Description:

Provide internal audit service delivery at Support Office level with primary focus placed on providing assurance to management on compliance to policies, procedures and guidelines.

Requirement:

• NQF level 7 (seven) BCom: Accounting /Internal Audit or BTech: Internal Auditing degree and 4 (four) years internal audit work related experience

• Knowledge of IIA standards

• General working knowledge of key processes that are critical to the business such as accounting, finance, procurement and inventory

• CIA qualification, prior experience in the retail industry will be beneficial

• Completion of articles at an external audit firm will be advantageous

• Knowledge and experience with the use of internal audit software (BarnOwl skills and experience will be beneficial)

• SAP knowledge will be beneficial.

Key Performance Area:

Audit Programs

• Preparation and updating of system description and flow chart.

• Performance of internal control base system process flow adequacy reviews

• Preparation and maintenance of RACM (risk and control matrix)

• Maintenance, review, and update of audit programs as directed by internal audit manager

• Identification and highlighting areas for improvement for action by internal audit manager

Compliance reviews

• Perform adequacy and effectiveness of internal control reviews at Support Office. Compliance audit comprises detailed testing of adherence to company policies and procedures.

Financial control reviews

• Perform financial control reviews at Support Office. Financial Control reviews comprise detailed and factual review of the status of financial controls as reflected in company trial balance at any given point in time.

Follow-up reviews

• Perform follow-up review audits to determine the extent of corrective action.

Technical / professional / special projects (as and when required)

• Improvement of audit programs

• Creation of new audit programs for new focus areas

• Training of employees

• Review of company policies and procedures

• Participation in administrative tasks

• Application of data analytics and continuous auditing

Participation in special investigations (as and when required)

• Forensic / tip-off / management request

• Investigation of high-risk areas identified through Data Analytics and Continuous auditing

Ad hoc management requests

• Participating in administrative tasks (e.g., fixed asset verification exercise)

• Involvement in business-related activities outside of normal departmental duties (e.g. membership of employee forum; health and safety representative etc.)

Competencies:

Result-oriented

• Being focused on achieving objectives and results, persevering in the face of adversity.

• Makes concrete agreements with others about the results to be delivered. remains focused on results when other things interfere.

• Makes an effort to achieve objectives.

• Has a clear goal in mind.

• Looks for a solution when achieving the objective becomes threatened.

• Finishes the job in time.

Planning

• Systematically organising activities and setting time frames, setting priorities.

• Ensures that the necessary means to perform the job are available on time.

• Puts matters in an efficient order when planning.

• Makes the plan understandable for everyone involved.

• Makes, and maintains a realistic plan.

• Sets priorities.

Devotion to quality

• Demanding a high quality of provided products and services and acting accordingly.

• Has high quality standards for the work of others.

• Has high quality standards for his/her own work.

• Delivers the quality that was agreed and that is expected by the other party.

• Sees and uses opportunities to improve the quality of what is delivered.

Performing under pressure

• Maintaining an effective performance under pressure, or when faced with setbacks or disappointment.

• delivers good results under pressure.

• persists when faced with setbacks.

• continues to do the right thing under pressure, without making mistakes.

• maintains an even performance under pressure.

Analysing and forming opinions

• Researches a problem before drawing conclusions.

• Recognises the causes of events.

• Quickly gets to the root of a problem.

• Draws logical conclusions.

Flexibility

• Being able to change one's own behaviour or approach in order to achieve a certain objective.

• flexibly handles matters that turn out differently than anticipated.

• accepts that there are different ways to reach a certain goal.

• changes the approach when things fail, in order to secure the end result.

• adjusts priorities when circumstances require

Providing feedback

• Giving scope to others by sharing one's views on their performance.

• Provides others with insight in the effectiveness of their performance.

• Provides feedback regularly.

• Provides feedback that people consider useful.

• Isn't afraid to use feedback to bring up subjects that are negative or sensitive.

• Provides specific feedback.

Teambuilding

• Encouraging cooperation within the team in order to achieve common objectives.

• Establishes cooperation between team members.

• knows what is going on within the team.

• Stimulates the mutual commitment and solidarity within the team.

• Motivates team members for the joint team goals.

Cooperation

• Working with others in order to effectively contribute to a common objective.

• Takes others' insights and opinions seriously.

• Asks others for their opinion.

• Honours agreements.

• Takes the viewpoints of others into account when collaborating.

• Is open to collaboration with others.

Creating support

• Imagining other people's concerns and involving them in changes.

• Communicates matters to everyone involved.

• Shows understanding for objections, without abandoning the set course.

• Explains why a certain approach has been chosen.

• Involves others in developing and implementing plans.