Manager – Audit, Head Office and Subsidiaries at Kenya Tea Development Agency (MS) Ltd

Position scope

Reporting to the Group General Manager-Internal Audit, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing continual development, implementation and delivery of audit services for our subsidiaries to ensure improvement of management information systems, processes and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing annual audit plan and audit programmes;
• Appraising internal controls and corporate governance processes in all the subsidiaries and head office departments;
• Carrying out audit and develop audit plans and programmes for evaluating management controls over those activities for KTDA group of companies;
• Identifying opportunities for improving management systems and processes and ensure we carry out relevant audits that assist in meeting the global organisation’s objectives;
• Ensuring high quality audits in head office and subsidiaries;
• Ensuring implementation of annual audit plan including approving re-assignments and monitoring resources and efficiencies;
• Preparing audit summaries on issues and their status for General Manager Audit, senior management and subsidiary audit committee where necessary.
• Performing manager review of work done and reports;
• Ensuring timely preparation of reports for senior management and audit committees;
• Approval of audit programs and plans;
• Preparing periodic reports on audit activities against targets and KPI’s;
• Attending the subsidiaries audit committees with the General Manager, Audit and assisting in presentation of the audit reports to the Board;
• Overseeing quality assurance in the department as a whole in line with ISO procedures;
• Reviewing and presenting reports to the subsidiaries heads;
• Evaluating appropriateness of organization framework for governance, risk and control;
• Ensuring effective and timely follow ups on agreed action points arising from the audits;
• Ensuring use of relevant tools for business process analysis.
• Representing the department in various committees on a need basis;
• Representing the Audit department as the subject matter expert in various projects e.g. SAP, EDMS, Direct Sales Monitoring system;
• Liaising with external auditors and sharing reports

Qualifications/Skills/Experience

The ideal candidate must possess the following qualifications and competencies: –

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounts, Finance, commerce or any related field;
• Professional qualification in CPA (K) / ACCA or equivalent;
• Must be a member of ICPAK or equivalent
• Certified Systems Information Auditor (CISA) or relevant certification;
• A minimum of Eight (8) years internal audit experience, two (2) of which must be at Manager level;
• Must have demonstrated ability to handle departmental budgets, resources, processes, projects and relationships;
• Should have thorough knowledge of the relevant industry/sector as well as knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the Group;
• Must have ability to plan, organize, implement and evaluate departmental goals;
• Must demonstrate ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines;
• Should have strong analytical skills and be result oriented;
• Must have management and Leadership skills;
• Should demonstrate ability to identify and respond to risk areas within the department;
• Should have effective people management and conflict resolution skills;