Senior Is Audit Manager

7 months ago


Illovo, South Africa BDO South Africa Full time

The role exists to strengthen and manage the technology and innovation hub for Audit, with a core focus on

driving efficiency and enhancing our client value proposition.

The key roles of the Senior Manager are Daily Management of the Centre of Excellence, Grow the Fee Base,

Control WIP and Manage Debtors. The senior manager will be responsible for the following key activities to

achieve the main objectives:
? Managing Client Relationships

? Planning of Audit Projects

? Managing the resources and the WIP

? Manage the day-to-day activities of any assignment (from execution to reporting)

? Budget definition, preparation, and monitoring

? Management of the Quality Assurance role, particularly the technical aspects of the IS Audit Methodology

**Principle Outcomes**:
**The Key outcomes of this role are**:
? Grow the fee base

? Client Relationship management

? IS Audits / Analytics & Innovation
- Audit plans/External Audit Planning
- Audit Files/APT Files
- Audit Reports
- Attendance at Audit Committees (as and when required)
- Interfacing with Audit Partners to support audit capability in BDO
- Engagement with Senior Management and Executives
- Management and interface preparation for BDO Harmony

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**

**? Duties**
- Takes ownership of, and manages work assignments to completion within the allocated time

frame and to an appropriate standard (quality), through:
? proper planning before the assignment,

? appropriate coaching during the assignment,

? attention to quality of the deliverable and the supporting documentation, adequately

completing provisions,

? managing the WIP appropriately and within budget, where applicable, billing the

engagement, and closing the engagement.
- Is an effective project manager and coaches others to be effective project managers.
- Tracks any delays and overruns and raises these at the relevant partner catch-up and client

meetings. Gets immediate and timely agreement from the client for overruns.
- Reviews written documents to ensure that they are organised, well-written, referenced and easy

to follow.
- Establishes effective working relationships directly with key clients and broader BDO

stakeholders.
- Brings industry insights and recommendations to the client during client discussions. Ensures

value-added delivery to the client driving sustainability of client relationship and work allocation
- Coordinates and leads meetings with the key client stakeholders and internal senior stakeholders

in the absence of the partner.
- Assesses and manages project risks, processes, and controls.
- Develops a comprehensive understanding of the client’s processes and methodologies, including

the reviews of process flows.
- Develops a more strategic view of the business and participates in strategic initiatives through the

coaching of the partners. Starts to move from being transactional/tactical to strategic.
- Able to lead initiatives from commencement to conclusion with mínimal coaching and mentoring.

Understands when to request input or assistance.
- Takes on operational role/s within the business, in addition to allocated client assignments.

Business /Brand Development/Operational Excellence

**? BDO Brand**
- Develops effective networks/relationships inside and outside of the firm and maintains the

contacts to identify opportunities. Provide key contacts per year (new or old) and evidence of

contact activities i.e., meetings and outcomes.
- Identifies opportunities and grow existing client base. This includes cross selling BDO's other

departments’ services into our contacts & clients.
- Assist in compiling proposals as and when required to meet current and/or prospective clients'

expectations.
- Identifies opportunities, write-ups, or presentations in a year for the development of new

products or promotion of current services and procedures.
- Understands and speaks knowledgeably about BDO and ITCE's products and services and our

values.
- Assists in the BEE activities/actions in both the BDO and ITCE arena (Staff, procurement & Clients)
- Ensures that a client satisfaction survey is completed after the completion of the engagement.

(NPS Scoring and Rating)

? Policies & Procedures
- Ensures personal and team adherence to BDO policies and procedures (leave, dress code, conduct

etc.)

**? Staff**
- Manages audit team effectively on a day-to-day basis (staff, budgets, deadlines) ensuring that a

plan is followed, and objectives are met.

Finance

? Budget
- Participates in the compilation of the ITCE department's annual budget.

? Financial
- Ensures the scoping letter is prepared before starting date of the audit.
- Minimum of 55% recoverability on one’s portfolio. Debtors should be kept with a minimum of 90

days including write offs, & provisions.

**? Timesheets**
- Approves travel claims on Maconomy every Monday by 12H00 and on the same day carries out

formal follow-ups on staff who have not submitted their timeshe


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