UNIT MANAGER SOX

Minimum Required Qualification:

• Have NQF 8 (Post graduate Diploma / Honours Degree / Professional Qualification Degree)

The Appointee should:

• Have a minimum of 5 years’ SOX-related experience
• Have at least 2 years’ experience in a senior specialist, supervisory, or project leadership role
• Have strong experience in SOX control documentation, evaluation, and remediation, including ITGCs
• Have practical experience applying the COSO Internal Control Framework
• Have a clear credit record and clear security screening record
• Be declared medically fit to work in the specific business area
• Have a valid driver’s license (if applicable)

Advantageous Qualifications:

• CA(SA)
• Mining industry experience

Additional Requirements:

• Apply the organisation's code of conduct in a work environment
• In depth IT and non-IT SOX Control and process flow documentation or SOX testing experience
• Practical experience in implementing the COSO Internal Control Framework
• Practical experience in implementing SOX
• Advanced understanding of SOX Sections 404 and 302
• Strong knowledge of COSO and PCAOB requirements
• Experience in scoping, materiality, deficiency evaluation, and remediation oversight
• Proficient in identifying key financial reporting risks and controls
• Ability to conduct a structured process review and issue resolution/deficiency remediation plans
• Ability to draft detailed deficiency evaluations and present the results to senior management
• Understanding of SEC rule developments

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day execution of the SOX compliance programme in accordance with the approved Group SOX methodology
• Plan, coordinate, and deliver SOX projects across in-scope operations, systems, and processes
• Ensure SOX activities are completed accurately, consistently, and within agreed timelines
• Identify execution risks, bottlenecks, and resourcing constraints and escalate as appropriate to the Senior Manager SOX, Ethics and Policies
• Perform and coordinate SOX risk assessments, materiality calculations, and account and location scoping activities
• Lead the identification, design, and documentation of key financial reporting and IT-dependent controls
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date process flows, risk and control matrices (RCMs), and supporting documentation
• Coordinate and oversee the evaluation of SOX controls, including design and operating effectiveness
• Perform detailed assessments of control deficiencies, including root cause analysis, severity assessment, identification of compensating controls, and remediation options
• Draft deficiency evaluations and supporting analyses for review and sign-off by the Senior Manager SOX, Ethics and Policies and the SVP Corporate Finance
• Track and monitor remediation actions and challenge ineffective or delayed remediation
• Manage and coordinate quarterly Control Self-Assessment (CSA) and Control Environment Questionnaire (CEQ) processes
• Monitor submission status, follow up on overdue certifications, and escalate non-compliance
• Analyse CSA and CEQ results and propose appropriate follow-up actions
• Act as the primary operational point of contact for process owners, IT control owners, SOX service providers, and external auditors for assigned SOX activities
• Coordinate walkthroughs, information requests, and issue-resolution discussions
• Support the Senior Manager SOX, Ethics and Policies in external audit interactions and management reporting as required
• Provide guidance and training to the various operations, business departments and corporate office employees
• Apply and continuously improve the SOX methodology, tools, and templates in line with COSO, PCAOB, and regulatory expectations
• Support the effective use of technology and data analytics within SOX Compliance
• Stay abreast of developments in SOX, internal controls, and financial reporting and contribute to building capability within the SOX function