alia risk matrices, impact, likelihood and controls criteria, risk aggregation and weighting, risk incident, escalation and reporting criteria
• Overlook the uniformity of IT risk processes across the Group and correct deviations thereof.
• Recommend a protocol of IT risk management oversight of SA and international companies in the Group
• Recommend the risk culture positioning and drive initiatives towards an ideal risk culture
• Provide training and support to GRM risk officers and first line officers in terms of their roles relating to the IT risk portfolio
• Implement a group wide training and awareness programme relating to the IT risk portfolio

• Implement and maintain a risk management (IT) system that caters for the full requirements of the Group
• Implement and maintain a full knowledge database to give effect to risk intelligence and ensure that risk reporting at various levels are automated and generates value added information for decision making

Combined Assurance

• Implement the combined assurance strategy and framework for the group on par with best practice relating to the IT risk portfolio

• Provide a basis for identifying any areas of potential assurance gaps and duplication of resources within the combined assurance framework
• Develop and implement the tools and templates required for Management and assurance reporting

• Identify all assurance providers and recipients of assurance relating to the IT risk portfolio

• Develop and obtain approval for the annual combined assurance plans, assess adequacy, recommend corrective solutions for gaps and duplications within the plan
• Monitor and report on progress against the combined assurance plan as well as the framework
• Conduct bi-annual assessments for the audit and/or risk committee on the results of combined assurance
• Develop a structure to give effect to combined assurance and maintain relationships with the key assurance providers.

ERM Maturity

• Implement a continuous improvement programme such that Discovery is assessed at best practice maturity for risk management

• Conduct best practice research, recommend and implement solutions to improve the effectiveness of risk management practices across the group relating to the IT risk portfolio

• Play a trusted advisor role to Management and the Executives with regard to leading IT risk practices and consulting activities
• Perform any activities as required in respect of discovery’s participation in industry forums and as required by the Head of Risk
• Contribute to keeping the team abreast of changes in the environment, best practice and risks affecting the business units and the Group

• Conduct an annual self-assessment of the ERM programme relating to the IT risk portfolio.

Strategic and Operational Planning

• Co-ordinate the preparation of the annual, 3 year rolling risk management plans, training and development plans for timely approval by the Risk and Compliance Committee ensuring combined assurance and strategic objectives alignment
• Prepare presentations to discuss the plans across all business units in the Group as well as for the Head of Risk
• Track progress against the plan per business unit and for the group as a whole

Strategic and special Projects/reviews

• Conduct all strategic risk reviews as identified through own analysis and as required by the Head of Risk and CRO in collaboration with the GRM risk officers
• Co-ordinate and participate in group wide assessments as directed by the Head of Risk
• Prepare presentations, risk information and investigations as required by the Exco, Board, Head of Risk or CRO
• Attend various meeting and steercoms.

Stakeholder Relationships and Reporting

• Develop and maintain a trusted advisor type relationship with senior and executive management of each business unit in the portfolio
• Build capacity within the appointed first line roles by providing guidance, training, support and challenge of risk outputs from the first line
• Attendance of CIO Forums, Information Security steercoms, project steercoms, Management forums, etc.
• Following up with Risk champions and first line risk officers on monthly progress
• Reporting of IT Risk for the various audiences. This could include the following: Reporting to operational areas for them to understand their accountability for the risks, reporting to the relevant Boards, CIO’s, senior management, Risk and Compliance Committees to ensure they understand the most pertinent risks to their areas

• Prepare final reports and presentations required for Group reporting at various levels which will include but is not limited to:

• Enterprise risk report, weekly Incident Report, shareholders reports, BU risk reports and dashboards
• Regulatory reports such as ORSA, sustainability and integrated reports
• Group wide risk reports and ad hoc reporting requirements
• Develop a mechanism for communication to broader staff and various audiences to keep them informed of risk trends and relevant information

Competencies and Attributes

• Lead and manage allocated staff. The staff complement at present consists of 4 IT Risk Specialists, Ensuring all staff development and performance is on par with expectations and that staff outputs meet minimum standards
• Resolve challenges, conflicts experienced by staff, develop amicable solutions to resolve conflicts and provide clear and timely feedback to staff on performance areas
• Demonstrate value add on risk activities to business needs and objectives
• Develop and maintain a trusted advisor type relationship with management of each business unit in the portfolio. Management level being senior and executive.

