Internal Audit Manager

### **Job Description** Mazars Advisory is currently recruiting for a Manager in Internal Audit to join their dynamic, fast\-growing team. The successful candidate should have the necessary internal audit skills, knowledge, and experience. ### **Duties and Responsibilities** * Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress. * 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 the service line and with other services across the organization. * Manage internal and external relationships at an engagement level. * Research the client with the objective of developing a detailed understanding of the environment in which they operate. * Collaborate with stakeholders to manage critical project outcomes, work products, barriers to success, and changes in expectations or scope. * Identifying risks and controls within business processes under review. * Drafting detailed audit programmes for tests of attributes, controls and details, as appropriate. * Identify opportunities for data analytic procedures. * Compilation of working papers substantiating scope and results of testing. * Reviewing working papers of junior team members. * Provide a coaching / mentoring role and review sections prepared by junior staff. * Display a logical thought process in understanding client challenges and exploring possible solutions. * Identify and escalate potential risks and issues to project manager along with suggested preventive or mitigating actions. * Manage the delivery of each assignment in line with scope and limitations; * Support the business in championing strategic business roles; * Manage a portfolio of clients; and * Build and maintain client relationships. ### **Minimum Requirements** * **Previous Audit firm experience necessary;** * CIA advantageous, or at the least, registration for completion of CIA; * Membership with IIA; * BCom with honours in Internal Audit / Accounting / Audit from an esteemed university; * 6 years’ experience in a consulting role in governance, risk, and compliance, of which 2 years’ must be in a managerial role; * A thorough knowledge of IIA standards and best practices; * Strong project management and multi\-tasking skills; * Proven ability to manage clients, teams and other relevant stakeholders; * Knowledge of internal audit software tools and methodologies; * Good client relations and networking skills; * Willingness to travel when necessary; and * Valid drivers’ licence and own transport.