Senior Internal Auditor

Job description / Role

Job Description
- Assist the Internal Audit Manager in planning and organizing the activities of the Internal Audit Department including:
- prepare an annual audit plan which fulfills the responsibility of the department,
- schedule and perform the fieldwork to meet completion dates, and
- estimate resource needs
- Participate in audit and review assignments.
- Keep track of and include in audit procedures any controls required by new/updated legislation, policies, and guidelines.
- Assist in establishing audit procedures, work papers checklists, reporting templates audit activities.
- Ensure that accepted accounting and audit principles and policies are followed and evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of controls of internal systems and processes.
- Assist in the identification and analysis of causes of uneconomic and inefficient practices in assigned areas of responsibility.
- Assess alternatives, which might yield desired results.
- Contribute to the communication with company line management, as necessary, to resolve audit findings requiring corrective action.
- Handle follow-up of audit findings to ensure adequacy and timeliness of corrective actions
- Confer, advise, initiate, and coordinate with other departments about policies and procedures
- Carry out audit activities to achieve the approved audit plan
- Contribute in the development of Internal Audit's annual budget and monitors subsequent expenditures

Personal Skills
- Capable of leading junior staff
- Have a questioning mindset
- Problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills
- Able to understand new business approaches and cycles
- Leadership skills
- Robust analytical skills and ability to engage with and influence other people.
- Enthusiastic, initiative taker, self-driven, and has a sense of urgency and ownership.
- Good facilitation, presentation, interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to perform under pressure.

Technical Skills
- CIA, CISA certified or working towards acquiring it
- Sound experience in financial analysis

Education
Bachelor Degree in Commerce, Business Administration, etc

About the Company

Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the telecoms, utilities, oil and gas, hospitality and real estate among other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 1000 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Abuja, Kampala and New Jersey, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.