Job Vacancies at Auditor-General of South Africa

Apply by: 31 October 2026

Job description
Strategic Function

• Provide input into the strategic objectives to assist in establishing the strategic direction of the Business Unit (BU).
• Facilitate the implementation of the Business Unit and Specialised Audit Solutions (SAS) strategic plans in accordance with policies, procedures and legislation.
• Manage teams to ensure alignment to the vision, mission, strategic goals and values of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA or Auditor-General)
• Provide feedback on implementation / achievement of strategic objectives to the relevant stakeholders

 Strategic Leadership & Innovation

• Ensure the effective execution of cybersecurity audits 
• Drive innovation, efficiency, and effectiveness in the cyber audit space. 
• Identifying emerging risks, leveraging new audit techniques, and enhancing audit methodologies to strengthen the AGSA’s cybersecurity assurance. 

Thought Leadership & Brand Building

• Key driver in positioning AGSA as a cybersecurity audit leader, both locally and internationally. 
• Contribute in knowledge-sharing platforms, engage at all levels
• Collaborate with INTOSAI and other key stakeholders to shape the future of cybersecurity audit excellence.

Product Management

Manage Audits

• Lead, direct and coordinate portfolio of audits covering the three audit phases:
• Planning
• Execution
• Reporting
• Liaise with auditees in the provision of advice / recommendations, setting up meetings, etc
• Initiate and lead meetings with the audit team regarding the direction and progress on the audits
• Provide guidance to managers an assistance on audit related matters
• Ensure that all risks are addressed for the specific audit engagements, for example:
• Appointment of specialist staff
• Contract in and out

Conduct audit team visits to:

• Review work
• Finalise the audit
• Conclude working papers
• Prepare audit report
• Attend meetings with the team and auditees
• Provide motivation talks and training on auditing matters to team members
• Engage with contracted out partners
• Project manage all projects to ensure timeous delivery on milestones and quality of delivery is met
• Perform functions as required by an engagement manager as spelled out in the ISA’s and the Auditor-General policies
• Prepare and take responsibility for presentations
• Report back to the audit steering committees and audit committees on the planning, execution and reporting of the audits
• Manage audits within the allocated time frame
• Manage audits in accordance with policies, procedures and legislation

 Stakeholder Management

• Ensure clear understanding of auditees’ business requirements through efficient stakeholder engagement and that this is translated into clear deliverables.
• Build collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaise and interact with key stakeholders & management to share information, resolve challenges and make recommendations for improvements.
• Manage and report on stakeholder engagements.
• Promote the AGSA brand and reputation.
• Participate in Business Unit Leader/Deputy Business Unit Leader Discussions

Inform the Business Unit Leader and/or the Deputy Business Unit Leader on:

• Issues arising from audits
• Focus areas for auditing administration matters
• Financial issues
• Compliance concerns
• People and resourcing matters 

Manage Internal Stakeholder Relationships:

• Engage with regularity audit on audit proceedings.
• Facilitate debriefing sessions with regularity audit on the previous year’s audits performed
• Engage with the team during the three audit phases (namely planning, execution and reporting)
• Communicate with the team on non-audit and strategic matters
• Liaise with colleagues within the BU
• Liaise with colleagues within the portfolio 

Manage External Relationships:

• Engage regularly with the management of the auditee on audit proceedings▪
• Engage with audit firms regarding contracted out audits
• Participate in audit and steering committee meetings
• Attend Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and portfolio committee meetings by invitation
• Engage with prospective employees

People Management

• Implement the activities outlined on the BU People Plan.
• Manage team performance to drive productivity.
• Contribute to transformation/culture plans.
• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Participate in initiatives to attract talent.
• Contribute to effective administration of the BU training office.
• Cascade strategic organisational alignment messages and commitments.
• Implement relevant centre initiatives to bring about an inclusive culture, enhanced employee experience and employee well-being
• Analyse the business plan to determine the applicable deliverables and targets
• Determine and secure the human resource requirements to ensure that deliverables will be met in accordance with the expected targets
• Manage the staff performance evaluation system for the centre:
• Compile Individual Performance Contracts (IPC)’s and Performance Development Plans (PDP)’s
• Conduct coaching sessions to ensure staff member/s perform at the optimum level
• Conduct performance reviews in accordance with policies and procedures and take corrective action where necessary
• Conduct one-on-one sessions
• Participate in the talent management of the Business Unit to drive a high performance culture in accordance with the AGSA’s roles and responsibilities and competency framework
• Manage the development of staff and ensure each staff member has a Personal Development Plan
• Approve leave, timesheets, subsistence and travel (S&T) and cash advances
• Act as a champion on one of the five strategic goals of the business unit (value add, visibility with impact, viability and visions and values) to ensure that the Business Unit achieves its objectives:
• Provide feedback at the monthly senior management meeting
• Manage the centre’s resources (staff, Contract Work Contractors (CWC) and funding):
• Participate in meetings
• Provide direction and guidance to achieve a timely high quality product
• Develop the staff to optimum productivity levels
• Improve on client relations within the overall business processes captured in the Business Scorecard (BSC)
• Manage Human Resources in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
• Complete Human Resource Management actions within the allocated time frames

