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ASSISTANT MANAGER: PERFORMANCE AUDIT PRETORIA
Job ID 5179
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
To assist in the effective and efficient management and/or execution of audits. Provide guidance to the performance analysts in their development and manage the complete day-to-day running of the audit whilst maintaining client relations on behalf of the audit manager and the team
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Audit

• Conduct research and come up with new audit focus areas
• Conduct client base environmental scanning to inform value add / integrated audits.
• Discuss the new focus areas with the RA teams with the possibility of obtaining more audit work for the BU
• Compile audit plans and/or procedures for the focus areas
• Execute audits
• Source and interrogate data / information. This includes data analytics
• Provide critical analysis of the evidence, identify management measures/processes that are not in place, root causes and effect on service delivery
• Prepare appropriate findings with practical recommendations that would address the root causes  
• Discuss the audit findings with the external stakeholders to confirm factual correctness.
• Prepare detailed, factually correct and complete working papers, including audit objective, procedures, record of work done, audit findings and conclusion)
• Prepare factually correct and complete management report paragraphs supported by audit evidence
• Produce high quality audit work
• Work with integrated audit teams (staff with audit background and those with skills other than auditing)
• Provide audit guidance to non-audit staff (e.g. specialist) 
• Deliver audit work within the stipulated timeframes 
• Project management for the audit to ensure that the audit milestones (e.g. budget, engagements, timelines, quality) are met in an efficient manner
• Provide feedback on the audit progress to the manager
• Address coaching notes 
• Attend audit committee/ steering meetings 

 
People

• Training and developing of performance analysts through on-the-job mentoring and coaching
• Managing staff hours
• Monitoring staff performance
• Allocating work to staff
• Leading staff by ensuring undisturbed work flow

 
Stakeholder Engagements

• Liaise with relevant key stakeholders (internal and external) to ensure effective coordination, communication and coverage of relevant audit issues
• Support the audit team in engaging with relevant contact people (resources) at the auditee to provide required audit documentation
• Prepare relevant documentation for stakeholder engagements for manager and senior manager
• Market the value of performance audits and develop initiatives for sharing insights, risks and experiences with regularity audit Business Units.

 
Financial management

• Provide inputs in compilation of the centre budget (e.g. value add areas)
• Monitor own / team recoverability and manage resources to comply with budget targets.

 
Admin
Completion of all administration responsibilities, including but not limited to timesheets, cash advance/expense claims, leave application,  overtime, bursary application and annual ethical declaration, as well as compliance related policies / guidelines / timelines / instructions
 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate need to either be a registered CA (SA) or RGA or ACCA or CIA
 
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Registration with relevant professional body is mandatory.
 
EXPERIENCE
Have at least 4 years experience in an Auditing Environment
 
KNOWLEDGE

• Public sector knowledge 
• Technical understanding of audit environment, audit standard practices and reporting on audit outcomes
• Knowledge of performance auditing will be an added advantage.
• In-depth knowledge of prescripts and application to the audits  

 
 
Closing date: 19 August 2025
 
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 
 

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BUSINESS UNIT LEADER
Job ID 5176
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Regular/Temporary
 
Requirement Overview
This role is accountable for the strategic direction, leadership, and performance of the business unit. The role also contributes to the formulation and implementation of the organisational strategy.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Function:

• Contribute to the formulation and drive the implementation of the organisation’s long-term strategy.
• Develop the Business Unit Balance Score Card (BSC) and oversee the implementation and reporting thereof.

 
Product Management:

• Provide strategic direction for audit operations, ensuring the best overall quality of all audit outputs.
• Ensure that assignments and/or engagements are adequately planned, resourced and performed in accordance with the audit methodology and standards.
• Provide leadership support to sensitive, complex, and high-risk engagements.
• Oversee the timely sign-off of all audit engagements.
• Ensure quality delivery of critical AGSA reports (e.g. Sector, General, and Organisational Audit reports).
• Ensure approval and effective management of Contract Work Creditors (CWC) and pre-issuance allocations.
• Coordinate auditing activities and plans with other internal support stakeholders, e.g. Specialised Audit Service (SAS) activities to ensure objectives are met.
• Signing of audit reports for significant and complex audits as per delegations.

