Skills required:

BCom Honours or equivalent in Commerce (i.e., Accounting or Internal Auditing).
Post-graduate professional designation, i.e. a Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Information Systems Auditor.
A minimum of three yearâs financial services related internal audit experience
A minimum of three yearsâ internal audit management
Excellent verbal and written communication
Proven people management
Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
AML experience

Key areas of responsibility:

Planning, leading and/or managing, and/or executing internal audits (assurance, consulting, and/or ad hoc), including:
- Developing comprehensive, yet pragmatic, risk-informed audit programmes to meet audit objectives;
- Designing and/or overseeing the design of audit procedures to achieve audit objectives;
- Executing and/or overseeing the execution of audit procedures in working papers in line with the GIA Methodology and the relevant IPPF Standards;
- Preparing and/or reviewing task-appropriate written reports to communicate the results of the engagement;
- Finalising and/or overseeing the finalisation of the internal audit file on TeamMate+, with related clearance as needed on Microsoft Teams or other tools, and release of observations/findings for tracking to completion;
- Providing authoritative expertise and advice in respect of process design and/or improvement; and
- Following up on corrective actions, as necessary
Building on and maintaining effective business relationships with relevant internal stakeholders to manage service delivery in line with expectations and requirements.
Coaching/mentoring/guiding internal audit trainees and senior internal
Representing GIA on project teams or steering committees as needed:
- Participating in project teams or steering committees from a governance oversight perspective (i.e. as a consultant) or as an assurance provider (pre- or post-implementation reviews, migrations, benefits realisations, etc.); and
- Compiling submissions as appropriate for project team or steering committee
Other related duties that may be required from time to time