Senior Manager Audit Consultant
Resume:
NTWANANO NGHONYAMA
Address: High Road, Eastleigh, Edenvale
Johannesburg 1609
Mobile: 072-***-****/ 073-***-****
Email: ******************@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ntwanano-nghonyama-60953b18a Introduction
I am an enthusiastic and motivated young professional who is well organized, dependable, transparent, and committed to integrity. I have acquired professional experience in private and public sectors on external financial statements and compliance audits in both the financial services and general assurance industry.
I am currently employed at SNG-GT as an Audit Consultant within the Financial Service Business Unit. I adapt quickly to change, and unfamiliar environment and I believe in following the correct procedures and policies set out by the organization. I am well-versed in managing the entire audit process from planning and risk assessment to fieldwork. I am well experienced in governance, risk and control testing and reporting. My long-term career goal is to be an active contributor to our country’s economy through the skills and abilities I continue to acquire.
Personal Information:
Date of Birth : 08-09-1998
Gender : Female
Citizenship : South African
Criminal record : None
Driver’s License : Code B
Summary of Educational Qualifications:
Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting - In progress (2024) - Milpark
Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree (2019) - University of Limpopo
Bachelor of Commerce Degree (2018) - University of Limpopo
National Senior Certificate (Matric 2015) – Hluvuka High School Professional Training:
Vacation Work Programme (2019 - Deloitte & Touché; Johannesburg)
Vacation Work Programme (2018 - Auditor General of South Africa; Polokwane)
Pastel Accounting Partner Version 18 (2018 - University of Limpopo)
Microsoft Office (2014 - Tlangelani Computer Centre) Professional Experience:
Audit Consultant SNG Grant Thornton, Gauteng (Feb 2025- Current) Senior Trainee Accountant SNG Grant Thornton, Gauteng (Feb 2024- Jan 2025) Trainee Accountant SNG Grant Thornton, Gauteng (Feb 2022- Jan 2024) Administrative Officer Spot It - Stop It, Registered NPO (Sept 2020- Dec 2023) Advanced Vacation Programme - Field Work Deloitte & Touché – South Africa (Jan 2020) Chairperson African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA) - University of Limpopo (Jan 20218 - Oct 2018)
Technical Competencies:
Pastel Accounting Partner Version 18
CaseWare Audit Tool including IDEA.
LEAP Audit Tool
Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook, Google meetings, Zoom. Key Competencies:
IFRS, IFRS for SMEs and GRAP
Companies Act
Pension Funds Act
Public Financial Management Act
Audit
Interpersonal Capabilities:
Leadership abilities, good collaborator, detail-oriented, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, conflict resolution
Professional Work Experience:
Audit Consultant Feb 2025 - Current
SNG Grant Thornton, Gauteng Province
Responsibilities
Guiding and reviewing the work of junior and audit semi-senior audit trainees before manager and partner review,
Submitting client requests and questionnaires for preparation of audit on Inflo tool
Steering planning meeting with the accounting and tax team for an understanding of the client and obtaining the required client information,
Identifying and communicating audit issues to managers and directors
Drafting the audit engagement letter, management report and final audit report to management Senior Trainee Accountant Feb 2024 – Jan 2025
SNG Grant Thornton, Gauteng Province
Responsibilities
Lead audit engagements as an auditor in charge of clients in the Asset Management sector and the Financial Services sector.
Conduct statutory audits for clients across various industry sectors including analysis of the prepared financial statements and providing recommendations.
Engage in the review of audits as well as the preparation of financial statements.
Perform compliance assessment with the requirements of Section 15 of the Pension Funds Act for various Asset Management entities.
Coordination with clients and the team to ensure that audits are planned and conducted effectively to meet deadlines.
Provide regular communication and reporting to management and to resolve any identified audit issues with the client.
Prepare and communicate audit findings on completion of the audit.
Identify and evaluate the significant financial risks within an organisation.
Obtaining understanding of the IT governance structures and practices of the organisation.
Planning the audit engagement, considering its objectives and the criteria governing the audit opinion.
Assessing the entity’s risk assessment processes, also considering its corporate governance and risk profiles.
Reviews and analyse information and investigate signs of error, fraud, and illegal acts such as inconsistency of data, lack of completeness or unexpected trends.
Evaluate internal controls for an organisation’s transactional business processes to reduce business risks.
Identify and evaluate the significant financial risks within an organisation including interest rate risks.
Formulate a suitable audit strategy and audit approach.
