Pastel
Letla Kgasa
Auditor
Gaborone
Summary
Valuable Auditor offering strong research and problem-solving skills. Adept at performing risk assessment procedures on key business activities and processes. Accomplished in making efficient recommendations for improvements. Knowledgeable of business and financial language.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Audit Senior
Grant Thornton
Gaborone, Botswana
07.2016 - Current
- Assist in conducting financial audits or other engagements for various types of organizations (financial institutions, parastatals, NGOs, listed entities, owner managed) including but not limited to, the review and evaluation of accounting systems and internal controls, the analysis and reconciliations of accounts, journals and ledgers, the performing of necessary testing and other related procedures.
- Coordinate auditing assignments and ensure audit staff are aware of clients’ business and relevant issues impacting operations and audits.
- Plan and perform financial audits including financial statements review, internal controls assessment, substantive works, corroborative interviews, reporting completion and client relationship management.
- Identify and assess risks of material misstatement of financial reports due to fraud; assess internal controls and ensure controls are effectively designed.
- Perform analytical procedures to detect unusual financial statement relationships.
- Design and implement responses to material misstatement, test appropriateness of journal entries while focusing at end of reporting period, review accounting estimates for bias, and analyse significant unusual transactions.
- Communicate fraud or suspected fraud to managing leadership.
- Compiling reports of audit results to senior managers.
- Adheres to strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to multitask, including beginning audits while performing finalization procedures for prior engagements.
- Manages junior level accountants.
- Teaches new staff audit procedures and reviews work performed during the audit.
- Developed and implemented corrective actions to bring business areas in line with standards.
- Identified control gaps in processes, procedures and systems through in-depth research and assessment and suggested methods for improvement.
- Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation.
Audit Staff
Grant Thornton
Gaborone, Botswana
01.2012 - 06.2016
- Performed audit and analytical procedures for all balance sheet and income statement accounts, including cash, accounts receivable, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, accounts payable, debt, income and expenses, as well as making any necessary adjusting journal entries.
- Performed physical inventory observations in order to evaluate inventory levels and identified potential damaged or obsolete inventory.
- Prepare clear work-papers that support the work performed and conclusions.
- Make value added, practical recommendations that recognize commercial priorities.
- Analyzed trends over monthly, quarterly and annual financial data to investigate fluctuations.
- Followed up on reviews to assess and report on completion or progress of corrective actions.
- Performed auditing work in accordance with GAAS (Generally Accepted Auditing Standards) to meet rigorous standards.
- Performed extensive assessments of payables and receivables, equity, debt and revenue to verify accuracy in financial reports.
- Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
Education
ACCA - Applied Skills Level -
Self Study
01.2021 - Current
AAT, Diploma – BAC - undefined
Skills
Balance sheets
Client relationship management
Risk management
Professional skepticism
Meticulous attention to detal
Software
Caseware
IDEA
Quote
There’s no reality except the one contained within us. That’s why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.
Hermann Hesse
Timeline
ACCA - Applied Skills Level -
Self Study
01.2021 - Current
Audit Senior
Grant Thornton
07.2016 - Current
Audit Staff
Grant Thornton
01.2012 - 06.2016