Become a Risk Visionary: Manage Internal Audit for Personal Banking Technology at Absa 🛡️

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With over a century of heritage and a position as a leading diversified financial services group, Absa is dedicated to shaping the future of African banking. As our digital landscape evolves, the need for robust, insightful audit leadership is paramount.

We are seeking a seasoned audit professional to step into the role of Manager: Internal Audit – Personal and Private Banking Technology. This pivotal, hybrid role in Johannesburg is your chance to actively secure the technological foundation that supports millions of customers across the continent.

The Role: Your Mandate as Audit Manager

You will be responsible for planning, executing, and managing complex technology audit assignments within the Personal and Private Banking domain. This means being accountable for the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the technology audit work performed by your team, ensuring strict adherence to the Group Audit plan and global quality standards.

Key Responsibilities: What You’ll Be Driving

Your role is a critical blend of technical assurance, team leadership, and strategic stakeholder engagement.

1. Audit Assurance & Quality Excellence

• Strategic Planning: Actively participate in the 6+6 audit planning cycle, providing essential input based on the risk profile, business strategy, and material risks within Personal and Private Banking Technology.
• Execution Leadership: Plan and manage the delivery of assigned audits to the highest quality, ensuring adequate resourcing and adherence to key deliverables and timelines.
• Testing Oversight: Manage the execution of both Design Effectiveness Testing (DET) and Operational Effectiveness Testing (OET), ensuring compliance with methodology and Quality Assurance (QA) scorecards.
• Timeliness: Ensure all audits and issues assurance are completed within established Key Performance Indicator (KPI) timelines and resource budgets.

2. Leadership, Mentorship & Team Development

• Coaching: Mentor and coach less experienced team members, providing expert guidance on audit methodology and processes.
• Effective Management: Manage assigned audit teams effectively, delegating work to empower individual team members and fostering a culture of high performance.
• Knowledge Sharing: Proactively engage with Internal Audit colleagues, sharing best practices and providing guidance to ensure that all work meets—and often exceeds—quality standards.

3. Stakeholder Engagement & Insightful Reporting

• Relationship Building: Develop and maintain strong, accountable relationships with key business stakeholders in the Personal and Private Banking Technology space.
• Effective Communication: Present effectively at stakeholder meetings and forums (e.g., Risk and Governance Forums), sharing knowledge on methodology, standards, and new developments.
• High-Quality Reporting: Use your deep business knowledge to write reports with observations that are insightful, address the root cause, have agreed actions that fully mitigate the risk, and require no further audit work to support them.

What You’ll Bring to Our Audit Team

To be successful, you’ll need a robust background in IT audit, strong leadership credentials, and an unyielding commitment to continuous learning.

• Certification is Key: You must hold a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) qualification.
• Experience: A minimum of 2–3 years of management experience is required.
• Education: A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Commerce, or Management Studies is mandatory.
• Industry Preference: Experience within the Financial Services environment and/or a Big 4 External Audit background is highly preferred.
• Growth Mindset: A commitment to continuous upskilling on technical, regulatory, and professional standards, ensuring Absa remains at the forefront of audit practice.

Ready to Secure Africa’s Digital Banking Future?

This is a Full-time, Hybrid role based in Johannesburg.

If you are a driven, certified IT Audit Manager ready to reset the future of assurance in a proudly African group, we invite you to apply.

Don’t wait! The deadline is fast approaching: October 3, 2025.

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achieving equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.