Advisory Services (IT Audit and Advisory services / Business Risk Services) Senior Assistant – Grant Thornton

Job Description

Grant Thornton in Botswana is a member firm of Grant Thornton International Limited, one of the world’s leading organizations of independent assurance, tax and advisory firms. With offices in Gaborone and Francistown, we help dynamic organizations unlock their potential for growth by providing meaningful, forward-looking advice. Proactive teams led by approachable partners, use insight, experience, and instinct to understand complex issues for privately owned, publicly listed and public sector clients, and help them find solutions. More than 62,000 Grant Thornton people, across over 130 countries, focus on making a difference to clients, colleagues and the communities in which they live and work. We offer an excellent and competitive growth environment for people who join the Grant Thornton network, and are looking for passionate, innovative individuals that demonstrate key attributes of ownership, adaptability and accountability, to join our team

Behaviour competencies expected from all candidates: excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong drive for success and confidence, work with minimum supervision, team player, ability to work efficiently with time consciousness, people management skills, professional behaviour, appetite to learn, result and deadline driven, decisive, ability to prioritise, assertive, lateral thinking, problem solving skills, creative and attention to detail.

Advisory Services (IT Audit and Advisory services / Business Risk Services) Senior Assistant 1 position – Gaborone branch

Responsibilities include: Responsible for IT audit and advisory assignments allocated from time to time including all aspects of planning, completion and fieldwork management. Collaborate with team members to collect and assess quality of data, remove or clean data, analyse data and use data analytics tools to improve and streamline internal and external audit approach including driving the audit planning process. Compilation of working papers, RACMs (Risk and Control Matrix) and detailed reports in line with Grant Thornton International and firm’s Quality Management Manual requirements and Advisory Key Risks policy. Use graphs, infographics and other methods for data visualisation to produce compelling internal and external audit reports. Continuously keep abreast of latest developments in core areas of responsibility and knowledge.

Qualification, experience and skills: Candidate should have a degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Information technology or equivalent and a minimum of 2 years’ hands-on experience in systems audit and data analytics using tools such as IDEA / R / ACL. Intermediate knowledge of ISACA (Information Systems and Control Association) prescribed standards, guidelines and procedures for IT audits. Intermediate knowledge of COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) governance framework and supporting tools.

Competencies candidates must have: Candidate should have clear understanding of IT audit methodologies, understanding of IT frameworks and governance framework. Excellent awareness of cyber security trends and advanced knowledge of Microsoft products, viz. Excel, PowerPoint and Word, should be able to work under tight deadlines and have good analytical and report writing skills.