Job Description

LOCATION: Cape Town.

R HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS.

This company is one of the world's leading independently owned family offices and the largest in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as measured by its breadth of services, geographic reach and by assets under management, advice and administration. The company provides a range of services from long-term strategic planning and investments to day-to-day advice and administration to over 250 families of wealth.

They now seek a group internal audit manager to join their team. This is a new role - and is an important one for the business.

Internal audit is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organisation's operations. It helps the organisation accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.

JOB DESCRIPTION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

• You will be required to add value to a diverse financial services business;
• You will be responsible for working alongside the head of internal audit (HIA), based in London and will be interacting with employees at all levels across the organisation, including travelling to other locations as and when required;
• You will be required to have close working relationships with other assurance functions e.g. compliance and risk and also to build relationships with other key stakeholders across the organisation;
• You will be required to plan and execute audits in line with the annual audit plan and prepare the relevant audit reports;
• You will be required to oversee the efficiency and quality of work performed by the co-source internal audit firm;
• You will be required to assist the HIA in strategic audit activities, such as the annual planning process, as well as in the preparation of committee reports and other ad hoc audit activities as required;
• You will be required to build and manage relationships with key stakeholders;
• You will be required to provide ad hoc advice and consultancy on controls, particularly in relation to new initiatives / developments;
• You will be required to undertake investigations in the event of control breakdowns;
• You will be required to validate the implementation of agreed management actions and report progress to the executive and audit committee.

CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• You are an effective problem solver, who has an inquisitive mind;
• You have excellent communication (verbal and written) skills;
• You are comfortable dealing with all levels of management.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• You are a ca(sa) with potentially internal audit specific qualifications
• You have current, relevant experience of internal audit in financial services;
• You have a good understanding of data analytics;
• You have experience in internal or external audit and have a broad understanding of risks and controls;
• You have good IT skills and an understanding of IT risks and controls.

You will lead this function and this team. The aim is to greatly improve the processes and business wrt this function locally and join the global business in ensuring global best practice for all of the operating countries.
Great brand; superb team.

Claire Bourquin Recruitment Consultants