Description:
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Internal Audit Planning and Coordination:
- Work with senior management and the outsourced internal audit team to ensure the three-year internal audit plan is developed and implemented.
- Liaise with internal auditors, management, grantee organisations, and stakeholders to facilitate audits, ensuring the scope of audits align with Sport Ireland requirements.
- Serving as a point of contact regarding the overall audit process.
- Coordinate timely and accurate submission of audit-related documents
Monitoring, Reporting, and Follow-Up:
- Track and monitor the implementation of audit recommendations, engaging with management and the relevant stakeholders.
- Monitoring recommendations with long implementation timelines to ensure they are progressing.
- Perform oversight procedures on audit recommendations to reasonably verify actions taken are designed and/or working effectively.
- Prepare reports and presentations for senior management, the Audit & Risk Committee and the Board of Sport Ireland on the implementation status of audit recommendations (e.g. audit tracking forms), and related matters.
Guidance, Support, and Training:
- Provide guidance and assistance to management, in understanding audit findings, monitoring and managing governance and internal control processes on an ongoing basis.
- Assist management in identifying options for incorporating control and monitoring processes to fully address the audit recommendations and mitigate risks identified.
- Develop and provide training and support to management and stakeholders with responsibility for governance, internal control and compliance in their areas.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by ensuring that audit recommendations are fully understood and effectively actioned.
General Governance
- Support the achievement of the highest standards of corporate governance within Sport Ireland and sustain compliance with the ‘Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies’.
- Undertake priority governance projects, responsibilities and administrative duties as may be assigned to the candidate from time to time by the Director of Governance & Strategy.
- Input as required into Sport Ireland’s Gov-Enhance Programme.
- Continuous Professional Development: Actively participate in professional development opportunities to enhance personal training skills and sector-specific knowledge. Develop and maintain a record of expertise in governance and practice.