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Ongoing Job Recruitment at Standard Chartered Bank Jobs in Zambia: Audit Manager

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  • Company: Standard Chartered Bank
  • Location: Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
  • State: Lusaka
  • Job type: Full-Time
  • Job category: Banking Jobs in Zambia

Key Tasks

  • Perform or support the planning, fieldwork, and reporting of internal audit engagements to deliver agreed assurance objectives to established standards and timelines
  • Complete relevant risk assessment activities in a timely and effective manner; to include the completion of Risk Assessment template.
  • Proactively utilises the risk assessment process and stakeholder engagement to execute an anticipatory audit plan.
  • To carry out IT audits in Country, region and Group
  • When acting as team leader
  • Manage timely communications with auditees (including the audit notification, terms of reference and audit issues), hold regular fieldwork discussions to ensure expectations are clear and that there are no surprises, and facilitate the debrief meeting with auditee management at the end of an audit.
  • Ensure that the audit report is submitted for review in accordance with methodology timelines.
  • Ensure timely escalation of delays in conformance with GIA methodology timelines, to both auditee management and GIA management.
  • Develop an external network through participation in external and professional forums.

Audit Delivery

  • All phases of the audit cycle are consistently completed in line with the requirements of GIA methodology.
  • Consistent high-quality audit work produced during fieldwork including detailed and accurate documentation of test results, clear and accurate audit issues and effective communication both with the audit team as well as the auditee.
  • Quality Assurance reviews of databases are consistently rated as conforming with GIA Audit Methodology and IIA International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
  • Ensure that outcomes and expectations are clearly defined for each audit performed.
  • Ensure compliance with audit methodology for audit testing work executed.
  • Inputs to the creation of high-quality audit reports.

Leadership

  • Assists in Audits to demonstrate well-coordinated resources and appropriate time allocation for the audit work.
  • Assist audit team leader to ensure high-quality work is produced during the fieldwork stage of an audit.
  • Consistently ensures that audit work papers are completed in line with methodology requirements in terms of timeliness and completeness. Ensures high-quality deliverables in the form of test results, audit issues, supporting documentation/evidence, audit issues, QA reconciliation, etc.
  • To present to team leaders on whether work allocated have met their objectives, to detail the identified root courses and to explain the rationale for the proposed audit issues.
  • Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
  • Demonstrate leadership and ability to motivate and guide audit team members.

Issue Tracking

  • Ensure that all audit issue action plans agreed during audit fieldwork are tracked through to completion in accordance with methodology requirements.
  • Record regular status updates for each of the issues being tracked.
  • Escalate as necessary overdue issues or inadequate action to resolve issues raised.
  • Anticipatory action and in need escalation when high risk issues are not likely to be resolved within the agreed timeframes.

Stakeholder Management

  • Assists in maintaining the right relationships leading to audit recommendations and channels of audit-related communication and monitoring.
  • Build good working relationships with the business to facilitate execution of audit work, help improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the risk profile of the business.
  • Provide assigned stakeholders (approved by PHOA/CHOA/line manager) with regular value adding reports and updates, as appropriate, on risk trends, emerging risks and GIA’s opinion on the state of the control environment.
  • Ensure communication of the overall audit opinion and the supporting findings/issues/root causes to all relevant stakeholders.

Key Stakeholders

  • Designated business stakeholders, typically related to individual audit assignments. [Insert details for job-holder]
  • GIA stakeholders – fellow team leaders, team members and managers, Product, Functional, Country and Regional Heads of Audit.

Business (Budget)

  • Assist the PHOA/CHOA to effectively manage T&E costs within the allocated budget for audit engagements where assigned as team leader (or team manager).
  • Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings and optimal productivity of assigned audit engagements.

Regulatory & Business conduct

  • Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
  • Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
  • Lead the [country/business unit/function/GIA [team] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Financial Crime Prevention and The Right Environment.
  • Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Risk Management

  • GIA acts as the third line of defence under the Risk Management Framework and provides independent assurance of the effectiveness of management’s control of business activities (the first line) and of the processes maintained by the Risk Control Functions (the second line). GIA provides risk-based assurance that the system of control is working as required by the Risk Management Framework.
  • GIA staff shall have no direct operational responsibility or authority over any of the activities subject to Internal Audit’s review. The Group Head, Internal audit is also responsible for ensuring that no staff in the function carry out any activity which may jeopardise their independence.

Other Responsibilities

  • Embed Here for good and the Group’s brand and values in GIA [country/business unit/team].
  • Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

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Qualifications And Skills

 

  • An experienced career auditor (internal or external) or a business person with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience in audit, governance, risk or in a business environment.
  • Relevant professional IT Audit certification (CISA, CISM, CISSP or equivalent)
  • Background Technology Audit or Risk Management with a focus on Applications Controls within international financial service organizations (2 years min).
  • Knowledge of database systems, and experience in data extraction for Audit data analytics
  • Product or process knowledge of the key Group Functions and Risk business areas and ability to stay up to date with developments within their area of expertise will be a distinct advantage.
  • Experience in executing risk-based Audit Methodology, or similar methodological approach (e.g. COBIT, SOX)
  • Understanding of business strategy, plans, products, performance and related issues at the business unit level.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence business management, other stakeholders and peers.
  • Confident and courageous to raise/escalate issues in a proactive, professional and timely manner.
  • Proactive, self-directed and able to work with minimum supervision.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for building and maintaining credibly effective working relationships with counterparts in Group Audit and the business.
  • Ability to exercise good judgment and objectivity.
  • Demonstrates the ability to work with limited direction and multi-task without loss of quality.
  • Demonstrates understanding of and commitment to the Group’s core values.
  • Ability to manage an audit team
  • Ability to commit to 15-25% business travel.

Diversity and InclusionStandard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximise their personal potential.

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