Experienced Chartered Accountant and member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, with over five years’ experience auditing large and complex listed entities. I am highly driven and thrive in creating efficiencies and improving quality while maintaining a balanced work environment. I am always eager to learn and improve my skill set and leverage my organisational, problem solving and mentoring skills to help others grow.
Management tasks
· Led audit engagement teams with members from various levels and cultural backgrounds acting as the key contact for teams ranging from 6 – 30 staff members.
· Engaged with senior client management, including CFOs, Financial controllers, Legal council and Internal audit teams.
· Collaborated with specialists including (IT, Pensions, ESG, Fraud and Tax) to assess risks, understand controls and design audit procedures, coordinating responsibility and task execution.
· Managed international audit service centers ensuring smooth integration, clear communication, task assignment and deadlines as well as timely review of work.
· Responsible for resourcing engagements and managing staff time to ensure effective utilisation of staff time and promoting efficiency.
· Responsible for determining audit fees and negotiation with clients, including facilitating billings/collections, ensuring adherence to the firm profitability targets.
· Overall project management role ensuring internal deadlines as well as external deadlines were achieved through generating and executing the project delivery plan and coordination of work streams across stakeholders.
AAudit tasks
· Prepared reports for presentation to the board of directors and audit committees, effectively communicating key audit insights and strategic recommendations.
· Conducted technical accounting and audit consultations.
· Reviewed financial statement presentation and disclosure and provided recommendations to management in accordance with the appropriate accounting standards.
· Critically analysed financial information to identify trends and understand key changes in businesses to pinpoint key
risks and tailor procedures to ensure audit effort was effectively focused.
· Proficient in SOX controls testing.
· Responsible for the execution of various types of opinions including Audit, Reviews, Limited assurance, Agreed upon procedures on various types of information such as General purpose financial statements, special purpose financial statements, Regulatory financial information.
· Performed testing of complex accounting areas including IFRS 16, IFRS 2,IFRS 8, IAS 36 and Group Consolidation to
name a few.