Job Vacancies at Auditor-General of South Africa

Strategic Function

• Primary function: Support audit business units (ABUs) with technical support during the audit process when a MI is identified and referred to the MI Committee. Assist the Senior Manager in coordinating and monitoring subsequent remedial or referral processes, including the certificate of debt (CoD) process.

Product ManagementPAA implementation and support  - Primary functionInitial assessment for further action:

• Review MIs or suspected MIs lodged on the Case Management System (CMS) to ensure MI submissions are of the required standard to address the relevant legal principles, and are supported by appropriate and sufficient audit evidence by, including but not limited to:
• Assessing the substantiating evidence and financial loss,
• Collation of missing information from ABUs,
• Interrogating information,
• Evaluating the non-compliance.
• Assist the manager in preparing the MI report for submission to the MI committee.
• Provide support and guidance to ABUs regarding MIs in terms of required evidence and most appropriate further action.

Referrals:

• Prepare  and  support  the  process  of  submissions  to  the  MI committee prior to sign-off by BE;
• Support the Senior Manager in the facilitation of the referral of MI or suspected MI matters to public bodies in line with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or Service Level Agreement (SLM) (where applicable);
• Support the SM in the preparation of documents for liaison with the various public bodies;
• Update the CMS with progress updates from public bodies; 
• Assessing of investigation outcomes;
• Support the SM in engaging with public bodies during investigations and/or after outcome of investigations; and
• Support the SM in providing inputs for the accountability reports on referrals made.

Recommendations:

• Assess recommendations implemented by Accounting Officers (AOs)/ Accounting Authorities (AAs) and evaluate the substantiating documentation in support of the implementation.
• Prepare submissions to the MI committee on implementation of recommendations.

Stakeholder Management

• Engage with various audit stakeholders to support the further action process, remedial and referrals process as required. 

• Support the Senior Manager with the engagement with relevant law enforcement authorities such as Public Protector, National Prosecuting Authority and Special Investigation Unit etc. 

People Management

• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Manage staff/teams performance and implement a culture of performance management.
• Responsible for the development of staff to the required outcomes for their position profiles.
• Provide support to the Senior Manager with regard to centre management and other business unit tasks.
• Responsible for managing resources (staff, CWC and expenses) through meetings and giving direction and supervision.

Financial management and operational management

• Assist with the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the budget for the investigations business unit and allocated projects.
• Ensure compliance to AGSA policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.

Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

Formal Education

• This position requires a minimum qualification of CA (SA) or RGA
• Or An ACFE/post grad diploma in forensic accounting/ ICFP

Experience

• In addition, the incumbent requires 3-5 years audit or accounting experience of which two must be at a manager level within audit/ accounting environment.

Added advantage

• Procurement investigation experience in the Public Sector”
• Material Irregularity experience

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Strategic function

• Contribute to the implementation of the ethics strategic programme training and advocacy plan.
• Act as a strategic advisor within the AGSA providing insights on programme-level initiatives aimed at impacting the ethics programme.
• Prepare relevant reports on operational and training activities
• Research and implement innovative and best practice to support the learning needs of AGSA employees in line with the ethics strategy and ethics operational program.
• Crafting and delivering content that is aligned to the goal of the strategy while fostering knowledge and awareness of the AGSA ethics policy and procedure, IESBA and Into SAI codes and other relevant AGSA policies.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to exco and the organisation by sharing insights and observations from training sessions.

Product management

• Research and draft training content for all ethics training sessions, strategically responding to the AGSA’s training and developments training requirements or training needs.
• Craft practical training programmes that embed ethical principles and standards for the AGSA.
• Craft training content for all ethics training programmes.
• Conduct environment scanning for ethics breaches for reporting and tracking purposes e.g. employee relations matters.
• Perform training needs assessment to identify gaps in the training programme and design a programme that responds adequately.
• Provide induction training to all new joiners and refresher training to all employees covering the guiding ethical principles and    guidelines.
• Organise or conduct annual training for the leadership cohorts, Exco, Leadco.
• Organize and conduct training sessions in alignment with the requirements of South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and other professional institutions   Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), ISACA etc
• Organise, develop and deliver content for monthly ethics refresher training courses for the organisation.
• Investigate and respond to the need for online training options, by developing and implementing an e-learning platform.
• Create a hub of training material for employees for continuous development and growth.

Stakeholder management

• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Engage with the Ethics champions regarding their objectives and activities and assisting with mitigating risk.
• Act as interface internally to provide the first level of ethical advice to employees.
• Provide BU support on an ad hoc basis on training content and methods of deliver.
• Report all non-compliance to relevant stakeholders.

Skills, Experience & Education

• Degree in law/ Ethics or appropriate qualification. In depth knowledge on IESBA Code of Ethics.
• Certified Ethics Officer is essential
• Registration with relevant Professional Body will be an added advantage.

Experience

• Minimum 5-8 years’  experience in ethics management, ethics training and advocacy or related environment. Added advantage exposure to SOQM and other related financial sector compliance management standards.
• Experience in strategic decision making, exco reporting and presentation to governance structures.
• Exposure in the following fields
•  Ethics/governance
• Public sector