Babalwa Athembele Nase
Practitioner: Internal Audit
Kimberley
Summary
I am a working candidate with theoretical and practical exposure, intending to develop and gain more experience within your department while applying my practical experience. I have knowledge and able to implement the Public Finance Management Act, National Treasury Regulations, Supply Chain Management Act and Framework, Tender Solutions Suites, ICT Procurement, BBBEE, CIDB, SITA, National Treasury Guidelines on Irregular and Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure. Government financial systems ERP - Oracle, BAS, Batho Pele Principles and Public Service Act, Employment Equity, Organizational Skills, Conflict Management, Reporting Skills, Report Writing skills, Team player, Leadership Skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Practitioner: Internal Control
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)
03.2017 - Current
- Conduct Pre audit and Post audit
- Pre audit on all procurement of goods and services transactions prior to issuing of a purchase order to ensure compliance with PFMA, National Treasury Regulations, PPFA, SCM policies, SCM Delegations, SCM Standard Operating procurement, SCM Guidelines, Circulars and all other applicable policies and regulations.
- Ensure compliance with Travel Management Policy.
- Post Audit on all payment batches including recurring expenditure transactions to ensure compliance.
- Prepare audit findings on excel spreadsheet and communicate them to the relevant Cost Centers (Unit) for rectification.
- Ensure filing and safekeeping of payment batches and Financial Misconduct case
- Perform Quarterly key inspection on identified Units
- Conduct inspection of Finance and SCM related systems to ensure compliance with applicable policies and regulations.
- Facilitate Audit Processes
- Receiving all payment batches from the Districts and Financial Accounting Unit and store them in a lockable place to ensure safekeeping.
- Monitoring of Electronic allocation system for tracking of documentation.
- Receive and disseminate audit queries and requests to the responsible Units and maintain records of audit queries and requests.
- Coordinate the audit process between SASSA, Auditor-General and Internal Auditors during interim and final audit by receiving requests, liaise with them and collecting the information as per their requests and ensure that all information is available within agreed time.
- Report and develop an audit action plan to address all the findings raised by auditors.
- Monitor progress, request feedback on the audit Action Plan and update the status on performance report.
- Provide Information on Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure, Damages and Losses and Non- Compliance cases
- Identify and compile registers for Irregular Expenditure, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure, Non-Compliance and Damages and Losses cases and report monthly.
- Report all Financial Misconduct cases to Head Office and update status/progress of the case monthly.
- Performing Investigation/determination test on Irregular Expenditure, Fruitless and wasteful expenditure, Non-compliance and Losses cases by sending memos to the districts, local office, and cost center managers and to the affected officials for their inputs and do follow ups.
- Reporting and Facilitation of the Financial Misconduct Cases
- Performing secretarial services including minute taking to the Financial Misconduct and Loss Control Committee (FMLCC) established within SASSA to promote efficient and effective communication of policies, processes and other legislative requirements.
- Prepare Assessment Reports and Determination Test Reports for the financial misconduct cases with recommendations for the Loss Control Committee and to the Delegated authority.
- Present cases before the Loss Control Committee and updating the status of the cases on the registers (system).
- Prepare a report on non-compliance cases and Irregular expenditure cases (when applicable) with recommendations for the condonation purpose of Financial statements.
- Communicating FMLCC outcomes (Recovery/write-off/condoned) to the affected officials and referring cases to the relevant units (Financial Accounting Unit and Legal Services Unit).
- Assist with Implementation of the Operational Plan of Management Accounting Unit.
- Develop performance agreement of subordinates and monitor their performance.
- Compile half-yearly performance reports.
- Communicate new prescripts/ legislations and policies from National Treasury and Provide updated SASSA policies to other officials as per their requests.
