Unathi Mjacu

Assistance Audit Manager at Nexia SAB&T specializing in Properties, Financial services, and Retail with strong knowledge of Valuations, IFRS 9 and 13, Consolidations, and Tax.

Assistance Audit Manager at Nexia SAB&T (2025-04 – Present)

• Ensure that the audit planning is signed off before commencement of execution of the audit
• Manage preparation of detailed budgets & staff allocation
• Submission of task code request & approval of overruns
• Communication of deadlines and budget to staff
• Perform function of principal client contact and take full responsibility for the client relationship management and ensure that all queries are solved timeously
• Review the draft financial statements and audit opinion
• Attend & present at audit committee meetings
• Attend and facilitate wrap-up meetings
• Ensure that files are archiving within required timelines

External Audit Supervisor at Nexia SAB&T (2024-03 – 2025-03)

• Audit plan preparation and section allocation
• Prepare, review, and analyze financial statements for discrepancies clearance once fully audited
• Review and report management accounts
• Manage communication of progress on a timely basis to ensure deadlines are met
• Ensure that appropriate time is recorded and billed and collected
• Perform Initial quality control review of Junior members pf engagement team
• Effectively communicate with clients on audit queries and relevant adjustments
• Send regular reminder to audit team on progress and outstanding log, to ensure timely completion of sections
• Prepare management letter, management representation letter, with audit difference and prepare board report and audit report
• Provide on-the-job training to first years and second years

Trainee Auditor at Nexia SAB&T (2021-03 – 2024-02)

• Effectively communicate with clients on audit queries and relevant adjustments
• Prepare management letter, with audit difference and prepare board report and audit report
• Preparation of client required schedules – both internal and those to be issued with draft reports
• Monitoring junior staff and provide assistance and managing own and team members of the specific client teams. Providing constructive feedback and coaching to other team members
• Compilation of Engagement in terms of ISRS 4410, and ISRE 2400 and modification of default working papers to suit such engagement
• Use CaseWare software to perform an audit
• Review tax calculations and VAT calculation, in order to ensure they comply with VAT act, Tax Admin act and income tax act

Accounting Clerk: Management Accounting at Water & Sanitation: Bellville Office (2017-03 – 2021-02)

4 years

• Compile monthly In Year Monitoring (IYM) reports on the on overall spending and projected spending
• Compile Monthly expenditure management report and communicate and/or discuss over/ under spending with managers
• Use Pivot table to attract financial information on excel, and report on expenditure trends using Word, and Power Point
• Assist internal control department with pre-audit and post-audit (non-compliant payments, Irregular and Fruitless and Wasteful expenditure)
• Write Memorandum, submission and taking minutes during meeting. Prepare year end accruals report and assist in preparation of Annual Financial Statement (AFS): Consolidate funds in line with accounting standards;( GRAP, GAAP or IFRS)
• Execute other duties: Capturing PERSAL and BAS payments and journal, assets verification and other SMC duties (Tender opening to finalization stage)
• Maintain office discipline and provide on the job training to trainees (interns)

Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) in Accounting – SAICA (2024)

Initial Test of Competence (ITC) in Accounting – SAICA (2021)

Post graduate Diploma in Accounting in Accounting – UNISA (2021)

Advanced Diploma in Accounting Science in Accounting – UNISA (2018)

Bachelor of Accounting in Accounting – WSU (2013)

Matric – Dalindyebo High School (2008 – 2010)