BAKANG KATLEGO DINTWE
London
Summary
Highly analytical Audit Manager leveraging exceptional risk management skills with over 10 years of experience with natural resources, energy and mining companies. Adept with financial statement review to identify errors. Highly knowledge with GAAP and accounting compliance standards. Results-driven with specialized knowledge of SEC reporting. Dynamic team player with history of managing large audit teams.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Audit Manager
BDO LLP
London
05.2023 - Current
- Leading and directing all aspects of audit
- Evaluate accounting systems for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Review complex client problems and generated targeted solutions that resolved outstanding issues while enhancing client business positions.
- People management responsibilities covering resource planning and allocation, performance management, training, and recommendations for promotion
- Project management and improvements, increased recovery rates by 12%.
- Act as mentor to team members and provide coaching with view to assisting them to achieve their personal career goals. Managed over 21 team members.
- Responsible for maximizing profitability from portfolio of audited entities
- Conducts strategic and technical reviews to verify compliance with quality control standards, schedule constraints and budget parameters.
- Liaison with central departments on risk management, technical and other matters
- Develop specialist knowledge of sector and/or technical area, and/or commercial area
- Engage with key stakeholders more directly on technical and audit judgement decisions.
Technical Committee Member
Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants
Gaborone
05.2022 - Current
- BICA Technical Committee is a standing Committee of the Council
- The role of the Committee is to oversee the technical aspects of the profession in Botswana, particularly in the areas of International Financial Reporting
- Standards (IFRS) and International Standards of Auditing (ISA's).
- Publish technical articles relating to current developments
Audit Manager
KPMG
Gaborone
11.2021 - 04.2023
- Review and approve for signing all financial statements, opinions, reports and other deliverable documents for clients
- Ensuring audit engagements are planned and resourced in an effective manner
- Maintain high technical and professional standards
- Manage audit risk by complying with standard audit procedures
- Constant monitoring of processes and procedures over the provision of external audit services by the firm, and implementation of relevant improvements to ensure compliance with both International and KPMG professional standards and leading practice
- Prepare and review management communications, proposals budgets, and negotiate fees and overruns with client
- Manages project financials, including budgets, WIP, timely billing and collection and variance recognition
- Proactively seeking business opportunities and managing the execution of business development activities, including identifying opportunities and the development and delivery of proposals to ensure high recovery
- Undertake and/or manage ad-hoc assurance and advisory assignments as may be required from time to time
- Managing and training of professional colleagues in respect of technical work and the handling of clients' affairs generally
- Managing and monitoring the firm's performance management process.
Country Training and Development Coordinator
KPMG
Gaborone
03.2020 - 04.2023
- Coordination and provision of training to the audit department
- Provide technical support to the audit department
- Develop a schedule to assess training needs
- Track, compile and analyze collected training data
- Conceptualise training materials based on data and research
- Review employee performance and learning
- Coordinate and monitor enrolment, schedules, costs, and equipment.
Assistant Audit Manager
KPMG
Gaborone
07.2020 - 10.2021
- Developed audit plans based on audit standards and regulations
- Conducted strategic and technical reviews to verify compliance with quality control standards, schedule constraints and budget parameters
- Facilitated financial and operational audits, working with internal and external managers to communicate recommendations or issues surrounding audits
- Identified audit risks, prepared budgets, and coordinated with management and audit team in preparing related reports.
Audit Senior
KPMG
Gaborone
07.2017 - 06.2020
- Train new audit personnel to perform duties according to regulations and established procedures
- Prepare and review annual financial statements
- Coordinated with auditors for preliminary and year-end auditing activities
- Maintain communication with clients throughout auditing process to deliver status updates
- Develop and implement corrective actions to bring business areas in line with standards
- Determine financial and operational audit areas, providing most economical and efficient use of audit resources
- Identify control gaps in processes, procedures and systems through in-depth research and assessment and suggested methods for improvement
- Identify audit risks, prepared budgets and coordinated with management and audit team in preparing related reports
- Evaluate design and operating effectiveness of audit areas, including efficiency, effectiveness, and mitigating controls
- Identify management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation.
Audit staff
Grant Thornton
Gaborone
01.2013 - 06.2017
- Coordinated with auditors for preliminary and year-end auditing activities
- Maintained communication clients throughout auditing process to deliver status updates
- Prepared annual financial statements
- Developed and implemented corrective actions to bring business areas in line with standards
- Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation
- Completed audit papers by thoroughly documenting audit tests and findings
- Facilitated financial and operational audits, working with internal and external managers to communicate recommendations.
Education
Certified Internal Auditor - Auditing
Institute of Internal Auditors
United Kingdom06.2024
Post Graduate Diploma - Taxation
Botswana Accountancy College
Botswana06.2022
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - Accounting And Business Management
University of Derby
United Kingdom07.2018
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Accounting & Finance
University of Derby
United Kingdom2012
Skills
- Internal Systems and Controls
- Corrective Action Implementation
- Leadership & team management
- Effective communication
- Critical thinking and innovative problem solving
- Relationship building & management
- Risk analysis and management
- Financial reporting
- Time & deadline management
- Big data analysis & business intelligence
- Effective strategic planning and budgeting
- Performance evaluation and management
Affiliations
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - fellow
- Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) - Certified Professional Accountant
- Institute of Certified Internal Auditors – Member
Certification
- Azule Energy Group - Oil and gas
- Gulf Keystone Petroleum – Oil and gas
- Kore Potash Group - Potash exploration and production
- Mkango Resources - Rare earth metals
- Botswana Ash – Soda ash, salt and potash
- Botswana Development Corporation Group - Investments
- Absa Bank of Botswana - Banking
- BBS Limited - Banking
- Khoemacau Copper Mining - Copper
- Discovery Copper Metals – Copper
Additional Information
Gosego Motsamai
Managing Partner, KPMG
+267 71 307 285
Gosego.Motsamai@kpmg.bw
Archibald Gumede
Audit Partner, KPMG
+267 77 199 011
Archibald.Gumede@kpmg.bw
George Nakhumwa
Audit Manager, KPMG
+267 77 199 594
George.Nakhumwa@kpmg.bw
Work Availability
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Timeline
Audit Manager
BDO LLP
05.2023 - Current
Technical Committee Member
Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants
05.2022 - Current
Audit Manager
KPMG
11.2021 - 04.2023
Assistant Audit Manager
KPMG
07.2020 - 10.2021
Country Training and Development Coordinator
KPMG
03.2020 - 04.2023
Audit Senior
KPMG
07.2017 - 06.2020
Audit staff
Grant Thornton
01.2013 - 06.2017
Certified Internal Auditor - Auditing
Institute of Internal Auditors
Post Graduate Diploma - Taxation
Botswana Accountancy College
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - Accounting And Business Management
University of Derby
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Accounting & Finance
University of Derby
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