 
Stakeholder Management:

• Drive the strategic initiative of visibility through effective external engagements.
• Accountable for the implementation of the stakeholder engagement plan in line with the AGSA stakeholder engagement framework.
• Engage with the stakeholders as per the engagement plan, which includes consideration for political sensitivity, complexity, and seniority.
• Media engagement as per the AG delegations.
• Interact with relevant oversight structures and relevant committees regarding briefings on audit reports/outcomes, as well as the Cultureshift 2030 initiatives.
• Interact with and establish partnerships with professional bodies and higher learning institutions.
• Promote the AGSA brand and reputation.

 
People Management:

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to the BU in respect of:
• Vision achievement/organisation alignment.
• People Strategy commitments, including talent management and succession planning.
• Implementation of AGSA transformation strategies.
• Impact-driven strategic conversations with internal staff on an ongoing basis.
• The improvement of culture and staff engagement within the BU.
• Accountable for maintaining training office accreditation in compliance with the regulatory bodies.

 
Financial management and operational management:

• Accountable for the sustainability and profitability of the Business Unit (BU).
• Ensure that BU deliverables are executed economically, efficiently, and effectively in terms of recoverability and productivity.
• Ensure effective financial management of CWC.
• Provide input on the opportunities to improve the efficiency of the organisation’s business operations.

 
Other responsibilities:

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks, and assignments not stipulated in the Job description as and when required.
• Develop innovative solutions to navigate complex situations facing the Business Unit.

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Education
This position requires a minimum qualification of a registered CA(SA) or RGA or ACCA.
 
Experience:
A minimum of ten years of relevant post-qualification experience is required, including at least six years in a senior management or executive-level role.
 
 
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription, or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV are correct, accurate, and up to date. To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters. This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking, and competency assessment. We embrace and are committed to achieving employment equity within the organisation. Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
 
Closing date: 19 August 2025
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 
 

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SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR - MPUMALANGA X 3
Job ID 5178
Location Mpumalanga
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
To provide administrative support to the Business Unit.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Debtors Management

• Stakeholder interaction at various levels
• Maintains telephone and personal contact with staff and clients on receivable matters
• Generate and issue invoices and statements
• Generate receivables reporting and Management Information System.
• Reconcile daily bank deposits
• Researches and applies unallocated cash.
• Manages client accounts, accounts receivable write-offs and payments.
• Operates office equipment including personal computer, copiers, fax machines and 10-key calculator.
• Organizes and maintains up to date financial records.
• Provides monthly financial and management reports.
• Liaise with Legal and Finance business unit stakeholders
• Assists in financial management and analysis
• Organizes and maintains retention files for required period of time.

 
Training Office

• Arranging induction for trainees in line with SAICA requirements.
• Inviting trainees to register contracts on SAICA TCMS.
• Checking registration documentation on SAICA TCMS for completeness and accuracy.
• Managing SAICA TCMS system for all SAICA trainees.
• Manage the training offices’ dashboard on SAICA TCMS
• Coordinating SAICA membership fee payments and new applications.
• Assisting with arrangements and preparation for SAICA Assessor training.
• Scheduling and coordinating all internal training.
• Liaising with external training providers for training requirements.
• Registering and coordinating all external training.
• Record keeping of all external training.
• Ensuring trainees and assessors adhere to SAICA TSR/PSR/ANA and LOR/PDS deadlines.
• Attending to all the SAICA training office compliance issues.
• Assisting trainees with queries relating to SAICA Training Regulations.
• Assisting trainees with the discharge process.
• Assisting all role players with an understanding of SAICA’s Electronic Assessment Tool.
• Taking minutes of all SAICA related meetings.
• TA recruitment and logistical arrangements for career day visits

