Alizz Islamic Bank
Position: Senior Officer – General Audit
Location: Internal Audit Division / Head Office
Required Qualification & Experience:
Preferred Bachelor’s degree holder in accountancy with additional accounting professional qualification such as ACCA/CA with at least2 – 3 years of experience, preferably in the banking industry.
General Requirements / Skills & Competencies:
Ensure quality in performance and documentation of audit engagements with mindset focusing on continuing innovation
Seeking ways to do things better by leveraging new processes and latest techniques including participation and leading knowledge transfer sessions, research on topics and collaboration, Quality time spent in audit planning, Consideration of findings from the regulators, external auditors, emerging trends, CBO circulars, Global frameworks and risks in the audit plan, Risk coverage – newly identified relevant risks.
Use of data analytics and technology to mitigate risk, increase coverage and achieve efficiencies, Updates to audit programs, etc.
Undertake in depth testing of business controls to identify and assess risk to the achievement of the business objectives, substantiating findings and making recommendations to optimize controls, influencing change as appropriate.
Plan, organize and manage personal workload to deliver a quality product to time and cost, avoiding conflicting demands regarding task delivery.
Produce quality working papers compliant with the department’s standards for review by the audit manager.
Develop strong working business relationships to enhance knowledge of the business and to influence the implementation of audit findings.
Prioritize towards criticality/quality of recommendations along with the number of recommendations implemented as a percentage of the total recommendations made and effective follow up done with the auditees, so that SMART agreed action plans are agreed by management and which are duly followed up for ensuring their timely and effective implementation by the management.
Assist where appropriate, in special investigations or consulting services undertaken by the IAD team.
Undertake courses of training as appropriate and share learning experiences within Internal Audit Team.
Continuous enhancement of competencies is achieved with an objective that that the quality of audit procedures and timelines in completion of the audit calendar is enhanced.
Commit to sessions planned by other colleagues in Internal Audit Department, supporting them in presenting and adding value to the department.
· Quality focused with strong attention to detail.
· Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
· Client management skills with strong influencing and negotiating ability.
· A deep understanding of risk and control within their area of specialism.
· Understands the implications of risk applied to all operations in the bank.
· A proven knowledge and application of core audit skills, systems, processes and methods.
· Understands IA methodology and industry regulators.
· Excellent team player and deadline driven.
· Should be self-motivated, proactive and dynamic
· Perform any other assignments agreed by the Line Manager.
The candidates meeting the above requirements may send their Cvs / Applications to [email protected] within a period not exceeding 5 working days from the date of this announcement. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for the next stage