Product Manager

SUMMARY:
This purpose of this position is to provide technical support and guidance in the Audit Business Units (ABU) in alignment with the applicable audit standards and legislation. The incumbent will take responsibility to disseminate information and ensure technical capacity building in the application of technical processes in the BU. The incumbent will further act as a first level technical support to the auditors in the delivery of quality and value adding services in line with the strategy of the Organisation. This vacancy is based in Rustenburg, NW

POSITION INFO:
Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide strategic inputs into the Organisation products and annual scoping decisions for Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA).
• Provide technical inputs to the technical audit department on all areas of public sector auditing and reporting as and when required.
• Participate in the technical development projects and contribute to technical discussions during various forums such as the Product champion and State-Owned Entities (SOE) forums.
• Obtain and coordinate inputs from ABUs on technical documents to inform inputs to the relevant internal BUs and at technical forums.
• Provide sound technical advice and support to the ABU regarding technical queries raised by different centres within the business unit.
• Prepare, review and oversee all technical queries/matters to be escalated to the relevant internal BUs as per the Organisation approved consultation processes and procedures.
• Lead regular technical discussions and communication within the ABU to ensure a proper understanding of the public audit manual and related technical guidance issued.
• Liaise with provincial treasuries on technical matters and provide information to the relevant internal BUs, where necessary.
• Provide technical support to the Sections 4(3) audits, monitor and improve the quality of audits being conducted on behalf of the Organisation.
• Lead initiatives to design and improve BU approaches to quality management on all audits thereby improving the quality of the audits for the BU.
• Implement systems and processes within ABU to ensure quality audit work including conducting consistency reviews on audit reports as determined by the business unit.
• Ensure an effective and efficient pre-issuance review process for purposes of improving the quality of the audits for the BU.
• Monitor the improvement in the quality of audits conducted including those conducted on behalf of the Organisation.
• Co-ordinate BU submissions for compliance reviews including handling own compliance reviews where applicable.
• Collaborate and support audit support BUs and specialized audit BUs in achieving quality and relevant audit products and audit outcomes.
• Provide comments and inputs on the reporting guide, with emphasis on General Report (GR) blueprint, and GR process.
• Ensure basic level of consistency in reporting with a view to easier consolidate information for general report.
• Review and provide inputs to the management information system for reporting purposes to ensure the quality of the information captured and clear any findings raised by QC or ARD.
• Monitor the identification of employee training needs.
• Oversee that interventions are put in place to address training and development gaps in collaboration with relevant internal BUs.
• Participate, where possible, in the delivery training and evaluation of training material.

• This position requires a minimum qualification of CA (SA).
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience post qualification with at least 4 years’ experience operating at a manager/middle management level.
• Added advantage: Previous experience in an audit technical role or Audit SM role.