Senior Audit Manager CIB

Nedbank; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 70 000 - 90 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Audit Manager to provide independent assurance and modernize audit practices. This role demands strong leadership, a deep understanding of the banking environment, and effective stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality assurance for the Audit Committee and drive strategic audit initiatives. Candidates should have significant experience in corporate banking and hold relevant qualifications.

Benefits

High executive visibility

Opportunities for strategic influence

Collaboration with high-performing teams

Qualifications

• Honours degree, Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)), Certified Internal Auditor or other relevant qualifications.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in the financial services industry, specifically in corporate and investment banking.
• At least 3 years must include people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex audits in a corporate and investment bank environment.
• Influence the cluster control culture and risk maturity.
• Provide guidance to audit teams and ensure accurate reporting.
• Manage stakeholder expectations on audit best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Risk Management

Auditing

Communication

Building Partnerships

Education

Honours degree or equivalent

Tools

Governance, Risk and Controls

Financial Accounting Principles

Job description

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant

REQ 143777 Thembi Mtshali

Location : Johannesburg

Closing Date: 2 February 2026

Job Family

Risk, Audit and Compliance

Career Stream

Auditing

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Managers

Job Purpose

This is a leadership role within Nedbank Group Internal Audit (GIA), responsible for providing independent assurance over the Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) cluster, a strategically significant portfolio within the bank. The successful candidate will play a role in modernising audit practices, driving efficient audit execution, driving improved visibility and understanding of control weaknesses and risks, and advancing GIA’s digitisation and data‑driven audit journey. The role offers high executive visibility and strategic influence, with accountability for delivering high‑quality assurance to the Nedbank Group Audit Committee and supporting the bank in driving effective and sustainable audit practices. The Senior Audit Manager will contribute to a high‑performing and collaborative audit function, ensuring that assurance themes, risk insights, and audit execution meet the highest standards across the CIB cluster.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead complex audits and reviews across various areas within a corporate and investment bank environment, including across multiple regulatory expectations.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of the banking environment in South Africa, including the key risk types and their impact on the CIB cluster and broader Nedbank.
• Lead and coordinate portions of the CIB audit portfolio, providing guidance to audit teams and ensuring that assurance outcomes and reporting to executive and board stakeholders are accurate, insightful, and effectively communicated.
• Influence the cluster control culture, risk maturity, and sustainable remediation thereof.
• Contribute to thought leadership on emerging risks within the cluster.
• Engage meaningfully and influence executive level stakeholders across the cluster.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and provide stakeholder awareness and education on audit best practices, methodology and audit issues policy.
• Provide audit feedback on outstanding audit issues and progress to audit plan.
• Collaborate with teams within GIA, create awareness and demonstrate best practice.
• Promote diversity and talent growth to support GIA strategic objectives.
• Deliver a world class service through others by creating a client service culture.
• Achieve operational excellence and support the implementation of business optimization improvement in GIA through team engagement.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Honours degree, Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)), Certified Internal Auditor or other relevant qualifications.

Preferred Certifications

• CIA, CISA, FRM, PRM, CIPRA or similar

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum 6 years business experience in the financial services industry, specifically in corporate and investment banking, with internal auditing/risk management experience.
• At least which 3 years must include people management experience.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Accounting standards
• Change management
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Risk management process and frameworks
• Strategic planning
• Institute of Internal Auditors standards
• Code of Ethics

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Partnerships
• Earning Trust
• Coaching
• Communication
• Driving for Results

Disclaimer

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