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Shebo Mathabatha

ACCOUNTING/AUDIT/TAX
Johannesburg,FOURWAYS

Summary

Senior Accountant/ Audit Senior/Manager/Consultant presenting a good understanding of relevant legislations and standards which include the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), and IIA Standards, as applicable across diverse entities. Demonstrated competence in overseeing audit procedures/team execution; preparing working papers according to standard working papers guideline; preparing time budgets; ensuring projects are completed timely; collecting/ documenting business process; identifying possible risks/controls on the business process collected/documented; assessing identified risks in terms of adequacy of control strategy; managing asset register; auditing; management reporting; resolving all related queries.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2017
2017
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Finance Manager

THERAPY ON THE GO
06.2024 - 03.2025
  • Strengthened internal controls through regular audits and adherence to regulatory requirements.
  • Trained new and existing staff members in various financial procedures to prepare for job requirements.
  • Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
  • Negotiated favorable terms with vendors, resulting in significant cost savings for the company.

Finance Officer

MAGANYENI HOLDINGS
01.2024 - 06.2024
  • Optimized cash flow management, ensuring timely payment of invoices and reducing outstanding debts.
  • Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
  • Collaborated with team leaders to define standards, policies and procedures to meet company revenue goals.
  • Established strong relationships with key vendors, negotiating favorable terms to benefit the organization''s bottom line.

Finance Administrator

CLF CONCRETE LASER
06.2023 - 10.2023
  • Ensured timely payment of vendor invoices, maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and partners.
  • Supported month-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely submission of financial statements to stakeholders.
  • Maintained strict compliance with regulatory requirements, reducing potential risks associated with non-compliance penalties or fines.
  • Prepared and posted receipts and deposits to facilitate standard bookkeeping.

Senior Accountant

LEMIQUE CONSULTING
01.2023 - 06.2023
  • Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
  • Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
  • Updated general ledger with latest entries.
  • Completed year-end closing processes with controllers and external auditors.

Audit Senior / Manager / Consultant

Shumba Inc.
07.2020 - 12.2022
  • Company Overview: (Audit Firm)
  • Draft and sign off reports and APMs
  • Oversee audit procedures and execution for the team
  • Prepare time budget and allocate hours according to planning, execution, reporting, follow-ups, and assist in ensuring that projects are completed on time
  • Ability to collect and document business process and its understanding thereof
  • Identify possible risks and controls on the business process collected and documented
  • Assess the identified risks in terms of the adequacy of control strategy
  • Document system description (system matrix / flow)
  • Prepare working papers in accordance with standard working papers guideline and document working papers with relevant, reliable, sufficient and useful information which meet minimum Institute of Internal Audit standards and in accordance with the Internal Audit methodology
  • Assist in the preparation of audit program (Procedures)
  • Execute the audit program in accordance with the approved Audit Plan
  • Ensure adequate audit documentation is maintained to demonstrate execution of work
  • Assist in the preparation of Draft and Final Audit Reports and issuing the reports on time
  • Providing inputs on value adding recommendations and controls for gaps identified in the process and documenting any non-compliance and discrepancies detected in accordance with audit guidelines
  • Make sufficient audit evidence to substantiate any issues identified and filing of audit evidence and cross referencing audit file in accordance with the audit manual
  • Make a follow-up and add management comments and agreed action plans to the audit findings
  • Attend exit meeting when discussing the Draft Report
  • Take minutes of the exit meeting in accordance with the audit standards and guiding prescripts
  • (Audit Firm)
  • Motivation for change: Circumstancial Relocation

Assets & Inventory Project Manager

SDM Consulting
08.2019 - 07.2022
  • Company Overview: (Consultants)
  • Lead project planning
  • Attend planning, implementation, and progress meetings
  • Assume full responsibility & assigned project, including developing work scope, managing project deliverables, and setting clear project objectives
  • Liaise with client
  • Develop project team structure
  • Manage teams
  • Define roles and responsibilities for members of project teams
  • Identify & plan resources for the project
  • Promote good working relations between teams & a client
  • Mentor, coach, & motivate project teams
  • Manage allocated budget for verification
  • Develop a KPI for project team
  • Identify project risks or constraints
  • Manage project budget
  • Prepare consolidated report for the client and for internal reporting, financial report (where necessary), and project progress as well as close out report
  • Authorise salary claim related documents as well as leave applications
  • Adhere to any other tasks as assigned by line manager
  • (Consultants)

