Tafadzwa D. M. D. Baye

• Audit Engagement Leadership - Managing audit engagements for both listed and non-listed entities, including defining and executing audit strategies with appropriate consideration of audit risks, complex accounting matters and regulatory requirements. Responsible for delivering high-quality audits, maintaining stakeholder confidence and ensuring timely engagement completion.
• EY NSW Learning & Development Lead Executive -Appointed as the EY NSW Learning & Development (L&D) Lead Executive in July 2025, undertaking this role in addition to broader client service responsibilities. Responsible for overseeing training planning, scheduling and delivery across the NSW Assurance practice. This includes ensuring global and local learning programmes are appropriately resourced and aligned to business needs, identifying capability development priorities through engagement with key stakeholders, and collaborating with business leaders and subject matter specialists to deliver learning initiatives that support business strategy and foster a culture of continuous professional development.
• Sustainability Assurance engagement project management - Leading sustainability assurance engagements under the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS), with responsibility for project management, stakeholder coordination and engagement delivery. This includes working closely with clients, EY sustainability specialists and IFRS reporting specialists to assess sustainability reporting processes, review sustainability disclosures and identify opportunities for process enhancement and reporting efficiency. To date, I have acted as Engagement Manager on three Group 1 ASRS reporting entities, supporting organisations through the implementation and assurance of mandatory climate-related disclosures.
• Capital Markets Transactions - Providing assurance services for capital markets transactions, including debt issuances, debt listing programmes and initial public offerings (IPOs). This involves working with issuers, legal advisers and other stakeholders to support regulatory and reporting requirements associated with capital raising activities. Most recently, I was involved in the assurance of a successful debt listing programme with a total programme capacity of approximately US$2 billion, supporting the client's access to international debt capital markets.
• Process Improvement & Business Risk - Supporting organisations ranging from high-growth businesses to mature entities in identifying process improvement opportunities and strengthening governance frameworks. This includes providing practical, risk-based recommendations to streamline operations, enhance efficiency and reduce financial and operational risks through solutions tailored to each organisation's specific circumstances.
• Managing the overall audit including technical aspects of the audit - Providing end-to-end technical engagement management across multiple complex auditing, accounting and financial reporting matters, including significant estimates, complex transactions and fraud risk considerations. This also involves working closely with client executive stakeholders to deliver practical solutions that align business realities with accounting and regulatory requirements. I also regularly present to Boards of Directors and Audit, Finance & Risk Committees as a key member of the audit leadership team. This includes communicating significant audit matters, key judgements and areas of audit complexity, facilitating informed discussions with senior stakeholders and providing transparency over how significant risks and technical issues were addressed throughout the audit process.
• Financial & Operational Engagement Management - Leading the financial and operational management of audit and assurance engagements, including budgeting, profitability oversight, resourcing, timeline establishment, fee negotiations, billing and project management. This involves monitoring engagement performance, managing scope changes and fee variation discussions, and supporting working capital initiatives through the collection of outstanding receivables. Responsible for developing resource and budgeting strategies that optimise engagement delivery, maximise operational efficiency and profitability, and deliver value-driven outcomes for clients.
• Business Development & Pursuits - Supporting business development and strategic pursuit activities, including competitive tenders, proposal development and client presentations. This involves working closely with prospective clients and internal stakeholders to understand business requirements, key risks and service expectations, and translating these insights into tailored proposals and value propositions. A key contributor to the preparation and delivery of oral presentations, pursuit strategies and end-to-end bid processes that support successful client outcomes and business growth.
• Recruitment & Talent Management - Supporting recruitment and talent management initiatives across the Assurance practice, including conducting interviews for graduate through to senior-level positions and participating in retention programmes focused on attracting and developing high-performing talent.
• Coaching & People Development - Acting as a counsellor and mentor to junior professionals, providing career coaching, performance management support and developmental guidance. This includes establishing performance objectives, defining measurable outcomes, monitoring progress and supporting long-term professional growth.
• Client Relationship Management - Maintaining strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders, facilitating efficient and well-planned audit processes while proactively addressing emerging issues and business needs throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Audit Innovation & Artificial Intelligence - Developing and implementing audit strategies that enhance engagement efficiency, quality and scalability through the adoption of emerging technologies and data-driven approaches. This includes leading the integration of AI-enabled solutions across audit teams, standardising processes to support automation, and designing innovative audit procedures that leverage AI and advanced analytics. The role also involves identifying opportunities to streamline audit delivery, enhance risk assessment processes and improve the efficiency of audit documentation, data analysis and reporting activities.
• Data Analytics & Financial analysis - Utilising financial data analytics and advanced analytical techniques to identify risks, assess trends and evaluate performance forecasts. This includes generating actionable insights that support client and engagement leadership decision-making and enhance the effectiveness of risk assessment procedures.
• Industry Engagement & Thought Leadership - Actively participating in accounting, audit and industry conferences, including those focused on the mining and resources sector, to remain informed of emerging business trends, regulatory developments and new accounting standards. This knowledge is leveraged to provide relevant insights and practical advice to clients and engagement teams.

