Shirley Nolwazi Mbatha

Driven Senior Consultant with 12 years of experience in finance consulting, internal auditing, external auditing, preparation of annual financial statements, risk assessment, and business development. Possesses a strong skill set in collaborative problem-solving, risk management, and creative solutions. Passionate about driving changes within both the private and public sectors. Extensive expertise in municipality/departmental turnaround strategy, including revenue enhancement, data cleansing, policy review, risk management, asset management, and supply chain review. Well-equipped to bring about positive transformations. Vast experience in conducting thorough financial audits to ensure compliance and accuracy. Strong analytical skills to identify discrepancies and recommend corrective actions while adhering to financial regulations and auditing standards. Highly skilled Business Development Manager with an impressive track record of improving sales and growing the company's customer base through innovative program management, strategic planning, and team leadership skills.

• Specializes in auditing and assets.
• Gained exposure in different fields of work such as IT audits, preparing asset register, internal audit, external audit, risk assessment, policy reviews, policy preparation, making managerial decisions, data cleansing, asset register preparation, revenue enhancement and preparation of annual financial statement.
• Assisted with the planning of audit assignments.
• Assisted with the evaluating overall risk management processes (ERM).
• Assisted with the developing a risk and controls matrix for each focus area.
• Performed audit procedures.
• Evaluated internal controls and made quality recommendations.
• Assisted with the preparation of management letter and reporting.
• Followed-up on the implementation of audit findings.
• Assisted with the preparation of annual financial statements.
• Assisted in the review and preparation of policies.
• Assisted in data cleansing.
• Assisted in revenue collection.
• Assisted in preparation on revenue enhancement strategy.
• Preparation of account reconciliation.
• Departmental budgeting.
• Assisted in administration work.
• Payroll.
• Staff management.
• Client engagement.
• Preparation of contracts.
• Preparation of fixed asset register.
• Analysis of financial figures.
• Sorting and tracing of variances.
• Verification of assets.
• Review and consolidation of bi-annual asset verification.

• Mkhondo Local Municipality, Performing audit procedures for IT audit., Performing audit procedures for the various municipal departments., Preparation of management letter., Physical verification of assets., Development of the fixed asset register., Development of the lease register., Preparation of monthly reconciliation along with the supporting asset register schedules.
• Mpumalanga Department of Health, Assisting team members in compiling their audit working papers., Performing audit procedure., Drafting findings., Assist with physical verification of assets., Assist with the preparation of management letter.
• Rustenburg Local Municipality, Preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with GRAP., Preparation of journals.
• Zeerust Local Municipality, Preparation of annual financial statements., Preparation of journals.
• Eskom Kusile Power Station, Conduct and document work throughs with officials., Preparation of audit procedure., Assessing, identifying and reporting of potential and or existing risks., Performance of audit procedure., Drafting of findings., Preparation of Management letter., Audit findings follow ups and ensuring that recommendations are implemented timely.
• Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, Preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with GRAP., Preparation of journals., Assist with physical verification of assets., Assist in the development of the fixed asset register., Assist in the development of the lease register., Preparation of monthly reconciliation along with the supporting asset register schedules.
• Msukaligwa Local Municipality, Preparation of the Risk and Control Matrix., Review of policies., Preparation of Policies., Performance Audit, assessing the effective and efficiency of the municipal programs and services.
• Govan Mbeki Municipality, Review of policies., Preparation of Policies., Conducting Risk assessment for the municipality.
• Rand Water Mpumalanga, Preparation of audit procedure., Performance of audit procedure., Drafting of findings., Assist with the preparation of Management letter., Assist Audit Manager in the drafting of audit report (audit opinion).
• Ehlanzeni TVET College, Designing of the audit working papers., Performing audit procedure., Drafting findings., Conducting physical verification of assets., Assist with the preparation of management letter., Advisory role to the management by offering insight on the best practices and risk management strategies.
• Emalahleni Local Municipality, Preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with GRAP., Preparation of journals., Assist with physical verification of assets., Assist in the development of the fixed asset register., Assist in the development of the lease register., Preparation of monthly reconciliation along with the supporting asset register schedules.
• Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Provision of financial management, GAP, and financial irregularity investigations support services to EDM and its local municipalities., Reconciliation and review of Municipal Health Income., Reconciliation and review of Supply Chain Management., Opinion Position on Construction Contracts., Audit preparation for EDM in line with MFMA, IFRS/IAS, Revenue and GRAP (Unqualified audit opinion on assigned focus areas).
• Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, Review the processes and internal controls related to revenue and accounts receivables., Review of the municipality's debt book and high level data cleansing., Update the indigent register for purpose of identification of poor and disadvantaged debtors who cannot afford to pay, thereby indirectly increasing equitable share., Reconcile customer information across from the valuation to the municipal system., Update property Value and size according to the approved tariffs as per the updated valuation roll to the Municipal system., Improve customer payment rate and collect outstanding property rates on behalf of the municipality from all its customers.
• Inkomati Usuthu Catchment Management Agency, Review the debt book amounts and assess debt for eligibility for recoverability., Assess the amounts proposed for debt write off to the governing body for recoverability using modality that is permissible within the public sector., Construction of opinion and recommendation for the recoverable and non-recoverable debt.
• Mpumalanga Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, Investigation of irregular expenditure on the annual financial statements for the transactions that took place from the irregular, unauthorized, wasteful and fruitless register for the proposed financial periods., Construction of the opinion for the finding from the Investigation of irregular expenditure on the annual financial statements for the transactions that took place from the irregular, unauthorized, wasteful and fruitless register for the proposed financial periods.

• ID Number: 9201180536083
• Age: 33
• Health Status: Excellent
• Date of Birth: 01/18/92
• Gender: Female
• Religion: Christian

• Supervised team of 10 staff members.
• Achieved Unqualified Audit Opinion for 3 consecutive years.
• Achieved debt collection by 75%.
• Improved revenue collection processes through data cleansing and property value update.
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