Corporate Audit Manager at Kenya Railways

Duties and Responsibilities

• Determining the objectives and scope of audit and develop overall programme for approval
• Supervising and assigning resources to Audit teams and assigning tasks to achieve audit objectives
• Executing audit in accordance with Auditing standards;
• Reviewing Audit reports from Audit teams to ensure quality and achievement of Audit objective
• Liaising with Management and auditees in the planning and conducting of audit assignment
• Reviewing work papers, evidence and reports of the audit team to ensure that audit conclusions are consistent with the evidence received and welldocumented
• Coordinating and conducting exit audit meeting/conferences with Management of the audited area to discuss findings, emerging risks and actions to address identified risks
• Following up on audit recommendations to confirm the adequacy of implementation of agreed action plan
• Providing monthly progress reports and comparing audits performed against approved Annual Audit Plan.
• Identifying, implementing and benchmarking best practices in internal audit Preparing Board audit committee papers and minutes, Policies and procedures
• Monitoring the budget of internal audits

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field from a recognized institution
• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option) or other recognized equivalent qualifications.
• Be in possession of any of the following: - CPA (K), CISA,CFE ,CIA or its equivalent
• A minimum of ten (10) years in relevant work, five (5) of which should be in a management level;
• Certificate in Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Member of a professional body – Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (ICPAK) and or Institute of Internal Auditors of Kenya (IIAKenya) and in good standing
• Proficiency in Computer applications.
• Meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.