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Key Roles & Accountabilities:

- Liaising with client management on audit related facets
- Attending meetings with audit clients to develop an understanding of business processes
- Holding regular meetings pertaining to audit status with accountants and Financial Managers
- Identifying material misstatements and deficiencies, communicating such to the client to improve their management of the company's accounts in future
- Auditing critical objectives and complex audit sections
- Conducting field work
- Liaising with other departments - including Tax and Advisory - to achieve audit objectives.
- Compiling reports for management. Responsible for preparing management reports and obtaining management input on findings, resolving all disputed findings
- Performing statutory and voluntary audits
- Anticipating emerging issues and deciding how best to deal with these Remaining updated on and in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry activities
- Monitoring overall financial performances in line with the agreed indicators
- Liaising with clients and providing accurate financial information and advice
- Checking that financial reports and records are accurate and reliable
- Performing detailed review of Financial Statements and assisting in preparation
- Accounting for forex and freight on imports
- Performing reconciliations

Key Challenges & Differentiated Work Experience

DBSA Finding Application
(Secondment to Nolands Advisory)
- Assisted with the related research, and compilation of an application to the DBSA for funding for a power project on behalf of an entity

Due Diligence for Edge Growth
(Secondment to Nolands Advisory)
- Presented with the task of conducting a due diligence for the first time
- Faced with a new industry, purchase order vendor financing, which required swift learning
- Planning phase entailed obtaining a clear understanding of the scope provided and developing a methodology for testing and meeting their objectives
- Daily liaisons with CEO of company on which Due Diligence performed

Partnership For Supply Chain Management: Report on adherence to SOPs & SAP vs. Orion variances
(Secondment to Emperor Consulting (Pty) Ltd)
- Assessing compliance with Imperial Health Sciences SOPs
- Evaluating SAP vs. Orion variance report, investigating differences and concluding thereon
- Drafting a report with findings on the operation/handling of stock at the SCMS bonded warehouse
- Evaluating whether prior year's findings have been since resolved or are recurring

Econorisk (Pty) Ltd & Econorisk Administration Services (Pty) Ltd: Auditing insurance revenue & Review Engagement
- Analysis of management pack and analytical review of actuals vs. budgeted figures, including review of financial performance in a Review Engagement
- Auditing insurance revenue for the first time

Aqua-touch Proprietary Limited T/A Comap SA: Auditing Imported Stock
- Seniored and performed planning through to completion of engagement whilst managing the audit team
- Performed audit of imported inventory, re-costing inventory, and analysing differences to unit costs reflecting in Infor system
- Assessment of translation of imported stock using exchange rate on the correct date

Vantage Capital Group [Pty] Ltd: Auditing investments
- Re-performing interest calculations on debenture assets and agreeing inputs to market data (e.g. JIBAR)
- Performing impairment tests on debentures
- Assessing management accounts for reliance