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Advise on Risk Management, IT Governance, Internal Audit Approaches, Methodologies, evaluations and Internal Control processes. I also attend Audit Committees from a financial, but mostly IT Governance perspective (King 3, etc).

Audit Committees (current and last 4 years):
• Parliament of South Africa (2 terms)
• National Treasury of South Africa
• Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) of South Africa
• Accounting Standards Board (ASB) of South Africa
• Co-operative Bank Development Agency (CBDA) of South Africa
• Department of Home Affairs of South Africa (2 terms)
• Department of Health (2nd term)
• Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
• Compensation Fund (Dept of Employment and Labour)
• Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases - Chairman
• Department of Small Business Development (DSBD)
• National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) - IT Governance Committee
• Small Enterprise Development Agency - SEDA (DTI)
• Government Printing Works
• South African National Parks Board (SANParks)
• Independent Communications Authority of SA
• SAIPA (South African Institute of Professional Accountants)

Other:
• Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) - Board member
• Risk Management Committee - Government Pension and Administration Agency
• Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee - Compensation Fund (2nd term)
• Risk Management Committee - UIF
• Institute of Directors - South Africa (IODSA)
• Auditor General (AGSA) - on Panel of Experts as an Audit- and IT Governance Expert.
• Public Sector Audit Committee Forum (PSACF) Member - white paper - IT Governance in the Public Sector.
• Chairman of South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) IT Governance Committee to guide on the implementation of IT Governance

Requested to, and served on Panels for the recruitment of CIO’s for:
• Parliament, NRCS, CIPC

CEO responsibility - Marketing, Financial control and Accounting, Tax and Regulatory Compliance, Stakeholder relationships, Project Management. Financial Statements, Budget and Control.

IT Communication solutions and IT Project Management Contractors.

• Was on the staff retention plan for years
• Representation of Internal Audit at Audit and Risk Committee level.
• Relationship Management - Executive level - all technology environments.
• ICT Risk identification and auditplan presentation to Audit Committee.
• Staff management (time, recruitment, productivity, morale etc).
• Internal Audit business- and financial plans, business cases, departmental processes
• Information Systems development Audit approaches (more than 400 business applications in company)
• Next Generation OSS application development (E_Tom and NGN)
• General Controls guidance and audit programs responsibility
• Presentations to Executives on IT Control models
• Implemented IT Audit methodology based on CobIT
• Reviews: Project Risk Management, Pre-Post implementation reviews, Health Checks, Alignment of Systems development strategies with business plans, Technology Strategy controls, IT Governance, Entity level controls, Network Operational controls on telecommunication networks, General/application controls, Sarbanes-Oxley key controls identification, design, effectiveness testing, external auditor discussion and clearance. external audit reliance work
• ICT Audit - Business plan and strategy
• Oversee ICT Audit Yearplans and execution(incl. guidance)
• Financial controls and Special Projects

Internal Audits focussing on IT General Controls, Application Controls and Systems Development. Wide exposure to all IT General and Application controls (approx. 200 critical applications in company) & OSS activities, processes and management through the years. Significant understanding of all IT business objectives, structures developed.

Internal Audits (Financial & performance), Audit project leader - all financial cycles. Also Performance Audits - business processes etc.

Responsible for 7 agricultural co-operatives including financial performance, staff management (recruitment, disciplinary hearings, administrative procedure formulation/compliance, training, asset management, business plans etc. for 100 staff members).

Internal Auditing focussing on financial and operational efficiencies (measuring deliverables ito
business plans etc.) in agricultural sector.

Four years to qualify for Chartered Accountant exams. Financial reviews of clients.
Review and compilation of client financial statements, accounting transactions, financial controls, taxation calculations, submissions, auditing, financial statement consolidations, financial disclosure, etc.