Description:
Key Responsibilities:Strategic Audit Leadership & Business Partnering
·       Develop and maintain strong relationships with business leaders, functional heads, and governance bodies to provide insights into control matters.
·       Act as a trusted advisor, offering independent, risk-based recommendations to senior executives while maintaining an objective audit stance.
·       Collaborate with leadership teams to ensure that control considerations are embedded in strategic decision-making.
·       Promote a culture of control awareness and accountability across the Group by engaging in continuous dialogue with key stakeholders.
·       Align audit objectives with business goals, ensuring that audit activities proactively address key operational, financial, and strategic risks or areas of management concern.
·       Where possible, provide advisory support on risk management initiatives, process improvements, and compliance efforts, ensuring they are effectively governed.
Audit Oversight & Execution
·       Oversee the entire audit cycle, including risk assessment, planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up.
·       Ensure all audit activities adhere to professional standards (e.g., IIA Standards, COSO Framework, ISO 31000) and internal policies.
·       Utilize data analytics and automation to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of audit processes.
·       Ensure timely identification of control weaknesses, inefficiencies, and process gaps, providing actionable recommendations.
·       Adapt audit priorities dynamically in response to changing regulatory environments, market conditions, and emerging risks.
 Ensuring Audit Execution Quality
·       Establish and maintain audit quality assurance processes to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to audit standards.
·       Conduct periodic reviews of audit methodologies and update procedures to reflect best practices and regulatory changes.
·       Ensure audit teams are equipped with the skills and methodologies needed to conduct high-quality audits.
·       Perform quality reviews of working papers and audit reports, ensuring clarity, factual accuracy, and well-supported conclusions.
·       Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the internal audit function, ensuring audits are delivered on time, within scope, and with value-added insights.
·       Foster a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that audit processes evolve in response to feedback and industry advancements.
·       Establish and maintain audit quality assurance processes to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to audit standards across divisions.
·       Where required
23 Apr 2025;
from:
gumtree.co.za