 
Financial matters

• Internal control monitoring - cash advance 30/60 days and over, Unmatched purchase orders, conflict of interest declarations
• (People Soft system) Purchase Orders: capture, receipt and voucher for payments.
• Investigate financial queries
• Drawing of reports for internal controls monitoring
• Facilitate drafting of adhoc contracts within the limitations of scope as determined by the line manager

 
General office administration

• Managing and maintaining information for the BSC.
• Co-ordinating and monitoring the flow of tasks and assignments between DBUL BE and Senior Managers and managers.
• Typing of documents, using MS Office.
• Dealing with incoming email, faxes, post and forwarding it to relevant people.
• Conduct searches to find needed information, using such sources as the Internet.
• Screening telephone calls, enquiries and requests and handling them when appropriate.
• Maintaining diary and making appointments
• Makes travel and accommodation arrangements.
• Set up and maintain paper and electronic filing systems for records, correspondence and other material
• Assisting in general queries from staff regarding admin issues, e.g. Timesheets, studies, PeopleSoft functions and leave.
• Keep diary for meetings booked in the office.
• Management of petty cash and cash availability.
• Control and issue refreshments.
• Manage the requests for usage of pool vehicles in the centre.
• Organising and taking minutes at meetings between DBUL and direct reports.
• And all other related administrative duties.

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Educational Background
Completed 3 Year qualification pref Finance/Commerce qualification
 
Experience 

• 3 years’ experience in professional environment 
• Sound stakeholder relations management experience
• Exposure to the Legal aspects of debt collection
• Proficient MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Good communication and report writing skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work efficiently
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Flexibility to adapt to all situations and work varied hours
• Ability to perform at higher level/s in a fast paced ever-changing work environment
• Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction

 
 
Closing date: 12 August 2025
 
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 
 

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SPECIALIST: DATA ARCHITECT 2 YEAR CONTRACT
Job ID 5177
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
AGSA data architect’s role strategically oversee AGSA data migration activities, design and implement AGSA EDW and Data Lake solutions, data marts, and data stores while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is also responsible for defining data standards and models for the data lake.
The data architect will also evaluate and select all infrastructure components such as software, hardware, EDW, big data components, and networking capabilities.
The position reports to a Senior Manager: Strategy and Enterprise Architect.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Function

• Assess and cultivate long-term strategic goals for AGSA EDW and data lake in conjunction with data users, Business Units Leaders, clients, and other key stakeholders.
• Coordinate and work with other technical staff to develop database architectures, coding standards, and quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Plan and implement capacity and resource expansion to ensure EDW and data lake scalability.
• Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective availability, protection, and integrity of data assets
• Support the implementation of the business unit balance score card (BSC) initiatives.

 
Acquisition and Deployment

• Conduct research and make recommendations on ETL tools, EDW and data lake products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Evaluate, recommend, and select EDW and data lake components, including hardware, database management systems, ETL (extract, transform, load) software, data mining tools, and metadata management tools.

 
Operations Management

• Work with end users and BI and Analytics team to identify, create, and deliver reports according to requirements.
• Design and manage ETL, EDW, data lake improvement and growth projects.
• Identify inefficiencies and gaps in current EDW and data lake and leverage solutions.
• Identify data discrepancies and data quality issues, and work to ensure data consistency and integrity.
• Diagnose and resolve AGSA EDW and data lake requirements, access and performance issues.
• Oversee the Installation, management and configure relevant components to ensure AGSA EDW and data lake access.
• Monitor system details within the EDW and data lake, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Perform cost estimates for data migration between development, test, and production systems, and plan and coordinate these migrations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to data systems.
• Mentor and/or provide leadership to AGSA members of the team.

 
Stakeholder Management

• Establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve on the service delivery.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs).
• People Management

 
Manage own performance.

