Simphiwe Cele

P** Umlazi Nationality: South African Zwelethu Road Cell: +277*-***-**** Email:adly5d@r.postjobfree.com 4066

South Africa

Personal Summary

Drive, being pro-active, creativity and passion are some of the qualities needed to be successful in any endeavour one partakes in. Not only do I display these characteristics, but combined with my work-ethic and willingness to go the extra mile, makes me an individual that works to add value to any organization I work with/for.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Simphiwe

Surname: Cele

Date of Birth: 18 January 1992

Gender: Male

Health: Excellent

Drivers Licence: Code 10

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION

High School Attended : Umlazi ComTech H.S. (2005-2009)

Highest Grade Passed : Grade 12(Commerce)

TERTIARY INSTITUTION INFORMATION

Tertiary Attended : Unisa

Qualification : BCom General (2014)

Qualification : Human Capital Management Certificate (2015)

Cerificates : Caseware

PROFESSIONAL BODY

Name of Professional Body : ACCA

Professional Designation : ACCA Certificate Level 1

WORK EXPERIENCE

Public Sector

Company name : Dynamic Dashing Solutions (PTY) LTD

Duration : 01 January 2017 to date

Employment type : Senior Audit Consultant

Clients : KZN Department of Public Works

: KZN Department of Health

: Msunduzi Municipality

: Umdoni Municipality

: KZN COGTA

Client name : KZN Department of Public Works

Project duration : 01 January 2017 to 31 Aug 2017

Duties and responsibilities : Audit readiness assistance

: Policy review (Professional services provider policy)

: Compliance audit

Key performance areas

The assignment required that I conduct and oversee risk management in the professional services provider project in order to identify the lack/ineffective risk management systems within the procurement section of CCM, in the process, providing solutions that were going to improve the compliance status within the section.

The assignment also required the development, implementation and maintenance of the professional services providers’ policy framework, checklists for compliance and procedure manuals for infrastructure development.

During the assignment, I had to develop, implement and maintain risk management and evaluation mechanism with regards to PSP policy. This entailed assessing identification mechanism and corrective measures and addressing those to ensure that they are effective going forward in order to achieve solid compliance.

Provided transversal support, advice and guidance in terms of risk management of procurement of professional services providers. This included researching the latest regulations to be incorporated in the process and also transferring skills to the implementing team. This also included working with risk management and the office of the head of department of address AGSA audit queries and facilitate the audit process better and more effectively.

Participated in the compilation of reports to the head of department on the progress of the assignment on a weekly basis, both the PSP policy consultant and risk management assistance on behalf of the office of the head of department.

Ensured effective and efficient mentoring and the transfer skills to staff in order to conduct the project effectively and efficiently in future, achieving solid compliance.

Contract Management:

Ensured the completeness of the contract register by doing the following:

Obtaining different registers and consolidating them.

Tracing the contracts from the circulars to the contract register and including any outstanding contracts.

Tracing the contracts from identified from the payment files to the register and including the outstanding contracts on the register.

Tracing contracts from the committee minutes to the contract register and including the outstanding contracts on the register.

Creation of additional fields on the register to make it more useful.

Ensuring the accuracy of the contract register.

Populating the missing information on the register using the source documents.

Comparing the contracts on different tabs of the contract register to identify contracts that were repeated after the exercise performed of adding contracts that were missing previously.

Summarizing and analysing the data on the contract register and creating a summary page for the extraction of useful information for management and different users.

Skills acquired

Problem solving: Facilitating the professional services providers’ assignment demonstrated good problem solving skills and solutions driven methods. Auditing compliance also required good problem solving techniques which I demonstrated. Risk management consultation also exposed me to problem solving techniques where immediate responses and solutions were required.

Verbal and written communication: Presentations at meetings with management demonstrated good communication skills where feedback about the assigned tasked was presented.

Good interpersonal relations: Good relationships and were demonstrated during the liaison process between the office of the head of department, risk management and the Auditor General in order to facilitate the audit process.

Research: The compliance project required extensive research of the National and Provincial Treasury regulations to be incorporated in the policies as well as the compliance checklists that were being developed. I also had to research the PPPFA and IDMS.

Policy interpretation/analysis: The assignment required a review and a further development the professional services providers’ policy taking into account the latest supply chain management prescripts. The assignment also included developing standard operating procedures for infrastructure development management systems.

