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Key Areas of Responsibility

• Understand the government environment in which the AGSA work
• Perform audits based on project management principles
• Assist in planning of audit assignments
• Execute audit plans  
• Collect data and information/evidence for audit and other assignment purposes
• Analyse and interrogate data and information
• Use various Civil engineering techniques, knowledge and experience in assessment of government service delivery projects during audits.
• Interview and interrogate the auditee to establish facts during audits.
• Compile audit technical  reports
• Compile audit working papers
• Identify audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Identify root causes and effects of audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas.
• Use information and technology tools such as, audit accelerators and any other IT tools in performing audits
• Assist the Infrastructure Centre of Excellence Management in executing any work related to the Centre.
• Assist auditors in understanding technical concepts when executing technical audits.
• Contribute to high-impact and relevant recommendations to government, programmes or audit areas
• Contribute to best practices/guidelines

Research and development

• Research complex and challenging audit themes  arising from government priorities/programmes
• Scan the environment, perform trend analyses and assess risks to identify audit themes and necessary interventions in government

People management

• Develop personal leadership
• Manage and take responsibly of own work
• Monitor own deadlines

Internal Stakeholder engagement

• Assist in maintaining an effective relationship with the regularity audit business units
• Engage in integration initiatives with regularity audit
• Maintain visibility at regularity audit for effective interaction
• Support the marketing of performance audits
• Support initiatives of sharing insights, risks and experiences

External Stakeholder engagement

• Build and maintain an effective relationships with auditees and other external stakeholders
• Support initiatives within the BU to market performance audit products

Financial management

• Manage own productivity and recoverability
• Keep within allocated budget

Administration

• Provide input on the planning of audits
• Assist with organisational reporting needs
• Submit time-sheets on time

Skills, Experience & Education

Qualifications

• Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering,Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment
• Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage.
• Registration (as candidate) with a relevant professional body will be an added advantage.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience required in infrastructure/built environment field.
• Public sector knowledge or exposure to government infrastructure projects will be advantageous.
• A valid driver’s licence is essential.

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Audit functional areas

Planning

• Assist in the planning of audit plans for both integration and performance audits

Execution

• Execute audit / technical  procedures according to principles and applicable auditing standards
• Collect and analyse data and information for audit and other assignment purposes
• Analyse budgets and annual financial statements
• Obtain appropriate and factually correct audit evidence
• In collaboration with audit team, execute technical audit procedures on selected audits either in the infrastructure field or other relevant areas
• Consistently update the manager on the status of the selected audits
• Complete audit working papers
• 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 (applicable to infrastructure field)
• Assessing cost analysis for infrastructure projects
• Review risk assessments, value management and cost control reports on selected projects
• Analyzing the costings for tenders awarded by government departments on selected projects
• Analyzing outcomes and writing detailed and high impact audit reports on audited projects

Reporting

• Identify and draft audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Identify root causes and effects of audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Knowledge sharing (audit insights, key risks from research and general knowledge)
• Contribute to compiling high-quality impactful reports
• Contribute to compiling high-impact and relevant recommendations on government programmes or audit focus areas
• Contribute to developing best practices/guidelines

Research and Development

• Conduct research on audit themes arising from government priorities/programmes
• Analyse the data and provide a report on identified themes

Stakeholder engagements

• Build and maintain an effective relationship with auditors, auditees and other internal / external stakeholders
• Assist with the integration of performance audit procedures at regularity audit
• Maintain visibility at regularity audit for effective interaction
• Support initiatives of sharing insights, risks and experiences
• Support initiatives within the BU to market performance audit products

Financial management

• Manage own productivity and recoverability
• Account accurately for own expenditure
• Manage budget effectively for audit that they are specifically assigned to

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

Qualifications:

• Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment
• Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage

Professional registration:

• Registration (as candidate) with a relevant professional body will be an added advantage

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience required in infrastructure/built environment field
• Public sector knowledge or exposure to government infrastructure projects will be advantageous

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Product

• Participate in audit committee/steering committee meetings with Business Unit (BU) management as and when required

Conduct Network security audits covering the three audit phases:

• Planning
• Execution
• Reporting

Plan the network security 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
• Internal and External vulnerability assessments
• Firewall and Router assessments
• Web application reviews

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 Manager and Senior Manager on progress or obstacles during the audit
• Submit the audit report for publishing and archiving
• Finalise the audit file and submit for archiving in accordance with policies and procedures
• Provide support in the review of contract work and quality assurance
• 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:

• Participate in debriefing sessions with regularity audit on the previous year’s audits performed
• Engage with team members during the audit process
• Liaise with colleagues within the Business Unit

Maintain external stakeholder relationships: 

• Liaise  with audit firms 
• Liaise with prospective employees
• Liaise with Auditees with regards to Audit requirements 

People Management

• Monitor staff performance to implement a culture of performance management:
• Participate in the compilation of  IPC’s and PDP’s
• Conduct coaching sessions of staff members
• 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 PDF 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 

Budget Management

• Support the Manager to ensure the delivery of high quality, accurate and cost effective audits through effective planning and resource management 
• Ensure effective and efficient management of projects in terms of time, cost and quality 
• Providing input to manager on:
• Planning of audits under her/his control
• Budgeting requirements
• Organisational reporting needs
• Ensure that hours and expenses booked are in accordance with the allocated budget
• Achieve own recoverability target
• Manage budget in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
• Complete budget management actions within the allocated time frames

IT Effectiveness

• Assist the Manager in maintaining industry, information technology and audit knowledge, skills and abilities relating to cyber security, cloud computing, enterprise mobility operating systems, network environments, applications and database management systems, programming languages, LAN / WAN communication concepts, and system development processes. 
• Monitor trends within the information technology and government sectors to identify emerging areas of risk facing government.
• Assist the Manager with the coordination of the portfolio of IT effectiveness audits covering:
• Value-for-money IT audits
• Effective and efficient deployment of IT infrastructure and services
• Compliance with ECT and Protection of personal information (PoPI) acts

Ad-hoc duties

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

Formal Education

• B Degree in Auditing, Computer Science, Informatics or equivalent
• CISA will be preferrable
• CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) or equivalent will be preferrable

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Auditing
• In-depth knowledge and skills in assessing/ auditing the security on a networked environment, i.e.:
• Knowledge/ skills in assessing the management and technical configuration of various types of firewalls.
• Knowledge of various types of vulnerability detection tools, how to use them to enumerate vulnerabilities, and how to interpret outputs using the respective tool. 
• Knowledge/ skills in assessing the security and configuration of various operating system and database types.
• 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 would be preferable

Experience

• Minimum 4 - 5 years Information Systems auditing experience
• Minimum of 1 - 2 years’ supervisory experience

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Roles & Responsibilities

• Welcomes and looks after visitors.
• Arrange and coordinate business unit meetings and functions
• Liaise with external stakeholders
• Screens telephone calls, enquiries and requests and handles them as appropriate.
• Deals with incoming correspondence and engages relevant people as a result and where necessary.
• Maintains the Executive’s diary and make appointments as aggreed.
• Organises meetings and takes minutes.
• Makes travel and accommodation arrangements.
• Types documents, reports and all correspondence as needed.
• Prepares basic presentations on topics related to the business unit.
• Manages and maintains information for the Balanced Scorecard.
• Conducts information searches.
• Sets up and maintains appropriate records management systems.
• Draws the internal controls data and completes reports
• Performs all related administrative duties and collaborates with the BU admin manager
• Ensures impeccable order in the Executives' office.
• Proactively co-ordinates and monitors the flow of tasks and assignments between BU and Senior Managers or the BU and other BU members.
• Proactively manages and follows up on project / BU deliverables due to the BU and governance structures
• Structures and maintains an appropriate management information system for the BU.
• Ensures all relevant stakeholders receive timely and accurate information related to the Executives' office and line of work, specifically the AGSA’s top leadership.
• Provides input on centre and BU budget, maintains budget and keeps record of BU’s account details.
• Captures Purchase orders:
• Ensure payment of invoices
• Investigates and resolves financial queries
• Draws relevant financial reports
• Maintains and balances petty cash fund.
• Captures and reconciles BU expenditure in collaboration with the BUAM
• Reviewing purchase orders
• Effective management of resource management tool with support of SM
• Performance of ad-hoc tasks as requested by Executive management

Experience 

• At least three year secretarial / administrative experience
• Experience in an audit environment will be an advantige
• Having a security clearance will be a further advantige

Soft Skills

• Good interpersonal skills

Qualifications

• Diploma (NQF6)

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Strategic function

• Participate/provide input into the BU strategy
• Implement BU strategy
• Ensure PA integration/visibility with stakeholders
• Play role of a Relationship manager for regularity audit business units
• Championing BU BSC goal/s as assigned
• Identifying audit opportunities for the BU

Audit responsibilities

• Supervising high profile, complex & challenging audits
• Work with RA on integration work, identify and follow up on Material Irregularity (MI’s) and calculate financial loss
• Exploratory work on high profile, complex & challenging themes (identification, relevance, impact)
• Multi-disciplinary approach to audit execution that best brings out value adding (through use of auditing principles, best practice, research, experience, insights etc.)
• Conduct steering committee meetings for stand-alone performance audits conducted (at least two; first and final steering committee meetings) with head of departments and/or related senior management.
• Advice/guidance to audit team on audit related matters.
• Address audit risks for the specific audit engagement.
• Project management of audits assigned to the centre to ensure that deliverables are met.
• Advisory services to internal stakeholders through sharing insights, risks, knowledge of the client and partnering, to influence approach that minimises audit and business risks.
• Produce high quality impact report
• High-level overall review of working papers
• Review and submission of management report for BE review for stand-alone performance audits
• Clearing review notes (language editor, pre-issuance consistency and BE reviews)
• Completion of final report and tabling of report for stand-alone performance audits
• Provide input into RA products (general reports, sector reports, BRRR slides etc.)
• Prepare presentations for briefing, advisory and information purposes
• Regular report back on the progress of the audits.
• Internal and external interaction with key stakeholders
• Interactions with the Executive Authorities on key audit outcomes
• Provide guidance on the execution of diagnostic and investigative procedures.
• Oversee the factual correctness of reports.

People management

• Addressing any people matters that may arise from the centre in partnership with relevant People Support BUs
• Responsible for the development of staff through training, on the job training, mentoring and coaching
• Support the implementation of the People plan initiatives within the centre and BU.
• Maintain and enhance employee motivation and engagement.
• Manage the teams’ performance and implement a culture of performance management.
• Provide mentorship and support as required.
• Responsible for recruitment of staff
• Implement relevant Employment relations processes when employees do no not comply with AGSA policies and values.

Financial management

• Contribute to compiling the BU budget.
• Monitor centre recoverability and GP margins and take corrective actions
• Approval of expenditures:
• Purchase order
• Budget compliance evaluation
•  Invoice and income statement evaluation

Administration

• General day-to-day and ad-hoc administrative functions
• Compliance with BU BSC during the year
• Manage the centre’s internal controls to ensure compliance with relevant AGSA policies and procedures

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

Qualifications

• CA (SA) or ACCA or RGA or CIA qualification
• MBA qualification will be an added advantage

Professional registration

• Registration with a professional body (mandatory)

Experience

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