• Monitor maximum usage of the IT risk system throughout the risk team as well as the required business users
• Assist the Head of Risk on any risk activity requested on an ad hoc basis
• Required to take the initiative and follow his/her own direction, with the ability to make quick, clear choices that may range from tough choices or considered risks.
• Upholds ethics, values and demonstrates integrity.
• Shows respect for the views and contributions of others
• Demonstrates a willingness to share information.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication skills. The candidate should speak fluently, excellent written skills that is structured in a logically manner.
• Demonstrates an understanding of different organisational departments and functions.
• Ability to analyse, assess various data, break them into component parts, patterns and relationships.
• Sets high standards for quality and quantity.
• Works in a systematic, methodical and orderly manner.
• Adapts to changing circumstances.
• Handles criticism constrictively and learns from it.
• Advanced Microsoft
• Advanced knowledge of ERM processes and programme development, risk policy
• Development and combined assurance
• Working knowledge of an IT risk system is advantageous
• Experience in the insurance industry is advantageous
• Relevant legislative knowledge

Education And Experience

• Minimum Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance or Risk
• Relevant risk and/or internal audit certifications and memberships
• 8+ years’ experience in IT risk management, IT audit and cybersecurity with a professional services background in financial services.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating and managing IT and cybersecurity risk assessments across IT environments, projects, and third parties.
• Strong understanding and application of IT risk and cybersecurity frameworks such as ISO 27001/2, NIST and COBIT.
• Strong understanding of IT and software development concepts.
• Demonstrated ability in leadership and strategy and able to work independently and in multi-disciplinary teams, managing priorities to meet competing deadlines.
• Proven analytical problem-solving skills with excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.


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EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose

• Within the Digital Channels system area, the Android developer will work on the Discovery application together with Product Owners from various business units, Business Analysts, UX/UI designers & Content Teams, System Architect and managers to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source code.
• The Android developer will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.
• The Android developer in the Digital Channels area must be able to technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

The Intermediate Android developer must have a competent understanding of:

• The system development life cycle and can explain the Java developer role in each stage
• The defined system development tools, processes and workflows
• The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
• The importance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it
• The technologies used and the systems components structure
• The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations

The Intermediate Android developer should be able to demonstrate that they can:

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure a successful, high-quality product and great user experience
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency.
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs. Participate in new business development through ideation, prototype development, and project estimates
• Research new techniques, tools, and best practices and share that knowledge with the team and community
• Maintain high standards
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments

Within 6 months of being in the position, a Intermediate Java developer should be able to demonstrate strong domain knowledge and technologies in relation to the environment that they work in.

Personal Attributes And Skills
Behavioral Skills

• Stress Management
• Time management and prioritization
• Creativeness
• Learning orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Innovation
• Clean code thinking

Technical Skills

• Project Management
• Business Writing Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Solution Architecture
• Process Mapping
• Entity Diagram mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend existing development activities
• Work with customers to determine project requirements
• Design software to fulfill customer requirements
• Develop software from requirements and specifications
• Find and repair software defects; unit testing, UI automation testing
• Stay current with Google and Android standards and guidelines
• Documenting development work done

Education And Experience
Minimum

• Informatics degree or Diploma
• 2+ years’ experience developing Android applications

Advantageous

• 2 year user interface analyst experience
• Software Engineering related degree/qualification
• Honours degree
• Business experience and product knowledge
• Experience in Kotlin is beneficial

Methodologies

• Waterfall and Agile
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns

Tools

• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Android Studio
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Technologies

• J2EE
• Android, Java, Kotlin
• Weblogic, Apache

• UML
• XML, JSON
• SOAP and REST Web Service Development (Micro-services)

Other

• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose

Design and implement robust, scalable and optimally performing systems using Java related technologies, according to provided specifications, standards and procedures, while ensuring compliance with the architectural standards and guidelines laid out by Discovery.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Design

• Translate business requirements into technical designs adhering to Discovery Insure processes, standards and guidelines, taking cognisance of performance, security and scalability requirements. Deliver within agreed timeframes.
• Liaise with relevant parties where clarification of business requirements or resolution to technical issues is needed
• Research and find effective solutions to technical issues that arise
• Estimate development timelines based on business requirements

Development

• Construct robust, maintainable, scalable, optimally performing system code in line with technical specifications, following prescribed process, standards and procedures. Deliver within agreed timeframes
• Conduct unit testing and fix any defects found