• Participate in the BU’s transformation, culture, and diversity and employment equity initiatives.
• Commit to continuous learning and advancing of one’s skills so as to remain abreast with industry trends.

 
Financial management and operational management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget, and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies and processes.
• Manage supply chain processes within own functional area.

 
Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)
Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments delegated by the supervisor not stipulated in the role profile description as and when required.
 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Formal Education

• University degree in the field of computer science, information systems, or computer engineering and 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Certifications : relevant certification to Data Architecture practices
• Compulsory TOGAF certification or other related certifications

 
Experience

• Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring, and supporting multi-terabyte data warehouses.
• Expert knowledge of the Hadoop ecosystem.
• Applied experience in big data components such as Hive, Scala, Python, NoSQL, Scoop, Flume, Kafka.
• Experience in components necessary to secure and classify the data lake.
• Experience with database platforms,
• Experience implementing data ecosystems with high data volume, high throughput, and various content structures.
• Strong understanding of relational database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Hands-on experience with data architecting, data mining, large-scale data modeling, and business requirements gathering/analysis.
• In-depth technical knowledge of network, PC, and platform operating systems
• Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards
• Experie0nce with data processing flowcharting techniques.
• Proven project management and data migration experience.
• Strong understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

 
 
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
To successfully upload documents, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
 
This is a 2 year contract
 
Closing date: 20 August 2025
 
NB: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from the us within four weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 

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SENIOR AUDIT MANAGER - NATIONAL E
JOB ID 5161
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
The purpose of this position is to deliver the portfolio of audits, lead multiple teams responsible for the audit during the audit process (planning, execution and reporting) to ensure delivery of quality and value adding audits in compliance with auditing standards and relevant legislation in line with the AGSA strategy
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic function:

• Contributes to the development of the BU BSC initiatives.
• Implement the BSC initiatives within the BU.

 
Product Management:

• Audit planning, execution and reporting in line with the audit methodology and standards within the agreed upon timelines (take full responsibility and supervision of the audit teams)
• Lead audit engagements, which include planning executing, directing and reporting on audits.
• Review the teams’ work in line with audit methodology and standards.
• Conduct quality control reviews of the work of the audit teams.
• Ensure the timely completion of auditing engagements
• Report audit outcomes.
• Signing of audit reports based on the delegations.
• Implement the status of records review for the portfolio of audits as planned

 
Stakeholder Management:

• Scanning the environment to ensure clear understanding of auditees business requirements and to translate this into clear deliverables for the execution team and continuously getting feedback from stakeholders.
• Formulate and report on the portfolio stakeholder engagement plan
• Liaise and interact with key stakeholders & management to share information, resolve challenges and make recommendations for improvements.
• Manage stakeholder information on MIS

 
People Management:

• Implement the activities outlined on the BU People Plan.
• Manage team performance to drive productivity.
• Contribute to transformation/culture plans.
• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Participate in initiatives to attract talent.
• Contribute to effective administration of the BU training office.
• Cascade Vision achievement/ organisation alignment messages and commitments.

 
Financial management and operational management:

• Responsible for compiling the portfolio budget.
• Manage the portfolio budget, income and cost to ensure adherence to the required financial performance standards for the portfolio
• Manage debtor’s collection.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures
• Manage supply chain processes.
• Conduct centre risk assessment.

