Senior Auditor – Office of the Auditor General – OAG

Job Summary

Applications are invited from highly competent and qualified persons to fill the following positions which have arisen in the Office of the Auditor-General.

1. Job Title: Auditor Reports to: Senior Auditor

 

Duties And Responsibilities

 

Audit Planning and Execution

❖ Assess financial risk, financial reporting and accounting transactions processes and controls.

❖ Undertake risk assessment, analysis and propose mitigation measures through an understanding of the entity and its environment.

❖ Prepare audit files with all required documentation.

❖ Prepare lead schedules and compute materiality levels of audited entities.

Audit Verifications

❖ The Auditor will be responsible for carrying out audits with the assigned team in a timely and accurate manner.

❖ Obtain sufficient and reliable information through inspection, observation, inquiries, and confirmation to provide a reasonable basis for an opinion regarding the activity of organisation under examination.

❖ Perform audit tests on the various components like expenditure, procurement, and revenue flows from government projects and programs in the respective field of audit.

❖ Assist in the development of verification schedules with the audited institutions.

❖ Carry out audit verifications and draft verification reports.

Audit Reporting

❖ Prepare draft audit opinion and respective proposed corrective and preventative actions for an audit carried out.

❖Prepare draft management letters that meet the requirements of the OAG and international standards.

❖Attend entry and exit meetings for audit assignments.

❖ Document management responses, resolutions and minutes from entry and exit meetings.

 

Qualifications And Experience

Qualifications

❖ An Accounting/Auditing Degree

❖ Plus, part professional qualifications such as ACCA, CPA or CTA

❖ 35 years and below

Attributes/skills

• Good communication skills Interpersonal skills + Team Player

• Strong analytical skills

• High moral character and integrity