Testing

• Verify build stability and quality with development team before releasing to test team, aiming to release with zero defects
• Assist the Business analyst in ensuring the test pack includes relevant scenarios and test data.
• Consult and assist in reviewing risk / impact of defects found in testing, and assist with fixing where necessary

Support / Troubleshooting

• Assist system users with technical support issues and handle according to defined procedures
• Ability to effectively analyse root cause of system errors (data errors, performance and stability issues)

Mentoring / Team Development

• Actively coach other developers to understand and apply the Insure coding and architectural standards correctly, as well as any technologies in use
• Perform code review to ensure logical correctness, maintainability, scalability, performance, compliance with architectural standards and frameworks
• Assist in identifying training needs of team members

Personal Development

• Keep abreast of current technological trends and how these might be applied in the Discovery environment
• Constant improvement of knowledge of the various applications, their functionalities and data models

General

• Ability to communicate clearly, constructively and effectively. Easily able to follow and participate in technical, business process, and other discussions
• Able to build business relationships with other members of team and the business areas we support.

Personal Attributes And Skills

Technical Competencies

• Excellent understanding of Object Orientated principals and Java language fundamentals
• Knowledge of commonly used design patterns
• Broad understanding of how to put together an EE-based business solution from scratch
• EJB
• HTML
• JSF
• JQuery
• JAXB
• SOAP Web services
• Message Driven Beans
• UML
• XML/XSD
• SQL

Behavioural Skills

• Action orientated go-getter, hungry to learn and add real value
• Structured and analytical problem solver: Obsessive about finding solutions to problems: action oriented problem solver.
• Able to plan, organise and prioritize own work
• Able to multitask
• Able to work independently
• Team player: reliable, works actively with others towards common goal, communicates constructively, shares information, knowledge and experience, treats others in a respectful and supportive manner

Essential

Education and Experience

• 6+ years’ experience in Java development with exposure to core competencies listed

Advantageous Experience

• REST Web services
• JSON
• Business Process Management Tools
• Apache Camel
• Apache Webserver Configuration
• JBOSS Configuration
• CSS
• GIT
• Integrated Build Tools
• HTML 5
• Knowledge of Short Term Insurance industry

Working Knowledge Of

• Software development within SDLC
• Unit Testing
• Data modelling and design of database structures
• BSc Computer Science /Information Systems degree
• Formal Java qualification

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose

• Within the Digital Channels system area, senior Android developers will work on the Discovery application together with Product Owners from various business units, Business Analysts, UX/UI designers & Content Teams, System Architect and managers to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source code.
• Senior Android developers will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.
• Android developers in the Digital Channels area must be able to technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

The senior Android developer must have a competent understanding of:

• The system development life cycle and can explain the Java developer role in each stage
• The defined system development tools, processes and workflows
• The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
• The importance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it
• The technologies used and the systems components structure
• The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations

Senior Android developers should be able to demonstrate that they can:

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure a successful, high-quality product and great user experience
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency.
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs. Participate in new business development through ideation, prototype development, and project estimates
• Research new techniques, tools, and best practices and share that knowledge with the team and community
• Maintain high standards
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments

Within 6 months of being in the position, a senior Android developer should be able to demonstrate strong domain knowledge and technologies in relation to the environment that they work in.

Personal Attributes And Skills
Behavioral Skills

• Stress Management
• Time management and prioritization
• Creativeness
• Learning orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Innovation
• Clean code thinking

Technical Skills

• Project Management
• Business Writing Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Solution Architecture
• Process Mapping
• Entity Diagram mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

Education And Experience

Minimum

• Informatics degree or Diploma
• 4+ years’ experience developing Android applications

Advantageous

• 2+ year user interface analyst experience
• Java related degree/qualification
• Honours degree
• Business experience and product knowledge

Methodologies

• Waterfall and Agile
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns

Tools

• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Android Studio
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Processes

ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)
Technologies

• J2EE
• Android
• WebLogic, Apache

• UML
• XML, JSON
• SOAP and REST Web Service Development

Other

• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose
The candidate will form part of the actuarial team responsible for analytical analysis and modelling of the Vitality business in order to ensure the business remains financially stable, exposure to key risks are understood and to answer key business questions.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following broad job functions:

