Audit Portfolio Manager - Johannesburg, South Africa - Nedbank

Nedbank
Nedbank
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Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

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Tshegofatso Semenya- Closing Date: Job Family- Risk, Audit and Compliance- Career Stream- Auditing- Leadership Pipeline- Manage Self Professional
Purpose of Group Internal Audit (GIA)

  • The purpose of GIA is to enhance the system of trust, good governance, and risk culture of the Nedbank Group in support of doing good for our key stakeholders: Board, Management, Regulators and Clients.
  • GIA receives its authority from the Group Audit Committee (GAC), which is a committee of the Board of Nedbank Group Limited established to, among other things, review the work of Internal Audit of Nedbank Group Limited and its subsidiaries (the "Group").
  • Objective and Scope of work of GIA
  • The objective and scope of work of GIA is to determine whether the Group's systems of financial and internal controls, risk management and governance, as designed and operated by management, are adequate and effective.
  • The scope of GIA's work is determined by a riskbased approach and so the key risks facing the Group, including subsidiaries, and the requirements of the GAC, subsidiary Audit Committees and the Group and subsidiary Executive Committees. This should include alignment to business strategic priorities.

Accountability Of The Audit Portfolio Manager

  • The Audit Portfolio Manager:

Assurance Enablement:
Professional Practices, in the discharge of his/her duties, shall be accountable, inter alia, to the Nedbank Group CIA / GIA HoA Business Enablement / HoA Assurance Enablement to:

  • Support the periodic assessments of the outcomes of internal audit work to appropriate governing bodies, including the GAC and Board Risk Committee;
  • Provide insights from the outcomes of internal audit work to appropriate governing bodies including the GAC and Board Risk Committee;
  • Ensure continuous improvement of the audit methodology through providing professional insights;
  • Report significant issues related to the processes for controlling the activities of the Group Internal Audit, including potential improvements to those processes;
  • Report periodically on the measurable performance of GIA, including audit plan delivery and financial performance;
  • Support the maintenance and reporting on whether GIA has sufficient professional audit staff with knowledge, skills, experience and professional qualifications to meet the requirements of the GIA Charter and audit plan;
  • Conduct leading practice research and benchmarking of the audit function, related industry standards, trends and key risk focus areas to enable both the Annual Audit Planning and Individual audit assignment planning, execution and reporting
  • Maintain an open and constructive relationship as a Trusted Advisor with internal to GIA and external stakeholders.
  • Implement effective and efficient audit processes to ensure that audit processes are optimised and comply with regulatory and corporate governance expectations of internal audit functions.
  • Ensure improved productivity and the delivery of projects within agreed timelines. Ensure transformational target are met;
  • Achieve operational excellence and support the implementation of business optimisation improvement in GIA;
  • Identify and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines and improve control culture;
  • Identify and consider internal and external factors to develop and update annual riskbased audit plan with clear levels of accountability
  • Contribute to the development of a 12month rolling audit plan using a riskbased methodology, taking into consideration specific business strategic focus areas, regulatory requirements pertaining to internal audit, as well as including any risks or control concerns identified by management, the GAC and the Board;
  • Have a robust process in place to followup and report on management's progress in implementing agreed actions to address issues identified by GIA;
  • Maintain an open and constructive relationship with the GIA, and key stakeholders by providing value added services and sharing information.
  • Manage the implementation, execution and delivery of professional practice management projects (i.e. audit methodology, practice risk management, knowledge management etc.) and provide support to other GIA teams;
  • Contribute to valueadding reports that provide intelligence and meaningful insights that enable the management of risk to be a strategic and competitive differentiator for Nedbank

Nedbank Gia Specific Requirements Of The Role

  • Support people management across GIA
  • Recruitment and retention in line with key specialist skills required
  • Talent management of identified key individuals within GIA
  • Learning and development for all individuals in GIA (including administration of costing and logistics around these courses)
  • Ensure adequate and appropriate knowledge management processes and procedures are in place
  • Provide technical and advisory support to GIA in rel
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