Precious Hlekisana

• Plays a pivotal role managing a diverse IT External Audit client portfolio of 5 large corporate organisations, supporting Financial Year End Audits, this includes group audits, complex IT Environments (infrastructure & application audits), compliance with multiple regulators such as FRC (ISA), PCAOB (SOX), SOC Reporting and ISAE
• Plans and executes IT risk assessments, IT Audit scoping, manages fieldwork, and significantly enhances audit quality by delivering technical expertise within a rigorous audit approach
• Effectively manages field work including the testing of; automated business controls, system generated reports, data analysis, General IT Controls over applications (including complex interfaces/EDIs) and infrastructure (Network, O/S (Windows or Linux/Unix), Cloud, Database, Mainframe)
• Responsible for all budgeting and resource management, ensuring both quality and value are maintained while driving down costs through maximising efficiencies
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with stakeholders including senior client stakeholders, group auditors, and subsidiary auditors and internally reporting to director and engagement partner leads
• Additionally, responsible for; second line review of deliverables and reporting
• Experience in data processing including IT and business process mining using tools like Celonis
• Deliver training for multiple IT Audit related topics e.g., Responding to Risks Arising from IT, IT in the Audit and Journals testing
• Responsible for leading team meetings and organising team events for a department of more that 150 people.

• Assignment planning, budgeting, and monitoring.
• Managing and monitoring time-cost on assignments and assisting with departmental revenue analysis
• Mentoring of 5 junior staff
• Performing the following on assigned engagements:

o IT General controls and Application controls review

o IT governance and Compliance review

o IT Risk Management and review

o Business continuity plan review

o Information Security Review

o Data Analytics reviews across various industries including Banking and Telecoms covering journal entry analysis, interest re-computations, payroll analysis and revenue assurance billing re-computations.

• .System implementation reviews including assessing system functionality against user requirements.
• Improved the revenue analytics processes through script optimisation.

• Conducted in depth reviews of IT General Controls and Application Controls of various financial and transaction processing systems, applying great attention to details
• ISO 27001 Security Assessments for Banking sector clients
• Telecommunications Billing Systems controls source code reviews
• Performed IT governance and management controls reviews
• Utilised CAATs Data Analytics for multiple and diverse business systems including Telecommunications and Banking Revenue Assurance, Payroll systems, Banking systems and ERPs
• Additionally completing; Information System Security Reviews, System Implementation Reviews and System Vendor selection as well as Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning reviews employing rigorous oversight for a variety of financial services clients
• Performed Local Bank’s Regulator’s IT compliance reviews
• Managed to secure a permanent role with KPMG for when l completed University.