Hi, I’m
Mohamed Irfan Kazee
IT Audit/ IT Risk/ IT Governance
Linbro Park
Summary
Results-driven Senior Manager with expertise in strategic planning, team leadership, and operational management. Proven track record of driving business growth and efficiency through implementing key improvements. Skilled at fostering collaborative environments and achieving high-impact results by utilizing comprehensive business acumen. Known for strategic leadership, operational excellence, and building high-performing teams to drive organizational success. Adept at navigating complex challenges, fostering a culture of accountability, and adapting to evolving business needs to achieve outstanding outcomes. Possesses versatile skills in project management, problem-solving, and collaboration. Brings a fresh perspective and strong commitment to quality and success. Recognized for adaptability and proactive approach in delivering effective solutions.
Overview
26
years of professional experience
1993
years of post-secondary education
6
Certifications
2
Languages
Work History
Doccorp, Vernitos, Mazars
Senior Manager, ICT Audit and Advisory
04.2018 - Current
Job overview
- Company Overview: Professional Services
- Performed and facilitated a Capability and maturity model assessment of Rand Mutual Assurance’s (RMA) IT support and operational services inclusive of Operations, Projects, Finance, Risk and HR.
- Facilitated and reviewed ISO 27001 compliance and network Discovery test at RMA.
- Facilitated and reviewed IT Service Management (ITSM) Governance at RMA.
- Performed and reviewed ITGCR and ITACR reviews at Gert Sibande District Municipality (GSDM).
- Performed and reviewed ITGCR and ITACR follow-up reviews at GSDM.
- Performed IT Internal audit of Performance and Monitoring at GSDM against 5 year rolling Annual Performance Plan (APP) targets.
- Assisted GSDM with recovery and stabilisation of IT environment following a ransomware attack and loss of HR database including advisory at board level on recovery and stabilisation processes required in the capacity of IT Director.
- Performed and facilitated an assessment at the Department of Energy regarding adverse findings raised by the Auditor General and advised on the resolution and way forward.
- Assisted SANParks in a personal capacity in developing and budgeting a 3-year rolling audit plan for presentation and approval at the audit committee.
- Assisted SANParks IT in resolving various issues relating to resolving and minimising risk posture following the Network assessment and penetration test on their network and all related digital assets.
- Performed various audits related to operational risk coverage areas requested by the audit committee focussing on Supply chain management and human resource management.
- Assisted as Internal audit liaison and key contact for issue resolution between SANParks and the Auditor General for Technology/IT risk items.
- Assisted Vernitos consulting in a team of Fraud risk Investigators for various projects at the Department of Environmental Affairs(DFFE), which include several investigations relating to the mis-management regarding confiscated abalone from initial investigations to reporting and review resolution.
- Assisted and with allegations regarding stolen electronic equipment including tablets and laptops over and using geo-location tools to track them.
- Conducted and Coordinated various fraud investigations at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) where the SAP ERP was used for fraudulent payments with during account payment runs.
- Performed various analytics on unauthorised account changes and flagged anomalies for forensic investigators to focus investigations.
Mazars
Senior Manager, ICTA
09.2014 - 04.2018
Job overview
- Company Overview: Professional Services
- Maintain, refine, amend and complete the MZICT suite.
- Provide feedback and input on various global Risk Management Division (RMD) circulars regarding IT assurance and role within statutory audits.
- Assume the lead for all Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) work with regards to GCR, AOPO and performance audits.
- Represent Mazars at all AGSA firm meetings for any related CWC work.
- Prepare technical proposals and budgets. Liaise with Business Development for opportunity identification.
- Provide training to staff on Audit process, Audit documentation, audit templates and audit etiquette.
- Assume responsibility for the application controls and CAATS suite.
- Provide training internally on AG’s Governance testing process at government departments.
- Specific client portfolio included the Auditor General (ACR, GCR, PCR), BIUST, Bridge Corporate (ACR), Atio Corporation (GCR), Andulela Investment Holdings Ltd (IT Risk management), Cullinan Holdings Ltd (ACR and GCR), Limpopo Tobacco (GCR and Network scan), EOH Ltd (GCR and ACR), Peugeot Citroen SA (Data Analytics) and Rand Mutual Assurance Company Ltd (IT Security Assessment), UTi Logistics (ACR and Data Analytics)
- Initiate ICT audit integration initiatives with financial audit managers.
- Ensure completion of MZICT2 (client IT dependency document) within the financial audit process.
- Obtain feedback from financial auditors on changes required.
- Perform all QA for ICTA AG engagements nationally.
- Perform QA for ICTA channel 1 and 2 clients for JHB and CPT.
