In charge of conducting internal audit reviews for different G4S offices.Achievements;- Conducted controls review in 26 Africa and Europe countries including Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Gabon, Angola, Nigeria, Malawi, DRC, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Ghana, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, Morocco, Namibia, Egypt and the Czech Republic.- Planned for and executed over 50 internal audits in a period of five years.Successfully conducted over 50 close out meetings after successful control reviews and audits.- Improved the statutory and financial compliance levels of the companies I audited.- Created the procurement and purchasing audit program for the G4S global internal audit team.- Created the productivity reconciliation template which was rolled out for all G4S Africa countries. This helped improve the security guards deployment process and highlight revenue leakages to be acted on.- Offered professional and technical support to the countries I audited.- Participated in the development of annual audit plans as required. The plans were primarily geared towards ensuring that internal controls are effective to reduce business risks to acceptable levels.- Developed or tailored detailed audit risk plans and programs for each audit.- Carried out audit work in accordance with the plan, working individually or as part of a team.- Ensured audit reports clearly communicated risks identified during the audit, their impact and agreed action plans to manage the risks.- Followed up issued audit reports to establish the status of implementation of agreed recommendations.- Performed special projects and investigations as required.- Demonstrated value in selected areas which includes consultation work, training and policy communication

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My Role as the Internal Audit Manager mainly included appraising the prudence of accounting, financial, business process and other operating controls established to mitigate potential risks and or detect their occurrence.Key Highlights/ achievements•Set up the internal audit department from the start including policies, standard operating procedures and control systems. •Assessed the existing audit risks and came up with an audit plan to mitigate risks faced by the company especially around revenue and inventory in the auditing process. •Prepared and presented eight audit reports to the Board Audit Committee and twenty two reports to the finance and internal audit committee that contributed to significant decision making to enhance controls and processes. •Assisted management to develop Revenue and accounts receivable policy, Accounts payable policy, Inventory policy and fixed assets policy which in return increased the efficiency of decision making in the company. •Trained finance and accounting staff on the new finance policies and SOPs •Enforced Inventory management control protocols which brought down the inventory provisions by 40% •Enhanced controls around the revenue and accounts receivable cycle which helped to improve on debt collections by 30% •Successfully oversaw 7 ISO internal audits and 5 ISO external audits as the management representative •Successfully oversaw the transition from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 •Developed and implemented a health and safety policy for the company thus promoting compliance with OSH Act and regulations. •Enhanced IT security controls in the company which resulted to less fraud cases of equipment and confidential company information. •Conducted an operations review and helped improve the sale and service of vehicle units system which led to increased efficiency in the company operations.

Roles:1. Involved in financial audit and internal controls review for companies in various industries including: banking , insurance & financial services, oil & gas, manufacturing and aviation (listed above)2. Review of clients' accounting policies to ensure consistency with IFRS3.Review of IFRS financial statements4. Review design and operational effectiveness of internal controls and advising clients on areas of weakness which require remedial action5. Prepare audit deliverables including management letter, post audit report and others6. Participate as field team leader in various assignments, which involves coordinating the audit team, providing technical guidance to the junior team members, reporting to the audit manager and coordinating communications with the client7. Determining the audit approach for various assignments subject to discussions with the engagement manager and partner8. Gathering and documentation of audit evidence to support the final audit report in line with International Standards on Audit (ISAs)9. Involved in detailed review of expenses to ensure the client gains value for money10. Financial data analysis and interpretation as well as review of budgets11. Preparation of project plans and budgets as well as managing project economics for a number of audit engagements

During my more than 2 years of experience as a senior associate in PwC, I have been involved in:-Planning: This involves understanding the client business, identifying risks affecting the business, resourcing in terms of staffing as well as setting the audit strategy and stakeholder expectations.Execution: I have been responsible for the execution of several audit assignments at PwC through training, supervising as well as guiding associates to deliver on the job. My leadership skills emanates from this as I have successfully directed and guided key assignments to completion.Leadership: I have supervised the successful completion of audits at PwC through having a good appreciation of risks, how to address them as well as giving guidance to junior team members.Technical Accounting and finance skills: I have developed a wide array of skills in accounting through experience and promoting best industry practice among my clients’ have been involved in the preparation of financial statements as per IFRS and identifying any changes affecting clients business within the IFRS frameworks. Much of it has been nurtured through preparation and review of management letters to clients including holding discussion regarding audit findings.Relationship Management: As a senior Audit Associate have been involved in managing client relationship by being the link between the client management, the audit field team members, the audit manager and partner, ensuring that all the parties are well informed of the assignment progressCompliance: I have been involved in evaluation of client compliance with CMA, NSE, KRA, NSSF, and NHIF as well as the IFRS framework in my senior years at PwC. This has been through being involved in compliance controls review, review of tax computations as well as compliance templates.

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ATM balance reconciliationRaising cash vouchersSolving customer queriesParticipated in the KCB Rights Issue by helping the customers fill in the formsMaking customer visits to ascertain the existence of loan securitiesFilling of daily cashier reports and back office documentsOpening new customer accountsMonitoring of loan repayment schedulesScanning of new account documents