 
Other Responsibilities:
Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.
 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Minimum Requirements:

• Qualifications - CA (SA) or ACCA or RGA 
• Experience - Minimum of 6 years’ experience post qualification with at least 4 years’ experience operating at a Manager/Middle level.
• Must have demonstrated experience of auditing complex IFRS auditees.
• Audit experience of SOE audits will be advantageous

 
 
CLOSING DATE : 15 August 2025
 
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date. To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.  This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment. We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation. Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 

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SENIOR MANAGER TRAINING OFFICER - NATIONAL E
Job ID 5175
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
To act as Audit Product Champion and Training Officer at National E, representing Technical Audit Support (TAS) on a unit level.
We are seeking a highly skilled IFRS specialist to join our technical support team, with a focus on providing expert guidance to audit teams involved in the audit of State-Owned Entities (SOE’s). The successful candidate will be responsible for interpreting and applying complex IFRS standards, advising on technical accounting matters, and ensuring audit teams deliver high quality, IFRS-compliant audits in accordance with public sector regularity frameworks
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
IFRS Specific
 
Technical advisory :

• Provide real-time IFRS technical support to audit engagement teams auditing state owned entities
• Interpret and advise on complex and judgemental accounting areas such as leases, consolidation, fair value, impairments, provisions, revenue recognition, and financial instruments etc in line with IFRS.
• Assist teams in evaluating compliance with both IFRS and applicable PFMA requirements

 
Audit support :

• Review financial statements and working papers to ensure alignment with IFRS requirements and public sector audit expectations
• Assist in preparing or reviewing IFRS position papers and audit technical memos.
• Support teams during the planning, execution and finalisation stages of the audit, including review of management and audit reports

 
Training and capacity building :

• Conduct technical training sessions and workshops for audit staff on IFRS standards and public sector-specific accounting issues.
• Develop guidance tools and templates to improve audit quality and consistency.

 
Regulatory and standards compliance :

• Monitor changes in IFRS and public sector reporting standards and assess their impact on SOE’s
• Ensure proper application of IFRS in the context of the PFMA, Treasury regulations and AGSA audit methodology.

 
General support initiatives

• Participate in the brainstorming of the AG’s product strategy / constantly provide any strategic input on technical matters to TAS
• Serve as “first line of defense” in terms of technical queries (the key “technical advisor” at BU level)
• Elevate queries not handled in previous point, to TAS, after sourcing local input and adding own comments.
• Participate in PC meetings (and any forums that may require participation, given needs of the BU)
• Comment on / coordinate BU comments on all draft technical documents (accounting and auditing)
• Support all AG strategic product development initiatives, either personally or by overseeing the work of the BU champion

 
Quality Assurance :

• Assist the BU in conducting peer and consistency reviews as allocated.
• Support allocated teams during QC reviews and discussions

 
TRAINEE AUDITOR SCHEME :

• Participate in strategic brainstorming around future of AG trainee auditor scheme
• Take overall (coordination) responsibility for the management of the trainee auditor scheme
• Handle all work of training officer (emphasis on PRs and ANAs)
• Oversee supervisory work management relating to trainees, as well as the work of all assessors
• Handle disputes arising from the TA performance assessment submissions or elevate to higher level
• Monitor trainees progress and experience (as per system) and prompt corrective action in BU
• Coordinate TA study support interventions
• Manage Academic progress requirement
• Provide a channel of information flow to BSO on any matters relating to trainees
• Manage relationship with TAF structures
• Participate in the central TRAINING OFFICERS forum
• Oversee training office visits by any professional institute

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Formal Education :

• CA(SA)
• Registered with SAICA as CA(SA)
• Registered with SAICA as an assessor/able to register within 3 months of appointment
• Registered with IRBA as Registered Auditor/able to register within 3 months of appointment

 
Experience :

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience post qualification with at least 4 years’ experience operating at a manager/middle manager level..
• Experience as technical / training officer manager will be an added advantage
• Technical understanding of audit environment, needs and standards practices to interpret information and address theoretical and practical problems in the BU.
• Experience auditing or advising state owned entities or public sector client is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and its application in complex group structures and public sector environments.

