SENIOR MANAGER GROUP FORENSIC AUDIT

Closing Date: 
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Location of the Job: 
Botswana
Reference Number: 
Bots-13/6/2017-001
 
Letshego Holdings Limited was incorporated in 1998, is headquartered in Gaborone and has been publicly listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) since 2002. It is an inclusive finance focused group with consumer, micro-lending and deposit-taking subsidiaries across sub-Saharan Africa.
An opening has arisen within Letshego Holdings Limited (LHL) for the above-mentioned position. This role is tenable at LHL and has oversight for LHL and its subsidiaries across Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda (the Group). The requirements of the role are outlined below:
 
 Purpose of the Job: 
  • The Senior Manager Group Forensic Audit (SMFA) will be responsible for conducting and managing accounting fraud and other investigations into allegations of fraud, irregularities and other suspicions of misconduct raised within the LHL Group.
 
The overall responsibilities of the role are:
  • Conducting investigations of fraud and abuse. 
  • Under the guidance of the Group Head of Internal Audit, coordinate, work with IT, and non-IT audit teams on audit planning, execution and reporting for forensic integrated audits. 
  • Overseeing the investigation planning and forensic audit report writing process for forensic audits and investigations. 
  • Interface with various levels of the organization, including Group Management Committee. Functional Heads and Country Senior Management.
 
Knowledge and Experience Required
  • Degree in Business / Sciences / Accounting / MIS (or other closely related major).
  • A minimum of 4 years of experience with a combination of forensic accounting, fraud investigation and / or internal or external audit experience in a consulting or public accounting firm, corporate internal audit department,
  • Professional qualifications and membership to ACCA or CPA, ACFE and IIA membership will be an added advantage.
  • Excellent computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, ACL, IDEA, Microsoft Access).
  • Strong interpersonal, analytical and presentation skills.
  • Experience in managing multiple investigations or audit projects concurrently with strong project management skills.
  • Desire to enforce independence, professionalism, objectivity and confidentiality along with high ethical standards, 
  • Ability to quickly assess complex business situations or transactions and determine the possibility that improper behavior may have taken place.
  • Experience in conducting forensic or other investigative type interviews, such as audit interviews, Preference will also be given to those with Expert witness or other testimony type of experience.
 
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