Financial Advisory and Accounting | Internal Audit; IA Consultant

Financial Advisory and Accounting | Internal Audit (IA) Consultant

Duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for planning and execution of audit work for various projects including External Audit Support
• Evaluate financial documents for accuracy and compliance with national regulations
• Identify the financial risk of organizations and offer recommendations to reduce risk
• Identify accounting and financial record‑keeping processes that can be improved
• Determine ways to cut costs and improve profitability
• Assess the efficiency and productivity of internal staff and make recommendations for improvement
• Present findings to upper management in the form of reports and presentations
• Main role is to provide risk management support and to optimize efficiency by identifying possible noncompliance or sources of waste.
• Work closely with accounting materials, but also audit other aspects of a business such as operational efficiency, employee review processes, information technology systems and legal liability
• Study company policies then compare the written rules to actual business activities
• Recommend ways to improve procedures or align them more closely with company goals

Skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field
• Previous experience, or three years’ experience in a related field
• Strong communications skills to work with Accountants and other workers
• Excellent attention to details to review large amounts of data and numbers
• Exceptional mathematical skills to verify entries
• Good critical‑thinking skills to gather all of the available data and make informed decisions
• Excellent research skills to find all related information needed
• Proficiency in accounting software and spreadsheets

Salary range

• R700000 – R1880000 per year depending on experience, skills and qualifications