Minimum requirements

Role Purpose:

To manage and lead a team of professionals to deliver the annual audit plan thereby providing reasonable assurance to stakeholders that key risks are being mitigated through adequate and effective management controls in accordance with Group Internal Audit (GIA) methodology

• Responsibilities:
• Provide input into the annual audit plan on trend analysis of previous audits so that billable hours, budgets and resources are optimally planned ensuring quality audits are delivered. Manage billable hours by reviewing timesheets and analysing dashboards to monitor the productivity of resources to ensure projects are delivered cost effectively.
• Manage expenses of self and team through review of General Ledger reports or information provided so that financial targets are met.
• Track efficiency of project milestones by reviewing progress status on management information on sharepoint, to ensure improved productivity and the delivery of projects within agreed timelines.
• Engage with stakeholders through face-to-face, electronic and telephonic interactions in order to build rapport, to understand their current business reality, requirements, risks and expectations to ensure key and/or emerging risks are considered in annual audit plan.
• Make stakeholders aware of Audit best practices, methodology and audit issues policy by conducting pre-engagement meetings and attending relevant forums to manage stakeholder expectations upfront.
• Initiate end of audit questionnaire and 360-degree feedback by selecting appropriate stakeholders so that feedback on the value add of audit is obtained and analysed to ensure client needs met and satisfied.
• Share information and knowledge across teams within GIA during formal and informal meetings to ensure inefficiencies and duplication of efforts are limited and to minimise disruption to stakeholders.
• Engage with staff, peers and other departments through face-to-face, electronic and telephonic interactions to build trusting relationships so that credibility and quality of audit outputs are improved and team objectives are achieved.
• Engage with stakeholders by attending opening, progress and closing meetings to communicate audit deliverables, team timelines and progress so that client expectations are managed and met.
• Identify and consider internal and external factors (e.g. key and emerging risks, resourcing, budgets, timelines, stakeholder availability and/or requirements, business continuity, national events, etc.) through research, stakeholder engagement and knowledge sharing, to develop and update annual risk based audit plan with clear levels of accountability.
• Initiate audit project by delegating and assigning audit responsibilities to ensure audit projects are delivered and milestones are tracked and corrective action taken.
• Extract audit assignment information for and attend key meetings/forums with stakeholders to provide audit feedback on outstanding audit issues, progress to audit plan and/or emerging risk trends, as well as ensuring that audit services are delivered to requirements.
• Monitor progress of projects through attendance of progress meetings, reviews of audit files and audit-related documents at various stages of audits to ensure that GIA methodology is adhered to, conclusions are reflective of audit work performed, relevant review notes are addressed and appropriate corrective action is taken.
• Track the implementation of management actions on issues raised by engaging with various risk officers, to ensure that issues assurance is planned in accordance with GIA methodology, in order to report whether unmitigated risks are addressed.
• Review the quality, relevance and commerciality of assignment audit reports, through assessing the results of audit work performed
• Recruit and select staff by matching the skills and competencies to the requirements of the job to build an effective team.
• Manage performance of staff by implementing performance agreements, ensuring a clear vision, agreeing on goals and objectives, providing regular feedback on performance, recognising and rewarding achievement and take appropriate corrective action where required.
• Mentor and coach staff on identified performance gaps as identified through performance feedback discussions and task appraisal in order to eliminate gaps and improve performance.
• Tailor team development needs, as identified during engagements and meetings with staff, to ensure that staff stays abreast in field of expertise and deliver on the expectations from stakeholders.
• Create an environment of teamwork by engaging with staff formally and informally, keeping staff informed and encouraging participation in decision making processes to motivate staff to perform and contribute to the success of Group Internal Audit.
• Build capability of self and staff by identifying current and future training and development needs and managing talent to ensure an environment for optimal performance is created.
• Identify talent pool through conducting career conversations and utilising the talent grid principles and develop talent retention programmes (e.g. rotation) to maintain a capable high performing team.
• Ensure self and staff understand and embrace the Nedbank Vision and Values by leading by example
• Ensure transformational target are met for own team through consideration of targets during the staff recruitment, retention and training process and utilising suppliers listed on the preferred supplier list, thereby contributing to the achievement of GIA targets.
• Participate and encourage team participation in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. Surveys) contributing to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation and operational goals.
• Participate in the development and implement action plans to address team issues raised in culture survey results and that results improve year on year.
• Create a client service culture through various required interventions to deliver a world class service through others.
• Support and encourage staff to participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (eg. Green Strategy).
• Support the implementation of business optimisation improvement in GIA through team engagement to achieve operational excellence.
• Identify areas of non-compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines through managing audits.
• Provide timely guidance and feedback through audit reports issued to ensure others comply with laws, regulations, and guidelines to improve control culture.

For more information please contact Bella 011 234 7679, alternatively email your updated CV to bella@ esmartgroup. co.za

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