Project planning and management: The project required weekly planning with the project manager. A compliance audit had to be conducted in a huge population. Therefore effective planning had to take place with achievable timelines. Progress reports were presented to the office of the head of department on the status of the project on a weekly basis. All times lines were met in time before the audit due to proper planning and project management. Weekly planning schedules were created with the project leader which assisted greatly in meeting the timelines.

Change management: The project required me to work with new people and a new team. This included the professional services providers’ team, the risk management team, the office of the head of department in order to produce a finished product. Change management was inevitable.

Facilitation: The project required me to facilitate the assignment with the project leader. Where we led the assignment and facilitated the strategies of making the assignment more efficient and effective.

Time management: The project was under strict timelines set by the project leader. Progress meetings were conducted weekly where we had to report on the progress of the project. Weekly targets were set and achieved due to good time management. During the audit process, time management was critical in ensuring that management responses were evaluation.

Policy development: Standard operating procedures were developed during the assignment for the Infrastructure development management system (IDMS). This demonstrated a solid skill of policy development.

Client name : KZN Department of Health

Project duration : 01 September 2017 to 30 November 2017

Duties and responsibilities : Audit readiness assistance

: Policy review (Professional services provider policy)

: Compliance audit

Key Performance Areas

Reviewing, identifying and fixing gaps in asset SOP, recommending improvement to Director

Determining and correcting fair value of assets, to reflect actual values of carrying amounts

Reviewed the annual performance plan for the Department

Prepared the supporting documentation for Finance section to report on the annual performance plan

Implement and maintain risk management policies, framework and procedure manuals by ensuring that performance information is in line with the policies and procedure manuals

Develop, implement and maintain risk management and evaluation mechanism with the department.

Provide transversal support, advice and guidance in terms of risk management prescripts for the finance, supply chain and performance section in the development agency.

Skills acquires

Problem solving: The assignment in nature required problem solving skills as I was preparing financial statements and aligning them with supporting schedules and also supporting portfolio of evidence in order to produce valid, accurate and complete financial statements. This exercise came with a lot of challenges which required immediate and effective solutions.

Analytical and numeracy: I prepared the statement of budget comparison during the assignment where management comments had to be provided for the movements in figure over the years. This required me to have good analytical and skills and also to be able to interpret the trends.

Analytical and quantitative method tools: I had to re-perform of certain calculations, e.g. leases and the methodologies had to be assessed in order to provide a more accurate representation of the financial activities. This required assessing and interpreting the different kinds of methodologies and decision making to produce valid and accurate financial information.

Policy interpretation/analysis: The exercise required me to understand the accounting framework, GRAP and also the municipality’s accounting and internal policies in order to produce a set of financial statements. Where there were grey areas, policy interpretation and analysis was key in order to arrive at a conclusion that is well supported by good research and good interpretation of facts based on policies and GRAP.

Project planning and management: A structured daily plan with timelines was created which highlighted items to be prepared on different days with identified individuals. The plan was communicated to all stakeholders so that they can prepare for their session. Where a line item on the financial statements was being prepared, the responsible individual of that section would come and present their portfolio of evidence so that the amounts presented on the financial statements were supported by a verified portfolio of evidence.

Finance Management: The assignment was financial statement preparation and presentation.

Time management: The project plan had to be implemented and monitored with the stipulated timelines in order to ensure that the financial statements were prepared and completed timeously.

Objectivity, integrity and confidentiality: The tasks at hand required me to work with a high level of integrity, objectivity and confidentiality.

Working under pressure: All the assignments had time frames and deadlines. The audit teams had limited capacity which required me as a senior trainee auditor to assume more responsibilities to complete the assignments at hand. These assignments also had limited time frames and limited client budgets.

Analytical and numeracy: Analytical working papers were prepared on each assignment. Some of the working papers included the audit of the cash flow statements and budget statements. Managing the budget was also one of the key areas that I was exposed to during the audit process. I maintained the audit budget on behalf of the manager for my clients.

Verbal and written communication: Presentations had to be done at meetings with clients and the audit teams. Presentations had to be done at trainee auditor forum meetings. Communication of findings and reports to clients had to be done formally using the AGSA’s writing guide. I also ran trainee auditor forum meetings as the chairperson where I would present to a trainee auditor forum of +/-120 trainees and also present to MANCO the outcomes of the trainee auditor forum meetings.

Good interpersonal relations: Good professional relationships were created with all stakeholders. Good relationships were created with the staff in order to complete assigned tasks with a team spirit. I was the chairperson of the trainee auditor forum which is a forum that represented the needs to trainee auditors. Therefore, I had to develop and maintain good relations between trainees and management.

