ASSISTANT MANAGER – INTERNAL AUDIT Permanent

RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain Internal Audit Professional Practices

• Stay up to date with knowledge of Internal Audit International Professional Practices and apply them to improve the audit methodology, as well as uphold the quality standards for audit engagement deliverables.

Data Analytics

• Analyse complex sets of data to interpret, visualise, and identify trends to inform and support the internal audit process and decision-making.

Risk Analysis

• Study, analyse and understand the control environment.

Compliance

• Analyse the operations governance ,financials and operational processes to check compliance with the group rules or procedures/organisation’s standards operating procedures.
• Membership with Institute of Internal Auditors, South Africa.

Review and Reporting

• Provide first level review of audit work and findings.
• Compile reports on audit / investigation findings and other reports on work assigned.

Follow up

•  Conduct the follow-up process with management to monitor implementation of remediation plans.

Benchmarking

• Benchmark similar operations (Both internal and external), identify gaps and/or good practices for purposes of knowledge sharing.

Knowledge sharing

• Educate key stakeholders on the contents of Group Policies and Procedures.
• Share information on common findings and recommendations for improvement with Senior Managers.

QUALIFYING ATTRIBUTES

Qualifications

• BCom Degree in Accounting / BCom Degree in Quantitative Risk Management / BSc Degree in Data Science or similar
• Certified Information Systems Auditor or Certified Internal Auditor is an added advantage

Experience

• 8 years’ work experience in Internal Audit, 5 of which in an FMCG environment.
• Experience in implementation and utilisation of data analytics tools.
• Experience in implementation and compliance of Group / Company specific Standard Operating Procedures.

Professional Memberships/Registration (if any)

• Membership with Institute of Internal Auditors, South Africa

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Internal Audit/Risk Management/Compliance functions.
• Understanding of various production process flows in FMCG industry.
• Knowledge of local legislations within Africa – Preferred.

Skills

• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office
• Data analysis & integration
• Problem-solving abilities
• Execution of multiple assignments simultaneously
• Report writing and execution of follow through activities
• Communication and presentation
• Persuasion and influencing
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work with people with diverse backgrounds
• Team work and Collaboration
• Supervisory

Language Proficiency

• Fluency in English (spoken and written).
• Working knowledge of French will be an advantage.

Personality & Behavioural Attributes

• Sound independent judgment
• Decisive and able to initiate and follow through action
• Natural inquisitiveness
• High level of professionalism, integrity, and truthfulness in all dealings.