Principal Audit Manager

**Audit Office of South Australia**
**Job reference**: 637852
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Employment type**:
Multiple term roles available - up to 2 years

**About us**:
The Audit Office of South Australia is the independent auditor of the South Australian public sector. The Office reports directly to the South Australian Parliament on the audits of the finances, systems and processes of both state and local government agencies. Our audits identify whether services and activities are effective, efficient and properly accounted for. We also provide recommendations to public sector agencies on future improvements they could make to deliver better outcomes to the South Australian community.

**What we offer**:

- A great place to grow your career, providing you with auditing, financial, accounting and management experience.
- A friendly and supportive team culture.
- We promote diversity and flexible ways of working, including part-time employment, flexitime, and work from home.
- Training opportunities to support your career development.
- Social events, to have some fun in your work life.

Please visit our **website** for more information about the Office.

**About this role**:
The Principal Audit Manager works in a small team within the Financial Audit Branch, responsible for planning, conducting and reporting on independent audits.

The Principal Audit Manager is accountable to an Executive Director/Assistant Auditor-General (Financial Audit) for:

- the effective management of a team of audit professionals and planning, conducting and reporting on independent financial compliance audits of significant public sector agencies and reviews of internal controls
- autonomously initiating, planning, conducting and reporting on issues of special significance and areas warranting extended audit reviews
- contribute significantly to the development and implementation of corporate and annual plan strategies.

Please see the **role description** (attached below) for more detail about the role.

The expectation is that you will be appointed at our ASO7 salary level. Consideration will be given to a higher salary if you can demonstrate higher level skills and experience (see the role description for details).

During the audit report period you will be working additional hours, and compensation is provided.

**About you**:
To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

- demonstrated experience in interpreting legislation
- highly developed leadership skills
- demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, in particular a record of communicating complex and/or sensitive concepts and issues effectively
- demonstrated ability to develop and maintain client relationships, in particular the ability to maintain a sound ongoing relationship whilst dealing with adversarial or conflict situations.

**Salary**:
$108,109 - $116,864 pa (ASO7 classification level) plus 11.5% superannuation

**Essential requirements**:
To be considered for this role, it is essential that you have:

- completed an appropriate Bachelor level degree in accounting or commerce (majoring in accounting), recognised in Australia under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), or an appropriate degree recognised by the Auditor-General
- full membership of a professional accounting body, recognised by the Auditor-General
- Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident at the time of applying.

**Specific requirements**:
**How to apply**:

- leading and relating to people
- problem solving
- achieves results.

**Enquiries**:
Human Resources
P: (08) 8226 9879
- The Audit Office of South Australia promotes diversity and flexible ways of working._
- We are committed to the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities and women at the more senior levels._

**Applications close**: 16/12/2024 5:00 PM