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The Analyst will understand how processes operate, obtain and assess evidence, perform walkthroughs and management testing, identify and escalate exceptions, maintain control documentation and monitor remediation through to closure.\nThe role is a development position intended to build Merchant's internal controls capability over time. The Analyst will take increasing responsibility for assigned SOX workstreams while business management retains ownership of the underlying processes and controls.\nScope\nThe role supports the South African operations of the Lesaka Merchant Division.\nScope 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.\nScope extends to businesses acquired into or transferred within the Division, including support for control documentation and integration into the Merchant SOX programme.\nThe role operates as a first-line function. It supports control documentation, monitoring, testing and remediation but does not perform, approve or own business controls.\nSOX Documentation\nPrepare and maintain risk and control matrices, process narratives, process flowcharts and control descriptions under the direction of the Senior Manager.\nMaintain control-owner registers, walkthrough and testing documentation, remediation trackers and evidence repositories.\nPerform quality checks to confirm that documentation is accurate, current and reflects actual business processes, and escalate identified gaps.\nWalkthroughs\nSupport and document process walkthroughs with control owners, including how transactions originate, the systems used, relevant financial reporting risks, key controls and supporting evidence.\nDocument control ownership, performance, review and exception-management arrangements, and identify where documented processes differ from actual practice.\nEscalate control gaps, inconsistencies and potential changes in financial reporting risk identified during walkthroughs.\nControl Testing\nPerform risk-based management testing of control design, implementation and operating effectiveness under the direction of the Senior Manager.\nPerform assigned testing procedures, including population and sample validation, evidence inspection, re-performance, inquiry, observation and exception identification.\nAssess management review controls, including their level of precision, and evaluate relevant completeness and accuracy controls over information used in control performance.\nPerform testing allocated through the approved testing plan and maintain appropriate objectivity where the Merchant SOX team has assisted with control design or remediation.\nPromptly disclose any involvement in the design or remediation of an assigned control so that testing can be appropriately evaluated or reallocated.\nPrepare clear, accurate and appropriately supported testing workpapers for Senior Manager review and potential use by Group SOX, Internal Audit or external audit.02\nRemediation Support\nMaintain the SOX remediation tracker and obtain regular progress updates from accountable business owners.\nCollect and assess implementation evidence and flag actions that are not supported by evidence that the revised process or control has been implemented.\nIdentify overdue actions, perform timely follow-ups, escalate delays to the Senior Manager and support risk-based post-remediation monitoring.\nPrepare remediation evidence and preliminary validation results for Senior Manager review and the applicable closure process.\nEvidence Management\nCoordinate evidence collection across Merchant and check that evidence is complete, appropriately dated, clearly linked to the relevant control and retained in the designated repository.\nPerform evidence quality checks and escalate deficiencies before submission for further review or testing.\nIdentify weak or incomplete evidence early and support control owners in understanding the evidence requirements without preparing or performing the control on their behalf.\nAudit Coordination\nSupport the coordination and timely resolution of Group SOX, Internal Audit and external audit requests.\nMaintain information-request trackers, including accountable owners, deadlines, submission status, outstanding queries and closure status.\nCoordinate meetings and walkthroughs and follow up on requested information before agreed deadlines.\nSOX Reporting\nMaintain complete and accurate data supporting the Merchant SOX dashboard and status reporting.\nTrack open and overdue findings, management testing, control failures, remediation progress, outstanding information requests and recurring matters.\nPrepare periodic status reporting and analysis for review by the Senior Manager.\nProcess Improvement\nIdentify potential control gaps, inefficient manual activities, duplicate controls, missing approvals, segregation-of-duties concerns, weak evidence and inconsistent practices.\nIdentify opportunities for system-enabled controls, standardisation and more efficient and sustainable control execution.\nSupport the analysis and resolution of control problems while ensuring that accountable business owners approve and implement process and control changes.\nControl Owner Support\nSupport control owners in understanding control requirements, performance frequency, review responsibilities and escalation expectations.\nProvide guidance on evidence retention and exception-documentation requirements.\nProvide approved templates, examples and guidance to support consistent control execution without assuming ownership of the control.\n Candidate Profile\nBCom Accounting, BCom Internal Audit, BCom Finance or an equivalent relevant degree.\nProgress toward a relevant professional qualification such as CA(SA), CIA or CISA will be advantageous.\nApproximately two to three years of relevant experience in external audit, internal audit, SOX, risk, internal controls, 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Power BI, Visio or process mapping tools, and GRC or SOX platform experience are advantageous.\nPersonal Characteristics\nHighly organised and disciplined in completing follow-ups and maintaining accurate records.\nComfortable with detail while able to understand the underlying process and risk.\nAnalytically strong, curious and willing to raise appropriate challenge.\nConfident working across Finance, Operations and Technology and able to engage stakeholders professionally.\nAble to distinguish evidence from explanation and focused on supporting practical, sustainable improvement.\n Development Path\nThe role is intended to build Merchant's future internal controls capability. Potential progression may include Senior Analyst, Specialist or Manager-level opportunities, subject to organisational requirements, performance and demonstrated capability. 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