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Faraaz Abdullah
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High School
University
Experience
Academic.
Leadership
Sport.
Cultural.
Outreach.
Awards.
Other.
Willowmoore High School
NSC. National Senior Certificate | 2014
Academic Half Colours achieved twice (Grade 8 and Grade 12)
Top student in Accounting (Grade 12)
English Home Language
64.00 %
Afrikaans (FAL)
53.00 %
Mathematics
70.00 %
Life Orientation
80.00 %
Accounting
91.00 %
Engineering Graphics and Design (EGD)
78.00 %
Sciences (Physics and Chemistry)
73.00 %
Subject
Mark %
Subject
Mark %
School Cultural.
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Cultural Area 1
Level achieved 1
Description sport 1
Cultural Area 2
Level achieved 2
Description sport 2
School Sport.
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Sport 1
Level achieved 1
Description sport 1
Sport 2
Level achieved 2
Description sport 2
School Outreach.
Not applicable for this candidate.
Outreach Area 1
Description outreach 1
Outreach Area 2
Description outreach 2
School Awards.
Getting recognised.
Award 1
Academic Half Colours achieved twice (Grade 8 and Grade 12)
Top student in Accounting (Grade 12)
Award 2
Description award 2
Other Things to Note.
Not applicable for this candidate.
Description award 2
School Leadership.
Not applicable for this candidate.
Leadership 1
Award achieved 1
Description leadership 1
Leadership 2
Description leadership 2
Award achieved 2
Experience.
Business.
Courses.
Languages.
Skills.
Other.
Work Experience.
Entering the working world.
SAICA Trainee
Company Role
Ernst & Young
2021-1-31 - Present
Exposure to primary group team (High Performing Team) and component team of one of the largest gold producers in the world, listed on the NYSE, JSE, ASX and GSE. Therefore, I have exposure to a mix of ISA and PCAOB audit principles which were applied during the audit in line with IFRS, ISAs, PCAOB (SOX) and SEC Compliance.
- Exposure to the clients annual reporting suite. The duties which were involved include ensuring the financial
statements were in line with IFRS and the 20-F reports were compliant with the SEC.
- Supervisor on the Group and South African Corporate component team and ensured progress deadlines and milestones were tracked and subsequently met.
- Supervisor on an audit team with 12 Article clerks.
- Assist with the training of junior staff members.
- Prepared presentations and other documentation, which was presented directly to the Audit Committee, as well as client executives.
- Exposure to auditing Group Share based payments and performed control testing over the Share Based payments.
- Consulted with lawyers to audit legal opinions.
- Exposure to auditing provisions, derivatives and guarantees. Consulted with Actuaries for valuations on derivatives and guarantees.
- Audit experience in mining, energy, natural resources, and Retail.
- Conducted performance reviews and feedback sessions with juniors and lead upward feedback. This included identifying and bridging the needs of management and juniors of a team consisting of over twenty people.
Soft skills developed during my training contract include leadership, effective communication, teamwork, time management and adaptability.
Hard skills developed during my training contract include project management, data analysis, internal control evaluation and continuous learning.
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Courses Completed.
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Course Name 3
Course Name 2
Course Name 1
Course Provider
Date Completed
Course Provider
Date Completed
Course Provider
Date Completed
Mark
Description
Mark
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Mark
Description
Entrepreneurial Pursuits.
Starting up, Start Ups.
Liquipop & Kirschner investments
Manufacturing and Vehicle Rental Industry
2016-5-31 - 2020-6-29
Liquipop - 01 June 2018 to 30 June 2020
- Product design and development
- Factory set up and Production management
- Management of sales representatives and production staff
- Management of debtors and creditors
- Inventory management
- Sales representative
Kirschner Investments - 01 June 2016 to 30 June 2020
- Rent to own vehicle business model
- Purchase and sales of vehicles.
- Account management
Languages.
Learning the lingo.
English
Fluent
Language 2
Proficiency 2
Language 3
Proficiency 3
Skills.
Upskilling, my skills.
Data Analysis
Advanced
Communication
Advanced
Adaptability
Expert
Other Things to Note.
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Description
Academic.
Leadership.
Sport.
Cultural.
Outreach.
Awards.
Other.
University Academic.
Undergraduate Degree
University of Johannesburg
Bachelors of Accounting Science
Academic Average: 58.00%
Graduation Date: 2017-11-29
Award Info Undergraduate
Postgraduate Degree
Milpark Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting
Academic Average: 53.50%
Graduation Date: 2020-8-18
Award Info Postgraduate
Masters Degree
Masters University
Masters Degree Name
Mark %
Graduation Date
Award Info Masters
University Cultural.
Not applicable for this candidate.
Cultural Area 1
Level achieved 1
Description sport 1
Cultural Area 2
Level achieved 2
Description sport 2
University Sport.
Not applicable for this candidate.
Sport 1
Level achieved 1
Description sport 1
Sport 2
Level achieved 2
Description sport 2
University Outreach.
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Outreach Area 1
Outreach Area 2
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University Awards.
Not applicable for this candidate.
Award 1
Award 2
Description award 1
Description award 2
Other Things to Note.
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Description other
University Leadership.
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Leadership 1
Description leadership 1
Award achieved 1
Leadership 2
Award achieved 2
Description leadership 2
Documents.
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Matric
Certificate.
University
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