Zakira Abdul Rashid, CA(SA)

• Exposure to Travel and Energy Sector clientele.
• Oversaw more than one client at a time, as acting Junior Manager/Lead Senior
• Streamlined audit process and created solutions to enhance overall team productivity and meet deadlines.
• Managed remote cross border service center personnel.
• Managed local on site teams greater then 5 members
• Mentored and reviewed Junior team member working papers
• Closely involved in providing feedback and grading junior members performance
• Prioritized client and stakeholder relationships through strong communication

• Utilized this period to prepare for immigration to the Netherlands.

• Completed a virtual secondment with Deloitte Ireland.
• Gained exposure to Financial Services and Aviation industry amidst high intensity reporting deadlines.

• Completed a Virtual Secondment with Deloitte - Australia (Western Sydney).
• Core responsibilities extended towards increasing efficiency on component audit engagements during busy season.
• Displayed agility in remote working landscape and showed commitment in successfully meeting core deadlines.

Completed articles at Deloitte Cape Town in December 2022.

• Exposure to numerous industries such as Non Profit Organizations, Consumer Business, Investment Management as well as Hospitality and Leisure.
• Project management skills of stand alone entities and multiple component audits, with strong focus on meeting reporting deadlines.
• Supervision of large audit teams and direct collaboration amongst managers, partners and support-centre personnel.
• Provision of on-site and remote coaching, and reviewing of junior trainee work.
• Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
• Scheduling and running weekly client update meetings, on-site and through Microsoft Teams and or Skype for Business.
• Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
• Maintaining open and regular communication with Senior client management, with focus on problem solving and presentation of audit findings and recommendations.
• Execution of pre-engagement, substantive testing, concluding and reporting procedures, financial statement analysis and steering project archive.