Manager, Assurance Job I&M Bank

Audit Jobs, I&M Bank Jobs. The Manager, Assurance delivers the annual audit plan and oversees team quality standards, requiring a Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business and 7+ years relevant audit experience (3+ years in a senior management role). Full-time role in Nairobi.

Job Purpose:

The role holder is responsible for delivering the approved annual assurance audit plan in line with relevant policies, procedures and quality standards, and for the quality of audit work and the efficiency and effectiveness of the audit team.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide input to the Chief Audit Executive in preparing the annual audit plan for approval by the BAC.
• Review the adequacy of the team’s planning work, including document review, prior reports, data analysis, interviews/walkthroughs, risk assessment, sampling and related planning activities. 
• Prepare a planning document and agree with the Chief Audit Executive the audit objectives, methodology, scope and key risk areas for each assignment. 
• Evaluate prepared audit tests to ensure they address identified risks and achieve audit objectives and continuously monitor them for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Perform quality assurance to ensure all evidence and working papers meet the standards required to support the audit findings, root causes, risks, recommendations and conclusions.
• Conduct special audits and audits of functions/processes that undergo significant changes and prepare appropriate audit reports. 
• Continuously review audit objectives, tests and risks to ensure all relevant ones are covered.
• Ensure key weaknesses and existing or potential risks are clearly highlighted before report approval and issuance..
• Lead follow up on post-exit clarifications and management actions
• Attend BAC meetings and present assurance-related reports and others as required.
• Determine training needs with the team and, in agreement with the Chief Audit Executive, assign appropriate learning/development programmes. 
• Maintain good relationships with audit clients through regular engagement on and off audit engagements. 

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or any other related course.

Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies/ Publication:

Mandatory:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA). 
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
• Added Advantage:
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
• Certified Internal Audit Quality Assessor (CIAQA).
• CISCO Certified Networks Associate (CCNA).
• Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP). 

Memberships:

• ICPAK.
• IIA.
• ISACA.

Work Experience Required:

• Over seven (7) years’ relevant experience with over three (3) years in a senior management role in a similar sized organization.

Competencies:

• Planning & Organizational skills.
• Analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to manage stakeholders at all levels. 
• Strong Ethics and impeccable integrity.
• Excellent judgment and analytical abilities and impeccable integrity.
• Strong commercial awareness and an ability to connect to business goals.
• Banking and Risk Knowledge.

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