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External Auditors


External Auditors design and operate information and reporting systems, procedures and controls to meet external financial reporting requirements.

What the job involves

  • Identifies, manages and reports on financial risks

  • Assists with equity management, debt management, securities and taxation planning issues

  • Collects, analyses and interprets information on the financial standing, cost structures and trading effectiveness of organisations

  • Devises, re-organises and establishes budgetary cost control and other accounting systems such as computer-based systems

  • Conducts audits and investigations and prepares financial statements and reports for management, shareholders, and governing and statutory bodies

  • Evaluates the cost effectiveness and risks of operational processes, activities, policies and systems

  • Establishes audit objectives, and designs and implements audit methodologies, processes and audit report criteria