Bilingual (French & English) Senior Internal Auditor at Africa RE

Responsibilities

• Reporting directly to the Director, Internal Audit, s/he will actively contribute to prepare audit reports which give assurance to management on the effectiveness and adequacy of the internal controls, confirm compliance with management procedures/policies and ascertain the accuracy of accounting reports

Duties/Job Details
The duties of the Bilingual (French & English), Senior Internal Auditor comprise amongst others:

• Evaluate and examine policies and procedures and systems in place and ensure that these are documented.
• Determine and set benchmark standards with functional heads to attain operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with the Corporation’s internal control policies and procedures
• Carry out reviews in all business units and central departments.
• Evaluate the reliability and integrity of information and ensure the efficient use of resources
• Prepare audit report and make recommendations to management on control weaknesses identified, share best practices and recommend improvements.
• Follow-up on the progress of implementation of recommendations and directions.
• Carry out oversight of the information systems and procedures.
• Carry out special investigations upon request by management.
• Perform other job-related duties assigned.
• Conduct audits of IT systems, applications and IT processes. Provide Management with guidance on IT risk management matters, particularly on application and infrastructure security.
• Assist in developing the IT Risk Assessment including identifying areas where internal audit should focus, and Management should consider additional investment
• Attending to any other duty as may be assigned by his supervisor and/or the Corporation’s executive management from time to time.

Main Competencies
Main Competencies Required for this Position:

• Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of Audit in the re/insurance industry
• Working knowledge in Insurance and Reinsurance
• Working knowledge of the classes of business (underwriting and claims)
• Detailed ICT technical skills and experience at both academic and practical level
• Ability to carry out audit reviews with minimum supervision and deliver quality audit reports
• Ability to apply various audit and investigation techniques.
• Capacity for high level communication with senior management and staff.
• Resilience in the face of pressure from Auditees during audit assignments
• Proactivity and good initiatives geared towards minimizing wastage, leakage of revenues, material error, fraud or system failures, etc.
• Ability to work well with all levels of management and across group operations
• Strong team player and proven managerial skills/experience;
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent analytical, planning and reporting skills;
• Capacity for synthesizing and reasoning;
• Unquestionable integrity and proven sense of responsibility
• Ability to work under pressure and Good time management with ability to timely deliver audit assignments.
• Excellent computer skills required in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Academic Qualifications
Qualifications And Professional Experience:

Applicants shall be holders of:

• Bachelor in Computer Science (or equivalent) or in Engineering (in relevant discipline) plus Masters or equivalent, and post-graduate in related fields from a recognized university, plus 7 years post qualification relevant qualitative work experience in the financial services sector, international finance institutions, IT and/or IT Audits (Big 4 experience preferred)

Or

• Bachelor in Computer Science (or equivalent) or in Engineering (in relevant discipline), from a recognized university plus full Professional qualifications , plus 7 years post qualification relevant qualitative work experience in the financial services sector, international finance institutions, IT and/or IT Audits (Big 4 experience preferred)

Or

• Bachelor in Computer Science (or equivalent) or in Engineering (in relevant discipline) from a recognized university plus 11 years post qualification relevant qualitative work experience in the financial services sector, international finance institutions, IT and/or IT Audits (Big 4 experience preferred).
• Professional membership of an internally recognized associations will be an added value
• Relevant work experience in an Audit Firm (Big4 experience preferred) at similar level is required.
• Prior experience in IT Governance and/or IT Audit, internal audit or external auditing firm (Big 4 experience preferred)
• Experience with IT Operations in Financial Services or Insurance/Reinsurance environment (highly desirable)
• Progressive achievement in one or more of the traditional IT disciplines: applications, operations and/or infrastructure (highly desirable)

Additional Requirements:

• Applicants must also be: Fluency in French and excellent working knowledge of English

Salary & Benefits
The successful candidate shall have the following benefits:

• Competitive Basic Salary on the Corporation’s Professional Staff Grade Level
• Variable pay (Annual Performance Bonus)
• Joint contribution to the Provident Fund (7% of the basic salary paid by staff and 14% by the employer)
• Children education subsidy for each child up to 26 years (maximum 4 children)
• Medical cover for staff and family;
• Housing Allowance
• Home leave to country of origin every year paid by the employer (if non-national) ;
• Duty Post Differential (Cost of Living Allowance), that may increase or decrease depending on the economic situation, paid in local currency.