- The Internal Audit Manager will lead a portfolio of internal audit, governance, risk management, and controls engagements across diverse industries. The role is responsible for delivering high-quality client service, strengthening governance and risk frameworks, managing key client relationships, driving commercial performance, and ensuring successful engagement delivery. The Internal Audit Manager will mentor and develop high-performing teams while contributing to business development, and the growth of the Risk Advisory practice
Key roles and responsibilities
- Lead risk-based internal audit, governance, risk and controls engagements from planning to reporting and follow-up.
- Own engagement quality, risk, budgets, resourcing, timelines, profitability and stakeholder expectations.
- Present clear insights and practical recommendations to senior management, boards and audit committees.
- Apply the Global Internal Audit Standards, COSO and technology-enabled techniques to improve assurance and insight.
Relationship management & business development:
- Build trusted relationships with executives, heads of internal audit and other senior decision-makers.
- Understand client priorities and develop relevant solutions across internal audit, risk, governance, controls and technology assurance.
- Lead proposals, pitches and market initiatives that convert opportunities into sustainable growth.
- Use emerging risks, regulatory change and market trends to shape timely client conversations and offerings.
People leadership & practice management:
- Coach team members through clear expectations, timely feedback and practical learning opportunities.
- Manage performance and resourcing to balance quality, growth, utilization and team wellbeing.
- Support recruitment, succession and retention to build an inclusive, high-performing talent pipeline.
- Strengthen the practice through knowledge sharing, better methodologies and thought leadership.
- Compliance prior to sending out any draft or final reports while observing 100% compliance to Quality and Risk Management Policies, Standards and Procedures.
Academic/ Professional qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, economics, engineering, information technology or a related field.
- Minimum of 6 years' experience in internal audit with demonstrable experience in managing teams.
- Relevant professional qualification such as CIA, CPA(K), ACCA, CISA or equivalent.
- Strong risk-based audit, report-writing, presentation and senior stakeholder-management experience.
Personal attributes and Technical competencies
- Commercial and project-management capability across budgets, deadlines, quality and competing priorities
- Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong commercial and business development acumen.
- Ability to build trusted advisor relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Excellent leadership and people development skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Clear and concise report-writing, communication and presentation skills.
- High levels of integrity, professional judgement, discretion and professional skepticism.
- Curiosity, resilience and the ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced professional services environment.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify and pursue growth opportunities.
- An exciting opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on cutting edge clients across Africa.
- Continuous learning and development.
- Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
- Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.
- Opportunity for international travel.