Job Description

To lead and review the audit process for a portfolio of audits through audit execution and oversight of the audit team to independently and objectively provide assurance that enables client centric risk management.

• Build strong relationships with relevant senior internal stakeholders to understand the business and to enable assurance processes and GIA’s wider objectives.
• Assess, identify and report on practices in the scope of audit projects which negatively impact client experience and raise recommendations to improve client experience.
• Adhere to legislative and regulatory requirements on internal audit and manage adherence across the team on audit projects.
• Develop and maintain a risk assessment on all areas of risk origination and risk management of the business area responsible for, covering all the risk types to inform audit planning and reporting.
• Lead and manage individuals to deliver assignment objectives, provide feedback, guide and enable technical, behavioural and leadership development, and assess and manage performance on assignments.

Qualifications

• B Comm Accounting / B Comm Quantitative Risk Management / BSc Data – Min
• Post Graduate Degree – B Comm Accounting Hons / CA (SA) / Masters in Quantitative Risk Management / Masters in Data Science or similar – Pref

Additional Information

Experience Required

• 1 – 2 years: Experience analysing complex sets of data to interpret, visualise and identify trends. Understanding of IT controls.
• 5 – 7 years: Planning and executing audits. Managing and engaging with various stakeholders at a Senior Level. Experience in managing and leading teams with a proven track record of delegating and prioritizing tasks.
• 5 – 7 years: Experience in managing consumer (retail) credit risk throughout the life cycle across different products (secured and/or unsecured lending). Understanding of control environment  Understanding of product development and strategy setting

Behavioural & Technical Competencies

• Developing Strategies: This competency includes facets of behaviour such as being visionary and establishing effective plans that take into consideration long-term aspects. This competency also includes the need for individuals to focus on identifying trends.
• Taking Action: This competency is about taking action in service of achieving the organisation’s goals. It is about being energetic, showing initiative and being action oriented.
• Interpreting Data: This competency is about interpreting data accurately with an emphasis on the processing and interpretation of numbers. This competency also includes the utilisation of technology.
• Internal Auditing: The ability to follow a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes in accordance with the IA professional standards to enhance and protect organisational value
• Maintain IA Professional Practices: Knowledge of Internal Audit International Professional Practices and apply them to improve the audit methodology, and as a quality standard for audit engagement deliverables to ensure continuous improvement of the audit function.
• IA Data Analysis: The ability to inspect, transform and model data to inform and support the internal audit process and decision-making