Risk and Compliance Lead needed at Toys R Us and Babies R Us South Africa

Key Skills needed:

• Be an analytical thinker with strong conceptual and problem solving skills.
• Have excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Be able to work under pressure, while maintaining accuracy and quality.
• Ability to manipulate large amounts of data and to compile detailed reports.
• Proven knowledge of auditing standards and standard operating procedures.
• Ability to adapt to change quickly and multi-task.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and computer skills.
• Ability to work independently and part of the team.
• Self-motivated determined and confident.
• Meticulous attention to detail.

Key Performance Areas

• Performing full audit cycle which includes but not limited to:
• Determining audit methodology where auditor determines how information will be collected for review;
• Fieldwork where auditor tests and compares audit samples;
• Reporting where auditor reviews and compiles audit findings to be presented to intended recipients.
• Provide independent assurance that the companies risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively.
• Determine and rate compliance against current standard operating procedures.
• Maintaining professional duty to provide an unbiased and objective view.
• Investigate occurrence of fraud, embezzlement, theft, waste etc.
• Performing risk-based internal audits (Including but not limited to admin, inventory, sales, stock counts and seasonal audits).
• Proactively identify and rate risk.
• Evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls across all departments.
• Analyzing root causes of audit findings and determining whether fraud and/or error took place and thereafter ensuring same is rectified.
• Recommending practical/ business-minded solutions to identify risks and ensuring company keeps abreast with industry standards.
• Maintain open communication with audit manager.
• Travelling to audit sites.
• Teamwork skills but also the ability to work on your own.
• Communicate findings by preparing high quality reports.