Auditor-General Vacancies

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Here are the rewritten job descriptions according to your mandatory structure and rules: --- **Job Title: Performance Audit: Infrastructure (KZN)** **Overview** The Auditor-General (AGSA) is seeking a permanent specialist for a Performance Audit: Infrastructure role based in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. This position aims to utilize specialist expertise and knowledge to plan, execute, and report on a range of audits (both integration and stand-alone performance audits) in an effective and efficient manner, ensuring audit work complies with applicable quality standards. The role falls within the Auditing/Accounting industry and the Construction Engineering/Civil Engineering job category. Remuneration is market related, and it is not designated as an EE position. **What you will do** * **Audit Functional Areas**: * **Planning**: Assist in planning audit plans for both integration and performance audits. * **Execution**: Execute audit/technical procedures according to principles and applicable auditing standards; collect and analyse data and information for audit and other assignment purposes; analyse budgets and annual financial statements; obtain appropriate and factually correct audit evidence; in collaboration with the audit team, execute technical audit procedures on selected audits either in the infrastructure field or other relevant areas; consistently update the manager on the status of the selected audits; complete audit working papers; attend steering committee meetings (at least two per audit; first and final steering committee meetings) with departments and related senior management; assess tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities on infrastructure projects (applicable to infrastructure field); assess cost analysis for infrastructure projects; review risk assessments, value management and cost control reports on selected projects; analyse the costings for tenders awarded by government departments on selected projects; analyse outcomes and write detailed and high impact audit reports on audited projects. * **Reporting**: Identify and draft audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas; identify root causes and effects of audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas; facilitate knowledge sharing (audit insights, key risks from research and general knowledge); contribute to compiling high-quality impactful reports; contribute to compiling high-impact and relevant recommendations on government programmes or audit focus areas; contribute to developing best practices/guidelines. * **Research and Development**: Conduct research on audit themes arising from government priorities/programmes; analyse the data and provide a report on identified themes. * **Stakeholder Engagements**: Build and maintain an effective relationship with auditors, auditees and other internal / external stakeholders; assist with the integration of performance audit procedures at regularity audit; maintain visibility at regularity audit for effective interaction; support initiatives of sharing insights, risks and experiences; support initiatives within the BU to market performance audit products. * **Financial Management**: Manage own productivity and recoverability; account accurately for own expenditure; manage budget effectively for audit that they are specifically assigned to. * **Ad-hoc duties**: Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Formal Education**: Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment etc. (Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage). * **Professional Registration**: Registration (as candidate) with a relevant professional body will be an added advantage. * **Experience**: Minimum 3 years of experience required in infrastructure/built environment field. * **Knowledge**: Public sector knowledge or exposure to government infrastructure projects will be advantageous. **Who should apply** Individuals with specialist expertise in infrastructure or the built environment, holding a Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related built environment qualification, and with a minimum of 3 years of experience in the infrastructure/built environment field, who are capable of planning, executing, and reporting on performance audits. **Deadline** 23 November 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/auditor-general-vacancies-18 Source: govpage --- **Job Title: COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST** **Overview** The Auditor-General (AGSA) is recruiting for a permanent Compliance Specialist position located in Pretoria. The primary purpose of this role is to provide support to the Compliance Manager in defining, managing, and monitoring the risk of non-compliance to applicable legislation, as an integral part of the overall risk management processes. This role is within the Auditing/Accounting industry, specifically under the Accounting and Auditing job categories. Remuneration is market related, and it is designated as an EE position. **What you will do** * **Strategic Function**: Support the Compliance Manager in identification, assessment, monitoring and communication of compliance risks and the related impact on the AGSA. * **Product Management**: Maintain the regulatory compliance universe, and ensure that it is updated with recently identified regulatory requirements; facilitate the process of conducting compliance risk assessments on the regulatory compliance universe; develop the compliance risk management plans (CRMP’s) for legislation provided in the compliance universe; facilitate the roll-out of the CRMP provisions to the affected business units and facilitate the self-assessment as conducted by the action owners; conduct routine and ongoing compliance monitoring to ensure that implementation of compliance risk programs to meet legislative and regulatory requirements; monitor policy development, approval and implementation processes to ensure compliance to policy framework; co-ordinate reviews of policies/frameworks to ensure that process owners are reminded of policies/frameworks that are due for review; integrate with the overall risk management function to ensure alignment of compliance processes to risk management processes as defined in the risk management framework; perform administrator role on the