INTERNAL AUDITOR – DATA ANALYTICS VACANCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HARE

The University of Fort Hare is a vibrant, equitable and sustainable African university, committed to teaching and research excellence at the service of its students, scholars and the wider community.

The University of Fort Hare seeks to appoint for the following vacancy:

INTERNAL AUDITOR – DATA ANALYTICS X 2
Ref No: 8404 / 8405

Job Purpose:
Developing, assembling, and distributing the analytics needed to support Internal Audit teams prior to the start of audit fieldwork activities. Also support and participate in Internal Audits focused on Financial, Operational, IT & Compliance risks.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Internal Audit or Computer Science or Business Information Systems / BTech in Internal Audit.
• Be registered in IIASA / ISACA

Minimum Experience:

• At least 3 years working experience as a data report analyst, data analyst or business data analyst or internal audit
• Experience in data models and reporting packages (BI Tools)

Added advantage:

• Experience in reviewing ITS will be an added advantage
• Experience in ACL will be an added advantage

Duties:

• Assist manager in planning, development and execution of ICT audit-based data analysis procedures to create sustainable and repeatable data analytics.
• Research and development on latest data analytical tools and methodologies.
• Design and develop dashboards to present trends and data analytical results.
• Assist in the development of excel models to help Internal Audit teams implement data analytical solutions.
• Identify and acquire the necessary data from relevant source systems used by Internal Auditors to develop the data analytics needed to support internal audit team;
• Work with Internal Audit team members, IT, and the Business to outline data requirements, and obtaining the necessary accesses to acquire data;
• Assist in developing and maintaining an ongoing comprehensive risk-based methodology;
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities and analysis processes working with the management team to establish business needs;
• Using automated tools to extract information or data from primary and secondary sources;
• Generating reports from single or multiple systems for the purpose of analyzing and interpretation of data;
• Design, develop and execute computer assisted audit techniques (CAATS) in data analytical software
• Preparing final analysis reports for the Internal Audit unit to understand the data-analysis steps, enabling them to take important decisions based on various facts and trends
• Assist and support the Internal Audit unit in the transformation of raw data into meaningful statistics, information, and explanations
• Work with Internal Audit teams for analytics which can be performed during fieldwork activities;
• Perform information technology, financial and operational reviews which address financial risk, business and operational risks, technology risks and regulatory risks, develop recommendations around existing controls in place the necessity to develop new controls
• Highlighting problem areas and proposing recommended actions to business areas based on the analysis and interpretation of the property data and reports;
• Publish analytics results to the Internal Audit teams, and provide support / training as necessary to interpret and refine the results of the analytics provided;
• Communicate the results of internal audit reviews directly with business unit and management;
• Perform other related special projects as assigned

 
 Key Competencies:

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyses and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Adept at using queries to retrieve data from Sequel (SQL) database. Ability to analyses and interpret numbers and data
• Ability to organise datasets and create pivots and graphs in MS Excel (advanced level) familiarity with data visualization tools
• Ability to “think outside the box” and apply creative and constructive thinking to proposed recommendations for improvements to internal process, procedures and policies
• Excellent communication and listening skills with ability to interact effectively with all levels of management

 
Closing Date: 30 November 2022
 
To apply: Interested applicants who meet the criteria are invited to:

1. Visit the Website ufh.ac.za/jobs for a more comprehensive advert and to apply online. Applications must clearly indicate the name of the post applied for on the SUBJECT LINE.
2. Submit the motivation and resume as well as supporting documents namely; ID/passport, certificates and three work-related referees, on the application website.
3. Note that for all re-advertised positions this advert supersedes the one advertised previously owing to modifications made. Candidates who have previously applied are requested to re-apply.
4. No faxes or walk-ins (hard copies) will be accepted.
5. Applicants are urged to ensure that their applications reach the Human Resources Department before the closing date.  Late applications will not be considered.
6. Failure to comply with the above directions will result in the application being disqualified.

Note:   Correspondence will be conducted with short-listed candidates only.
 
Queries can be directed to Ms M. Gumede on mgumede@ufh.ac.za and 043 704 7190