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Sharon Mahlangu

Sharon Mahlangu

IT Audit Consultant
Sunninghill,Gauteng

Summary

IT audit consultant with over two years of work experience in the preliminary review of clients IT environment and financial systems by conducting comprehensive IT audit engagements which include but not limited to testing of design and implementation of controls in the IT environment and systems and testing of operational effectiveness. I am currently studying towards my post graduate degree in internal auditing which includes area's in advanced internal audit practice , internal audit structure,IT audit, operational risk management and information strategy. My short term goal is to improve my skills and gain more practical experience by acquiring CISA( Certified Information System Auditor) certificate



Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Audit Consultant

SNG Grant Thornton
02.2022 - Current
  • Gained valuable experience in various industries by working on diverse client engagements.
  • Involved in the planning meetings with assurances to gain an understanding of the client.
  • Performing comprehensive assessment of IT systems, processes, and controls to identify risks,vulnerabilities and area's of non-compliance.
  • Examining effectiveness of controls to ensure adequate for protecting sensitive data.
  • Assessing the organization's adherence to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards to ensure compliance
  • identify risks and develop strategies to mitigate them
  • Assisted in preparing comprehensive reports outlining audit procedures performed, findings identified, and recommended corrective actions for clients to implement.


Key Audits performed are as follows:

  • Performed IT General controls in the IT environment on granting of users in the system, activity reviews, users access review, password configurations, dormant accounts,generic accounts, audit policy configurations, logical access on Active directory, Operating systems and Database to ensure that only authorized individuals have access to critical financial systems.
  • Performed IT General control reviews on the formal process of changes made on the system, type of changes, impact analysis, separation of environment and responsibilities, post implementation reviews and review of the Change advisory board meetings to ensure that changes follow a proper change management process and to ensure that there are no unauthorized changes that are are implemented into production.
  • Performed IT General controls reviews on Backups, Disaster Recovery and incidents -to ensure that systems will be able to return to their normal state after a disaster has occurred and that critical data can be recovered in a case of data loss by reviewing backup configurations on the system including backup schedules and backup logs.
  • Performed IT audits on the SAP system in logical access, change managements and IT security by reviewing SAP Transaction codes and that no users other that SAP Super, SAP Basis and SAP system have access to these codes,Users accounts must be locked out by valid through date, further review configurations on SAP to confirm and evaluate if they align with industry best practice.
  • Performed a review of the work of internal auditors and did application control review where input validation test where performed, also review on processing controls,output controls, error handling and segregation of duties.

I have audited the following Clients:

  • Barloword Group and it's entities, Alviva Group and it's entities, Industrial Corporation, Datacentrix, Nelson Mandela University, Tshwane University of Technology, Cell C, Telkom, South African Reserve Bank, Instatoll, Goldswagen,Richards Bay Coal Terminal and Sasria SOC LTD(ISA 610) and Public service union.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Internal Auditing

University of South Africa
Pretoria, Sunnyside
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Financial Sciences

University of Pretoria
Pretoria Hatfield
04.2001 -

Skills

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IT Audit Consultant

SNG Grant Thornton
02.2022 - Current

Post Graduate Diploma - Internal Auditing

University of South Africa
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Financial Sciences

University of Pretoria
04.2001 -
Sharon MahlanguIT Audit Consultant