Senior Specialist: Quality Assurance

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**_Division._**

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**_ Operating Division : Transnet Corporate Centre_**

**_ Position Title : Senior Specialist: Quality Assurance_**

**_ Employee Group : Permanent_**

**_ Department : Internal Audit_**

**_ Location : Johannesburg_**

**_ Reporting To : GM: Gov, Reporting & Quality Assurance_**

**_ Grade Level : C_**

**_ Reference Number : 6014318_**

**_ Position Purpose:_**

Be the custodian of quality and technical excellence for TIA and lead the development, implementation and maintenance of a

comprehensive Quality Assurance & Improvement Programme (QAIP) in line with the requirements of Attribute Standard

1300 of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and regulatory requirements.

**_ Position outputs:_**

Technical Guidance
- Constantly analyse TIA operations to ensure compliance to the standards and best practice;
- Be available to staff of TIA to resolve technical queries regarding internal audit functioning or internal audit client facing

effort;
- Maintain constant liaison with other senior managers within Governance, Quality and Reporting, to ensure compliance with

all applicable statutes and adopted guidance;
- Provide training to TIA staff and Transnet in general on internal audit technical updates and general internal audit training;
- Maintain training records and presentations as well as onboarding of new employees on the quality related matters.
- Attend weekly and bi-weekly TIA meetings ensuring that all team members are made aware of any changes/ updates/

improvements required.
- Quality assurance and improvement program (QAIP)
- Be the driver and “owner” of the QAIP;
- Monitor the internal audit function to ensure it operates in an effective and efficient manner;
- Constantly track compliance with the IA Charter, IIA Standards, the Definition of Internal Audit and the Code of Ethics;
- Monitor stakeholder satisfaction and suggest improvements;
- Set up and then over-see on-going internal assessments of the TIA function, then report on these results to the GM:
Governance, Quality and Reporting on a regular basis;
- Set up and then over-see the 5-year external assessments of the TIA function and attend to all findings bringing them to

closure;
- Drive consequence management for failure to achieve agreed quality parameters;
- Ensure that a “Generally Conforms” rating is achieved for TIA in relation to conformance to IIA standards;
- Report on progress made against the continuous improvement programme; and
- Provide guidance to the Internal Control Champions (ICC’s) on SAP GRC related matters (Follow-up tracking).

Planning:

- Ensuring that the IIA plan aligns with the IIA standards (e.g., risk based, strategically focused amongst others).
- To continuously review and enhance/ streamline planning activities ensuring efficiencies in the audit process.
- To ensure that Engagement Quality Reviews are being completed and files approved for planning before teams proceed to

fieldwork.
- Fieldwork:

- To continuously review and enhance/ streamline fieldwork activities ensuring efficiencies in the audit process;
- Providing guidance on the quality of evidence and the different types of testing to be performed for the different assurance

types (e.g., consulting, normal audit, proactive audits amongst others); and
- To ensure that Engagement Quality Reviews are being completed and files approved for fieldwork before teams proceed to

reporting.
- Reporting:

- To continuously review and enhance/ streamline reporting activities ensuring efficiencies in the audit process;
- Reporting to the governance team and respective committees on compliance with IIA standards, conflicts of interest,

training received by the IIA team members (Quality related), client satisfaction surveys amongst others;
- To immediately bring to the attention of CAE, TIA and Stakeholders any concerns on quality of deliverables and track

implementation action for the resolution thereof; and
- To communicate poor quality of files to the project management team to withhold billings from service providers.
- Take full responsibility for stakeholder reporting including maintenance of stakeholder reporting templates.

Ensure that TIA achieves best practice
- Be fully aware of leading and best internal audit practices across the world;
- Critically analyse all leading and best practices in the world and create solutions be