Senior Internal Auditor

ATL Group is seeking a Senior Auditor within the Internal Audit Department, you are expected to bring seasoned professionalism, strong focus and commitment to each engagement, as you provide value-added services to our Clients.

Senior Internal Auditor

Background:

You are expected to develop and maintain strong working relationships with our Clients, built on understanding their businesses and challenges, as you increase your awareness of current and emerging industry risks, in order to provide executive and senior management with timely information to mitigate said risks.

To exhibit leadership qualities that help to guide junior team members in the department, while leading collaboratively through influence.  You are valued as an individual and will be supported in your personal professional goals, as well as recognized for your accomplishments.  Know that you will be working in a mutually respectful team environment, which will further help to enrich your experience, while encouraging you to perform at your very best, as you integrate your career with your personal life.  Guidance and performance feedback will be provided by the Internal Audit Manager (IAM). 

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work constructively with Auditees, developing and managing working relationships at all levels within their businesses.
• Adequately plan for and actively participate in meetings with clients.
• Manage the entire process for assigned engagements within time budgets and provide explanations for variances.
• Develop and execute audit programs to achieve engagement objectives.
• Prepare and maintain high quality working papers.
• Achieve continuous monitoring of key controls, using CAATs, (e.g. PBI).
• Prepare audit reports with evidence-based findings and value-added recommendations.
• Track and monitor management’s corrective actions to audit findings and schedule appropriate post-audit follow-up and assessment of remediated deficiencies.
• Annually, assist with the performance of group-wide company risk assessments; document client systems and evaluate the client’s internal control structure.
• Perform annual fraud inquiries of key operations personnel within each business entity.
• Conduct all audits in accordance with the department’s audit methodology and the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
• Abide by the Code of Ethics for Internal Auditors, promulgated within the IIA’s International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF).
• Attend appropriate professional meetings and conferences; obtain required annual CPD hours as applicable; read industry publications to maintain and continuously expand your professional knowledge.
• Conduct annual performance appraisals for junior team members, for submission to the Group Internal Audit Manager for final review and approval.

Other:

Other duties in line with the mandate of the Internal Audit Department, may be assigned to you by the Internal Audit Manager, as deemed necessary.

Knowledge, Experience & Skills Requirements:

• CIA or CISA qualification and membership preferred, with at least 5 years auditing experience, which must include at least 2 years in Internal Audit, or...
• ACCA or CPA qualified, with at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, Finance, or Operations and at least three (3) years in Internal Audit.
• Sound practical experience in conducting risk assessments.
• An analytical thinker, with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in the use of computers for word processing, spreadsheets, flowcharting, electronic working papers and CAAT, is necessary.
• Strong data mining skills, with sound, practical knowledge of CAATs.
• Solid experience in developing practical solutions to problems arising in business and financial operations.
• Solid understanding of business processes, risks and related controls.
• Excellent documentation, communication and IT skills.
• Sound judgment, highly organized, ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Strong work ethic, meticulous attention to detail and able to multi-task.
• Excellent time-management skills, when working independently, or as part of a Team.
• Must have a reliable motor vehicle and is able to travel out of town, sometimes based on short/limited notice.
• Ability to read financial statements, calculate and comprehend financial ratios and perform comparative analyses.

Please Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you all for your applications!