Senior Manager Internal Audit
Bryanston Sandton
Beginning in June 2007 as Senior Internal Auditor and became the cornerstone from which the Omnia Internal Audit department was established. Implemented a risk based internal audit approach in line with the International Professional Practice Framework. Inspired the executive management to appoint the Chief Audit Executive. Assisted the Chief Audit Executive to execute the Omnia Group Internal Audit strategy covering all divisions, the Omnia Group International, Agriculture (Fertilizer) division, Mining (BME), and Protea Chemicals divisions. Managed internal audit projects, teams, and budgets. Designed and produced internal audit reports for use by line management and prepared executive summaries for the senior management and the audit committee. Liaison with external and other assurance providers on internal audit work, and assurance projects. Prepared the internal audit pack, reviewed audit committee pack, and attended the Audit Committee meetings.Notable Achievement in this role:• Promoted to IA Manager in 2010 and later to Senior Internal Audit Manager in 2012.• Played a role in the team that investigated and detected fraud within the payroll department.• Led the internal audit of procurement and construction of a R2 billion budget Omnia Nitric Acid Plant resulting in savings of over 12% of the overall budget.• Played a key role in the complete migration from manual to electronic working paper environment in the utilization of TeamMate and subsequently to ACL GRC.• Improved the quality internal audit output, the marketability of internal audit services to business, and enhanced the level of trust, which resulted in increased ad hoc internal audit and management requests for audit.• Participated in the development of continuous auditing procedures over Payroll and Accounts payable modules resulting in the reduction of audit man hours and focused exception testing. • Led the introduction of a combined assurance framework for the Omnia Group.