ARNOLD SAWYERR

Experience

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  KPMG Sierra Leone

  Nov 2004 - Nov 2005

  Senior Auditor/Auditor-In-Charge

  Made in-charge of several financial statement audit engagements; responsible for directing and supervising audit work done by trainees/Associates. Handling critical areas in the audit; reporting to Audit Managers/Partners on engagements including.;-Preparation of financial statement including P&L, Balance sheet, cash flow statements,-Review of bank reconciliations, -Review of accounting and internal policies and procedures -Assessing internal controls-Review compliance with IFRS’s and other applicable reporting standards-Review of budgetary process and its adequacy-Assisting in various audit assignments including banks, world bank funded projects, manufacturing concerns, telecommunication companies and other business entities, being supervised for audit areas such as cash, inventories, debtors, fixed assets, income and expenses etc as stipulated by the Auditor In-charge.-Responsible for identifying lapses in the control environment of clients and including in Management report. Assisting newly recruited trainees during audit exercises. -Prepare financial statements from accounting records and trial balance on accountancy assignments. Show less

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  KPMG Sierra Leone/Nigeria

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Senior Associate IT Advisory

  Review of IT control environment (System development, change management, incident management, asset management etc) for all entities that are IT Dependent including all the Banks and Telecommunication companies audited by KPMG SL. The review also involves performing Data Analysis using Audit Command Language (ACL) and Interactive Data Extraction and Analysis (IDEA) to ascertain data integrity and asses system performance.

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  KPMG SL

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2017

  MANAGER, AUDIT, IT ADVISORY (ITA)/INFORMATION RISK MANAGEMENT (IRM)

  Review of IT control environment (System development, change management, incident management, asset management etc) for all entities that are IT Dependent including Banks and Telecommunication companies audited by KPMG SL. The review also involves performing Data Analysis using Audit Command Language (ACL) and Interactive Data Extraction and Analysis (IDEA) to ascertain data integrity and asses system performance. Post-implemetation reviews for Business applications. Supervision of junior colleagues in the ITA department. Providing and faccilitating specific training courses for Audit and ITA staff. Show less

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  PwC Bahamas

  Oct 2017 - Sept 2019

  Risk Assurance Manager
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  KPMG UK

  Oct 2019 - now

  IRM Manager