 Financial management and operational management

• Responsible for compiling the centre budget.
• Manage the centre budget, income and cost to ensure adherence to the required financial performance standards for the portfolio
• Manage debtor’s collection.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures
• Manage supply chain processes.
• Conduct centre risk assessment.
• Analyse the business plan for the Business Unit to determine the financial requirements for the centre
• Consult with the relevant stakeholders to determine requirements in terms of expenditure
• Compile the comprehensive budget indicating the financial requirements in accordance with the budgeting guidelines
• Submit the budget for approval in accordance with policies and procedures
• Monitor the expenditure against the budget to ensure that spending occurs within the budgetary restrictions
• Approve purchase orders
• Ensure that debtor payments are followed up and creditors are paid timeously
• Assist RA with the verification of invoices
• Manage and monitor the CWC budgets
• Ensure that only authorised overspending is approved in accordance with procedures
• Consult the relevant role players where overspending took place and take corrective actions to rectify the overspending
• Monitor the centre budget to ensure that figures balance in terms of budgeted and actual figures
• Conduct the budget reviews as prescribed by Finance and adjust budget where necessary
• Close the budget at the end of the financial year
• Manage centre budget in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
• Complete centre budget management actions within the allocated time frames 

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.
• Monitor Information

Track the following to gather and monitor the centre:

• Audits (Own and CWC)
• Stakeholder engagements
• Funding (income and expenditure)
• IPC’s
• HR/Culture Initiatives
• Balanced Scorecard Initiatives
• BU Initiatives
• Compliance matters (internal control)

Minimum requirements
Formal Education

• Minimum qualification of National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 7 (i.e. 4 year Bachelor’s Degree / post graduate Diploma) e.g. B Com with specialisation in Auditing and/or Information Technology
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or equivalent (e.g. a recognised IT auditing certification)

AND
At least one of the following:

• Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) or equivalent (e.g. CEH)
• Certified Incident Handler (ECIH/ GCIH) or equivalent (e.g. CRIA)

Experience

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience post qualification with at least 4 years’ experience operating at a manager/middle management level.
• Extensive experience in managing cybersecurity and network security audits, with a strong understanding of networked environments that support various application hosting infrastructures, including Windows and Unix-based operating systems, as well as MSSQL and Oracle databases.
• Extensive experience in conducting cybersecurity maturity assessments, particularly within the Southern African context. This includes a strong ability to position insights and control recommendations for clients, guided by leading frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001/2, CIS, and COBIT.

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Apply by: 31 October 2026

Roles and Responsibilities

Strategic alignment

•  Provide strategic inputs and support the implementation of the strategy of the business unit (BU).
•  Support the SM in the effective implementation and monitoring of the BSC initiatives/actions plan for the team members.
•  Identify value for money audit opportunities – integration and stand-alone audits.

Audit Responsibilities

Planning

• Plan and scope the audit project effectively. Allocate resources, define deadlines and ensure comprehensive and appropriate terms of reference is set for each review
• Identify in partnership with the Senior Manager (SM) a relevant audit team, including appointment of specialist or contract staff, and engage them on the audit plans and budget
• Ensure that appropriate audit components/sections are allocated to the audit team members in line with their skill level and areas for development
• Identify the need to appoint external specialists (CWC) as and when required, and manage the selection and appointment process
• Facilitate engagement meetings (entrance engagement) with auditee management to discuss the scope, focus areas, objectives, methodology, required audit documents and due dates
• Formulate technical audit procedures on selected projects
• Assist the audit team in identifying audit risks in infrastructure projects.

