Internal Audit Manager -Johannesburg

Management and Boards of Directors

You will be engaged in delivering some of the most significant and class-leading internal audit and risk engagements globally. As part of our market-leading global network of risk professionals, you will gain the valuable experience you need to become a successful risk advisor.

Your client responsibilities

• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication.
• Assign and manage tasks with other team members considering engagement needs and identified business outcomes, and organize own work such that important items get done first.
• Build strong internal relationships within EY and with other services across the organization.
• Research client industry, company structure, key customers and suppliers and possible insight into operations and the various processes.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
• Collaborate with the client to identify critical project outcomes, work products, barriers to success, and changes in expectations or scope.
• Manage time within budget of the engagement (s) for self and team.
• Identify possible business risks and control weaknesses from the business processes under review.
• Review worked performed by team members.
• Review and/or draft documents and presentations to explain issues and solution options and implications.
• Display a logical thought process in understanding client challenges and exploring possible solutions.
• Identify and escalate potential risks and issues to partner along with suggested preventive or mitigating actions.
• Present reports to client.
• Assist with drafting proposals.

Your people responsibilities

• Act as a visible role model for our people.
• Coach and mentor junior team members.
• Give honest supportive feedback to colleagues.
• Take personal responsibility for own performance and career development.
• Play an active role in EY and Service line team activities.
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures.

Technical Skills Requirements

• Must have Honours in Internal Audit, Accounting, Business, Finance or other related field.
• Must have CIA or equivalent.
• Minimum of 7 years of related work experience of which 3/ 4 must be supervising, coaching and managing staff.
• Related audit or applicable business experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft office (including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).

Additional Skills Requirements

• Being able to multi-task and prioritise client commitments when working on multiple clients/ engagements.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated integrity, values, principles, and work ethic.
• Enquiring mind.
• Analytical.
• Self-starter.
• Team Player.
• Share EY’s values and vision.
• Disciplined.
• Able to handle pressure.
• Team building ability.
• Good communication skills.