Hi, I’m
Fayad Calú
Auditor
Maputo
Summary
Experienced Auditor offering strong research and problem-solving skills. Adept at performing risk assessment procedures on key business activities and processes. Knowledgeable of business and financial language. Dedicated professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand. Familiar with managing schedules, directing teams and audits. Well-versed in PGC-NIRF, IFRS, accounting and auditing standards and preparing financial statements. Exceptional interpersonal, communication and multitasking abilities.
Overview
6
years of professional experience
2
Languages
4
Years of a career in Audit
Work History
Ernst & YoungMaputo
Audit Supervisor (Senior 3)
10.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Deliver quality auditing services to clients and their stakeholders.
Demonstrate thorough understanding of complex accounting and
auditing concepts and apply them to client situations
Collaborate to plan engagement objectives and audit strategy that
complies with professional standards and appropriately addresses
risk.
Direct field work, manage engagement and inform supervisors of
audit engagement status.
Monitor engagement team's progress against plan and alter it when
needed.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with audit
client personnel, assess audit clients' satisfaction and proactively
maintain contact with audit client throughout year.
Supervise junior engagement team members and develop them
through effectively delegating audit tasks and providing guidance to
assurance staff.
Interviewed clients, explained audit scope and conducted exit
interviews of audit findings.
Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for
audit findings.
Maintained professional knowledge by attending internal trainings
(IFRS, MOZ GAAP and other accounting and audit related)
Ernst & Young MozambiqueMaputo
Senior Consultant, FAAS
10.2021 - Current
Job overview
- In 2021, was assigned to the FAAS (Financial Accounting and Advisory Services) team, which provides support to clients in determining, monitoring and disclosing financial and non-financial insights for their stakeholders (Financial Reporting and other accounting services).
- Senior in charge for the project of consolidation of the companies of the state business sector (27 companies), which includes the preparation of the manual of accounting policies, manual of consolidation procedures, provide training sessions about consolidations processes and consolidation of IGEPE's accounts.
- Within this project was also in charge of supervise junior engagement team members
Ernst & Young MozambiqueMaputo
Audit Senior
10.2021 - 09.2022
Job overview
- Deliver quality auditing services to clients and their stakeholders.
- Collaborate to plan engagement objectives and audit strategy that complies with professional standards and appropriately addresses risk.
- Direct field work, manage engagement and inform supervisors of audit engagement status.
- Supervise junior engagement team members and develop them through effectively delegating audit tasks and providing guidance to assurance staff.
Ernst & Young MozambiqueMaputo
Audit Assistant 4
10.2020 - 09.2021
Job overview
- Performed auditing work in accordance with ISAs (International Standards on Auditing) to meet rigorous standards.
- Worked audit engagements for industries in engineering, manufacturing (FMCG), non-profit, ir transportation, financial services, oil and gas and automotive.
- Reviewed accounting clients' financial data systems to determine functional compliance.
- Develop an understanding of the audit client’s business;
- Interact with the clients in order to collect all the necessary data/information, set-up and maintain audit files, prepare leads, etc;
- Support the planning, execution and delivery of assurance engagements;
- Clearly and accurately document the execution of specific audit procedures as defined by the engagement objectives, audit client's engagement history, and planned audit approach;
- Recognize potential audit issues or unusual relationships from basic analysis of the financial statements and communicate them to the assurance team.
Ernst & Young MozambiqueMaputo
Audit Assistant 2
10.2019 - 09.2020
Job overview
- Support the planning, execution and delivery of assurance engagements;
- Completed audit papers by thoroughly documenting audit tests and findings.
Ernst & Young MozambiqueMaputo
Audit Assistant 1
03.2019 - 09.2019
Job overview
- Support the planning, execution and delivery of assurance engagements;
- Completed audit papers by thoroughly documenting audit tests and findings.
Xinai, Lda.Maputo
Financial Assistant
07.2017 - 10.2018
Job overview
- Documented fiscal budget and established procedures for tracking expenses.
- Prepared reports used in making key decisions.
- Tracked business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy.
- Regularly carry out financial / cost analyzes to report to managers
on a real-time basis (available budget, change in expenditure level,
etc.) and facilitate the decision-making process; - Elaboration, implementation and development of the business plan;
- Prepare monthly reports for the monitoring of expenditures and compliance with pre-defined budget assumptions;
- Produce and analyze reports / presentations whenever necessary;
- Prepare analysis of economic and financial statements for support in the decision-making process.
Xinai, Lda.Maputo
Accountant and Tax Consultant
04.2017 - 06.2017
Job overview
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents, and closed books.
- Proactively researched technical tax issues related to consulting projects.
- Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses and line of credit transactions.
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth and assets.
- Prepared and filed state and federal tax forms for commercial and individual clients.
Education
Eduardo Mondlane UniversityMaputo, Mozambique
Bachelor of Arts from Accounting And Finance
02.2011 - 12.2018
Politecnica Secondary SchoolQuelimane, Zambezia
High School Diploma
02.2009 - 12.2010
Skills
MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel and Word)
Timeline
Audit Supervisor (Senior 3)
Ernst & Young
10.2022 - Current
Senior Consultant, FAAS
Ernst & Young Mozambique
10.2021 - Current
Audit Senior
Ernst & Young Mozambique
10.2021 - 09.2022
Audit Assistant 4
Ernst & Young Mozambique
10.2020 - 09.2021
Audit Assistant 2
Ernst & Young Mozambique
10.2019 - 09.2020
Audit Assistant 1
Ernst & Young Mozambique
03.2019 - 09.2019
Financial Assistant
Xinai, Lda.
07.2017 - 10.2018
Accountant and Tax Consultant
Xinai, Lda.
04.2017 - 06.2017
Eduardo Mondlane University
Bachelor of Arts from Accounting And Finance
02.2011 - 12.2018
Politecnica Secondary School
High School Diploma
02.2009 - 12.2010
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