Execution

• Provide guidance and advise auditing teams on technical and feasibility studies, including site investigations
• Interpret project technical information e.g. detailed designs as well as complex calculations
• Advise audit teams on tendering procedures
• Advise audit teams on compliance of government infrastructure projects with legal requirements
• Assessing the sustainability of projects
• Provide detailed review of working papers and reports
• Execute technical audit procedures on selected projects
• Attend steering committee meetings (at least two per audit; first and final steering committee meetings) with departments and related senior management.
• Assessing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities on infrastructure projects
• Assessing cost analysis for infrastructure projects
• Review risk assessments, value management and cost control reports on infrastructure projects
• Advise audit teams on procurement strategy used on infrastructure projects
• Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks on infrastructure projects (applicable to QS)
• Analysing the costings for tenders awarded by government departments on selected infrastructure projects
• Analysing outcomes and writing detailed and impactful audit reports on audited infrastructure projects
• Constantly engage with manager to provide updates on audit progress and required support to complete the audit on time
• Ensure quality standards are met throughout the audit

Reporting

• Analysing outcomes and writing detailed and impactful audit reports
• Ensuring that all findings emanating from the audited infrastructure projects are communicated to the auditees
• Conduct and report on site visits
• Advise on value of completed work on selected infrastructure projects
• Accurately capture and update ASMIS information

Research

• Actively conduct research in the area of expertise
• Regular report back on the progress of research conducted.
• Review working papers and memos on research undertaken in the infrastructure field
• Review relevant memos on research of complex and challenging audit themes, arising from government and international priorities/programmes in the infrastructure field

Administrative Matters

• Responsible for effective management of all administrative matters relating to the role. (e.g. timeous approvals, compliance with internal controls, etc.)

Training and Development

• Facilitate knowledge sharing sessions of insights, risk and knowledge of the business and industry within the audit team, BU and the AGSA.
• Provide training to staff to improve their understanding of technical matters

Product Development and Marketing

• Assist with the development of industry specific products and services.
• Assist with the marketing of the BU and its products to potential clients.

Stakeholder Engagements

• Build and maintain strategic and value adding partnerships with key stakeholders within the AGSA (both RA and PA) and with auditees to ensure support during the audit process for both integration and stand-alone audits.
• Interactions with the Executive Authorities on key findings/outcomes
• Effectively engage with key stakeholders on all levels

People Management

• Manage performance of staff, provide mentorship and support, and on-the-job training
• Responsible for the development of staff according to their development plans (PDPs)
• Manage teams’ performance and implement a culture of high performance
• Address staff related enquiries
• Support the implementation of the people plan for the centre/BU
• Ensure team members compliance with all AGSA policies

Financial Management

• Assist in identifying revenue growth opportunities within the component and optimise its operational expenditure
• Assist with the formulation of a budget
• Manage own and team recoverability
• Follow up debtor queries
• Ensure compliance with the internal controls in AGSA
• Ensure compliance with Supply Chain Management in AGSA

Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)

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

Minimum requirements

Skills, Experience and Education

Formal Education

• Post graduate qualification in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment specialization.

Professional Registration

• Registration with a Professional Body as required in the built environment is mandatory e.g. ECSA, SACQSP, SACPCMP.

Experience

• At least 6 years’ industry specific experience in the infrastructure/ built environment (few years’ experience at a management level will be advantageous).
• Experience in infrastructure projects e.g. roads and storm water, sewer reticulation, water reticulation, social infrastructure (housing, health and education facilities) and bulk earthworks for municipal, provincial or national projects.
• Experience in compilation of tender documentation.

Knowledge

• Public sector knowledge
• Extensive knowledge in Infrastructure/ built environment field

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Job description

Strategic Function

• Provide strategic support to the CRO on the implementation and monitoring of the strategy at portfolio level.
• Lead the conceptualisation, development and implementation of a CRO portfolio management model which will drive efficiencies and seamless delivery of products to stakeholders.
• Monitor the implementation of the BUs balance score card (BSC) tactical plans within the portfolio.

