Chief Audit Executive - Centurion, South Africa - Land Bank Careers

Land Bank Careers

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Centurion, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Job Advert Summary:

The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africa's only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank's sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach.

These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit.

The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry.

As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB**The Internal Audit function operates as independent appraiser, responsible for examining and evaluating business activities and related risk for the purpose of ensuring regulatory compliance, safeguarding company assets and improving its systems of financial and operational controls. The role will ensure that all audit work conforms to the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.

In addition, this role will lead financial and accounting investigations including forensic matters.

The role reports functionally to the Audit Committee and administratively to the Chief Executive Officer, and will provide it with formal assessments of the adequacy of the Company's internal control environment on a quarterly basis.

The job requires a dedicated focus to continue efforts in stabilizing the internal audit's organizational infrastructure necessary to deliver against current and future objectives of the division; including, the use of various staffing alternatives (including co-sourcing arrangements) as necessary to ensure organizational capabilities (structure, processes and systems) are in place to meet the Land Bank needs.

A risk based approach to setting of the Audit Plan is critical given the changes in the Land Bank direction (vision25) and restoration of the controls required to manage the Land Bank processes.

In depth understanding of ICT audits (CAATS) are critical for the Land Bank as the organisation is in transition towards a SMART ITC environment.

Develop an Internal Audit strategy aligned to the business strategy. Develop a strategy execution plan and implement. Develop and maintain independent relationship with Land Bank Group leadership. Reports to the Land Bank Group Audit Committees and other Board Committees. Oversees the business risks and effectiveness of controls to the Land Bank Group.

Provides leadership and support to the Internal Audit team in implementing programmes to evaluate the adequacy of the internal controls environment.

Is a conduit between Land bank Group and Auditor General. Manages the approach and processes to conduct and provide independent forensic investigations, fraud risk assessments and fraud awareness programmes.

Mandate:
Line of defence that protects internal control and integrity.

Need to develop techniques, audit/ electronic to ensure that develop audits to respond to risk of the organisation as a group.

Strategy is a 3 year rolling plan and supported by an annual plan taking into account the risks and complexities of the group.

Landbank is one of the highest risk in the SEO environment. Innovation, ad hoc, independence and objectivity.

Team:

require a co-sourcing environment - internal that are able to respond to the org and a panel of external service providers to support - procurement and must know what to deploy when.

E.g. Forensics - depending on the case - take to external service provider.

Need a seasoned person that understands the sensitivity.

Ensure the internal control environment is effective and fundamentally the auditor general can rely on the outcomes and lead to a clean audit.

Budget:
Cost hours based on rates.

Committees:
sit in all subcommittees of the Board and EXCO.

Key Performance Areas:

1. Develops and Implements the Audit Strategy as aligned to the Corporate Plan and Legislation

Develops, reviews and updates the Group internal audit charter and methodology in alignment to the corporate plan and presents to senior executive management, audit & finance and the board for approval.
Develop three year rolling plans and annual audit plans which are riskbased to set out the priorities of the internal audit function, consistent with the Land Bank, Land Bank Insurance Company strategy and corporate plan.

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