Research: Audit related queries required research of applicable legislations and client policies. Research was also conducted on clients as part of the AGSA’s environmental scanning. This included reaching about GRAP, NT regulations, PT regulations, CIDB regulations, PPPFA, PFMA, MFMA, the Constitution, the Public Audit Act, etc.

Report writing: I prepared the management reports and the audit reports on behalf of the audit manager. The reports required me to use the AGSA’s writing guide to produce standard formal reports. At chairperson of the trainee auditor forum, I also had to write formal submissions to management and other forum stakeholders.

Policy interpretation/analysis: As an auditor, all assignments required policy analysis at the beginning of each client. I would interpret and analyse all relevant client policies and assess them against legislations to confirm if the policies were in line with the relevant or applicable legislation. The AGSA also has a working paper which I had to complete for each audit where it required me to perform specific assessment and analysis of each client’s policies and procedures.

Project planning and management: At the begging of each audit, together with the audit manager, we would prepare an audit plan using an audit tracking tool, we also made us of an audit software called Teammate. This assisted with monitoring and tracking the audits as a project management tool. The tools assisted in identifying what needed to be done, by whom, by when and the progress in each of the assigned tasks. Also as chairperson of the trainee auditor forum, I was responsible and accountable for the running of the entire forum, from activities, to the budget, to the committees and everything that the forum did, so good project planning and management took place.

Finance Management: As a third year trainee, I was responsible to managing the audit budget on behalf of the audit manager. The required good planning and efficient use of allocated resources. I was able to conduct the audit within the allocated budget and meeting the allocated deadlines. Financial management was also part of my SAICA competencies that was being assessed during my articles for which I was signed off as competent.

Change management: As an auditor, I worked with different clients and in different environments all the time. I needed to adopt quickly in order to continue with the assigned tasks in the process providing a quality service to clients. I worked on different clients and adapted well. I developed good professional relations with clients which was evidence that I adapt well to change. Again, change management also came with the different kinds of assignments that were allocated to me. Each assignment was unique and required a different form of preparation and research.

Organising: As a third year trainee, I was the team leader, I had to enable resources for the audit team so that they were able to conduct their audit assignments without problems. I had to ensure that travelling arrangements were finalised, accommodation was finalised for the audit team. I had to ensure that the audit team had computers with the latest audit software and that they had all the resources needed to conduct at audit on site at clients. As chairperson of the trainee auditor forum, I was also responsible for organising trainee auditor forum meetings as per the AGSA’s TAF policy. I was responsible, together with my committee for creating content for these meetings.

Presentation: I prepared presentations on behalf of the audit manager for the audit strategy which was prepared to clients at the begging on the audit. I also prepared the management report and the audit report for the manager which was presented to clients. I had chaired centre meetings, I also chaired trainee auditor forum meetings. I also presented presentations for the forum at MANCO meetings and also represented KZN at the national committee where I would present on behalf of the KZN province.

Facilitation: As a third year auditor, I had to facilitate all team related matters. As the chairperson of the trainee auditor forum I had to facilitate together with my team all forum related activities.

Time management: Limited time was allocated for the audit assignments which required me to plan and execute my audit plan well. I also had to supervise junior staff as a third year trainee and review their work before the audit manager reviews it. Audit queries needed to be addressed timeously within the agreed upon deadlines with the client. Management reports and audit reports had to be issued on time as per the agreement with the clients on the audit strategy document and also as per the legislated timelines. Time management was also one of SAICA’s competencies which I was assessed as competent in during the thirty-six months of articles.

Policy development: As an auditor, I conducted policy reviews and policy audits. As the trainee auditor forum chairperson, we did policy development for the AGSA’s trainee auditor forum policy.

Supervisory: I was a team leader in my second and third year audits. I reported directly to the manager and senior manager. The junior staff reported to me and I also had to review and sign off on their work before the manager could perform a second level review. I was also the chairperson of the trainee auditor forum which required me to lead and supervise the committee.

Statistical and quantitative analysis: I performed financial audits which required statistical and quantitative analysis skills.

Driving and computer skills: I drove to clients and used my computer which had my audit software, Teammate. All audits are conducted using computer software. All management reports and audit reports were prepared using Microsoft office.