- Country-wide responsibilities for the Mazars ICTA function for all IT Audits.
- Business development and presentation of ICTA service suite at various Government and Private sector clients.
- Talent identification and recruitment to address skills shortages within the ICTA team country-wide.
- Identification and negotiation with certain smaller IT audit functions to provide co-sourced resources for joint tendering and negotiating MOU agreements.
- Responsible for short, medium and long-term strategic planning and goal setting for ICTA primarily in Mazars Gauteng but inclusive of CPT and DBN for all service offerings including, Project Risk management, IT Due Diligence, Data Analytics, IT Security, ACR’s and GCR’s.
- Implement a Business Intelligence and Project tracking SharePoint solution for the Combined Assurance team (Internal Audit, Forensics and ICTA).
- Clients during this period included Safintra Roofing(GCR), Accenture Limited (ACR, GCR, PCR), Auditor General(GCR and PCR), Council for Geoscience(GCR), ISA Holdings(GCR), QVS Purco(IT Due Diligence), Efficient Group(IR Due Diligence), Limpopo Tobacco(GCR), KZN Treasury(SDLC review), Limpopo Treasury(GCR), EOH Holdings Ltd(GCR), Trellidor Ltd(GCR), Genop(Project Risk Management), Mining Qualifications Authority(GCR), and Capitec Bank Ltd(IT Audit secondments).
Self-employed (Private Contractor to Nedbank Project Risk audit team) and MFTza Advisory Services
Commercial property portfolio management and trader/ IT Audit Contractor
01.2010 - 01.2014
MFTZA
IT Audit Manager
05.2013 - 09.2013
Job overview
- Company Overview: Consulting Firm
- Performed the Audit of Prescribed Objectives (AOPO) and General Controls audits with an audit team on the following Provincial Government departments (Health, Transport, Education, Public Works, Human settlements and Housing) for Gauteng and Limpopo.
- Involved in all phases of the audit from planning through to Issues discussions with auditees and providing input into the final reports for Regulatory audit and IT audit.
- Review and update of the IT Strategic plan at ICASA.
NEDBANK
Project Risk Auditor
05.2012 - 10.2012
Job overview
- Company Overview: Banking Industry
- Performed the Architecture Design and Implementation for the IT Architecture and Design Environment within Nedbank.
- Focussed on the adoption and level of Implementation of the TOGAF framework for Infrastructure Management environment and the touch points for co-ordination of implementation with the development teams.
- Involvement in all phases of the audit from planning to reporting and issues discussion with stakeholders within the Architecture environment.
- Performed the Project Risk management audit on Nedbank’s Vehicle and Asset Finance (VAF) Integration with MFC.
- Performed Project risk management work on Project Phases which sought to integrate the Banks VAF Book with MFC.
Standard Bank
Portfolio Manager: CIB Audit
06.2004 - 04.2010
Job overview
- Company Overview: Corporate and Investment Bank
- Responsibility extended to include the live Back-office and payments systems which include keeping abreast of all related applications
- Planning, monitoring and concluding on work undertaken on audits of permanent staff, TOPP students and students on the Internal audit learnership programmes.
- Agreeing KRA’s and conducting performance appraisals for permanent staff.
- Represent CIB Internal Audit at quarterly BPC meetings.
- Key liaison with Risk Management and Global project office for emergent risk discussions and potential assurance work discussions for top 5 Programmes and projects.
- Providing consultation services and advice on IT Governance, IT Audit and IT Risk Management to the Global Programme Office (GPO).
- Attendance on monthly and weekly Programme, Portfolio and Project management meetings.
- Responsible for the Global Transactional Products and Services (GTPS) dealing with all associated legs i.e. Enablement, fulfilment and support.
- Responsible for all Programmes and Projects within the GTPS and Back-office portfolios.
- Providing monthly feedback to audit EXCO on all programmes and projects within all portfolios namely Front-office & Middle-office, Back-office, Technology Infrastructure & GTPS.
- Providing monthly feedback global heads of business units on issue tracking and progress on yearly audit plans and communicating any factors affecting prioritisation.
- Delivery on audit plans for my portfolio inclusive of special requests.
- Fostering an evolutionary approach to Programme and project audits by providing input to Professional Practices Group (PPG) on various forms of audit approaches required by business units and developing evaluation mechanisms to measure these.
- Collaborating initiatives to achieve economies of scale with regards to audits planned within Personal & Business Banking audit, Stanbic Africa audit and Head Office audit units.
- Planning staff from a pool of auditors to execute audits, inclusive of International audits (staff based in London, Argentina and various countries within Africa with permanently based audit staff).
