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Senior Auditor: Data Analytics
Cape Town
FULL TIME
October 30, 2024
What will you do?
A position as a Senior Auditor: Data Analytics exists within Group Internal Audit: Santam Corporate Services, based in the Cape Town office.
To conduct various types of assurance and consulting reviews with the primary use of Data Analytics across the Santam Group (Santam Ltd, subsidiaries, portfolio managers, underwriting agencies and international partners). This will be done in accordance with the annual audit plan approved by Santam’s Audit Committee and conducted in terms of International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Audit. The role requires someone with strong data analytics & IT skills, who can apply our risk-based methodology, as well as lead and manage multiple audit assignments and work independently.
What will make you successful in this role?
- To support risk-based audit assignments using data analytics, ultimately to contribute to delivering on the internal audit plan approved by Santam’s Group Audit Committee.
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Assignment work entails assignment planning, execution, reporting and audit follow up work (where applicable) including the following activities:
- Performing risk and control assessments;
- Developing, executing and in some cases, reviewing audit procedures;
- Preparing audit findings and unpacking root causes with management;
- Compiling a draft audit report and advising on practical recommendations with various levels of management which will support the achievement of the Santam Group’s and our business partners strategic and financial objectives;
- Ensuring that audit work is documented on GIA’s audit software tool and adheres to the required quality standards; and
- Ensuring that audit work is completed within time and cost budgets.
- Assist in reporting to various audit and risk committees.
- Provide input into annual audit planning.
- Follow up on audit issues raised and provide input into the reports to the audit committee and other relevant governance structures.
- Maintain quality standards in terms of the audit methodology, approach and documentation.
- Supporting and mentoring junior / trainee auditors.
- Client relationship management with internal Santam stakeholders as well as external stakeholders.
- National and international travelling to Santam offices and partners may be required.
Qualification and Experience
- A relevant qualification (Diploma, Bachelors or Honours degree) in science, commerce, engineering, technology, information systems, informatics or similar.
- More than 5 years’ experience in an audit/consulting services function and demonstrable exposure as per the job description.
- Data analytics experience using tools such as ACL or similar.
- SQL data interrogation experience (advantageous).
- A basic understanding of internal audit disciplines, methodologies and practices.
- Use of the Teammate audit software package would be advantageous.
- Experience with designing and maintaining intuitive data dashboards that support decision-making.
- A background in creating visual representations of data, utilizing tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms would be advantageous.
Skills
- Very strong numerical, analytical and conceptual skills
- Analytical ability and logical reasoning
- Completion of audit assignments effectively and in a timely manner (Time Management)
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills
- Relationship management (Strong client service orientation)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team as well as by yourself
Core Competencies
Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
Customer focus - Contributing through others
Drives results - Contributing through others
Collaborates - Contributing through others
Being resilient - Contributing through others
Our commitment to transformation
Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.
Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We’re about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.
At Santam, we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals, we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.
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