Internal Auditor

The Zambia Institutc of Mass Communication (ZAMCOM) was established under the ZAMCOM Act of Parliament of 1996 to provide Communications and Media training and production services to govemment, non govemment. private sector and individual clients within Zambia and the Southem African region. ZAMCOM has been undergoing a corporate renewal since 2012 and is currently implementing a turnaround strategy aimed at positioning the Institute to become a financially self-sustaining entity.

ZAMCOM is currently looking for suitably qualified and experience candidate to take up the positions of:

INTERNAL AUDITOR 01 POSITION

Position summary

Reporting directly to the ZAMCOM Board/ Executive Director, the auditor will be responsible for carrying out mternal audit tasks that involve evaluation of Authority systems, processes and management controls in place and report on their adequacy and effectiveness in the most cost effective and professional manner. To help Improve the effectiveness ofrisk management, control and governance processes.

Main Job Objectives

• Examines and evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of the risk  management, control and governance processes.
• Conduct annual risk assessments to understand business risks, develop and implement annual audit plans
• Identification of significant Financial Reporting Risks and ensure effective action plans are in place to mitigate these risks.
• Conduct control reviews / ad-hoc investigations as per the Internal Control and Assurance work plan to provide assurance to management that controls are consistent with ZAMCOM
• Establish systems that ensure compliance with policies, plans, procedures, statutory requirements and regulations, which could have a significant impact on operations
• Meet with management and the Finance & Audit Committee of the Board, as necessmy, to discuss auditplans, results and make recommendations to resolve audit findings requiring corrective action.
• Answerable to the Director for Admimstration purposes and to the Chainnan of the Audit Committee
• Review and appraise the adequacy and effectiveness of the systems of internal control.
• Develop audit plans; audit policy; risk management process control and developm ent of the audit function.
• Prepares and palticipates in the preparation of work plans.
• Prepares comprehensive programs of the audit coverage for the assigned coverage and ensure same is adhered to by subordinates.
• Inspects and verifies negotiable securities and notes receivables and payable, examines cancelled cheques and receipts for cash payments and purchases.
• Reviews and Inspects recording of transactions in ledger cards/day books and journals and verifies transfers of entries of ledgers for accuracy of data and completeness of same.
• Participates in the coordination with external auditors to ensure proper audit coverage, eliminate duplicate efforts and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of audit activities.
• Execute tasks or special projects when required by management, such as due diligence reviews. fraud Investigation, etc.
• Prepare Intemal Audit Unit’s annual budget proposal including estimates of costs associated with the Unit’s operations.
• Participates in the development and maintenance of a quality assurance and improvement program that covers all aspects of the Intemal Audit activity
• To perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor
• Grade 12 School Certificate
• Full CA, ACCA or CIMA
• At least five (2) years’ work experience in Auditing
• Must be registered with the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants
• Must be Computer literate

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