- Attending audit engagement with client and audit teams and close-out meetings for audits within my portfolio.
Sizwe Ntsaluba VSP
Senior IT Auditor
01.2001 - 01.2004
Job overview
- Company Overview: Chartered Accountants and Auditors
- Performing various application audits on Front (trading), middle (risk), Back-office (settlements and confirmations) and transactional banking environments.
- Communicating and reaching agreement with business unit directors on resolutions for issues arising from these audits.
- Developing and maintaining good relationships with various heads of desks to ensure the development of an effective governance culture.
- Providing input into the audit plan for various unique initiatives specific to certain business units for subsequent years.
- Development of risk scenarios in with business unit management and technology audit approach.
- Keeping management aware of potential issues within their environments as soon as audit becomes aware of them.
- Constant and ongoing interactions with Operational, Credit and Trading audit functions for the development of technology related testing during and audits.
- Identifying opportunities for Computer aided auditing techniques (CAAT’s) and developing audit procedures for testing with the centralised data analytics team.
ABSA Bank
Graduate Trainee
01.2000 - 01.2001
Job overview
- Company Overview: Retail Bank
- Performed functions under various aspects and divisions of the Retail Banking Environment including Forex, Enquiries, Sales Support and Service Support.
- Job entailed the completion of a rotational program within a branch for a period of years after which we were expected to apply for a position of our choice within the branch network or head office.
Education
Orient Secondary
Grade 12 (ME) from English, Afrikaans, Maths, Computer Science, Accounting and Biology
University of Natal Durban
B.Comm (IS) from Business Information Systems, Information Systems Technologies
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Skills
Conducted system audits
Operating Systems: (Linux, Windows XP, 7 inclusive of Active Directory)
Business Systems: (Business Online, AAS, Trading, Risk, Credit, Settlement, Confirmation systems)
Networks: (Cisco View)
Spreadsheets: MS Excel, Open office calc (Forwards calculators/Derivative Instruments/Securitised Products)
Online banking and trading applications
Back-end payments systems
Working familiarity with GFI Languard, Nessus and NMAP
Limited use of ACL and IDEA for Data Analytics
Working knowledge of the following assurance framework/standards:
Soft Skills experience and Proficiency:
Talent development
Strategic planning
Data analytics
Cross-functional collaboration
Cross-functional communication
Documentation and reporting
Reporting management
Cross-functional team coordination
Budget oversight
Reporting oversight
Certification
Academy of Financial Markets - Understanding Financial Markets & Instruments
References
Faizal, Docrat, MD Doccorp/Ex-IT Audit Partner at Mazars, faizald@doccorp.co.za, 011 5474000, +27 83 4581599, 54 Glenhove road, Rosebank, Gauteng
Affiliations
- ISACA - Attended ISACA conference 2005/6/7
- Regularly attend Inland Chapter meetings.
- Occasional attendance at CISA exam preparation course’s for purposes of providing general and technical exam questions support for CISA candidates.
- STANDARD BANK - In-house Hacking 101 training on network, O/S Database levels. (2005/2006)
- AS-SAFAR INVESTMENTS - Member of ASI CC and currently provide investment direction and advice for other members. Formed for purposes of investing in Shariah-compliant investment products and other private equity investments.
- PA TRADING - Personal account currently held with Standard Bank On-line Share Trading primarily for long term investments.
- CORFU BODY CORPORATE - Treasurer and Vice-Chairman for 2008-2012.
PLANNED FUTURE STUDIES
CIA, CISM and/or CRISC
Timeline
Senior Manager, ICT Audit and Advisory
Doccorp, Vernitos, Mazars
04.2018 - Current
Senior Manager, ICTA
Mazars
09.2014 - 04.2018
IT Audit Manager
MFTZA
05.2013 - 09.2013
Project Risk Auditor
NEDBANK
05.2012 - 10.2012
Commercial property portfolio management and trader/ IT Audit Contractor
Self-employed (Private Contractor to Nedbank Project Risk audit team) and MFTza Advisory Services
01.2010 - 01.2014
Portfolio Manager: CIB Audit
Standard Bank
06.2004 - 04.2010
Senior IT Auditor
Sizwe Ntsaluba VSP
01.2001 - 01.2004
Graduate Trainee
ABSA Bank
01.2000 - 01.2001
University of Natal Durban
B.Comm (IS) from Business Information Systems, Information Systems Technologies
01.2000
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
01.2003
Orient Secondary
Grade 12 (ME) from English, Afrikaans, Maths, Computer Science, Accounting and Biology
01.1993