Job Description

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities - plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector's most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We're passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.



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.

• 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.
• Identify and implement effective use cases of data in automated assurance.

Qualifications

• B Comm Accounting / B Comm Quantitative Risk Management / BSc Data Science / Statistics (or similar) - Min
• B Comm Accounting Hons / CA (SA) / Masters in Quantitative Risk Management / Masters in Data Science / Statistics / Maths / Data Science or similar - Pref

Additional Information

Experience Required - 9 Years

1 - 2 years: Experience analysing complex sets of data to interpret, visualise and identify trends. Understanding of IT controls.

5 - 7 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.

5 - 7 years: Experience in managing consumer (retail) credit risk throughout the life cycle across different products (secured and/or unsecured lending). Understanding of control environment Understanding of product development and strategy setting

Behavioural & Technical 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

Standard Bank