Senior Manager - QAIP

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Drive the development, delivery and maintenance of a robust and comprehensive IA Quality Assurance and Improvement Program for the Absa Internal Audit Function

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

• Assessing other aspects of the IA Activity from time to time in line with the IIA Standards (e.g., thematic reviews)
• Providing timely, succinct, and insightful feedback on all QAIP reviews to audit teams and senior leaders within IA.
• Drive continuous improvement of the IA Methodology and review of the pan African IA Charters in line with relevant regulations, industry standards and best practice , and provide training on the changes.
• Lead the department in keeping current on changes and emerging best practices of the IA profession from a professional practices and quality assurances perspective, including undertaking research/benchmarking activities on into other emerging issues and opportunities.
• Lead the QAIP digital transformation journey 
• As and when required, perform (plan, execute and report) QA File Reviews of completed audits to assess audit risk and adherence to the Internal Audit (IA) Methodology.
• Reviewing and contributing the Functions’ annual IIA Self-Assessments against all the IIA Standards and Code of Ethics for period reporting to the Group Audit and Compliance Committee.
• Assess the independence and objectivity of the IA Function and IA staff members to enable the CIA’s attestation to the Chairman of the GACC
• Supporting audit delivery teams, when required, with advice on the practical application / coaching on the implementation of IA Methodology principles.
• Providing regular methodology training and updates to auditors across the IA function, including new recruits/joiners.
• Support the Chief Internal Auditor and Head: QAIP with brand eminence activities. 
• Fulfil any ad hoc activities as required
• Supervising the QAIP team i.e. line manager responsibilities

Preferred and Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required), Masters degree preferred. 
• Relevant professional qualifications i.e. CIA, and Certified External Quality Assurance Assessor is required
• Financial services and/or Information Technology industry knowledge, preferably within the Banking sector
• Minimum of five years’ experience in risk-based internal auditing, risk management or risk and control activities in a regulatory discipline, with Quality Assurance experience within Internal Audit (i.e. file reviews)
• Minimum of four years' line manager experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive experience in risk-based auditing or risk/control activities.
• Ability to communicate and influence at senior/middle management levels in the organisation.
• Evidence of influencing and driving change.
• Ability to think and operate in an enterprise-wide capacity, contributing to the main effort of the function over the demands of individual silos
• Thought leadership and Eminence.
• Pragmatism

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised