Assistant Internal Auditor Manager

SUMMARY:
Ready to move beyond ticking and testing controls? Step into a senior, client-facing internal audit and risk advisory role where you will lead engagements, influence executives, develop teams and help grow a consulting practice.

POSITION INFO:

Company and Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead internal audit, risk assurance and advisory engagements from planning through to completion
• Independently manage audit engagements, ensuring quality, timelines and budgets are achieved
• Review audit working papers and financial reporting documentation
• Resolve complex auditing, accounting and risk matters
• Evaluate key risks and controls and provide practical, risk-based recommendations
• Review engagement outputs and ensure high-quality reporting
• Maintain strong engagement governance and profitability

• Act as a key point of contact throughout client engagements
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders
• Engage confidently with business owners, managing directors, executives and other senior stakeholders
• Understand client needs and identify opportunities to provide additional advisory services
• Contribute to business development and revenue-generation initiatives
• Support strong client retention and long-term relationship development

• Lead, coach and mentor audit and risk assurance professionals
• Conduct performance management and support talent development
• Assist with recruitment and training initiatives
• Develop future leaders within the team
• Share technical knowledge and best practices
• Contribute to strengthening and expanding the risk assurance and advisory practice

Job Experience and Skills Required:

• Honours Degree in Finance, Business, Auditing, Risk Management or a related field - non-negotiable
• CIA - mandatory
• CA(SA) or other relevant professional certification advantageous
• Master's Degree advantageous

• Minimum 7-10 years' relevant experience
• Strong internal audit and risk management experience
• Minimum 2-3 years' leadership or management experience
• Proven experience independently managing audit engagements
• Strong client relationship management experience
• Consulting and advisory experience essential
• Business development exposure highly advantageous
• Experience across multiple sectors and industries advantageous

• Internal Audit
• Risk Assurance
• Risk Management
• Advisory
• Audit engagement management
• Audit reporting
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Audit management software
• Risk management tools
• Financial reporting systems

The Ideal Candidate:

• A confident, commercially minded audit professional
• Comfortable engaging with executives and senior stakeholders
• A strong communicator who can translate technical findings into practical business recommendations
• Entrepreneurial and commercially aware
• Able to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities
• A natural leader who enjoys developing people
• Curious, analytical and solutions-focused
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership
• Motivated by clear career progression and professional development
• Interested in consulting rather than remaining within a traditional internal audit environment

Why consider this opportunity?

• Senior client-facing leadership opportunity
• Significant autonomy and ownership
• Exposure to multiple industries and sectors
• Direct interaction with senior executives
• Opportunity to influence strategic client decisions
• Business development and revenue-generation exposure
• Opportunity to contribute to the growth of a consulting practice
• Strong coaching, mentorship and leadership opportunities
• Opportunity to build and develop future leaders