SOX & Internal Controls Analyst

Location:

South Africa

• Purpose of the Role

The SOX & Internal Controls Analyst will support the documentation, monitoring, management testing and remediation of the Lesaka Merchant SOX and internal controls framework.
The role works closely with the Senior Manager: SOX & Internal Controls, Finance teams, business process and control owners, Group SOX, Internal Audit and external audit. The Analyst will understand how processes operate, obtain and assess evidence, perform walkthroughs and management testing, identify and escalation exceptions, maintain control documentation and monitor remediation through to closure.
The role is a development position intended to build Merchant's internal controls capability over time. The Analyst will take increasing responsibility for assigned SOX work streams while business management retains ownership of the underlying processes and controls.

• The role supports the South African operations of the Lesaka Merchant Division.
• Scope extends to common, centralised and divisional controls that also operate over the Division's international operations, including shared entity-level controls, common ITGCs and application controls, centralised close, consolidation and reporting controls, and shared master data and user access processes.
• Scope extends to businesses acquired into or transferred within the Division, including support for control documentation and integration into the Merchant SOX programme.
• The role operates as a first-line function. It supports control documentation, monitoring, testing and remediation but does not perform, approve or own business controls.
• SOX Documentation
• Prepare and maintain risk and control matrices, process narratives, process flowcharts and control descriptions under the direction of the Senior Manager.
• Maintain control-owner registers, walkthrough and testing documentation, remediation trackers and evidence repositories.
• Perform quality checks to confirm that documentation is accurate, current and reflects actual business processes, and elevate identified gaps.
• Walkthroughs
• Support and document process walkthroughs with control owners, including how transactions originate, the systems used, relevant financial reporting risks, key controls and supporting