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South African Engagements

National Treasury of South Africa

  • Standard Chart of Accounts for National and Provincial Departments
  • Standard Chart of Accounts for Local Government.
  • Formulation of budgeting and reporting reforms.
  • Budget Circulars and guidelines.
  • Training material.
  • Policy formulation.
  • Programme and project management.
  • Research and development.

Auditor-General of South

With more than 15 years of public sector experience, much time was spent helping government to improve the performance of state technology resources. Scope of work as part of the responsibilities were as follow but not limited:

  • Provided independent assurance over the public sector IT across the whole country including National, Provincial and Local Government, conducting more than 810 public sector IT audits per year.
  • In the role as Manager and Senior Manager, IT audits which included the entire scope of an IT Audit were conducted/managed in the following provinces namely Northern Cape, Limpopo, Western Cape, Free state and
  • Eastern Cape, including key National Departments but not limited to SALGA, GOCTA, SAPS, SITA, DPSA, National Treasury, Health, Public Works, Education, DoD, Correctional Services.
  • Conducted/managed the following types of IT Audits:
  • General controls
  • Business process (functionality) reviews
  • The use of data to perform certain audit steps (CAATs)
  • Project reviews
  • ERP reviews
  • Project review during City of Johannesburg SAP implementation
  • Network reviews
  • Transformed the IT audit message in the AGSA General Reports to focused on both the IT audit outcome as well as key IT challenges within government, which included key government projects namely mSCOA, IFMS and Integrated Justice System and therefor the AGSA Project lead/Champion for these projects.
  • Provided leadership, direction and support in developing and implementing the AGSA integration strategy which resulted in the successful execution of this strategic project. In addition, also the AGSA project lead for the data analytics strategy.
  • Ten (10) years’ experience in the Telecommunication industry responsible for general controls and networks audits (technical reviews). Project lead for implementing Audit Software Tools in Telkom Audit Services (TAS) and therefore responsible as administrator for TAS audit software (TeamMate). In addition, part of the team responsible for Sarbanes Oxley (SAOX) Effectiveness Management Testing for IT General Controls and Logical Access for Operating Systems (AIX, UNIX\HP, UNIX\Solaris, Windows) and Databases (Oracle and SQL). Was also part of the independent review when Telkom implemented SAP R/3.

SA Government – National Departments

  • Department of Land Affairs
  • Department of Public Works Department
  • Department of of Water Affairs and Forestry
  • Department of Home Affairs
  • Public Service and Administrations
  • Department of Transport
  • Department of Environmental Affairs
  • Secret Funds (Security Clearance Granted)
  • Presidency
  • Department of Labour

Private Practice Experience

  • Pre-issuance review of municipalities, municipal entities, department, trading accounts and public entities.
  • Performed the first quality control engagements at the AGSA prior to establishing the unit within the office.
  • Research and development of the Volume 1 of the Audit Approach.
  • Part of the research and development team to the Streamlined audit approach and the Teammate Set-up and Working Papers.
  • Research and Development of the Public Sector Audit Perspective for SAICA to the then South African Auditing Standards.
  • Overseen regulatory, performance and CIS audit engagements.
  • Development of excel drive performance management system for staff and managers.
  • Compiled an audit approach and soft skills manual for the firm.
  • Public and Private Sector audit clients, tax, consulting, accounting, and auditing
  • Audits of Donor Funded Projects for the European Union.
  • Framework Document for Revenue Enhancements
  • Developed Functional System Specifications for Financial Statement Automation and Monthly Reporting for ERP System
  • External Examiner and Moderator for UNISA Post Graduate Audit Module
  • IMFO Handbook for Municipal Finance Officers.
  • Webinar training and information sessions on topical matters, COVID 19 compliance and reporting requirements, budget implication, Year-end Closure, Preparing for the Audit, Managing the audit from a client perspective

Local Goverment

  • Budgeting and financial planning for metropolitan, local and district municipalitie.
  • Long term financial planning.
  • Service delivery and budget implementation frameworks.
  • Development of integrated development plans.
  • Policy formulation.
  • Revenue enhancement.
  • Tariff formulation.
  • Formulation of turn-around strategies.
  • Operational and financial plans.

 

International Engagements

INTOSAI

Responsible for the audit of the International Organisations of Supreme Audit Institutions in Vienne, Austria.

World Health Organisation And United Nations

Overseeing Audits for the South-East Asia, Asian Pacific, and European Audits for the Auditor General of South Africa.

Sarbanes Oxley Review German Subsidiary of an American Holding Company

Internal control and process review in terms of the Sarbanes Oxley Security Exchange requirements of the German Subsidiary of the American Holding Company.

Audit General of South Africa – Audits for the United Nations.