• Planning of audits for both listed and non-listed companies and performing audit procedures over more complex audit areas (e.g. tax, share-based payments, goodwill, etc)
• Evaluating internal controls across various business units, identifying weaknesses that could lead to financial misstatements or fraud (Including the evaluating controls in line with the requirements of J-SOX requirements for applicable entities). Maintained knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, and accounting standards, ensuring accurate application in all audit engagements.
• Preparing technical memos on the appropriate treatment of specific accounting matters (e.g., goodwill impairment, business combinations & asset acquisitions, revenue from contracts with customers, leases etc.)
• Review of client's annual reports including the financial statements, non-financial information, and other underlying data used in the preparation of the financial statements information such as the consolidation workings for group entities, cashflow forecasts, and budgets.
• Managing budgets, resourcing, fee negotiations, billing, code management and fee overrun negotiations, and fee collection operations to facilitate client payment of overdue invoices.
• Managing daily client communication, cultivating trust and open communication throughout the audit process.

• Execution of audit engagements from planning to conclusion, leading audit fieldwork, managing performance of staff, and keeping engagement leaders (i.e. Managers, Senior Managers, Directors, Partners) updated on audit engagements.
• Coordination of specialist teams assisting in the audit process (Valuations, actuaries, IFRS technical specialists)
• Developed strong relationships with clients, interacting to collect all the necessary data to carry out the audit, addressing concerns promptly and providing timely updates on progress throughout the audit engagement process.
• Strengthened internal controls by evaluating the effectiveness of existing policies and recommending improvements where necessary.
• Execution of a data driven audit using using advanced data analytics tools like EY Helix General Ledger Analyzer, Group Scoping analyzer, finance insights analyzer leading to more precise identification of audit risks, business performance trends and inconsistencies, covering larger data sets.

• Leading external audit engagements of listed and Large Private clients in the Mining, Manufacturing, Retail, Hospitality & Tourism, and Insurance sectors.
• Managing client relationships, provision of key engagement updates to the manager, senior manager and client executives such as the Finance manager and Financial Director.
• Coaching new employees and regularly facilitating office assurance training
• Preparation of communications to the Audit and Risk Committee meetings and leading meetings held with clients regularly e.g. audit planning meetings, progress updating meetings, etc.
• Lead coordinator for the business accelerator programme including identification of fast growing medium sized entities and coaching executive representatives of participating companies
• EY Ripples Corporate Social Responsibility Leader for the Bulawayo office.

• Developed strong relationships with clients gather all the necessary data and information to carry out the audit, addressing concerns promptly and providing timely updates on progress throughout the engagement process.
• Building relationships with existing and prospective clients through EY Private initiatives due to strong connections within the community.
• Supporting the planning, leading fieldwork, managing performance and keeping engagement leaders updated on audit engagements.
• Assisted in the preparation of audit reports, presenting findings clearly and concisely to senior management for review.
• Execution of audit work on key accounts and related disclosures including higher risk areas e.g. Revenue, Financial instruments, Inventory for Manufacturing clients, income taxes to ensure that financial information presented in the financial statements is free from material misstatement.
• Conducted walkthroughs of various business processes, gaining an in-depth understanding of operations while identifying potential control weaknesses.
• Performed data driven audits using advanced analytical tools like the EY GL Analyzer software which led to better identification of patterns related inconsistencies.

• Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
• Interacted with the clients in order to collect all the necessary data/information, set-up and maintain audit files, prepare leads, etc.
• Assisted in the preparation of audit reports, detailing findings and drafting recommendations for improvement where applicable.
• Identified various risks and errors to propose corrective action to decision makers.
• Performed auditing work in accordance with EY Global Audit Methodology (GAM) and International Accounting Standards and IFRS principles.
• EY Social club Vice President for FY16

Final Charted Accountancy qualification exam for the assessment of professional competency in financial accounting, Taxation, management accounting and finance, auditing and corporate governance, ethics.

Assessment of Technical competence exam, first of the two final qualifying exams. Exam covers technical principles in Financial Accounting under IFRS, Taxation covering Zimbabwean Tax principles, Management Accounting and Finance principles, auditing, corporate governance and ethics.

• Class Rank 8th Nationally
• The purpose of this qualification is to enable qualifying students to be certified as competent in the Theory of Accountancy (CTA Level 2), which is the admission requirement for Part 1 of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe's (ICAZ) Initial Test of Competence (ITC).

• Degree Awarded with Cum Laude
• 24 distinctions out of 30 subjects.