Operating within an established and highly integrated organisation in the Cape Winelands, this executive-level appointment is pivotal to providing independent assurance across the group’s engineering, procurement, and construction, manufacturing, and logistics frameworks. The successful candidate will act as the principal internal auditor, risk custodian, and quality assurer, driving a robust culture of accountability and compliance while reporting directly to the Board through the Audit and Risk Committee. This is a critical leadership position designed for an accomplished professional capable of translating sophisticated governance and forensic analysis into strategic operational integrity. This is a full-time, office-based role that requires regular site travel, offering slight flexibility around core start and finish times.
Key Responsibilities:
Internal Audit and Assurance: Formulate, execute, and oversee a risk-based annual audit plan spanning the group's engineering, procurement, and construction, manufacturing, logistics, and corporate functions; conduct forensic and financial reviews to evaluate internal controls; present actionable findings to executive management and the Board.
Strategic Advisory: Provide definitive counsel to Executive Management regarding emerging risks, strategic initiatives, capital investments, and forensic trends while championing proactive transparency.
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): Design and execute the group-wide ERM framework to align operational outputs with institutional risk appetite; maintain the comprehensive Group Risk Register and facilitate continuous risk assessments across individual business units.
Risk Mitigation and Controls: Establish advanced risk-treatment protocols to reinforce the control environment across project execution, procurement, production, and supply chains in strict compliance with IIA Standards.
Compliance and Quality Oversight: Monitor, interpret, and manage regulatory and statutory shifts affecting capital-intensive operations; manage the institutional Quality Assurance Improvement Program (QAIP) to embed compliance frameworks across the value chain.
Reporting and Stakeholder Engagement: Synthesize complex data into high-level analytical reports for the Risk Committee and Board; collaborate directly with Finance, SHEQ, and Compliance teams to maintain a unified approach to organizational risk.
Requirements
Must be a registered Chartered Accountant, CA(SA).
10 to 15 years of robust experience in internal audit, enterprise risk management, or governance within an EPC, manufacturing, logistics, or related heavy industry environment.
Proven, demonstrable track record in Forensic Auditing and specialized forensic investigations.
Deep practical knowledge of ERM frameworks (such as ISO 31000, COSO) alongside strong operational and financial control structures.
Impeccable ethical standards, exceptional stakeholder diplomacy, and the capacity to deliver absolute independence of thought under pressure.
Required Software Skills
Advanced MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
CaseWare / CaseView or equivalent enterprise auditing software.
Familiarity with cloud-based ERP environments (e.g., SAP, Syspro, Xero) and data analytics toolsets.