• Develop actuarial or statistical models to aid in decision-making
• Pricing of new benefits or benefit changes
• Short and long term financial projections
• Identify appropriate models / algorithms to mine large datasets and develop rich insights into member behaviour.
• Identify key trends and interact with business to understand the impact of these trends and identify possible courses of action to mitigate / take advantage of the trends identified.
• Produce regular and ad-hoc experience reports and data analysis, and presentations as required
• Assist with data extracts and advanced data analysis essential to the requirements outlined below, as well as communicating the results to a variety of audiences
• Contributing to material required for Product Launch presentations and Discoverers
• Assisting with ad-hoc investigations and analyses including quantifying the financial impact of strategic projects
• Compilation of reports and presentations for the Vitality Exco, Vitality Board, Actuarial Committee and Discovery Board and Exco
• Work with executives to execute strategic projects
• Research and analysis to provide insight and solutions to non-standard problems
• Mentor, support and train junior analysts
• Maintain relationships with various stakeholders across the business
  
  Competencies

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate information simply and effectively
• Strong ability to work with, analyse and communicate findings from data (top-down verbal and written communication)
• A passion for delivering results with a sense of urgency for rapid action
• Excellent time-management skills with the ability to prioritize deliverables and manage stakeholder expectations
• Well-versed in the ability to disaggregate issues and problem-solving

• Comfortable adapting and responding to change
• Excellent attention to detail is a must
• Excellent writing and reporting skills
• Good people skills and situational awareness
• Ability to cope with business pressures and setbacks
• Ability to think with a commercial and growth mindset

Education And Experience

• Matric with Higher Grade Mathematics

• Bachelor of Science degree in Actuarial Science (Honours degree would be advantageous)

• Recently qualified Actuary with 3 to 5 years work experience

• Advanced proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook and SQL

• Basic to intermediate knowledge in a programming language e.g. Prophet, Python, R
• Advanced experience in Actuarial Modelling, Problem Solving, Data Analysis
• Strong communication skills

Behavioural

• Highly analytical and logical
• Critical thinking
• Curious and eager to know “why”
• Creativity and innovation
• An ability to communicate technical complexity to a non-technical audience
• A focus on delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• An interest in analysing large datasets
• Comfortable with change and a fast paced work environment
• Desire to teach and grow more junior members
• Keen to pursue a career outside of a traditional actuarial environment whilst applying actuarial and statistical principles

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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• The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
• As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Reporting To-Senior Audit Manager
Level
Manager
Department
Group Internal Audit (GIA)
Key Performance Area
Tasks

• Strategic:

• Build / maintain relationships with:
  • Discovery Invest, Life, Employee Benefits, Insure, Corporate, Health, Vitality RSA, Vitality Group, Vitality Health, Vitality Life
• Attend Audit Committee meetings to present audit observations and provide feedback on the audits.
• Attend Risk Committee meetings to gather issues that can impact an audit environment.
• Facilitate the maintenance of risk profiles (inherent & residual view of IT risks).
• Challenge risk management information received from the business and provide meaningful input to management on where IT risk management processes and controls can be improved.
• Responsible for the implementation of the Internal Audit plan with regards to assigned companies / areas.
• Implement Continuous Auditing within the various Business areas.

• Technical

• Knowledgeable in:
  • Data Analytics, continuous auditing via Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques (CAATs)
  • Data Assurance
• The following would be deemed as an advantage:
  • IT General Controls
  • Application Controls
  • Technical Infrastructure
  • Project and Programme Management
  • Cyber and Information Security
• Perform Peer Quality Review Assessments.
• Perform maturity assessments based on the COBIT framework.
• Keep abreast with current trends and improve the audit methodology and approach.
• Liaison with peers on IT risk management, policies and execution strategies.

• Operational:

