About this role
Assistant Director, Internal Audit & Risk Assurance
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND, MBA/MSc/MA, Professional Certificate
- Experience 12 years
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit, Insurance
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:
- Coordinating development, implementation and review of audit policies, strategies, standards and guidelines.
- Providing independent assurance on design and operation of risk management processes.
- Facilitating audit assignments in line with the approved audit work plan.
- Ensuring compliance of accountable records and documents and preparing audit papers;
- Coordinating monitoring and evaluation of progress and effectiveness of action taken to implement audit recommendations received from internal and external audits;
- Monitoring and reporting on KVB’s overall risk profile.
- Initiating information systems audit engagements including testing and evaluation of programs, quality assurance, and reporting of audit results.
- Facilitating preparation of reports and analyses that communicate audit results for the relevant business conditions and risks control.
- Safeguarding KVB’s assets by establishing appropriate means of verifying their existence, ownership and valuation.
- Coordinating the review and evaluation of the system of internal controls, assessing its adequacy and effectiveness and proposing recommendations for their improvement.
- Managing investigations by monitoring/tracking progress of cases allocated to auditors.
- Supporting various divisions in risk profiling.
- Facilitating special audits and investigations and ensuring that a follow up mechanism is established and implemented.
- Assessing the exposures resulting from ineffective or missing control practices.
- Coordinating implementation of new technologies and business applications.
Job Specification
Person Specifications
For appointment to this grade an officer must have:
- Cumulative period of twelve (12) years relevant work experience three (3) of which must be at the grade of Principal Internal Auditor or in a comparable position.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration (Finance and Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
- Master’s degree in Business Administration (Accounting/Finance Option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution.
- Membership of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) or a relevant professional body and in good standing.
- A valid practicing certificate.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
- Proficiency in computer applications.