Auditor

Lunika Inc.
01.2018 - 08.2019
  • Company Overview: (Audit & Accounting)
  • Attend entry meetings when discussing the Engagement Letter with the client
  • Take minutes of the entry meeting in accordance with the audit standards guideline
  • Prepare time budget and allocate hours according to planning, execution, reporting, follow-ups, and assist in ensuring that projects are completed on time
  • Ability to collect and document business process and its understanding thereof
  • Identify possible risks and controls on the business process collected and documented
  • Assess the identified risks in terms of the adequacy of control strategy
  • Document system description (system matrix / flow)
  • Prepare working papers in accordance with standard working papers guideline and document working papers with relevant, reliable, sufficient and useful information which meet minimum Institute of Internal Audit standards and in accordance with the Internal Audit methodology
  • Assist in the preparation of audit program (Procedures)
  • Execute the audit program in accordance with the approved Audit Plan
  • Ensure adequate audit documentation is maintained to demonstrate execution of work
  • Assist in the preparation of Draft and Final Audit Reports and issuing the reports on time
  • Provide inputs on value adding recommendations and controls for gaps identified in the process, and document any non-compliance and discrepancies detected in accordance with audit guidelines
  • Acquire sufficient audit evidence to substantiate any issues identified and filing of audit evidence and cross referencing audit file in accordance with the audit manual
  • Make a follow-up and add management comments and agreed action plans to the audit findings
  • Attend exit meeting when discussing the Draft Report
  • Take minutes of the exit meeting in accordance with the audit standards and guiding prescripts
  • (Audit & Accounting)

Trainee Auditor (Internal Audit Technician)

Department of Education – Internal Audit Directorate
07.2013 - 12.2017
  • Company Overview: (Government)
  • Responsibilities as listed above
  • (Government)

Asset Management Intern

Department of Finance Asset Management Section
11.2012 - 06.2013
  • Company Overview: (Government)
  • Ensure that the Asset Register is updated and compiled according to the Departmental procedures
  • Maintain and update the Asset Register with additions, movements, and disposal of assets
  • Reconcile the Asset Register against the General Ledger
  • Manage verification of assets, and perform regular spot checks
  • Ensure that assets are bar coded and reconciled
  • Coordinate disposal of redundant, obsolete, and unserviceable assets
  • Verify the completeness and correctness of asset information
  • Liaise with client offices
  • Compile Journals
  • Ensure that the Asset Management related documents are properly filed
  • Attend to Audit queries on an ad-hoc basis
  • Assist in any other Asset Management related functions
  • (Government)

Education

FASSET Funded Work Readiness Program -

Guarantee Trust Corporate Support Services (Pty) Ltd

Internal Audit Technician - undefined

Institute of Internal Auditors (SA)
01.2013 - 01.2015

B. Com. - Financial Accounting

North West University

Grade 12 - undefined

Mosikare Secondary School

Skills

  • BAS

  • Pastel

  • Teammate

  • MS Office (Word, Excel)

  • Sage

  • Emwin

  • Draftworx

  • Caseware

Candidate Synopsis

Senior Accountant/ Audit Senior/Manager/Consultant presenting a good understanding of relevant legislations and standards which include the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), and IIA Standards, as applicable across diverse entities. Demonstrated competence in overseeing audit procedures/team execution; preparing working papers according to standard working papers guideline; preparing time budgets; ensuring projects are completed timely; collecting/documenting business process; identifying possible risks/controls on the business process collected/documented; assessing identified risks in terms of adequacy of control strategy; managing asset register; auditing; management reporting; resolving all related queries.

Critical Criteria

Finance/ Accounting/ Audit/ Payroll and related.