 
 
Closing Date : 18 August 2025
 
Closing Statement
 
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date. To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.  This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment. We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation. Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 

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BI DEVELOPER - 24 MONTHS CONTRACT
Job ID 5174
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
This role requires an experienced and highly skilled senior business intelligence specialist with expertise in Microsoft Stack, specifically with strong experience in data warehousing, data lake technologies, and Power BI. The incumbent will serve as the technical expert responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable business intelligence solutions using Microsoft technologies such as SQL Server, Azure Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake, and Power BI. Collaborate with cross functional teams to gather requirements, architect data warehouse and data lake solutions, create insightful reports and visualizations, and deliver actionable insights to meet stakeholder needs.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Function

• Contributes to the strategy, vision, and governance of the BI and Data Analytics capability.
• Drive best practices, iterative improvement, and innovation at the strategic deployment level.
• Provide strategic support and identify opportunities in existing business processes for building reports and dashboards.
• Function as an integrator between the business and technology to create business solutions.
• Support the implementation of the centre Balance Score Card (BSC) project and initiatives.
• Support define and manage best practices for our Data Warehouse. This may include payload design of source data, logical data modeling, implementation, metadata, and testing standards.
• Support to set standards and ways of working with data across AGSA and Auditees, through collaboratively way.

 
Product Management

• Support with the design and development of data warehouse solutions using Microsoft Stack, including SQL Server, Azure Data Warehouse, and Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their data requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient data models that support reporting, analytics, and data integration.
• Design and implement ETL processes to extract, transform, and load data from various sources into the data warehouse, ensuring data quality, consistency, and integrity.
• Designs, develops, and tests BI solutions such as databases, data warehouses, queries and views, reports, and performs data conversions, imports, and exports of data within and between internal (AGSA) and external Auditees.
• Participates in workstream planning process including inception, technical design, development, testing and delivery of BI solutions.
• Oversee end-to-end ownership of data projects and independently collaborate with business stakeholders in an agile environment to solve business problems.
• Develop and maintain data transformation workflows using tools such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) or Azure Data Factory.
• Collaborate with data engineers and data scientists to integrate and process data from data lakes, leveraging technologies such as Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure Databricks.
• Support with Optimize SQL queries and stored procedures for data retrieval and analysis, ensuring efficient performance and adherence to best practices.
• Create visually appealing and interactive reports, dashboards, and visualizations using Microsoft Power BI, enabling stakeholders to derive actionable insights from the data warehouse.
• Implement data governance and security measures within the data warehouse environment, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and maintaining data privacy.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of the data warehouse, identifying and addressing bottlenecks, and recommending improvements for scalability and efficiency.
• Keep abreast of the latest advancements in Microsoft Stack, Power BI, data warehousing, and data lake technologies, evaluating and recommending new tools and techniques that can enhance our business intelligence capabilities.
• Keep abreast with the latest trends and advancements in Business
• Intelligence/Data Analytics technologies and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, data engineers, data scientists, and IT teams, to understand business requirements and deliver impactful insights.
• Maintains the quality of the Metadata Repository by adding, modifying, and deleting data.
• Provides input to the development of data/information quality metrics.
• Provide guidance, training, and problem-solving assistance to other team members.
• Tracks, monitors and analyses performance and production issues, and implements improvements.

 
Stakeholder Management

• Establish, build, and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant internal/external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers in order to continuously improve service delivery.
• Work in collaboration with various teams to ensure timeous delivery of the work.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognized professional bodies within their own professional sphere.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs).

 
People Management

• Manage own performance to drive productivity.
• Motivate, coach and mentor junior staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Participate and/or take lead in the business unit transformation and culture plans.

 
Financial management and Operational Management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance with AGSA policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.
• Manage supply chain processes within scope of work.

 
Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks, and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

 
Skills, Experience & Education
Formal Education

• Minimum 3-year Bachelor’s/ Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (NQF 7). Honours /Master qualification will be advantages.
• Relevant certifications in Microsoft Stack, Power BI, and data warehousing technologies (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate) are desirable.

