AUDITOR-GENERAL

AUDIT QUALITY CONTROL SPECIALISTS

Listing reference: agsa_000155

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 12 October 2026

Position summary

Industry: Auditing/Accounting

Job category: Other Accounting, Auditing

Location: Pretoria

Contract: Permanent

EE position: Yes

Introduction

The Quality Management Specialist, plays a pivotal role, to align the new standards of ISQM and SOQM across the organisation, through implementation of the organisational strategy and goals. The primary purpose of this position is to review the business units with regards to audit engagement review and firm level reviews. Through these reviews the quality management specialist will be able to share quality insights and serve as a trusted advisor, to Engagement Managers (EM’s)(aka Audit Senior Managers) and Business Unit Leaders (BUL’s), to maintain and where necessary improve quality management for all key audit business processes. The incumbent must ensure adherence, through monitoring and oversight, to quality management standards and processes in all key audit business products.

Job description

Strategic Function

• Contribute to the development and implementation of Quality Management(QM) policies and procedures in the operations of the AGSA to ensure compliance with the relevant audit standards including ISQM 1 and the AGSA SoQM.
• Demonstrates an understanding of all aspects of the AGSA QM environment and AGSA audit methodology including risks that may potentially affect all QM processes. 
• Contribute to the Business Unit (BU) compilation of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), and drive timely delivery of the BSC initiatives.
• Ensure that the BU strategic objectives are aligned and contribute to the achievement of the strategic objectives of the AGSA.

Product Management

Quality Management

Ongoing monitoring of the quality management process including post issuance reviews

• Lead and facilitate the monitoring of quality QM compliance in accordance with the monitoring requirements of the International Standards on Quality Control (ISQM) and specific requirements as determined by the AGSA.
• The monitoring will be performed annually on two levels, namely:
• Institutional (firm) level
• Individual audits (both those performed by AGSA staff and CWC audits).
• Conduct QM awareness sessions to the different audit business units;
• Perform quality reviews on the General Report for PFMA and MFMA cycles.
• Perform reviews or provide inputs on complaints against the AGSA where applicable.
• As may be required, review and maintain the QM monitoring policy and related procedures in accordance with relevant changes in International Standards on Auditing and AGSA policies.
• Contribute towards comments to auditors and leadership  in respect of the appropriateness of implemented remedial actions and quarterly monitor adherence to corrective action plans.
• Monitoring of the pre issuance review process on audits including a Bi-annual assessment of the performance and adequacy of pre-issuance reviews in the AGSA.
• Manage the initiatives and activities that lead to improving the effectiveness of the of the pre-issuance review processes and its ability to significantly improve the AGSA’s overall quality comply rating.
• Collaborate closely with the Finance BU in enhancing and maintaining the technical quality of the current pre-issuance reviewer database to support the quality of allocations of pre-issuance reviewers by the audit business units.
• Partner and collaborate with pre-issuance reviewers on consistency, risks and quality issues that need to be addressed during pre-issuance review process.
• Engage in any other pro-active strategic initiatives to drive the improvement in audit quality before the issuance and release of audit reports in terms of the AGSA anchor strategy
• Perform firm level reviews (ISQM) and annual engagement reviews per engagement manager. 
• Analyse and facilitate the discussions of transversal QM findings annually and consult with the audit and support business units to facilitate corrective action. 
• Conduct QM awareness sessions to the different audit business units.
• Develop and contribute to technical inputs to support units in respect of technical documents issued to auditors. 
• As a trusted QM advisor to auditors and senior management in respect of the appropriateness of implemented remedial actions and quarterly monitor adherence to corrective action plans.
• Bi-annually assess the performance and adequacy of engagement quality management pre-issuance reviewers. 
• Lead and provide direction to the team of QM reviews of the PFMA and MFMA General Report and Special Report (where applicable).
• Participate in meetings with other senior QM specialists regarding the direction and progress on review processes. 
• Confirm all risks are addressed for specific assignments and ad-hoc reviews. 
• Do project management on all projects you are responsible for in ensuring all project timelines are met timeously
• Leadership through QM discussions and ability to handle conflict situations. 
• If need be perform reviews or provide inputs on category 2 complaints and CWC investigation as and when requested by R&E and Finance  BUs, respectively.
• Participate in the team planning and scoping of risk-based inspections; Perform ongoing monitoring of the quality management process including post –issuance monitoring reviews.
• Perform any other monitoring activities as determined by the QM senior management team.
• Inspecting planned completed audit engagements and firms’ quality management policies and procedures; discussing findings; consulting and preparing high-quality reports in a timely manner.
• Perform monitoring of quality management (QM) compliance in accordance with the monitoring requirements of the International Standards on Quality Management (ISQM) and specific requirements as determined by the AGSA audit methodology.
• Provide ongoing and closer support to engagement quality reviewers on consistency, risks and quality issues that need to be addressed during engagement quality review process.
• The monitoring will be performed annually on two levels, namely.
• System of quality management.
• Completed audit engagements (both those performed by AGSA staff and CWC audits)

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with senior managers and business unit leaders on outcome of monitoring reviews for both review cycles. To understand their needs and challenges, providing Quality insights and solutions to drive business success.
• As a trusted advisor of QM related technical advice and guidance to top management and auditors in respect of engagement performance and associated processes.
• Lead the thought leadership and knowledge sharing within the unit and creating awareness to stakeholders on QM products and service offerings.
• Engage with various audit stakeholders and provide necessary support, recommendations for improvements and resolve challenges. 
• Lead the stakeholder QM discussions at the regions and facilitate meetings where applicable 
• Drive the implementation of the Quality Management stakeholder engagement plan. 
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Provide strategic support and guidance to internal stakeholders on strategic matters in order to ensure alignment.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere. 

People Management

• Manage own performance. 
• Participate and / or take lead in the business unit transformation and culture plans.
• Provide support to the management team with regard to centre management and other people related tasks.
• Help perform PEER reviews on other quality management specialist files to ensure quality of reviews.

Financial management and operational management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to 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.

Minimum requirements

Formal Education

• Minimum qualification of CA (SA).

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience of which 3 years should have been post qualification at manager level in a technical or quality control or audit research & development environment. 
• Added advantage: Two years QM review / inspections experience, Regularity Audit experience and CISA will be an added advantage.      

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