GM: Internal Audit and Forensics
POSITION PURPOSE

• The position is responsible for the leadership, governance, management of the company's Internal Audit and Forensics Services function.
• Providing independent assurance on the internal control environment of the company through the implementation of the company Internal audit and Fraud Risk Management Methodologies, systems, tools and best practices as prescribed by the company Internal Audit and Forensics function.
• The role will be adding value to the business through recommending and monitoring remedial actions.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 4-year Academic Degree with Honours (B Finance).
• Chartered Accountant preferred.
• Professional Internal Audit qualification such as CIA and ACFE preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of Senior Management/C-suite Experience.
• Minimum 10 years relevant experience in internal audit and forensics.
• Minimum 8 years in telecommunications industry.
• Work across diverse cultures and geographies advantageous.
• Industry recognition and Technology publication.

POSITION OUTPUTS

• Provide effective leadership, advise and consult to the company on matters of internal audit and forensics.
• Lead the effective implementation of company's Internal Audit and Fraud Risk Management charter, policy and strategy as informed by the company Internal Audit and Forensics charter, methodology and systems.
• Establish a well-staffed and competent Internal Audit and Forensics team to service company's assurance requirements in consultation with Group Internal Audit and Forensics.
• Ensure utilisation of company's mandated GRC tools and systems and source ancillary supplementary tools as needed and as approved by company's function.
• Perform special audits on an ad-hoc basis as required by regulators, business line management and company's Audit Committees.
• Lead and/or support specific audits to investigate adherence with policies, procedures, and legal/regulatory requirements to identify and evaluate exposures and to correct defective processes.
• Evaluate company's Risk Management and Governance processes and report to the CEO on the effectiveness of these.
• Respond and effectively manage fraud, bribery and misconduct related investigations in line with the company's Fraud Policies and ensure remedial actions and taken regarding recoveries, control remediation and employee sanctioning.
• Implement company's wide fraud prevention strategies including the formalising a proactive fraud prevention plan in line with guidance provided by company's function.
• Adhere to company's escalation and incident management principles regarding forensic and internal audit findings.
• Adhere to the system of management reporting requirements that provides timely and relevant information on all aspects of internal audit and forensics issues, Audit and Risk Committee and company's Internal Audit and Forensic function.
• Complete and timely report, on a quarterly basis the internal audit and forensics report and recommendations for company Internal Audit and Forensic function as well as the Audit and Risk Committee to assess company's financial controls and general state of the control environment, through adherence to company's Mandated templates and reporting criterion.
• Ensure the implementation of efficient processes for documenting all audit-related initiatives and activities in line with the guidance provided by the Group function.
• At the relevant levels, review complaints, concerns, or questions relative to internal audit and forensic issues and provide consultative leadership and support to company as appropriate.
• Implement and adhere to the company's Internal Audit and Forensic Quality Assurance Program.
• Implement a learning and development program in line with company's requirements.
• Assist with regional (i.e. outside the company) audit and forensic activities where required.

People and Culture:

• Provide technical, procedural and policy guidance to staff, colleagues, partners and vendors.
• Create and implement own personal development plans.
• Manage own Performance and identify training needs.
• Coach and guide colleagues where necessary.
• Enable and model healthy employee relations and collaborative teamwork.
• Contribute to building a culture of continuous evaluation and improvement.
• Drive a culture of high performance, accountability and consequence management.
• Ensure open communication channels with staff and implement change management interventions where necessary.
• Act as an ambassador for the team by living the Brand values and vital behaviours and changing and influencing employees' behaviour.

Continuous Improvement:

• Research and keep abreast of new innovations, identify and share leading practices, concepts and benchmarks on a continual basis.
• Monitor true-value metrics to measure the impact and benefit of the function to the company.

When required execute on area-specific projects.

Desired Skills:

• ACFE
• CIA