Mpho Penelope Malavi

I am Chartered Accountant with over 13 years’ experience specialising in auditing financial services clients, specifically banking and capital market clients. To date, my focus has been on the audit of retail and commercial banking, private equity clients and medical schemes. I have been exposed to multiple large, complex audits, including tier 1 banks such as FNB, Nedbank and Absa.

I have acquired effective team work and collaboration skills through my experiences on joint audit engagements and transitions, having experienced working with other audit firms on Absa, FNB and Nedbank as joint audit engagements. I also served a lead associate director on ABSA as a single audit engagement.

Earlier in my career, I spent a year in the Netherlands where I was involved in the group audit of ING Bank N.V. and transitioning GWK Travelex N.V. For the latter, I served as the lead manager in transitioning as incoming auditor. I am well-versed in all aspects of external audit services, including planning and organising the audit, risk identification, guiding to the team, managing engagement economics, overseeing staff performance and managing client engagement successfully. As an astute leader, I have strong skills that help build relationships with my teams, within the firm and build credibility for the firm. This I achieved through effective stakeholder liaison and listening to prioritize projects and determine appropriate deadlines.

I am ambitious, hard-working, committed, and a self-motivated individual, I seek opportunities and experiences that will enhance both my personal and professional growth. I’m a blessed and proud mom of three boys, wife to a supportive husband and enjoy teaching them the art of giving.

· Develop engagement planning and allocation of the audit team roles.

· Winning business for the firm. 

· Responsibility for quality on engagements.

· Monitor the progress of assigned engagements within agreed timeframes and budget.

· Liaisons between team and other key client stakeholders.

· Provide guidance and review of working papers and on the job couching.

· Monitor key issues and input to those charged with governance.

· Building and maintaining strong relationships within the firm and with client personnel.

· Monitoring and challenging of engagement economics.

· Manage risk on engagements and for the business.

· Review of final client deliverables and co-ordinating client input as required.

· Couching and mentoring of managers and trainees.

· Manage and drive business development/opportunity activities.

· Drive planning and clearance meetings.

· Attending and presenting at Audit & Risk Committees.

· Develop a detailed work plan setting out key dates and deliverables.

· Review of audit work performed and management of the team.

· Monitor the progress of the engagement to ensure it is running on time and on budget.

· Review reports, conduct detailed analyses of operating results and report on variances from plans/budgets.

· Drafting and facilitating overruns discussions with the client.

· Assist clients with complex technical issues.

· On the job feedback and assist in team development.

· Perform quality review engagements.

· Fee negotiations with stakeholders.

· Talent management.

· First Rand

· Nedbank

· Ethos

· Parmed

· Sizwe Hosmed

· WIPHOLD

· Old Mutual Real Estate Holding Company (Pty) Ltd

· ABSA Bank Limited

· Discovery Health and Vitality

Available upon request