Forvis Mazars Advisory Services is currently recruiting for an Internal Audit Senior in Internal Audit to join their dynamic, fast-growing team. The successful candidate should have the necessary internal audit skills, knowledge, and experience.
Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress.
Assign and manage tasks with other team members considering engagement needs and identified business outcomes and organize own work such that important items get done first.
Build strong internal relationships within Forvis Mazars and with other services across the organization.
Research client industry, company structure, key customers and suppliers and possible insight into operations and the various processes
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
Collaborate with the client to identify critical project outcomes, work products, barriers to success, and changes in expectations or scope.
Identifying possible business risks and control weaknesses from the business processes under review.
Drafting detailed audit programmes to test controls in place.
Identify basic data analytic procedures.
Assessment of design and implementation of key controls as well as the operating effectiveness, accuracy, and validity thereof.
Compilation of working papers substantiating scope and results of testing.
Provide a coaching / mentoring role and review sections prepared by junior staff.
Display a logical thought process in understanding client challenges and exploring possible solutions.
Identify and escalate potential risks and issues to project manager along with suggested preventive or mitigating actions
Minimum Requirements
CA (SA)/CIA advantageous;
Membership with IIA;
At least BCom degree with relevant internal audit qualification;
4 years’ experience in a consulting role in governance, risk, and compliance, of which 2 years’ must be in a senior auditor role;
A thorough knowledge of IIA standards and best practices;
Strong project management and multi-tasking skills;
Proven ability to manage clients, teams and other relevant stakeholders;
Knowledge of internal audit software tools and methodologies;