Formulate appropriate further audit procedures based on the identified risks of material misstatement.
Identify the possibility of, and need to, rely on other parties such as IT specialists.
Communicate any matters to be reported to management and those charged with governance.
Performed audit verification on IEC project for 2024 elections. Trainee Accountant Feb 2022 – Jan 2024
SNG Grant Thornton, Gauteng Province
Responsibilities
Conducted statutory and regulatory audits for clients in the banking industry ensuring compliance with the regulatory requirements including regulations forty-six of the Regulations relating to Banks.
Performed Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) compliance audits on an SOE including compliance audit with the Public Financial Management Act.
Evaluated governance structures and practices of the organisation in terms of King IV and relevant laws such as Companies Act, 2008, and other regulations.
Applied qualitative characteristics and principles of useful information on detail testing.
Applied the recognition and de-recognition criteria and selecting appropriate measurement criteria to an element on detail testing.
Critically analysing and preparing presentation and disclosures for a selected framework and reporting boundary.
Identifying and describing the implications of applicable laws and regulations on the organisation.
Document audit work performed, its results and draw draft conclusions.
Assessing the appropriateness of disclosures of non-financial information in relation to general purpose financial statements, prepared in accordance with the relevant framework.
Maintaining an accounting information system that is manual, automated or a combination of both.
Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of an entity’s accounting information system
Determining materiality for the audit engagement.
Assess the risks of material misstatement at the financial statement level and at the assertion level for different classes of transactions, including related disclosures, and account balances with their disclosures.
Formulate appropriate further audit procedures based on the identified risks of material misstatement.
Communicating misstatements noted with the audit manager to be reported to management. Summary of External Audit Experience Obtained
Company Name
Sector
Position
Key Sections Audited
African Alliance
Investment Banking
Audit Consultant
Annual Financial Statements Review,
Audit of Financial Assets, Planning and
Risk Assessment, Relevant Controls.
National Empowerment
Fund
Asset Management
Audit Consultant
> Enterprise Development Funds,
> Journal Entry Testing,
> Group Consolidation,
> Performed AGSA audit on Audit of
Predetermined Objectives, Compliance
and Procurement & Contract
Management.
African Alliance
Investment Banking
Audit Trainee
Performed test of controls and substantive
testing on granting and disbursement of
loans.
Grindrod Bank
Bank
Audit Trainee
Performed compliance audit of BA
Returns.
ICICI Bank Limited, South
Africa Branch
Private Sector Bank
Audit Trainee
Agreed-Upon Procedures in connection
with the branch closure.
> Deposits, Borrowings, Loans from group
companies, Employee packages.
Dipula BEE Trust Holdings
(RF) (Pty) Ltd
Real Estate Investment
Trust
Audit Trainee
Listed Investments, Loans from
Shareholders, Borrowings, REIT
Distributions.
SAPREF Provident Fund,
BECSA Provident Fund,
and
The Laundry and Dyeing
Trade Provident Fund
Pension and Provident
Fund
Audit Trainee
Audit of financial statements including
notes and accounting policies,
Audit of Service organisation - ISAE 3402
Agreed Upon Procedures on Section 15 of
Pension Fund Act
Audit of Schedule IB “Assets held in
compliance with Regulation 28”.
Administrative Officer Sept 2020 – Dec 2023
Spot It - Stop It (Registered NPO)
Notes: This is a NPO that I started with my friends to help girls in rural villages in Limpopo. The purpose of the organisation is to collect sanitary towels for identified girls, to advise and provide them with information that ensures that they stay in school and work towards their dreams. Responsibilities:
Maintain organizational statutory documents and reports and ensure proper filling.
Communicate all administrative issues with the executive members of the organization.
Advise executive members on constitutional matters and declare decisions invalid if not taken in line with the constitution.
Advanced Vacation Programme – Field work Jan 2020 (One week) Deloitte & Touché – South Africa (Johannesburg)
Responsibilities:
Assisted the audit team with Laws and Regulations review process.
Enquiring with management on new policies which affect the Laws and Regulations.
Enquiring with management on outstanding litigation with customers and unrecorded liabilities.
Performed test of detail on cost of goods sold and credit notes. References:
1. Pearl Aphane
Audit Manager (SNG-Grant Thornton Gauteng)
2. Malebo Mogashoa
Audit Manager (SNG-Grant Thornton Gauteng)
3. Phophi Sinyosi
Senior Audit Manager (SNG-Grant Thornton Gauteng)
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