 
Experience/ Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of proven work experience as a Business Intelligence Specialist or similar role, with a focus on the Microsoft Stack, expertise in data warehousing, data lake technologies, and Power BI development.
• Experience in working with/in SQL Server, Azure Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Power BI.
• Experience working in an agile and waterfall development environment, following best practices for project management and collaboration.

 
 
Closing Date: 15 August 2025
 
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date. To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters. This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment. We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation. Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
 
NB: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from the us within four weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
 
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​MANAGER: FIXED ASSETS
Job ID 5173
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
To safeguard and control the AGSA assets by maintaining proper fixed asset registers and ensures accurate financial reporting, depreciation tracking, and compliance with accounting standards. Proper fixed asset accounting ensures that a company complies with these standards and can accurately report its financial position.
Developing and implementing internal controls to protect and manage fixed assets. Working with other departments, such as ICT, SCM and facilities, to ensure accurate tracking and reporting of fixed assets.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Function
Supporting informed decision-making, optimizing asset utilization, and ensuring compliance with regulations. This includes providing timely financial asset information, recommending and updating accounting policies, and participating in strategic planning related to asset management.
 
Product Management
 
Quality Control Management:

• Develop and implement FA Standard Operating Procedures.
• Implement and monitor assets and inventory management policies.
• Ensure that FAR is complete and adheres to the requirements of IFRS.
• Review the accuracy of acquisitions, disposals and transfers to ensure that FAR is updated.
• Ensure that approvals are obtained for all purchases of FA.
• Ensure that asset descriptions are proper, complete and categorised in accordance with the SOP.
• Ensure there’s adequate controls in the issuing of barcodes to the BUs.
• Oversee receipt, issuing, disposing and custody of all notebooks.
• Control replacement and acquisitions of notebooks.
• Monitor classification of assets on the assets register to ensure that the depreciation runs in accordance with the accounting policy.
• Review the accuracy of costs and ensure Specialists process cost adjustments where incorrect costs were capitalised to the register.
• Review the FAR to ensure that all assets are correctly classified and ensure Specialists reclassify assets in wrong categories.
• Review and approve transactions captured by Specialists.
• Ensure that monthly FA procedures and controls are done, before FAR are updated from the general ledger.
• Perform monthly FA reconciliations with general ledger.
• Review and create correcting journals.
• Suggest and assume responsibility for all FA system changes and testing.
• Review the policy on assets’ useful lives, i.e. change in estimate, created new procedures and procedure manuals.
• Plan and oversee annual fixed assets verification, nationally

 
Stakeholder Management

• Contribute within specific sphere of responsibility to the achievement of the service level agreements reached with internal stakeholders;
• Ensure within specific sphere of responsibility that all BU’s asset counts are properly evaluated and informed of the scoring;
• Ensure within specific sphere of responsibility that all BU’s fixed asset registers are current and contain information that is complete, accurate and reliable;
• Actively contribute to good relationships between the fixed asset function and its internal stakeholders;
• Develop and implement action plans for the improvement of stakeholder relationships
• Contribute within specific sphere of responsibility to the achievement of the service level agreements reached with internal stakeholders;
• Ensure within specific sphere of responsibility that all BU’s asset counts are properly evaluated and informed of the scoring;
• Ensure within specific sphere of responsibility that all BU’s fixed asset registers are current and contain information that is complete, accurate and reliable;
• Actively contribute to good relationships between the fixed asset function and its internal stakeholders;
• Develop and implement action plans for the improvement of stakeholder relationships

 
External Stakeholders

• Maintain an updated database for all insurance and asset activity;
• Provide assets information when required for insurance claims, i.e. Net book values;
• Keep a complete audit trail of all insurance claims and follow up on outstanding claims;
• Implement fixed asset and insurance strategies;
• Liaise with Internal & External auditors and provide management comments for all audit findings;
• Follow up on audit queries, develop and implement action plans.