Product Management
Strategic support and risk management:

• Conceptualise, develop and implement initiatives in the CRO office and provide a project management function for all strategic deliverables.
• Manage all strategic initiatives, performance objectives and deliverables of the CRO office
• Develop project charters to govern the execution, management, monitoring and evaluation of the strategic projects in the CRO’s office.
• Identify portfolio specific BSC risk to monitor specific areas of concern for the CRO such as implementation of stakeholder gap, quality initiatives plans, risk management plans, strategic ethics programme, default debt management strategy, litigation strategies in the portfolio and provide feedback to CRO.
• Identify improvement opportunities and possible areas of risk which needs to be addressed based on stakeholder engagements.
• Provide support to the CRO with actions based on outcomes of internal engagements and track progress thereof.
• Provide support to the CRO and advise where applicable on strategic matters relating to the CRO’s organisational strategic commitments.
• Conduct continuous and regular environmental scanning to identify new developments, trends and risks which may impact the successful implementation of the AGSA strategy.
• Continuously monitor and ensure that relevant mitigating factors are put in place to manage potential impact of risks.

Reporting:

• Track and review all portfolio reports including BU quarterly reports and provide input into the relevant quarterly reporting.
• Ensure that all products/services including reports/messages adhere to the relevant quality standards as agreed with the CRO.
• Act as first line of review for proposals and requests for approvals presented to the office of the CRO.
  Preparing executive summaries of documentation, articles and reports, as requested by the CRO.

Stakeholder Management

• Develop and manage a comprehensive CRO stakeholder engagement plan
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide strategic support and guidance to key stakeholders and BU management in order to ensure alignment.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and facilitate the implementation of stakeholder programmes based on the CRO’s customised stakeholders and strategic plan.
• Coordinate the CRO visits and interactions with the BU leadership teams within the portfolio.

People Management

• Contribute to improving the Culture Index for the respective portfolios by monitoring ethical culture within the portfolio, reporting and highlighting emerging trends to the CRO.
• Provide support to the CRO in the implementation of the activities outlined on the portfolio People Plan.
• Manage own performance to drive productivity.
• Provide support to the CRO in the cascading of the vision achievement/ organisation alignment messages and commitments.

Financial management and operational management

• Responsible for compiling the portfolio budget.
• Manage the portfolio budget, income and cost to ensure adherence to the required financial performance standards for the portfolio
• Monitor the portfolio debtor’s collection.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.

Other responsibilities 

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments delegated by the CRO not stipulated in the role profile description as and when required.

Minimum requirements

Formal Education 

• This position requires a minimum qualification of CA (SA) qualification, MBA, or equivalent.

Experience 

•  A minimum of 7 years’ experience (post qualification), of which 5 years should have been at manager level in an audit or risk management environment.

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Apply by: 26 October 2026

Job description

Strategic Function

• Lead the development and implementation of financial strategies aligned with AGSA’s strategic objectives
• Develop the annual budget that is aligned with the AGSA’s and Finance portfolio strategy
• Assist and provide inputs in the development of the Annual Performance Plan and operational Plans and ensuring tracking against the approved annual targets
• Contribute to long-term financial planning and sustainability strategies for the AGSA
• Provide enterprise-level strategic leadership and stewardship over the Management Accounting function to support AGSA’s long-term sustainability, financial resilience, and strategic objectives.
• Lead the development, execution, and continuous refinement of AGSA’s financial strategy, ensuring alignment between organisational priorities, funding models, and resource allocation.
• Own the organisation-wide budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance management frameworks, ensuring they enable informed executive decision-making and effective performance monitoring.
• Serve as a key strategic financial advisor to the DBUL: Finance, Executive Management, and leadership structures on matters relating to financial performance, cost optimisation, investment decisions, and financial risk.
• Drive long-term financial planning, scenario modelling, and sustainability analysis to support strategic choices, risk tolerance, and organisational resilience.
• Establish and oversee robust financial governance, performance measurement, and control frameworks to manage financial risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and strengthen audit outcomes.
• Ensure the availability of high-quality, forward-looking financial insights, management reports, and analytics that influence strategic planning, operational efficiency, and value creation.
• Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives and programmes with material financial impact, ensuring disciplined financial oversight and alignment with organisational objectives.
• Champion innovation, digital enablement, and continuous improvement within management accounting processes, systems, and methodologies to enhance efficiency, insight, and strategic value.
• Contribute at an enterprise level to the development and monitoring of the Annual Performance Plan, operational plans, and strategic scorecards, ensuring financial alignment and accountability.

