Chief Advisor Auditing

Listing reference: eskom_006297
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 21 August 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Accounting, Auditing
Location: Sunninghill
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Position/Task Grade: G17 Area of specialization: To audit complex areas of the organization, be responsible for minimizing risk exposure, ensuring assets are safeguarded, financial and other information integrity, and guarding against non-compliance with applicable policies, procedures, laws and regulations Department: Group Investigations and Security Business Unit: SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS Location: MEGAWATT PARK, GAUTENG Reference Number: 50953235LM Closing Date: 14 August 2026
Job description

       Leadership

·       Lead audit project teams

·       Team player

·       Motivating teams

·       Coaching

       Behavioral

·       Integrity

·       Objectivity

·       Confidentiality

·       Competency

·       Professionalism

·       Trustworthiness

·       Honesty

    Knowledge

·       Assurance and advisory procedures and standards, including planning, techniques, tests and sampling methods involved in conducting assurance and advisory engagements and the requirements set forth in the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.

·       Business process analysis to identify inefficiencies, e.g. structure, workflow analysis, business risk management control strategies and bottleneck management.

·       Risk-based planning methodology used by internal auditing, more specifically, the ability to plan, guide and monitor assurance and advisory engagements

·       Principles, procedures and practices of operational, accounting and financial records and transactions.

·       Risk, control and governance in organizations and how these relate to the work of internal audit.

·       Internal control frameworks such as Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO), Enterprise Risk Management and Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies (COBIT).

·       Strategic business planning

·       Understands and apply external benchmarks for assurance and advisory engagements.

·       Understands and applies statistical models in audit procedures.

·       Articulate the relevance of root causes and issues across assurance and advisory engagements and conduct trend analysis to determine the impact across the organization.

·       Conduct full scope of assurance and advisory engagements according to the Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) standards

·       Develop a three-year rolling risk-based internal audit plan.

·       Data Analysis and keeping apprised of this changing landscape.

·       Provide technical support for new developments

     Skill

·       Analytical

·       Supervise diverse workforce professional and clerical employees

·       Handle issues of a complex and sensitive nature

·       Work under pressure circumstances

·       Communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing

·       Presentation

·       Conflict management

·       Develop and present persuasive arguments to address audit concerns.

·       Specialist assurance and advisory

·       Providing guidance on assurance and advisory assignments

·       Transfer of skills

·       Communicate at the senior management level

     Key Responsibilities

·       Oversee and perform activities related to auditing and reporting.

·       Provide leadership and subject matter expertise.

·       Manage customer relationships and communication.

·      Assist with performance management and reportin 

  • Recommend and ensure the efficient deployment and utilization of resources

Minimum requirements

       Qualification(s): 

·       B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Internal Audit/Commerce/ Information Technology/Computer Science/Safety Management/ Environmental Health Management/ Quality Management at NQF7 with 360 credits

       Related Minimum Experience:

·       7 Years experience in Internal audit/information technology/quality/safety/health/

environmental/risk

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