 
Internal Stakeholders

• Assist with the analysis of trends of FA;
• Continuously educate employees regarding the controlling and safeguarding of assets;

 
Learning and growth

• Provide appropriate asset information for timely dissemination to the business units;
• Ensure timely resolution of problems that may arise in relation to the asset management activities of the office;
• Identify and manage non-conforming BU’s;
• Create training manuals for internal stakeholders such as BUAMs, EA’s and Asset Champions to explain updates made to assets policies & procedures as well as using the asset tool.

 
People Management

• To develop staff in line with the AGSAs strategic initiative of “Strengthening of Human Resources”
• Manage and monitor the performance of staff;
• Develop Fixed Assets Specialists;
• Compile IPC’s for all staff and ensure that performance appraisals are done on time;
• Ensure the alignment of IPC’s, the BSC, position profiles and required competencies.

 
Financial management and Operational Management

• Prepare FISP budget (Capex and Operational);
• Review and analyse AGSA Capex;
• Review commentary on Capex vs budget;
• Calculate and monitor depreciation trends.

 
Other Responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Assist with the implementation of the fixed asset strategy;
• Adhere to the FA policies and processes;
• Follow due process when managing non-conforming stakeholders;
• Ensure that the BU BSC is implemented and targets achieved on a monthly basis;

 
Skills, Experience & Education
Formal Education
B Com (Accounting) or equivalent
 
Experience
Minimum of experience with at least 7 years’ experience in asset management and 3 years in Middle management.
 
Other Related Technical Areas

• Knowledge of IFRS standards.
• Able to work on PeopleSoft programmes.
• Knowledge of MS Office and excel

 
Closing Date - 15 August 2025
 
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​PERFORMANCE AUDITOR- AUDIT (KWAZULU - NATAL)
Job ID 5169
Location Kwazulu Natal
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
To plan, execute and report on a range of performance audit products in an effective and efficient manner with the resources allocated. Engage in integration initiatives with regularity audit and maintain quality stakeholder relations and promote the value of performance audit products.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Audit Functional Areas

• Understand the South African political system and government 
• Understand government priorities, policies and programmes
• Understand government administration 
• Design audit plans
• Perform audits according to auditing standards (which includes financial and performance audit standards)  
• Collect data and information/evidence for audit and other assignment purposes
• Analyse annual financial statements
• Analyse and interrogate data and information
• Obtain appropriate and factually correct audit evidence
• Compile audit working papers
• Identify and draft audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Identify root causes and effects of audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Use information and technology tools such as diagnostic tools, audit accelerators and any other IT tools in performing audits
• Knowledge sharing (audit insights, key risks from research and general knowledge)
• Compile high-quality impactful reports
• Compile high-impact and relevant recommendations on government programmes or audit focus areas
• Develop best practices/guidelines
• Contribute to the risk identification processes at auditees

 
Research and development

• Research audit themes arising from government priorities/programmes
• Scan the environment, perform trend analyses and assess risks to identify audit themes and necessary interventions in government  Identify areas for potential value add work and provide inputs to line manager

 
Stakeholder Engagements

• Maintain an effective relationship with the regularity audit business units
• Assist with the integration of performance audit procedures at regularity audit
• Maintain visibility at regularity audit for effective interaction
• Support the marketing of performance audit products 
• Support initiatives of sharing insights, risks and experiences External Stakeholder engagement
• Support initiatives to market performance audit products

 
Financial Management

• Manage own work
• Monitor own deadlines
• Manage own productivity and recoverability
• Monitor project budgets and ensure that allocated work is completed within the allocated budget
• Account accurately for own expenditure and time

 
Administrative duties

• Provide input on the planning of audits, budgeting and other organisational reporting needs
• Assist with organisational reporting needs and initiatives supporting the BU goals

 
Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Qualifications

• BCom Auditing, CIA (part qualified), Internal Audit, Management Accounting

 
Professional registration

• Registration with a professional body is a requirement (where applicable)

 
Experience

• 3 years audit experience.

 
Closing Date 12 August 2025
 
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE




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