Client name : Umsunduzi Municipality

Project duration : 01 December 2017 to 30 April 2018 and 1 January 2018 to Date

Duties and responsibilities : Asset Verification

Inception and Review of Standard Operating Procedures and other Policies

Fixed Assets Verification and Impairment Assessment

Movable Assets audit, training and capacity building

Supervising the team performing the actual verification of movable assets

Review of work completed by junior staff

Extracting/Drawing reports from the different systems and then reconciling them

Following up on and rectifying discrepancies identified

Ensuring compliance of the FAR with the GRAP standards and all other applicable legislation.

Monitoring progress of tasks to be performed by the team.

Preparation of progress report for management

Liaising with senior management with regards to the project implementation plan.

Making recommendations to management on issues identified by internal and external auditors.

Providing inputs on the action plans by management to address gaps identified in the asset management.

Client name : Umdoni Municipality

Project duration : 01 May 2018 to 30 September 2018

Duties and responsibilities : Preparing AFS

: Audit Readiness

:Acting Bookeeper

As acting Bookkeeper:

-Record Financial Transactions

-Reconcile Bank Accounts

-Handling/Reviewing Account Receivables/Payables

-Providing Financial Reports

-Reconciling Reports to 3rd party records such as bank statements

Preparation of annual and interim and Final financial statements, Audit readiness and Quality assurance:

-Compilation of interim and annual financial statements in line with GRAP

-Preparation and review of reconciliations

-Preparation of a working paper file

-Liaising with Auditor General staff

-Assessing and resolving audit queries

Review of work completed by junior staff

Provide on the job training to junior staff

Transfer of skills to municipal officials

Preparation and monitoring of all admin related matters such as timesheets and audit preparation schedules

Assistance with the monitoring and reporting on the compliance with legislation applicable to the Municipality;

Provide support to the Chief Financial Officer regarding Budget and Treasury Office (BTO) functions;

Assistance with the addressing the AG issues as per the corrective action plan;

Assistance with the readiness of the 2017/18 financial year audit process, especially on matters relating to the former Vulamehlo Municipality;

Facilitate ad hoc technical updates to the BTO staff when requested;

Facilitate the AGSA Dashboard Report self-assessment in collaboration with the internal audit and management;

Assist the CFO with the final compilation and final presentation of the 2017/18 annual financial statements in good time and before being submitted to Internal Audit for review, tabled at the Audit Committee, Council and finally submitted to the Auditor General by 31 August 2018;

Assist with any other request as indicated in writing by the MM and/or CFO during the duration of the contract, and such terms to be agreed to by both parties in writing;

Preparation of working paper file 2017 & 2018

Perform a reconciliation of the Grants against the related expenditure, complying with the conditions of the grants;

Review the Lease Register for commitments determination, early signs of potential irregular expenditure, etc. (2017 & 2018 financial years);

Review all major awards for the Municipality and facilitate the pre-audit of the awards greater than R200 000 for compliance with the Supply Chain Management (SCM) regulations, as well as deviations (2017 & 2018 financial years);

Compile the expenditure supporting documents (e.g. invoices, bid documents & quotations, purchase orders, payment approvals, etc.) (2017 & 2018 financial years);

Calculate the interest on overdue accounts and properly accounting in the financial records (2017 & 2018 financial years);

Track the invoice payments for compliance purposes;

Regularly report to management & council on the progress of the project;

Assist with the preparation of the interim/final financial statements, together with the supporting evidence and the audit file;

Compile the Compliance with Legislation file for audit purposes;

Review the Performance Information & involvement in the compilation of the Annual Performance Report - Usefulness & Reliability;

Compile the Request for Information file based on the previous audit

- standard information

Design the audit file content & necessary inputs - to facilitate the audit process;

Perform year end verifications/confirmations with external parties, as well as coordinate information with the experts;

Client name : KZN COGTA

Project duration : 01 September 2018 to 31 December 2018

Duties and responsibilities : Reviewing and Testing Intenal Control Procedures

: Improving Internal Control Procedures

In- Depth Document Review: - Audit reports (Internal and External)

oInternal control plan

oAnnual Performance plan

oStaffing arrangements

oReporting procedures (Frequency, platforms, nature of reports)

oInternal control framework

oSystems of Internal Control (Design)

oRisk registers

oPolicies and Standard Operating procedures

Inspection of the standard operating procedures, discussions with the process owners and obtaining supporting documents to confirm the business processes.

Attendance of Risk Committee, Audit Committee and any other meetings that will be relevant for the evaluation conducted.

