Senior Internal Auditor: CIB

Requisition Details

REQ 144579 Thembi Mtshali

Location: Johannesburg 

Closing Date:  2 April 2026

Job Family

Risk, Audit and Compliance

Career Stream

Auditing

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self Professional

Job Purpose

The Senior Internal Auditor, focused on Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) in Nedbank, is responsible for the day-to-day input into and delivery of audits across the CIB cluster. The role translates Group Internal Audit (GIA) strategy into executable audit work, ensuring audits are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. The role requires a sound understanding of CIB business models, products, and risks, including trading, lending and transactional banking activities, and the ability to deliver factual, impactful assurance that supports effective risk management and control improvement.

Job Responsibilities

•    Drive the successful completion of audits across Corporate and Investment Banking, contributing to all aspects of audit delivery including planning, execution, stakeholder engagement, management interaction, and reporting.
•    Translate audit scope and strategy into clear, executable audit programmes, ensuring effective risk-based coverage across trading, lending, treasury, transactional banking, and supporting CIB functions.
•    Develop and maintain an understanding of CIB business activities, products, systems, and regulatory expectations.
•    Perform and oversee walkthroughs, risk assessments, and evaluations of control design and operating effectiveness within complex CIB processes.
•    Integrate data analytics into audit execution, including the use of data to test trading activity, lending portfolios, and key CIB risk indicators, ensuring analytics are reproducible and appropriately documented.
•    Manage audit delivery timelines and ensure audits are completed on time, on quality, and within budget.
•    Deliver clear, factual, and impactful audit reports that provide effective check and challenge on management actions, with practical and value-adding recommendations relevant to the CIB environment.
•    Document evidence-based working papers and draft reports in line with GIA methodology and reporting standards.
•    Engage proactively with CIB stakeholders to manage expectations and communicate audit progress, issues, and outcomes.
•    Maintain audit independence, apply professional scepticism, and exercise sound judgement in all audit activities.
•    Mentor and support junior audit staff, contributing to capability uplift and knowledge sharing within the CIB audit team.
•    Continuously build technical and industry knowledge, keeping abreast of emerging risks, regulatory developments, and leading practices relevant to corporate and investment banking.

Essential Qualifications

•    Relevant bachelor’s degree or advanced diploma in finance, accounting, risk, or a related discipline.
•    Professional certification such as CIA, CA(SA), CISA, or similar would be advantageous

Preferred Qualification

CA (SA)

Preferred Certifications

CIA, CISA, FRM, PRM, CIPRA or similar

Minimum Experience Level

3–6 years relevant experience in internal audit, external audit, risk management, or compliance within financial services, preferably with exposure to corporate and investment banking or capital markets environments.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies