Associate Reporting Systems Inspector – Finsurv needed at South African Reserve Bank

Job Description
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Participate in the testing of new authorised dealer reporting systems against set requirements and standards.
• Participate in on-site visits and identify reporting exceptions.
• Perform general administrative duties including, but not limited to, the preparation of written correspondence to authorised dealers.
• Analyse information, prepare reports based on findings and provide regular status updates to the team leader.
• Engage in short-term planning and perform tasks against work plans as defined in conjunction with the team leader.
• Work independently within established inspection best practices, processes, rules and regulations, ensuring compliance with standards, policies and other guidelines.
• Deliver work that meets the time and quality standards set by senior staff, leading to effective daily monitoring and reporting of all reportable transactions.
• Engage with internal stakeholders and participate in meetings with external stakeholders.

Qualifications
Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• a Bachelor’s degree in either Computer Science, Information Systems, Informatics, IT Auditing or an equivalent NQF 7 qualification; and
• two to five years’ experience performing IT auditing, general system control reviews, IT security reviews, IT governance and data analysis, preferably in the financial sector.

Additional requirements include:

knowledge of:

• the Operations manual for reporting;
• risk management and compliance practices and standards;
• exchange control legislation, governance, risk and compliance;
• the Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT) and the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) frameworks;
• Business continuity planning; and
• IT general controls and application controls;
• competence in data analytics tools (e.g. SAS or ACL);
• competence in Microsoft Office software packages (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint);
• proficiency in verbal and written communication (including presentation and report-writing skills);
• a drive for results; 
• analysing and problem solving;
• innovation and creativity; and
• service and stakeholder focus.