Detailed Description

Reporting to the Director - Internal Audit To provide in-depth technical assurance to Board Audit Committee and Executive Management over the existence and adequacy of all commercial process controls within Safaricom organization

Key accountabilities

• As a member of Internal Audit leadership team, develop and implement commercial Audit process strategies to realize the Internal Audit division’s overall goals and objectives.
• Develop and monitor the Commercial process Audit Assurance map to ensure the co-ordination of all Assurance providers to the business such as External Auditors and interlink to Internal Audit work.
• Leveraging a risk based approach, as the Subject matter expert  assess the key risks associated with Commercial processes provide  advisory engagements across the Safaricom organization, affiliates and ventures.
• Play an independent assurance role in all strategic company commercial projects ensuring that project risks such as process misalignment, revenue loss, and fraud probability are mitigated.
• Inform the Board Audit Committee on any deviations from the audit plan arising from management requests in a timely manner.
• Oversight of audit process, review of audit documentation to ensure that risks and controls have been identified and correctly assessed for all commercial process controls.
• Review and discuss audit reports with General Managers, HODs and Senior Management for issuance by the Director of Internal Audit.
• In addition to the audit plan, the role supports the delivery of Management requests ; business incidents and Major projects / process governance opinions
• Provide a quarterly opinion on the status of the Internal Audit plan delivery to the Board Audit Committee.
• Refresh the audit methodology to reflect our ways of working and allow for efficiency and effectiveness and maintain the established ‘Process reference model’ and well-defined audit universe
• Provides Internal Audit benchmarking information for use within Safaricom from the wider Vodafone community and blue chip companies within Kenya.
• Promote the sharing of knowledge amongst the Internal audit community and knowledge repository
• Reporting on the status of implementation of issues for quarterly presentation to Board Audit Committee and Excom (Directors/General Managers).

Job Qualifications

• Upper second class degree in Business or Commerce field e.g. B. Comm from a recognized University
• Fully qualified accountant - CPA (K) or equivalent.
• Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
• IT knowledge - an understanding of the working of various accounting packages (including ERP’s)
• 8-10 years working experience from external audit specializing in business process assurance from a reputable audit firm or 8 years business experience within an Internal Audit function.
• User of CAATs.
• High level knowledge of MS Office applications.
• Well versed in knowledge of frameworks e.g COSO Internal Control Framework.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Excellent reporting (oral and written) skills.
• Proven ability to lead audits and manage an audit team.

Closing: 13 Oct 2022