Director: Performance And Financial Audit Ref No: 3/1/1/1/2026/323

SALARY : R1 317 384 per annum (Level 13), (all-inclusive package). The package includes a basic salary (70% of package), and a flexible portion that may be structured in accordance with the rules for Senior Management Services (SMS)

CENTRE : Gauteng (Pretoria)

REQUIREMENTS :

• Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in a possession of Grade 12 Certificate and a Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma with Auditing as a subject (NQF Level 7) and a Nyukela certificate (Pre-entry Certificate to the SMS) submitted prior to appointment. Minimum of 5 years of experience at middle / senior managerial level in Financial Audit and Performance Audit. Membership of the Institute of Internal Auditors is recommended. A valid driver's licence.
• Job related knowledge: Project management best practice. The Standards of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Risk based Performance Audit and Financial Audit methodologies and procedures.
• Job related skills: Communication (verbal and written). Interviewing. Analytical and problem-solving ability. Staff and interpersonal relations. Project management. Computer literacy. Business process analysis. Risk and control assessment. Analytical thinking. Work under pressure and meet deadlines.

DUTIES :

• Compile the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's strategic and operational plan in line with the Chief Directorate's quality standards, methodologies, policies and procedures on an annual basis.
• Compile the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's operational plan by April each year. Manage the compilation of the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's operational and process risk registers by April each year.
• Compile the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's portion of the strategic 3-year rolling and annual internal audit plans by April each year. Coordinate with other internal and external service assurance providers to ensure proper risk coverage and to minimise duplication of effort.
• Manage the implementation of the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's strategic and operational plans in line with the Chief Directorate's quality standards, methodologies, policies and procedures on a continuous basis. Manage the achievement of the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's operational plan objectives on a continuous basis and report progress to the Chief Audit Executive monthly. Manage the achievement of the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's risk register action plans on a continuous basis and report progress to the Chief Audit Executive monthly.
• Manage the achievement of the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's risk register action plans on a continuous basis and report progress to the Chief Audit Executive monthly. Manage the achievement of the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's portion of the internal audit strategic 3-year rolling and annual internal audit plans' deliverables on a continuous basis and report progress to the Chief Audit Executive monthly.
• Manage the implementation of the Performance and Financial Audit Internal Audit Reports' Action Plans by line management on a quarterly basis. Manage the requests for progress reports from line management on the implementation of all relevant action plans on all Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's internal audit reports on a quarterly basis.
• Analyse the line managements' status of implementation of action plans of the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's internal audit reports and clarify the statuses with line managers on a quarterly basis. Manage the preparation of progress reports on the implementation of management action plans of the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's internal audit reports presentations to the Audit Committee and Director-General on a quarterly basis.
• Manage the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's generally conformance to the International Institute of Internal Auditors' Standards on a continuous basis. Perform quality assurance reviews on the planning, execution, reporting and closure phases' deliverables of all Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's audit projects in conformance to the Internal Audit Methodology and the International Institute of Internal Auditor's Standards on a continuous basis. Participate in the Annual Internal Quality Assessment Review and the five yearly external quality assessment review and implement the actions plans of the reports by the set target dates.
• Manage the reliance of the Auditor-General of South Africa on the work performed and reports issued by the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate monthly and report progress to the Audit Committee and the Director-General on an annual basis.
• Manage the Performance and Financial Audit Directorate's resources. Manage human, logistical and financial resources allocated to this position on an on-going basis in line with Departmental prescripts.