Ziyasiza Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Industry: Automotive – Automotive Technician
Workplace: On Site
Job Summary
Strategic Audit Leadership & Business Partnering
· Develop and maintain strong relationships with business leaders, functional heads, and governance bodies to provide insights into control matters.
· Act as a trusted advisor, offering independent, risk-based recommendations to senior executives while maintaining an objective audit stance.
· Collaborate with leadership teams to ensure that control considerations are embedded in strategic decision-making.
· Promote a culture of control awareness and accountability across the Group by engaging in continuous dialogue with key stakeholders.
· Align audit objectives with business goals, ensuring that audit activities proactively address key operational, financial, and strategic risks or areas of management concern.
· Where possible, provide advisory support on risk management initiatives, process improvements, and compliance efforts, ensuring they are effectively governed.
Audit Oversight & Execution
· Oversee the entire audit cycle, including risk assessment, planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up.
· Ensure all audit activities adhere to professional standards (e.g., IIA Standards, COSO Framework, ISO 31000) and internal policies.
· Utilise data analytics and automation to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of audit processes.
· Ensure timely identification of control weaknesses, inefficiencies, and process gaps, providing actionable recommendations.
· Adapt audit priorities dynamically in response to changing regulatory environments, market conditions, and emerging risks.
Ensuring Audit Execution Quality
· Establish and maintain audit quality assurance processes to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to audit standards.
· Conduct periodic reviews of audit methodologies and update procedures to reflect best practices and regulatory changes.
· Ensure audit teams are equipped with the skills and methodologies needed to conduct high-quality audits.
· Perform quality reviews of working papers and audit reports, ensuring clarity, factual accuracy, and well-supported conclusions.
· Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the internal audit function, ensuring audits are delivered on time, within scope, and with value-added insights.
· Foster a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that audit processes evolve in response to feedback and industry advancements.
· Establish and maintain audit quality assurance processes to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to audit standards across divisions.
· Where required, perform quality reviews of divisional working papers and audit reports, ensuring clarity, factual accuracy, and well-supported conclusions.
Report Writing & Communication of Audit Findings
· Oversee the preparation and review of audit reports, ensuring they are clear, concise, and actionable.
· Ensure that audit reports effectively communicate key control deficiencies, root causes, and practical recommendations.
· Tailor audit reporting styles to suit different audiences, ensuring engagement with stakeholders at various levels.
· Work closely with business leaders to ensure that audit recommendations are well understood and drive tangible improvements.
· Present audit findings and risk insights to senior management, the Audit Committee in a professional and persuasive manner.
· Ensure timely and effective follow-up on audit issues, tracking remediation efforts and escalating unresolved risks.
Direct Reporting to the Chief Audit Executive (CAE)
· Report directly to the CAE providing regular updates on audit plans, findings, and risk assessments.
· Support the CAE in preparing and presenting risk insights, audit findings, and strategic recommendations to the Audit Committee and executive leadership.
· Ensure that audit reporting aligns with the CAE’s strategic vision and operations.
· Support the CAE at Group meetings, including Board and Audit Committee presentations, providing strategic insights and updates on divisional audit activities.
Representation at Divisional ARCC and Group Meetings
· Represent Internal Audit at Divisional Audit, Risk, and Compliance Committee (ARCC) meetings, ensuring accurate communication of audit matters.
· Collaborate with divisional leadership and ARCC members to address audit recommendations and enhance controls.
· Ensure cohesive and consistent communication of control issues, and strategic audit priorities at both divisional and Group levels.
Direct Management of Divisional Audit Teams
· Oversee and lead Divisional Audit Teams, ensuring a consistent and standardised approach to audit execution across all Divisions.
· Provide guidance, oversight, and technical expertise to divisional auditors, ensuring alignment with corporate internal audit methodologies and best practices.
· Establish clear audit priorities, deliverables, and performance expectations for divisional audit teams.
· Ensure effective resource allocation, ensuring teams have the right mix of skills and expertise to address emerging risks.
· Facilitate cross-divisional knowledge sharing and collaboration to ensure a holistic approach to controls and control standards.
Team Leadership & Development
· Build and lead a high-performing internal audit team, ensuring both corporate and divisional teams have the right skills, expertise, and professional development opportunities.
· Provide coaching, mentorship, and career development support to audit professionals at both corporate and divisional levels.