2. Martin Oosthuizen
Personal Information
Full names: Martin Oosthuizen
Date of birth: 21 September 1972
Identity number: 720921 5057 08 4
Address: P.O. Box 11821
Die Hoewes
0163
Mobile phone: +27 82 770 9514
Marital status: Married
Nationality: South African citizen
Age: 42
Place of birth: Pretoria
Current residence: Villieria, Pretoria
3. Summary of qualifications
Copies of all certificates are available on request
International Professional qualifications:
- CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), awarded by the Institute of Internal
Auditors.
- CCSA (Certification in Control Self-Assessment), awarded by the
Institute of Internal Auditors.
Further qualification:
- Programme in Forensic and Investigative Auditing (via UNISA)
- Completed in 2012 – average mark 71%
Subjects: Fraud Prevention; Fraud Detection; Fraud Investigation; Fraud
Reporting
Intended Studies in 2015:
I intend to enroll for and to obtain the CFSA-certification (Certified Financial
Services Auditor) from the IIA.
Academic qualifications:
Postgraduate:
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
1995-1996
B-Com (Hons) (Financial Accounting) - Awarded March 1997
Undergraduate:
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
1991-1994
B-Com (Internal Auditing) - Awarded December 1994
Education
Hercules Hoërskool
Pretoria
Matriculated: 1990
4. Professional Experience
FirstRand Banking Group
Johannesburg
Position held: Audit Manager
Duration: March 2013 - current
- I was appointed manager of the Cash and Self Service Channels Team
within the FNB Retail team in February 2013.
- As such, I am managing a team of seven auditors
- The assignments included in this portfolio include the Cash Centres, as
well as the SSD Regional Offices and the Head Offices of these
businesses.
- Since November 2013 I am also responsible for the Banking Channels
Head Office Support portfolio, as the manager of that team was
transferred to another team.
- I therefore manage a team of 9 people at present and a number of projects
at any time.
Position held: Internal Auditor
Duration: April 2009 – February 2013
- I joined FirstRand after being affected by restructuring at BCX during the
early part of 2009.
- I worked in the Corporate Team, and was transferred to the Commercial
Banking team during November 2010.
- During this time, I gained some exposure to the activities of the division
which was to become Merchant Services, in reviewing the SpeedPoint
Regional Offices
- I also received some training in international banking in preparation for a
review of international banking.
- After the move to the Commercial team, is was involved in the audit of
Premier Business Banking in the Commercial segment.
Business Connexion (BCX)
Midrand
Position held: Senior Internal Auditor: Finance
Duration: October 2008 – March 2009
- I joined BCX at the end of 2008.
- Due to the timing, and the fact that restructuring of the company was
announced in February 2009, no significant audit projects took place
during my time spent with the company.
Reason for leaving: Restructuring lead to the reduction of the amount
of audit staff.
5. ADvTECH Group
Sandton
Position held: Group Internal Auditor
Duration: August 2006 – September 2008
I was involved in all activities of the department.
- Execution of audits in compliance with the approved audit plan.
This involved the following:
o Meeting with clients prior to audits.
o Planning the audit work
o Executing fieldwork
o Compiling audit files and draft reports
o Giving feedback to clients
- Assisted management of the department in compilation of audit committee
reports.
- When joining the department in 2006, I was involved in the Quality
Assurance Review conducted at that time.
During my time spent with ADvTECH, I obtained a very broad insight into the
activities of the different parts of the company, from the Pre-Schools to
Tertiary institutions, as well as the Resourcing Division. This was achieved
through audit visits to nearly every site of delivery of the company.
I met and interacted with staff and management at all levels of the company,
and enjoyed good relationships with them.
I also proposed and helped introduce a new reporting format for the
department.
Reason for leaving: Limited future career opportunities due to small
department, desired career growth
6. AURCO (Pty.) Ltd.
Pretoria
Position held: Senior Audit Consultant
Duration: July 2001 – August 2006
- The duties within this position were exactly the same as those of the
position held with Iscor Limited (see below). AURCO provided the same
service to Kumba Resources as it did to Iscor, after the decision by Iscor
to outsource the internal audit function of the mining division to current
employees, prior to the split of Iscor into separate mining and steel
companies.
- I also regularly presented courses on a range of topics related to Internal
Audit. This training was on behalf of AURCO who was awarded the right to
present training by amongst others the Institute of Internal Auditors (South
Africa) [IIA (SA)] and the South African Institute of Government Auditors
(SAIGA).
