The purpose of the role is to supervise audit reviews within BSPSI and determine whether business units/ branches are performing their planning, accounting, custodial, and control activities in compliance with management instructions, policy and procedures and in a manner consistent with bank objectives and goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Audits & Reviews – Conduct Audits and Reviews for BSPSI in line with approved audit programs & evaluation. Assist effectiveness of internal controls within auditable areas of the Bank.
- Audit Reports – Prepare formal written reports to Manager, Audit & Branch/BU Managers & discuss where appropriate.
- System/ Procedural Changes – Review procedural changes on new or upgraded systems implemented by auditable areas of the Bank.
- Budgets – Assist monitor time budgets for all audit assignments. Follow up cases where time taken is outside established standards.
- Staff Training and Development – Undertake own training and monitor Audit Officer’s training through training sessions, seminars, special assignments, and progressively more complex audit assignments and, where appropriate, outside courses may need to be taken.
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
- University Degree/Diploma in Accounting, Economics or Computer Science. Preferred (Professional qualifications in Audit or Accounting).
- Minimum of 3-5 years basic banking experience and/or prior audit experience in the banking or financial industries (Preferred).
- Familiar with internal control regulations. Well-developed & sound communication skills, both oral & written.
- Recognized Audit qualifications/Certification e.g. CIA, CISA or others is preferred. Knowledge of data warehousing language.
- Technical skills in Compliance/Legislation, Intermediate technical skills in Computing.
- Technical skills in Credit & Lending processes/Policies and Procedures/Product Risk Knowledge/Risk Management.
- Intermediate technical skills in Numeracy, well-developed knowledge of the key software applications used by the Bank.
- Concepts of Project Management principles would be beneficial.
- Exceptional PC and computer literacy skills, with experience in Microsoft Office, plus audit applications (Such as ACL, Power Lock, Query/400 and file transfer protocols) would be beneficial.
- Knowledge of AS/NZ 4360 Risk Management, ISO security standards and COBIT frameworks.