Private Sector

Company name : Discovery Health

Position : Risk Management (Intern Learner)

Duration : January 2015 – December 2015

Employment type : Fixed Term Contract

Key Performance areas

Designing and implementing an overall risk management process for the corporate policy portfolio. This included the following:

Assisting with establishing and maintaining the principal risk profile for the entities and ensure that there are no gaps in the management of specific risks and risk categories.

Assisting with the design and maintenance of existing risk registers for the entity.

Communicating and implementing any new risk policies and procedures to business.

Assisting with the facilitation of IQS risk assessments required for ISO 31000.

Implement the project risk framework for all low impact projects, which includes change impact assessments, risk workshops and operational readiness exercises.

Assist with the implementation of the TCF framework for the Vitality and Card loyalty programme.

Assisting in implementing the risk incident reporting process.

Assisting in the process of identifying, analyzing and evaluating risks that may pose a threat to the achievement of business objectives.

Facilitation of risk workshops for low impact projects.

Assist the Risk Officer with information gathering, when risk deep dive assessments are performed.

Monitoring and reporting of material risks to the relevant committees/management forums.

Perform risk event reporting and provide a detailed analysis of the event including the qualitative and quantitative impact to the business and remedial actions.

Skills Acquired

Extensive-travelling: The assignment of facilitating risks workshop’s required extensive travelling around KZN Discovery.

Objectivity, integrity and confidentiality: The tasks at hand required me to work with a high level of integrity, objectivity and confidentiality. To be in line with the POPI Act one had to sign a confidentiality agreement and attended workshops on Objectivity, integrity and Confidentiality.

Working under pressure: The assignment required me to work under pressure with a high level of integrity, objectivity and confidentiality as I was part of a time that had pressing deadlines to achieve.

Problem solving: I was part of a team that had to constantly find new ways to mitigate risks

Verbal and written communication: Presentations had to be done at meetings with the HOD and Regional directors, and corporate services. Compliance report had to be communicated to all stakeholders using formal written communication. Emails to staff were formally communicated. Conversations with stakeholders were formal and value adding.

Good interpersonal relations: Working in a team helped hone my ability to better and effectively engage with stakeholders involved.

Research: I had to constantly stay abreast of the ever changing regulations and policies.

Report writing: Compliance Reports had to presented in written format for the HOD and Regional directors, and corporate services

Policy interpretation/analysis: Helped design and implement an overall risk management process.

Presentation: Verbal presentations had to be done at meetings with the HOD and Regional directors, and corporate services

Time management: Limited time was allocated for the assignment which required me to plan and execute my timetable well. Compliance queries needed to be addressed timeously within the agreed upon deadlines. Compliance reports needed to be prepared and produced on time. Presentations had to be prepared and submitted on time. Therefore, time management skills were essential.

Policy development: I was part of a team that was tasked with reviewing and redesigning the risk management policy.

Supervisory: I was the interns team leader assisting our manager with supervision when needed keeping track of intern progress, duties and timesheets

Driving and computer skills: I’m an excellent driver, I own a vehicle and have had a C1 driver’s license for just over 6years. I have excellent computer skills as I work with/on Microsoft programmes every day.

Company name : Liberty Life

Position : Junior Compliance Officer

Duration : 1 February 2016 – January2017

Employment type : Fixed Term Contract

Key Performance Areas

Development and implementation of Compliance Management Frameworks, Policies and Procedures.

Ensure that compliance management in the business is pro-active and has the right balance between the maturity of the business and robust practice

Contribute to identifying the controls required in functional areas for the mitigation of risk.

To produce Compliance Reports for assurance purposes

Provide monthly dashboard on compliance breaches and exposures.

Proactively monitor new legislation in terms of managing threats and opportunities.

Skills acquired

Objectivity, integrity and confidentiality: The tasks at hand required me to work with a high level of integrity, objectivity and confidentiality. To be in line with the POPI Act one had to sign a confidentiality agreement and attended workshops on Objectivity, integrity and Confidentiality. I was also required to right an RE Exam of which I passed thus further demonstrating my understanding and application of these characteristics.

Extensive-travelling: Having helped develop the Compliance Management Frameworks, Policies and Procedures, one had to travel extensively to help facilitate its implementation.

Working under pressure: The assignment required me to work under pressure with a high level of integrity, objectivity and confidentiality as I was part of a team that had pressing deadlines to achieve.

Problem solving: I was part of a team that had to constantly find new ways to mitigate risks.

Verbal and written communication: Presentations had to be done at meetings with the HOD and Regional directors, and corporate services. Compliance report had to be communicated to all stakeholders using formal written communication. Emails to staff were formally communicated.

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