Job Overview
Business Segment: Group Functions
Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Baker Street 30
To lead and review the audit process for a portfolio of audits through audit execution and oversight of the audit team to independently and objectively provide assurance that enables client centric risk management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build strong relationships with relevant senior internal stakeholders to understand the business and to enable assurance processes and GIA's wider objectives.
- Assess, identify and report on practices in the scope of audit projects which negatively impact client experience and raise recommendations to improve client experience.
- Adhere to GIA methodology, policies and procedures. Manage adherence of team members on audit projects. Guide team members to enhance their understanding and application of GIA methodology, policies and procedures.
- Develop and maintain a risk assessment on all areas of risk origination and risk management of the business area responsible for, covering all the risk types to inform audit planning and reporting.
- Contribute to the effective development of audit technology by providing input on technology needs.
Qualifications:
- Degree - Mathematics/Financial Engineering/Quantitative Risk Management Degree with majors in Mathematics, Statistics (Min)
- Post Graduate Degree - Mathematics/Financial Engineering/Quantitative Risk Management (Pref)
Other Preferred Qualifications, certifications or professional memberships:
Experience Required:
- 1 - 2 years: Experience analysing complex sets of data to interpret, visualise and identify trends. Understanding of IT controls.
- 3 - 5 years: Planning and executing audits. Managing and engaging with various stakeholders at a Senior Level. Experience in managing and leading teams with a proven track record of delegating and prioritizing tasks.
- 3 - 5 years: Past working experience across model cycle, i.e., model development, model validation and usage from a bank or internal/external audit. Knowledge of statistical, financial, risk and quantitative methods. Experience in using relevant coding packages such as SAS, Python, R and SQL.
Competencies:
- Developing Strategies: This competency includes facets of behaviour such as being visionary and establishing effective plans that take into consideration long-term aspects. This competency also includes the need for individuals to focus on identifying trends.
- Taking Action: This competency is about taking action in service of achieving the organisation's goals. It is about being energetic, showing initiative and being action oriented.
- Interpreting Data: This competency is about interpreting data accurately with an emphasis on the processing and interpretation of numbers. This competency also includes the utilisation of technology.
- Internal Auditing: The ability to follow a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes in accordance with the IA professional standards to enhance and protect organisational value.
- Maintain IA Professional Practices: Knowledge of Internal Audit International Professional Practices and apply them to improve the audit methodology, and as a quality standard for audit engagement deliverables to ensure continuous improvement of the audit function.
- IA Data Analysis: The ability to inspect, transform and model data to inform and support the internal audit process and decision-making.
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