governance compliance and risk systems (GRC) and engage with ICT & external providers in ensuring that the GRC systems functions optimally; prepare periodic reports on areas of responsibility. * **Stakeholder Management**: Ensure promotion of an effective compliance culture through appropriate training interventions and awareness campaigns; co-ordinate the review and roll-out of the compliance management framework/policy and annual compliance plans with relevant stakeholders; maintain stakeholder relationships within the organisation and facilitate resolution of compliance queries; attend and participate in presentations and knowledge sharing sessions. * **People Management**: Manage own performance; participate and/or take lead in the BU’s transformation, culture, diversity and employment equity initiatives; attend to PDP training sessions as arranged. * **Financial management and operational management**: Ensure efficiency and ensure that cost saving measures are adhered to; ensure compliance to the AGSA policies and procedures; adhere to internal control processes. * **Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)**: Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Qualification**: Minimum qualification of a Diploma in Auditing, Risk Management or Law. * **Added advantage (Qualification)**: Compliance or risk management qualification. * **Added advantage (Certification)**: Compliance Institute of South Africa or Organisational risk practitioner certification. * **Experience**: Minimum 3 years work experience. * **Added advantage (Experience)**: Work experience within compliance and risk management. **Who should apply** Candidates holding a minimum qualification of a Diploma in Auditing, Risk Management, or Law, and possessing at least 3 years of work experience, particularly those who can support the Compliance Manager in managing and monitoring risks of non-compliance to applicable legislation. **Deadline** 17 November 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/auditor-general-vacancies-18 Source: govpage --- **Job Title: RISK SPECIALIST** **Overview** The Auditor-General (AGSA) is seeking a permanent Risk Specialist for its Pretoria office. The purpose of this role is to provide support to the risk management function specifically in managing risks associated with the requirements of the International Standard on Quality Management 1 (ISQM). This includes the identification (including continuous identification), assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting on these associated risks. The role falls under the Auditing/Accounting industry and the Accounting, Auditing job categories. Remuneration is market related, and it is designated as an EE position. **What you will do** * **Strategic Function**: Support the implementation of the BU Balance Score Card (BSC) initiative as it relates to the ISQM; development and periodic refinement of the ISQM risk management strategy and implementation plan. * **Product Management**: * **ISQM risk management processes**: Application of the risk management process within the ISQM process; ensure an ongoing understanding of the ISQM requirements and keep abreast of any news or developments relating to the standard; undertake periodic environmental scanning on any ISQM related risks. * **Planning**: Develop a plan for the execution of risk management activities in accordance with the risk management policy; keep abreast of organisational activities as they relate to ISQM (these include the various oversight committee workplans and submission dates to those committees); develop and maintain an up-to-date ISQM Risk Register that is aligned to the risk management policy, where the following key processes are undertaken. * **Risk identification**: Periodically facilitate the identification of ISQM related risks. * **Risk assessment**: Perform periodic assessments of the risks relating to ISQM, in line with the risk management policy. * **Risk monitoring**: Periodically monitor the risk register in line with commitments made by action and risk owners. * **Risk reporting**: Prepare periodic reports on the risks relating to ISQM; perform continuous risk identification and monitoring to ensure that the ISQM risk register is relevant and reflects current environmental factors. * **Stakeholder Management**: Build and maintain strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders; liaise with relevant key internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective coordination, communication and coverage of relevant ISQM related risk issues; support the risk manager in engaging with relevant stakeholders to ensure effective stakeholder management; continuously update or inform the risk manager on issues arising from the audit; manage the feedback process to stakeholders by tracking all queries received, getting the relevant information and formulating appropriate responses according to the approved protocol. * **People Management**: Manage own performance to drive productivity; participate and/or take lead in the business unit transformation/culture plans; provide support to the management team with regard to centre management and other people related tasks. * **Financial Management and Operational Management**: Ensure compliance to AGSA policies and procedures; ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures; manage supply chain processes within scope of work. * **Other responsibilities (Applicable to all JD's)**: Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Qualification**: Minimum qualification of a 3-year National diploma in Risk Management, auditing or equivalent. * **Added advantage (Registration)**: Registration with a recognised institute focused on risk management such as the Institute of Risk Management of South Africa (IRMSA), the Institute of Internal Auditors (IA), etc. * **Experience**: Minimum 3 years' experience (post qualification). **Who should apply** Candidates with a minimum qualification of a 3-year National diploma in Risk Management, auditing, or an equivalent field, and at least 3 years' post-qualification experience, who are able to support the risk management function with a specific focus on ISQM requirements. **Deadline** 16 November 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.govpage.co.za/vacancies/auditor-general-vacancies-18 Source: govpage

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