Job Description
Assistant Manager, Assurance Audit
Audit · Nairobi, Nairobi
Purpose
The role holder is responsible for giving independent assurance on Governance, risk and control (GRC) across business processes.
Primary Responsibilities
• Plan audit assignments, including analyses and assessment of risk in liaison with the Manager, Assurance.
• Develop planning document, secure alignment on goals, methodology, scope, risks as well as tests with the Manager, Assurance.
• Conduct audit tests of specified areas.
• Maintain audit evidence and working papers to support conclusions and recommendations.
• Continuously assess audit objectives, test goals, and risks for comprehensive coverage.
• Identify and emphasize critical weaknesses and risks for final report approval.
• Collaborate with audit clients for accurate root causes and relevant management actions.
• Prepare draft reports with the Manager, Assurance, collaborate with peers on special and thematic audits.
• Close projects in audit software for streamlined implementation tracking.
• Assist in the following up and conclusive resolution of cleared audit issues logged from previous audits.
Person Specifications
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or any other related course.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
• Over four (4) years in a similar role in a similar sized organization.
• Planning & Organizational skills.
• Analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to manage stakeholders at all levels.
• Ethics and integrity.
• Excellent judgment and analytical abilities and impeccable integrity.
• Strong commercial awareness and an ability to connect to business goals