Senior Internal Audit Manager

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Job Summary

To plan, execute and manage audit assignments in accordance with the country and Group Audit plan and relevant policies, procedures and quality standards. The Senior Audit Manager is responsible for the quality of the audit work performed and the efficiency and effectiveness of the audit team.

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Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Accountability: Audit Delivery – Planning

Plan the delivery of assigned audits to a high quality and in line with Key Performance Indicators as per the methodology. This will include adequate resourcing scheduling, meeting key deliverables in terms of audit timelines and review of audit work to confirm that the minimum requirements as per methodology are met. 

• Develop a detailed knowledge of the methodology by attending training sessions to ensure that approved audits are risk focused.
• Act as a mentor for auditors and peers to provide guidance to ensure that their work exceeds quality standards.
• Scorecard reviews performed by Quality Assurance (QA) should reflect results of at least 85%.
• Contribute to the annual planning process as requested by the Chief Internal Auditor by providing feedback and knowledge in terms of business. This will include identifying auditable entities, assessing the audit needs assessment and preparing all Management Information reports required.
• Develop and maintain relationships with accountable stakeholder management on each audit.
• Engage with Absa Internal Audit (IA) colleagues during assignments and request technical assistance where required. Technical assistance may include the review of key risks and controls, review of working papers and audit reports.
• Perform audits and issues assurance within Key Performance timelines and resource budget.
• Proactively provide on-the-job training to the audit team for the audit toolkit – Audit Bond and confirm through inspection of the audit work that the results of audit work are completed, updated and approved as required by the Quality Assurance scorecard.

Accountability: Audit Delivery – Fieldwork  

• Develop testing strategies for key controls within the business to adequately mitigate the risks.
• Manage the execution of Design Effectiveness Testing (DEA) and Operational Effectiveness Testing (OET) of the audit team in line with methodology requirements and as per the requirements of the QA scorecard.
• Review the DEA and OET working papers of controls tested.
• Based on the reviews performed, provide effective feedback to audit staff during the audit assignment to confirm that working papers are completed in line with the IA methodology.
• Engage with management and auditors on progress of audit and to provide regular feedback on issues identified where the control has failed either at a DEA or OET level.
• Proactively take on additional tasks as delegated by the Chief Internal Auditor.

Accountability: Audit Delivery – Reporting  

• Establish effective relationships and fully engage colleagues during audit reporting.
• Use business knowledge to assess evolving risks, write high quality reports with observations which are insightful, address the root cause, have agreed actions that fully mitigate the risk, support the Issues Assurance process and require no further audit work to support them.
• Raise observations as early as possible and agree actions before completion of fieldwork and write concise, accurate Executive Summaries.
• Deliver high quality audit reports, aligned to the IA methodology, which include all significant issues identified in the audit.
• Review management action plans to confirm that the identified risks associated to the control failure are adequately mitigated. Actions plans are to be specific, measurable, timely, achievable and realistic.
• Deliver high quality reports for the Board Audit Committee meetings and engagements w