Product Management

• Manage and implement the AGSA’s budgeting process
• Conduct financial and non-financial data analyses that directly affects the AGSA’s financial performance
• Ensure Business Units perform in accordance with the targets set, including but not limited to management and implementation of internal finance reporting
• Ensure data driven financially sustainable and commercially viable business decisions at all levels
• Develop and monitor liquidity models which will enable cash flow predictability and cost saving opportunities
• Develop and monitor spending for short and medium term to understand cashflow pressures and ensure compliance with applicable legislation
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards to mitigate financial statement and operational risk
• Monitoring financial control, budget management and the procurement process to ensure cost optimisation
• Develop and implement financial policies and procedures in line with the GRAP standards and other applicable legislations and regulations
• Monitor the implementation of working capital, finance risk and policies within the AGSA
• Evaluate the viability and profitability of investments/ project before committing resources
• Track organizational progress on strategic deliverables including the identification of financial risks and financial risk tolerance
• Monitor, review and implement controls related to financial accounting and cash management processes
• Manage the implementation of both internal and external audit recommendations by coordinating audit activities to enhance and enforce internal control measures
• Ensure that monthly/ adhoc financial reporting is provided timeously for efficient decision making
• Lead cross-functional teams on strategic initiatives and special projects
• Enhance the systems that drive AGSA’s financial operations as and when new developments are made that provide for more efficient and effective ways of managing the various operations

Stakeholder Management

• Establish, build, and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships withrelevant internal/external stakeholders
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers to continuously improveservice delivery
• Liase with senior colleagues in the development of the annual budget process and year-end forecast

People Management

• Support the business unit transformation/ culture plans
• Support the management team regarding centre management and other people related tasks
• Provide leadership and direction for the centre and manage team performance to drive productivity
• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential
• Determine the mix and level of capability required to enable the centre to support the BU and organisational objectives

Financial Management

• Compile the centre budget and contribute to the development of the business unit’s budget
• Manage the centre expenditure
• Ensure compliance to AGSA policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures
• Manage supply chain processes within scope of work

Other responsibilities

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

Minimum requirements

Formal Education

• This position requires a minimum qualification of B Com Accounting Degree or equivalent. CA (SA)/ ACCA/ CIMA/ CFA will be an added advantage.

Experience

• Minimum 7 years post qualification experience with at least 4 years’ experience operating at a manager level.

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Job description

Product

Conduct ERP reviews covering the three audit phases:

• Planning
• Execution
• Reporting

Plan the audit:

• Define the objectives of the audit
• Define the scope of the audit
• Identify benchmarks to be utilised
• Assess the risks from source documentation
• Compile the audit plan
• Conduct a walk through process with the relevant role players

Execute tests, inclusive of:

•     Compliance to policies, procedures, standards and specifications
•    Adequacy on goals
•    Reliability of information
•    Efficiency and effectiveness of operations
•    Safeguarding of assets

Generate audit reports indicating:

•     Audit findings
•     Recommendations                         

Conduct a closure meeting, where appropriate, to discuss:

•   Accepted recommendations to be implemented and timelines applicable
•   Rejected recommendations and internal actions to be implemented
•   Target dates for implementation and review
• Supervise subordinates in the execution of the three audit phases
• Supervise team meetings regarding the direction and progress on the audits
• Provide guidance to auditors on audit related matters
• Conduct the field work in accordance with policies and procedures
• Communicate to Line Manager on progress or obstacles during the audit
• Provide support in the review of contract work and quality assurance
• Provide input to regularity audit strategic plans
• Provide guidance on AGSA audit approach
• Promote and manage sound internal controls within the Business Unit
• Keep abreast of the latest development at the AGSA
• Manage audits within the allocated time frame
• Manage audits in adherence to internal processes, policies and procedures

Stakeholder Relationships

Maintain internal stakeholder relationships:

• Engage with regularity audit on a regular basis on audit proceedings.
• Facilitate debriefing sessions with regularity audit on the previous year’s audits performed
• Engage with the team during the three audit phases (planning, execution and reporting)
• Engage with colleagues within the Business Unit

 Maintain external stakeholder relationships:

• Engage with the management of the auditee on a regular basis on audit proceedings
• Liaise with audit firms regarding contract out audits
• Liaise with prospective employees

People Management

• Analyse the business plan to determine the applicable deliverables and targets
• Participate in securing the human resource requirements to ensure that deliverables will be met in accordance with the expected targets
• Manage staff performance to implement a culture of performance management:

