Performance Audit: Infrastructure

Job description

Audit Functional Areas  

Planning

• Assist in the planning of audit plans for both integration and performance audits 

Execution

• Execute audit / technical procedures according to principles and applicable auditing standards 
• Collect and analyse data and information for audit and other assignment purposes
• Analyse budgets and annual financial statements 
• Obtain appropriate and factually correct audit evidence
• In collaboration with audit team, execute technical audit procedures on selected audits either in the infrastructure field or other relevant areas
• Consistently update the manager on the status of the selected audits 
• Complete audit working papers
• Attend steering committee meetings (at least two per audit; first and final steering committee meetings) with departments and related senior management
• Assessing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities on infrastructure projects (applicable to infrastructure field)
• Assessing cost analysis for infrastructure projects 
• Review risk assessments, value management and cost control reports on selected projects 
• Analyzing the costings for tenders awarded by government departments on selected projects
• Analyzing outcomes and writing detailed and high impact audit reports on audited projects 

Reporting 

• Identify and draft audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Identify root causes and effects of audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Knowledge sharing (audit insights, key risks from research and general knowledge) 
• Contribute to compiling high-quality impactful reports
• Contribute to compiling high-impact and relevant recommendations on government programmes or audit focus areas
• Contribute to developing best practices/guidelines

Research and Development

• Conduct research on audit themes arising from government priorities/programmes
• Analyse the data and provide a report on identified themes 

Stakeholder Engagements

• Build and maintain an effective relationship with auditors, auditees and other internal / external stakeholders
• Assist with the integration of performance audit procedures at regularity audit
• Maintain visibility at regularity audit for effective interaction 
• Support initiatives of sharing insights, risks and experiences
• Support initiatives within the BU to market performance audit products 

Financial Management

• Manage own productivity and recoverability
• Account accurately for own expenditure
• Manage budget effectively for audit that they are specifically assigned to

Ad-hoc duties 

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required

Minimum requirements

Formal Education

• Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment etc.
• Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage  

Professional Registration

• Registration (as candidate) with a relevant professional body will be an added advantage 

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience required in infrastructure/built environment field

Knowledge

• Public sector knowledge or exposure to government infrastructure projects will be advantageous.

Apply by: 17 September 2026