- Monitoring and Evaluation Committee - Member
- Duration: 22 July 2019 to 30 June 2021
- Loss Control Committee - Secretariate
- Regional Bid Evaluation Committee – Member
Finance Clerk
South African Social Security Agency (Western Cape - SASSA)
10.2014 - 02.2017
- Conduct Post audit
- Facilitate Audit Processes
- Provide Information on Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure, Damages and Losses and Non- Compliance cases
- Facilitation of the Financial Misconduct Cases
- Filling and safekeeping of payment Batches
- Monitor budget spending in accordance with set policies and procedures.
- Confirming the budget within WC SASSA Cost centers, districts and local offices.
- Update monthly cash flows with actual expenditure (Finance monitoring tool and the dashboard).
- Draw and interpret monthly oracle reports to monitor overspending and underspending expenditures and unauthorized expenditures.
- Assist with the compliance of the MTEF budget.
- Identify misallocations, compile and capture journals.
- Assisting SCM with asset control, asset verification/ safeguarding of assets within the Western Cape Region
- Identify damaged items and inform the officials of the asset’s unit.
- General secretarial and ad hoc duties such as ordinary stationery for finance branch, typing, photocopying, binding of documents, fling / record keeping and minutes taking during meetings and ensuring that there is attendance register for the unit.
- Type correspondence and compose routine letters, reports and other confidential documentation, proposals, presentations and other documents.
- Reset BAS passwords (BAS system Controller)
- Coordinate BAS training(s)
- Perform audits on BAS
Intern
South African Social Security Agency (Western Cape - SASSA)
07.2013 - 06.2014
- Financial Planning and Reporting and Internal Control Unit responsibilities including.
- Checking Compliance on SCM 1 items of SCM delegation.
- Inviting suppliers to quote for tenders and implementing the rotation policy.
- Sending the Quotations to the Cost centers to check compliance and compiling the SCM 3 for the winning bidder.
- Sending the purchase order to the supplier and communicate with the Supplier to ensure that the supplier delivers.
- Noting closing time of the tenders and assisting in opening of the bids and letters of acceptance to successful bidders
- Maintaining supplier database
- Receiving bid documents on or before the closing date
- Managing and administering supplier database
- Attending briefing sessions and taking minutes
- Writing briefing session minutes.
- Processing new asset procurement
- Performing physical assets verification
- Update asset register
- Mark all assets with barcodes
- Bar-coding new assets
- Maintain physical movement of assets
- Updating new assets in the Asset Register.
Till Operator (Customer Services)
Woolworths
12.2010 - 01.2012
- Assist customer at the pay points when they are purchasing and making enquiries for their accounts.
- Making refunds and exchanges for the customers.
- Taking responsibility of the money on the till & making sure that the money reconciles.
- Walk in and telephone queries.
- Sorting clothes, putting them in their rails, and ensuring that they are in a good condition.
- Assisting in other departments
Education
Grade 12 (Matric) -
King’s Commercial College
01-2004
Baccalareus Technologiae - Internal Auditing
Walter Sisulu University
01-2014
National Diploma - Internal Auditing
Walter Sisulu University
01-2010
National Higher Certificate - Accountancy
Walter Sisulu University
01-2008
Skills
Financial Skills
Administrative and Organizational Skills
Problem Solving
Language Skills
Listening Skills
Presentation Skills
Strong Communication Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Computer Literacy
Policy Development
Conflict Management
Personal Information
- ID Number: 8705110581085
- Health Status: Good
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: South African
- Driving License: B
- Marital Status: Single
- ID Number: 8705110581085
Certification
Security Clearance Certificate, 2028-06-30
Timeline
Practitioner: Internal Control
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)
03.2017 - Current
Finance Clerk
South African Social Security Agency (Western Cape - SASSA)
10.2014 - 02.2017
Intern
South African Social Security Agency (Western Cape - SASSA)
07.2013 - 06.2014
Till Operator (Customer Services)
Woolworths
12.2010 - 01.2012
Baccalareus Technologiae - Internal Auditing
Walter Sisulu University
National Diploma - Internal Auditing
Walter Sisulu University
National Higher Certificate - Accountancy
Walter Sisulu University
Grade 12 (Matric) -
King’s Commercial College