Compile IPC’s and PDP’s

• Conduct coaching sessions to ensure subordinates perform at the optimum level
• Provide constant feedback to subordinates
• Provide mentorship to subordinates
• Conduct performance reviews in accordance with policies and procedures and take corrective action where necessary
• Manage the development of staff and ensure each staff member has a Personal Development Plan
• Create a conducive environment to maintain and enhance employee motivation
• Participate in transformational initiatives inclusive of change, organisational culture, CSI, diversity, etc.
• Continually improve own competence through personal development as per PDP and commitment:                                 
• Participate in learning and development programmes
  • Participate on programmes for purposes of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)                          
• Manage Human Resources in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
• Complete Human Resource Management actions within the allocated time frames

Financial Management

• Ensure the delivery of high quality, accurate and cost effective audits through effective planning and resource management.
•  Assist with negotiating budgets with regularity audit.
• Ensure effective and efficient management of projects in terms of time, cost and quality
• Review and approve timesheets, S&T and advances in line with the allocated budget
•  Monitor staff leave, training, non-recoverable activities and recoverability reports to ensure achievement of annual recoverability targets.
•  Provide input on the centre income budget
• ·Assist with the review invoices of CWC before submission for approval

Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)

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

Minimum requirements

Formal Education

• B Degree in Auditing, Computer Science or Informatics or other equivalent
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

The following will be an added advantage:

• ERP Certificate and experience on (SAP, PeopleSoft or JD Edwards) would be beneficial

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Auditing
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles of finance and the components involved in finance; must be able to apply PFMA and MFMA principles and adhere to due dates
• In-depth knowledge and skills in Informatics
• Knowledge of Project Assurance
• Knowledge of ERP systems

Experience

• Solid experience in auditing SAP/Oracle environment 
• Minimum 5 years IS auditing
• Minimum 2-3 years’ managerial experience
• In-depth knowledge in the Audit of IT General controls, business process/automated controls
• Understanding of different infrastructure environments such as SAAS, IAAS, etc.
• In-depth understanding of windows/shell(Unix/Linux)/mainframe

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Roles & Responsibilities
Product:

• Conduct audits in terms of the three audit phases:
• Planning
• Execution
• Audit conclusion

Plan the audit in terms of:

• Participate in defining the objectives of the audit
• Participate in defining the scope of the audit
• Assessing the risks from source documentation
• Compiling the audit plan
• Conducting a walk-through process with the relevant role players
• Conduct the field work in accordance with policies and procedures
• Execute tests to determine:
• Compliance to policies, procedures, standards and specifications
• Adequacy on goals
• Reliability of information
• Efficiency and effectiveness of operations
• Safeguarding of assets
• Generate the audit findings
• Submit the findings to Line Manager for input and review and effect the necessary amendments as indicated
• Communicate to Line Manager and Senior Manager on progress or obstacles during the audit
• Participate in a meeting, where appropriate, to discuss:
• Accepted recommendations to be implemented and timelines applicable
• Rejected recommendations and internal actions to be implemented
• Target dates for implementation and review
• Conduct the audit in accordance with internal processes, policies and procedures
• Conduct the audit within the allocated time frame
• Promote and manage sound internal controls within the Business Unit 

HR Admin

• Continually improve own competence through personal development as per Personal Development Plan (PDP):
• Participate in learning and development programmes
• Participate on programmes for purposes of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• Keep up to date with the latest developments at the AGSA
• Participate in transformational initiatives encompassing change, organisational culture, CSI, diversity etc

Financial Management

• Support the Manager in the delivery of high quality, accurate and cost effective audits
• Manage projects efficiently and effectively in terms of time, cost and quality
• Provide input into the planning of audits under her/his control:
• Budget requirements
• Organisational reporting
• Adhere to budget allocations for the bookings of hours and expenses
• Obtain approval from Line Manager for any expenses not budgeted for
• Achieve own recoverability target

Ad-hoc duties

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

Minimum requirements

Formal Education

• B Degree in Auditing, Computer Science or Informatics

Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of Auditing
• In-depth knowledge and skills in Informatics

Experience

• Minimum 3 years Information Systems auditing experience
• Cybersecurity / penetration testing skills will be advantageous

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Apply by: 27 October 2026

Job description

• The purpose of this position is to deliver the portfolio of audits, lead multiple teams responsible for the audit during the audit process (planning, execution and reporting) to ensure delivery of quality and value adding audits in compliance with auditing standards and relevant legislation in line with the AGSA strategy.

Minimum requirements

Qualification:

• Minimum qualification of CA(SA)
• Registered Assesor
• Eligible to register as a Registered Auditor (IRBA)

Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience post qualification with at least 4 years’ experience operating at a manager level.