Kouga Municipality is looking to hire an Internal Auditor

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Application Deadline: 17 May 2024

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Requirements

B Comm Degree or B. Tech Degree in Accounting or Internal Auditing at NQF level 7;
3 Years’ relevant experience.

High level Computer Literacy – Office applications with Advanced Excel;
Ability to provide credibility to financial affairs of the municipality and to ascertain compliance with relevant legislative prescripts and standards;
Must have working financial statement audit experience.

Must have experience in conducting audits in its entirety with minimal supervision;
Thorough knowledge of supply chain management and information systems;
Detailed knowledge of municipal policies and procedures and Treasury regulations;

Ability to work independently with a sense of urgency;
Attention to detail;
Good investigative, research, analysis techniques. Assertiveness in dealing with audit report findings;

Must be able to speak, read and write in at least two of the official languages in Kouga Municipality (Afrikaans, English, and Xhosa)

Identifies environmental, strategic, operational and compliance risks and auditing for the Municipality;
Conducting follow up audit reviews for Internal Audit as well as Auditor General findings. This includes preparing audit test schedules and performing detailed testing to determine if findings have been addressed;

Receiving instructions/ details from the Manager: Risk & Internal Audit and formulating a conclusion in respect of conducting preliminary investigations, including identifying activities within the Auditee’s environment, internal control and accounting/ financial system analysis, inherent and control risks associated with the audit, and formulating a conclusion in respect of the preliminary investigations;
Determining critical risk areas and audit criteria from the preliminary survey and the level of tests to be performed prior to preparing an audit program/ plan;
Reviewing financial statements to provide credibility to the financial affairs of the Municipality through analyzing financial statements to ascertain compliance with relevant legislative prescripts and standards encompassed in the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA);

Observing and detecting findings through audit tests performed and/ or reviewing the findings observed by the audit team and determining or assisting in listing the causes of and reason/s for problems/ errors/ deficiencies and reporting the resulting impact on the Internal Audit Unit’s activities;
Executing fieldwork; drafting and completing audit working papers; discussing audit findings with the auditee/ client, and clearing audit review notes promptly;
Preparing the draft audit reports which include, major findings, causes, impact, and recommendations, and communicating the findings and recommendations of the draft audit report with the auditee to reach consensus and clarity;

Advising and consulting with the Department’s Officials independently or in conjunction with the Manager at various functional levels to guide them on specific aspects of control and/ or the audits being conducted in their areas of responsibility;
Undertaking special investigations as may be determined by Council, conducting the necessary investigations, and providing Council with a report and expressing an opinion on the matter investigated;
Conducting preliminary investigations to confirm that a violation has occurred;

Conducting interviews with potential witnesses/ involved parties to obtain relevant documents and testimony from involved parties;
Compiling preliminary investigation reports with conclusions based on facts, attaching relevant collated annexures, and submitting to the Head: Internal Audit for perusal and/ or decision to conduct further investigations