Senior Audit Manager

Job Description

Location: ZW
Job Family: Risk, Audit and Compliance
Career Stream: Auditing
Leadership Pipeline: Manage Managers

Job Purpose

To conduct portfolio audits and manage stakeholder relationships to ensure risk is mitigated in accordance with Nedbank standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Execute audit assignment planning, fieldwork, and reporting in line with the Group Internal Audit (GIA)methodology and Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
• Provide independent assurance to the Audit Committee that business is adequately mitigating key strategic and operational risks.
• Assess and understand business systems, processes, tools, methodologies, and templates, within audit scope.
• Identify and assess the design adequacy and operational effectiveness of controls within audit scope.
• Attend monthly MANCO meetings and present the Audit report .
• Be commercially minded and understand the broader business strategy in auditing approach.
• Manage allocated billable hours in line with Audit plan.
• Act as a trusted business advisor through providing audit insights in line with audit methodology.
• Maintain stakeholder relationships through regular scheduled engagements.
• Build sound professional relationships through addressing client concerns.
• Influence stakeholders to address inefficiencies in resolving audit findings through utilizing professional experience in demonstrating benefits of best audit practice.
• Partner with stakeholders in providing regular audit progress updates and timeous reporting of key audit findings.
• Ensure client centricity in audit engagements with stakeholders.
• Ensure GIA policies and principles are maintained and applied through the audit process.
• Identify and ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and guidelines in line with audit scope.
• Ensure continuous improvement of the quality of audits through providing professional insights.
• Prepare quality, relevant and commercially astute assignment, and reports.
• Analyse and interrogate client processes, evidence, and verbal information independently.
• Apply professional judgement in all audit interactions.
• Apply experience and best practice into audit discussions and work performed.
• Deal with complex verbal and documented information and data in the audit process.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives, and values.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise.
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities.
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g., staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models, and systems though agile thinking

Preferred Qualification

• Accounting Degree

Preferred Certifications

• CA
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA)

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum 5 – 7 years business experience in the financial services industry with internal auditing/risk management experience of which 3 years must include people management experience.
• 4-5 years Specialist Auditing

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Accounting standards
• Change management
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Risk management process and frameworks
• Strategic planning
• Institute of Internal Auditors standards
• Code of Ethics

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Partnerships
• Earning Trust
• Coaching
• Communication
• Driving for Results