• Scheduling and planning of audits, assignment of staff and review resource requirements.
• Defining the purpose, scope and audit approach of each audit for assigned areas of audit coverage.
• Agree audit scope with client and provide final engagement letter to Senior Audit Manager for approval and distribution.
• Ensuring that all risks are addressed for the specific audit engagements.
• Provide feedback to Senior Audit Manager on the planning, execution and reporting of the audits.
• Request data from the client, document SQL queries, analyse data and document deficiencies identified after performing the required CAATs testing.
• Build relational data structures, including relationships between tables, grouping data, and following steps to perform analysis.
• Lead the identification of data analytics opportunities, design and execution of audit tests based on identified risks and management of data analytics staff with GIA.
• Review and sign-off of planning, working papers and reports, and where required raise review notes for the work performed by Team Leaders / Senior IT Auditors / IT Auditors / Data Analysts (pertaining to Engagement Letters, APMs, system descriptions, walkthroughs, process flow diagrams, RACM, test procedures, working papers, reports and action plans).
• Monitoring of the quality of work performed by the audit team and taking corrective action (where applicable).
• Provide training and supervision to audit team in order to ensure that that the required audit objectives are met and that adequate practical coverage is achieved.
• Assume a leadership role in enhancing the IT Audit team’s data analytics strategy, including training other members of the IT Audit department in basic data analytics techniques, raising awareness of the data analytics program with key members of Management and developing a continuous auditing program for the division.
• Assist Senior Audit Manager in developing the Audit Universe, Annual Internal Audit Plan, and the Three Year Rolling Plan.
• Monitor progress of audits against plan.
• Escalate cases where feedback is not received.
• Ultimately responsible for quality of audit files (MK or other).
• Proactively take on additional tasks as requested by Audit Manager.
• Provide meaningful input and monitor the effective and timely implementation of management actions to address any control weaknesses identified through risk profiling, risk events and control self- assessment.
• Conduct a Quality Assurance review of audit files and finalise once comfortable.
• Manage budgeted hours for each audit and report overruns to the Senior Audit Manager.
• External audit – develop and manage the relationship with external audit as it pertains to the reliance on CAATs work, data requirements and co-ordination of resources to deliver specific assurance for external audit.

• Follow-ups:

• Follow up on outstanding audit issues and management actions.
• Preparation, submission and presentation of follow-up progress reports at risk and/or audit committees.

• People Management and Development:

• Self-development: studying, attending courses and chapter meetings.
• Day to day management of the assigned audit staff members and / or consultants / contractors.
• Assist with staff development so as to increase competence and delivery of the department.
• Determine personal development plans and training needs, as well as implementing career path plans.
• Manage staff productivity by means of timesheets and cost recovery from auditees.
• Manage Team Leaders and other direct reports.
• Review feedback from management on performance of auditors (Team Leaders / Senior IT Auditors / IT Auditors / Data Analysts).
• Completion of mini-appraisals.

• Reporting:

• Drafting of engagement letters and final reports for Senior Management review.
• Review of draft observations and forwarding these to business for comment.
• Reporting to:

• Audit Committees
• Business Risk Committees
• Company Exco’s
• Management (detailed audit reports)
• CAE (where applicable)

• Preparation and submission of Risk and Audit committee reports / packs.
• Attending Audit and Risk Committee meetings, as and when required.
• Assist in periodic reporting on the status and results of the annual audit plan and the sufficiency of department resources.
• Ad-hoc reporting

General:

• Stay up-to-date with Internal Audit profession and industry developments.
• Ongoing development and improvement of audit methodology.
• Travel if required.

Qualification
The following qualifications are a requirement:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent (and relevant) qualification (with Computer Science / Computer Auditing / Information Systems / Auditing / Data Science as majors)
• Honours / Masters (With Majors Preferably in Computer Science / Data Science)
• CISA / CISM / CRISC / CGEIT (one or more of the afore mentioned are advisable)
• SQL / ACL (or data analytics equivalent) certification

Experience

• 5+ years data analytics experience.
  • IT audit experience with a broad range of exposure to all aspects of business planning, systems analysis and application development
• At minimum, 1 year Oracle and Java experience and 5 years or more SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services experience.
• Reporting to Audit and/or Risk Committees.
• Essential knowledge:
  • Internal Controls
  • CAATS tools such as SQL, ACL.
  • Extensive PL/SQL programming language.
  • Technical knowledge and experience on Windows; Solaris; Linux; Oracle and networks.
• The following would be deemed as an advantage (and would be required for career progression):
  • Studying towards or in possession of relevant Bachelors or Honours Degree
  • Financial Services experience
  • Cyber and infrmation security
  • Application controls reviews

Competencies
Analytical Thinking Ability: ability to split a task or problem into its component parts and use these in a logical and systematic manner to reveal all the implications of the consequences of situations
Audit Management Skills: planning, prioritising audits, resources and controlling audits, take preventive and evasive action in order to meet deadlines.
Communication Skills: able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
Relationships: building relationships with auditees, audit committees and external auditors.
Management Skills: Planning and prioritising the work of others. Clearly assigning responsibility for tasks and decisions. Setting clear objectives and measures. Monitor progress, process and results.
Reporting Skills: ability to consolidate information and compile reports reflecting the necessary relevant information.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.