Cornelia Nel
Summary
Accomplished professional with 15 years of experience as a certified internal auditor. Expertise in enterprise risk assessment, internal control audits, and investigations across diverse industries including vehicle safety solutions, manufacturing and wholesale, fast-moving consumer goods, and mining. Proven ability to establish and manage internal audit departments and oversee health, safety, and quality compliance functions.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Head: Internal Audit, Health & Safety And Quality Compliance
Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd
06.2016 - Current
- Established the internal audit function and maintain the risk-based audit methodology in line with relevant standards
- Developed and oversee the performance of the internal audit plan and liaise with external assurance partners, including secondments programmes for system transformation assurance
- Finding tracking analysis of 181 findings to date of which 8 are open internal audit findings and 6 are open external audit findings.
- Management of the second line of defence functions for health & safety, and quality compliance (ISO9001:2015)
- Evaluate, acquire and manage the resources necessary to support the internal audit plan, including the recruitment of staff and the review of technologies
- Provide insight on control, fraud and ethics, compliance, and sustainability matters and plead special internal audit investigations to uncover malpractice and recommend corrective action
- Provide support to the governance and enterprise risk management programme and conduct the risk assessments (compliance framework – legal universe, King IV gap analysis, risk management framework, business continuity management, insurance renewal)
- Partnering with Finance and Operations to strengthen the financial control environment, through inter alia the verification of the company fixed assets and clean-up of the fixed asset register, streamlining credit and debit card processes and developing the travel management system
- Reworked and streamlined the delegation of authority document for all companies collaborating with the executive
- Managing of ethics hotline and overseeing investigations, and developing resolutions for violations
- Revived the data governance programme to establish the related policies and support the IPO on data protection
- Board reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee; Technology Risk Committee; and Transformation, Social and Ethics Committee
Group Internal Audit Manager
DAWN Limited
05.2011 - 05.2016
- Established and the management of the internal audit department strategic objectives of a listed company to support the Chief Audit Executive
- Drafted the risk-based internal audit plan based on process risk assessments conducted, completed the approved internal audit plan, and drafted the internal audit report for submission to the Audit Committee
- Conducted ad-hoc reviews in forensic investigations, due diligence reviews for potential acquisitions, and system implementation reviews
- Co-sourced with international auditors on J-SOX reviews for the majority owned company
- Ensured the maintenance of the quality assurance programme of the internal audit function
- Established a sustainability data verification program contributing to the integrated reporting process
Senior Internal Auditor
Bidvest Bank Limited
10.2010 - 03.2011
- Planned and performed the internal audit assignments
- Industry experience in vehicle leasing and credit risk monitoring
- Identified business objectives, risk, and controls in place to mitigate those risks identified; completed audits including the planning and conducting the fieldwork, and reporting thereon
Senior Internal Auditor
KPMG Johannesburg
01.2008 - 09.2010
- Completed internal auditing articles with experience across various industries including education, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), manufacturing, and mining
- Performed the internal audit assignments (planning meetings, drafting comprehensive process descriptions and work programmes including work allocations, completion of the work programme, conducting debrief meetings with process owners and management, drafting of the audit reports and following up previously reported findings)
- Provided on-the-job training to junior internal auditors
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
University of Pretoria
01.2015
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) -
Institute of Internal Auditors (IIASA)
01.2010
BCom Honours Degree - Internal Auditing
University of Pretoria
01.2007
BCom Accounting Sciences Degree -
University of Pretoria
01.2005
Skills
- Audit Function Management
- Audit Coordination Expertise
- Audit Committee Engagement and Strategic Collaboration
- Combined Assurance Implementation and Management
- Governance Knowledge and Corporate Compliance
- Risk Management Expertise
- Cross-Functional Teamwork
- Strategic Thinking and Alignment
- Data Analytics and Microsoft Office Proficiency
- Ethics Oversight and Investigative Excellence
- Internal Controls Optimization
- Effective Communication
Accomplishments
- Pre-implementation assessment of the design effectiveness and related IT general and application controls for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Implementation of R300M.
- Collaborated with team of over 120 in the development of the Travel Booking and Management System reducing actual expenses against budgeted by 48% YTD.
- Coordinate the ISO9001 Quality Management System and certification with a team 55 champions.
- Coordinate a team of over 100 Health and Safety Volunteers to ensure compliance to OHSA.
- Ensuring the proper management, compliance, and efficiency for Fixed Assets of R75M.
- Coordinated the Streamlining of Payment Cards Processes for 120 cards with improved data insights in a Qliksense view.
Professional Memberships
- Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa (FIIASA), 08/01/08
- The Ethics Institute of South Africa, 09/01/15
- ISACA Professional Membership, 04/01/18
Timeline
Head: Internal Audit, Health & Safety And Quality Compliance
Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd
06.2016 - Current
Group Internal Audit Manager
DAWN Limited
05.2011 - 05.2016
Senior Internal Auditor
Bidvest Bank Limited
10.2010 - 03.2011
Senior Internal Auditor
KPMG Johannesburg
01.2008 - 09.2010
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) -
Institute of Internal Auditors (IIASA)
BCom Honours Degree - Internal Auditing
University of Pretoria
BCom Accounting Sciences Degree -
University of Pretoria
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
University of Pretoria
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