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Shingirayi Chikwanha

Centurion

Summary

Driven IT professional with 2 decades experience in IT world that includes software development, IT security, and business analysis. Cross-sector experience includes banking, healthcare, logistics and public sector. Professional experience in risk and compliance management, information protection, software quality assurance, disaster recovery planning and advisory.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Operations Manager

Praxis Computing
Johannesburg, Gauteng
08.2020 - Current
  • Led daily operations to ensure seamless business continuity
  • Manage existing relationships with our partners and vendors
  • Assist with Project Management, Software Quality Assurance and software testing activities where necessary.

Business Analyst

Praxis Computing
Johannesburg, Gauteng
02.2020 - 08.2020
  • Meet with end users and stakeholders to gather requirements as well as present documented requirements specifications.
  • Perform system testing to assist with Quality Assurance of solutions (functional and non-functional).

IT Auditor / Senior Manager

Audit and Risk Management Solutions
Johannesburg, Gauteng
01.2019 - 02.2020
  • Coordinate, plan and execute audit activities

IT Auditor

Mazars
Johannesburg, Gauteng
02.2018 - 01.2019
  • Communicate and discuss audit observations with auditees and identify opportunities for improvement in the design and effectiveness of key controls.

Head of Software Quality Assurance

Afrosoft
Harare
01.2010 - 12.2017
  • Responsible for ensuring continued quality of software solutions

Education

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Management Information Systems - Information Systems

Midlands State University
Zimbabwe
07.2013 - 06.2016

Skills

  • Risk assessment and mitigation
  • Staff recruitment and development
  • Effective communication
  • Report writing
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Presentation skills
  • Training and development
  • Use case analysis
  • Technical writing
  • Systems analysis
  • User acceptance tests
  • Working knowledge of SQL
  • Familiarity with Jira and Azure
  • Software testing
  • Requirements gathering
  • Technical documentation writing

Certification

  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (ISACA)
  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – MS-SQL Implementation and Maintenance
  • Fundamentals of Testing with TestRail

Accomplishments

  • Tasked with formation of the Quality Assurance Department, with a mandate to ensure delivery of high quality and user-friendly solutions. Implemented a thorough quality control process and reduced client returns by 88%.
  • Initiated and oversaw implementation of an organisational cybersecurity framework through various methods such as creation of security policies, asset audits and conducting cybersecurity awareness training.
  • Following departure of senior manager, I took on managerial responsibilities and, in this period, we successfully completed 4 audit engagements which were running concurrently in 3 different provinces with a team made up of part-time consultants and graduate trainees.

Timeline

Operations Manager

Praxis Computing
08.2020 - Current

Business Analyst

Praxis Computing
02.2020 - 08.2020

IT Auditor / Senior Manager

Audit and Risk Management Solutions
01.2019 - 02.2020

IT Auditor

Mazars
02.2018 - 01.2019

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Management Information Systems - Information Systems

Midlands State University
07.2013 - 06.2016

Head of Software Quality Assurance

Afrosoft
01.2010 - 12.2017
Shingirayi Chikwanha