Silindile Myeza

I am a South African Professional Accountant with Associate membership with South African Institute of Professional Accountants, I have more than 10 years working experience in the Governance, Risk and Compliance space and I boast extensive public and private sector experience in Internal Auditing (testing the effectiveness and efficiency of controls), External Auditing (Audit of financial statements), Risk Management (Identification, Assessment and Monitoring), Business Continuity Management, Strategy Analysis, Combined Assurance, Business Advisory, Fraud Risk Management, Ethics Risk Management, Preparation of Annual Financial Statements, Business and Income tax preparation, ProjectManagement, Monitoring and Evaluation, Analysis and Reporting, Non-profit organisation .I am responsible for promoting effective corporate governance and maintaining a strong compliance culture. I am responsible for risk management operations, including proactively managing, identifying, evaluating, reporting and overseeing the firm’s risks externally and internally through the implementation of an effective Enterprise Risk Management program.

• Draft clinical trial budgets and manage these to ensure proper cost coverage of staffing and procedural cost in clinical trials. 
• Effective review and timeously approval of supplier payments on the SAP ensuring the payment complies with the financial policies of CAPRISA.
• Support the financial operations through the monthly general ledger close, balance sheet reconciliations, and special account analysis. Investigate and communicate significant findings 
• Prepare monthly reports on research funding activities and detailed reports on variances between budgeted and actual expenditure and reconcile 
• Monitor compliance with the financial conditions of the grant regulations and other award documentation. 
• Proven ability to analyse and prepare budgets, to identify spending patterns and project future expenditures. Skill in projecting salary, benefit and indirect costs, with knowledge of payroll and personnel regulations impacting such costs. 
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, business math and bookkeeping for budget planning and cost analysis.

  Experience with reconciling discrepancies and audit procedures 

• Effective review and approval of general ledger entries, journal entries, audit files and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support the requirements of the annual audit and quarterly reviews through preparation of audit schedules and other support requested by the internal and external auditors. 
• Develops and maintains a continuous improvement of processes review to recognize potential obstacles and work to resolve them within set timeline. 
• Develops, organizes and conducts new award briefings with Technical Lead/ PI’s, management teams, finance teams, field staff, and other stakeholders to ensure proper commencement of new projects
• Oversees knowledge management requirements for assigned awards and maintains complete award documents (electronic), including submission and transmittal of grant deliverables (programmatic, financial or audit related)
• Provide support as needs arise for special projects, system improvements, or ad-hoc financial requests. 
• Ability to effectively work as part of a team and collaborate with colleagues, and to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships. 
• Support the development of and manage sub-award agreements
• Ability and willingness to foster the best possible working and learning environment, strive to maintain a climate of fairness, cooperation, and professionalism. 
• Manage others in the Finance team

• Post Graduate Diploma in Finance, Banking, and Investment (NQF8)
• 2020: Certificate - Public Service SMS Pre Entry Programme National School of Government
• 2020: Certificate -Infrastructure for Good Governance

• 2020: Certificate –Key Practice of Good Governance

• 2018: Certificate in Forensic Investigation (NQF Level 8)

• 2014: BCOMPT Degree (NQF Level 7)

• 2007: National Diploma in Accounting(NQF6)