These courses were attended by delegates from across South Africa and
its neigbours, such as Lesotho and Botswana. I received positive feedback
to the courses presented in every instance.
Some courses presented were the following:
For the IIA (SA)
- Tools and Techniques for the Internal Auditor (Block 1) [5 days
duration]
- Introduction to Internal Auditing [2 days duration]
- How to effectively review your organistion’s risk management process
[2 days duration]
For SAIGA
- Risk and Internal Control Assessment (CSA) [3 days duration].
Reason for leaving: I was looking for more exposure to the complete
audit process and an opportunity to grow my
career. The opportunity for this arose at
ADvTECH, which I joined at the end of August
2006.
7. Audit & Advisory Services: Iscor Limited
Pretoria
Position held: Audit Consultant
Duration: March 1997 – June 2001
My position involved a number of different activities:
- Corporate governance audits at a wide range of clients. These audits
followed a risk based audit process, and were based on the COSO
framework.
My involvement in each audit varied, but I gained experience in all stages
of the audit process:
- Planning (including meeting with the client)
- Preparing audit work programmes
- Executing fieldwork
- Discussing findings and draft reports with clients
- Finalising audit working papers and –files
- Preparing final reports
- Preparing follow up schedules
- Conducting follow up investigations at later dates.
- Other types of audits, such as production and maintenance audits (also
risk- and COSO based).
These audits focused on the accuracy of information used in the reporting
on these activities (e.g. is maintenance performed in accordance with
maintenance plans, are production figures accurate, etc.).
- Assistance to the forensic audit department.
The assistance to the forensic department involved mostly extracting and
analising information for use by the investigators in their activities.
- Facilitation of, reporting on and follow up after Control Self-Assessment
(CSA) projects. I am trained as a facilitator for CSA purposes.
During typical CSA projects, I would be involved in the planning of
workshops, execution of workshops (both as facilitator and scribe) and
reporting after the workshop process. Follow up with clients, to assist in
compilation of action plans to issues identified during the workshops also
took place.
- During the implementation of SAP software at our largest client, I was also
involved in business readiness reviews. During these reviews we ensured
that the needs and concerns of users regarding the functionality of the
system were identified and communicated to the project team for attention.
8. - I have an understanding about the functioning of SAP, and I am able to
execute audits using the program. This is done by extracting information
required to perform audit steps. This does not include auditing the setup
and working of the system from an Information Systems Audit view.
- I gained some supervisory experience:
A lot of travelling was involved, particularly when audits at outlying clients
were being performed.
On various occasions, I would travel as the senior with the rest of the team
to start an audit, and hand over to the client manager responsible for the
audit later during the fieldwork phase of the audit.
I did act as audit leader on smaller audit assignments, being responsible
for planning, supervision of the rest of the staff on the assignment, review
of the file and reporting after the assignment
Reason for leaving: Outsourcing of internal audit function by Iscor
Limited in preparation for their split into separate
mining and steel companies.
9. Directorate: Business Economic Investigations,
Department of Trade and Industry
Pretoria
Position held: Assistant Trade and Industry Advisor
Duration: March 1994 to February 1997
This position entailed investigative accounting and verification services on
behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.
The position specifically entailed the verification of claims submitted under the
various schemes administered by the Department.
My duties immediately prior to leaving the Department involved verifying
aspects related to the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP),
such as Import Rebate Credit Certificates (IRCC), DA190 certificates and
Company Specific Percentages (CSP).
These verifications were carried out on site; therefore a lot of independent
work and travelling were required.
Reason for leaving: I completed my studies; the new position was
more related to field of study and interest.
10. Professional Memberships
I am a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa (IIA-SA)
[membership number 82058].
I hold both the CIA (“Certified Internal Auditor”) and CCSA (“Certification in
Control Self Assessment”) designations from the international Institute of
Internal Auditors (IIA).
Languages
I am fully bilingual and fluent in both English and Afrikaans. In 1990 I passed
an examination in bilingualism.
Hobbies
- I am an avid sports fan. I watch and read up on as many kinds of sport as I
can. During late 1996 and early 1997 I appeared on a nationally televised
sports quiz “The Nashua Knock-Out” (broadcast on M-Net).
- I read extensively, for enjoyment and also to expand my general
knowledge, which is an area of interest to me. I appeared on the SABC2
quiz show “Flinkdink” during 2005.
- I am active in my church as an elder and member of the church council.
- I play golf of a 17 handicap.
References
References will be provided on request.
