Senior Head Office Internal Auditor

Business Area:

Audit

Workplace Type:

On-site

Location - Town / City:

Cape Town

Job Description:

Build your place. Build your expertise. Join South Africa's leading fashion retailer and become part of a business and team where consistency, expertise and long-term contribution matter. An exciting opportunity exists for a Senior Head Office Internal Auditor to join the Group Internal Audit function at one of South Africa’s leading fashion retailers. This role provides exposure to both South African and UK entities within the Group and offers the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to strengthening governance, risk management, and internal controls across a complex retail environment. This role is suited to an experienced Internal Auditor who demonstrates strong professional judgement, accountability, and consistency, and who is motivated by delivering insightful, value-adding audit outcomes. The position offers ownership of impactful work, depth of exposure, and the opportunity to partner with diverse stakeholders across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Audit Execution & Risk Assessment Execute risk-based operational and financial audits across business units, processes, and systems in line with the IIA Standards.
• Evaluate the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of internal controls across financial and operational processes, including substantive and analytical testing using appropriate audit techniques and professional judgement.
• Identify control weaknesses, root causes, and opportunities for process and risk improvement.
• Insight, Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement Prepare clear, well-structured audit reports that communicate findings, root causes and risks.
• Engage with management at various levels to discuss findings, agree on action plans, and influence sustainable improvements.
• Provide independent, value-adding advisory input on risk, controls, and process improvements, acting as a trusted partner to management while maintaining audit independence.
• Assist with oversight of the follow-up process by monitoring audit issue resolution, engaging stakeholders, and reporting on the status of agreed follow-up actions.
• Risk & Continuous Improvement Apply a solid understanding of enterprise and operational risks, particularly within a retail environment.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of audit methodologies, tools, and approaches.
• Where applicable, leverage data analysis or automated techniques to enhance audit effectiveness and efficiency.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant B-degree
• Professional certification (i.e. CIA) is advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years of Internal Audit experience.
• Experience in managing audit timelines and deliverables end-to-end.
• Business process exposure and performing end-to-end risk-based audits independently are critical.
• Experience in auditing the Finance Department or processes would be advantageous.
• Internal Audit experience and Retail experience would be advantageous.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to, or experience using, data analysis tools (i.e. SQL, ACL, Power BI) would be advantageous.

Competencies:

• Attention to detail is essential
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical thinking and sound problem-solving
• Influencing and persuading
• Sound computer skills