Recent Career Detail

  • Shumba Inc., Audit Senior / Manager / Consultant, 07/01/20 - 12/31/22, Select MS Dynamics, Draft and sign off reports and APMs., Oversee audit procedures and execution for the team., Prepare time budget and allocate hours according to planning, execution, reporting, follow-ups, and assist in ensuring that projects are completed on time., Ability to collect and document business process and its understanding thereof., Identify possible risks and controls on the business process collected and documented., Assess the identified risks in terms of the adequacy of control strategy., Document system description (system matrix / flow)., Prepare working papers in accordance with standard working papers guideline and document working papers with relevant, reliable, sufficient and useful information which meet minimum Institute of Internal Audit standards and in accordance with the Internal Audit methodology., Assist in the preparation of audit program (Procedures)., Execute the audit program in accordance with the approved Audit Plan., Ensure adequate audit documentation is maintained to demonstrate execution of work., Assist in the preparation of Draft and Final Audit Reports and issuing the reports on time., Providing inputs on value adding recommendations and controls for gaps identified in the process and documenting any non-compliance and discrepancies detected in accordance with audit guidelines., Make sufficient audit evidence to substantiate any issues identified and filing of audit evidence and cross referencing audit file in accordance with the audit manual., Make a follow-up and add management comments and agreed action plans to the audit findings., Attend exit meeting when discussing the Draft Report., Take minutes of the exit meeting in accordance with the audit standards and guiding prescripts., Circumstantial Relocation
  • SDM Consulting, Assets & Inventory Project Manager, 08/19/19 - 07/26/22, Select MS Dynamics, Lead project planning., Attend planning, implementation, and progress meetings., Assume full responsibility & assigned project, including developing work scope, managing project deliverables, and setting clear project objectives., Liaise with client., Develop project team structure., Manage teams., Define roles and responsibilities for members of project teams., Identify & plan resources for the project., Promote good working relations between teams & a client., Mentor, coach, & motivate project teams., Manage allocated budget for verification., Develop a KPI for project team., Identify project risks or constraints., Manage project budget., Prepare consolidated report for the client and for internal reporting, financial report (where necessary), and project progress as well as close out report., Authorise salary claim related documents as well as leave applications., Adhere to any other tasks as assigned by line manager.
  • Lunika Inc., Auditor, 01/15/18 - 08/16/19, Select MS Dynamics, Attend entry meetings when discussing the Engagement Letter with the client., Take minutes of the entry meeting in accordance with the audit standards guideline., Prepare time budget and allocate hours according to planning, execution, reporting, follow-ups, and assist in ensuring that projects are completed on time., Ability to collect and document business process and its understanding thereof., Identify possible risks and controls on the business process collected and documented., Assess the identified risks in terms of the adequacy of control strategy., Document system description (system matrix / flow)., Prepare working papers in accordance with standard working papers guideline and document working papers with relevant, reliable, sufficient and useful information which meet minimum Institute of Internal Audit standards and in accordance with the Internal Audit methodology., Assist in the preparation of audit program (Procedures)., Execute the audit program in accordance with the approved Audit Plan., Ensure adequate audit documentation is maintained to demonstrate execution of work., Assist in the preparation of Draft and Final Audit Reports and issuing the reports on time., Provide inputs on value adding recommendations and controls for gaps identified in the process, and document any non-compliance and discrepancies detected in accordance with audit guidelines., Acquire sufficient audit evidence to substantiate any issues identified and filing of audit evidence and cross referencing audit file in accordance with the audit manual., Make a follow-up and add management comments and agreed action plans to the audit findings., Attend exit meeting when discussing the Draft Report., Take minutes of the exit meeting in accordance with the audit standards and guiding prescripts.
  • Department of Education – Internal Audit Directorate, Trainee Auditor (Internal Audit Technician), 07/01/13 - 12/30/17, Select MS Dynamics, Responsibilities as listed above.
  • Department of Finance Asset Management Section, Asset Management Intern, 11/01/12 - 06/30/13, Select MS Dynamics, Ensure that the Asset Register is updated and compiled according to the Departmental procedures., Maintain and update the Asset Register with additions, movements, and disposal of assets., Reconcile the Asset Register against the General Ledger., Manage verification of assets, and perform regular spot checks., Ensure that assets are bar coded and reconciled., Coordinate disposal of redundant, obsolete, and unserviceable assets., Verify the completeness and correctness of asset information., Liaise with client offices., Compile Journals., Ensure that the Asset Management related documents are properly filed., Attend to Audit queries on an ad-hoc basis., Assist in any other Asset Management related functions.

Ethnicity

Black

Training

  • Communication Skills Course
  • Rules of Professional Conduct
  • Office Orientation
  • Accounting refresher Course – Basic Bookkeeping
  • Computer: MS Word, MS Excel and Pastel
  • Virtual Office Practical Accounting Office Training

Personal Information

  • Available: Immediately Available
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: South African

Timeline

Finance Manager

THERAPY ON THE GO
06.2024 - 03.2025

Finance Officer

MAGANYENI HOLDINGS
01.2024 - 06.2024

Finance Administrator

CLF CONCRETE LASER
06.2023 - 10.2023

Senior Accountant

LEMIQUE CONSULTING
01.2023 - 06.2023

Audit Senior / Manager / Consultant

Shumba Inc.
07.2020 - 12.2022

Assets & Inventory Project Manager

SDM Consulting
08.2019 - 07.2022

Auditor

Lunika Inc.
01.2018 - 08.2019

Trainee Auditor (Internal Audit Technician)

Department of Education – Internal Audit Directorate
07.2013 - 12.2017

Internal Audit Technician - undefined

Institute of Internal Auditors (SA)
01.2013 - 01.2015

Asset Management Intern

Department of Finance Asset Management Section
11.2012 - 06.2013

B. Com. - Financial Accounting

North West University

Grade 12 - undefined

Mosikare Secondary School

FASSET Funded Work Readiness Program -

Guarantee Trust Corporate Support Services (Pty) Ltd
Shebo MathabathaACCOUNTING/AUDIT/TAX