Senior Audit Manager

Job Family

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

To provide strategic leadership and guidance to audit professionals by providing independent assurance on governance, risk and control practices to the NedNamibia Holdings Audit Committee in accordance with Internal Audit Strategy, charter mandate and methodology principles. 

Job Responsibilities

•    Deliver and communicate quality audit outcomes to Audit Stakeholders in an effective and efficient manner.
•    Plan, execute and monitor the progress of implementing the risk-based audit plan by delegating and assigning audit responsibilities.
•    Build rapport and understand the current business reality, requirements, risks and expectations and consider key and/or emerging risks in annual audit plan.
•    Develop and update risk-based audit plan by considering internal and external factors with clear levels of accountability across the lines of defense.
•    Manage project cost effectively and monitor the productivity of resources to ensure that billable hours, budgets and resources are optimally planned and deployed. 
•    Manage and lead talent development of staff in their fields of expertise to build capability of an effective team with a diverse skillset.
•    Maintain a high performing talent pool, through career conversations (using the talent grid principles) and setting a clear vision of performance expectations.
•    Maintain an environment of collaboration and teamwork within the Internal Audit function to deliver on the stakeholder expectations and assurance needs.
•    Maintain professional relationships with all the Internal Audit stakeholders by adopting a client service culture and demonstrating the benefits of implementing best-in-class audit practices.
•    Build trusting and credible relationships to improve the quality of audit outputs and achieve team objectives through engaging with staff, peers and other departments across the business value chain.
•    Contribute to operational excellence and support the implementation of business optimization improvement and digital transformation.
•    Contribute to a culture of transformation, participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, to address team issues raised in culture surveys to improve results. 
•    Analyse and communicate risk themes and trends to ensure impactful reporting to the relevant governance committees.
•    Attend key meetings/forums with stakeholders to provide audit feedback on outstanding audit issues, progress to audit plan and/or emerging risk trends, as well as ensuring that audit services are delivered to requirements.
•    Maintain quality audit outcomes by consistently applying and complying with the relevant Internal Audit charter, mandate, methodology principles, policies and procedures. 
•    Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines and improve control culture.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

Degree / Honours Degree – Finance / Accounting, Economics, Auditing, Risk, Compliance, or Information Technology

Chartered Accountant (CA) and / or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and / or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and / or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Essential Certifications

Minimum Experience Level

Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Auditing / Risk / Financial Management of which 4-5 years must include senior leadership / people management experience, preferably within the financial services industry.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies