QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Essential: BCom / Diploma (Auditing or Accounting)
• Essential: BCom Honours / Postgraduate Diploma (Auditing or Accounting)
• Essential: Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) membership
• Added advantage: CIA/ CISA/ CA (SA)
• Added advantage: MBA / MPhil-IA or any related Audit/ Accounting/ Business Masters Degree

EXPERIENCE

• Essential: At least 10 years’ experience, 5 years of which must have been Internal Audit Management experience
• Essential: Experience in Quality Assurance Review process and Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QIP) standards

CRITICAL PERFORMANCE AREA

The incumbent will be responsible to perform the following functions but not limited to;

Internal Audit Management

• Provide a specialist Technical and Quality Services input and contribution into the development and implementation of Internal Audit Management documents, including charters, policies, practices, procedures, standards, methodology and guidelines.
• Developing, mapping and maintaining audit programmes through documentation of the business process, as well as flowcharting of each audit assignment to ensure completeness of control and embedded risks.
• Develop and/or provide specialist inputs towards the development and implementation of templates and programs to be used in ensuring consistent output and quality audit requirements and outcomes.

Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP)

• Support and provide specialist advice in respect of the Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP) for the Internal Audit Unit’s functioning;
• Develop, maintain and/or provide the specialist input into the development and implementation of the Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP),
• Apply, implement and maintain the current knowledge and requirements of the IPPF within Internal Audit function.

Technical Services

• Provide technical support to teams and on both formal and informal queries relating to methodology, auditor reporting, quality assurance process, policies, company policies, acts and reportable irregularities and other audit technical matters.
• Undertake research on the areas for which the information may not be readily available within internal audit;
• Provide peer and technical quality assurance review on the audit reports given to you by the managers and prior to being submitted to the Senior Manager and/or the CAE;

Training and Development

• Develop and update the training materials for internal audit activities;
• Lead workshops (within or outside internal audit activity) on the internal audit technical and quality assurance matters;
• Facilitate, monitor and report on the availability of a pool of appropriate skills to meet current and future needs of the internal audit function.

Business Continuity

• Document the Technical and Quality Assurance processes and ensuring contribution to the knowledge management and document control systems of the quality assurance review remit of Internal Audit.
• Maintain the records of; quality assurance review audit process, research performed, training implemented,
• Automating audit process and use Microsoft Office Suite to ensure electronic working papers, reports, timesheets, etc are maintained.