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Muhammed Simjee

@muhammedsimjee

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Chartered Accountant with strong assurance, financial reporting, and audit leadership.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I seek a full-time finance or accounting role focused on financial reporting, assurance or audit management where I can lead teams, improve controls and grow professionally.

I am a Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) with extensive assurance and financial reporting experience across retail, manufacturing and logistics sectors. I lead audit engagements end-to-end, applying IFRS expertise and strong technical judgement to deliver robust conclusions.

As an Assistant Audit Manager and former audit supervisor, I have supervised teams, managed budgets, coordinated multi-country engagements and overseen the preparation and review of numerous annual financial statements. I have hands-on experience with IFRS 16, IFRS 15, IFRS 9 and IAS 36.

I am recognized for high-quality performance, receiving a quarterly award for outstanding work, and for coaching and mentoring junior staff to improve productivity and audit quality. I bring strong communication skills, process-improvement focus and integrity to my work.

I am seeking a full-time finance or accounting role where I can apply my assurance, financial reporting and audit management skills while continuing professional growth and contributing to organisational control and compliance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Assistant Audit Manager

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BDO UK

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Lead assurance engagements from planning to conclusion, supervising teams and improving financial controls; recognised with a quarterly award for outstanding quality and performance in 2024.

IFRS 15 IFRS 9 IAS 36 Team Supervision Financial Reporting

Senior Auditor - Assurance

BDO UK

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 11 months)

Conducted assurance engagements and supervised audit work across international offshore clients from January 2023 to December 2024, delivering high-quality audit conclusions and recommendations.

IFRS Risk Assessment Team Coordination

Audit Supervisor

Oct 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 2 months)

Managed audit teams (6–8 members), oversaw review and sign-off of 27 annual financial statements and coordinated 25+ stock counts while liaising with senior client management across seven African countries.

Stock Count Budgeting Client Management Project Management

Audit Senior

Oct 2020 - Sep 2021 (11 months)

Performed senior audit responsibilities including planning and executing audits for major retail and manufacturing clients, focusing on critical areas such as revenue, inventories, provisions, and receivables.

Provision Trade Debtors

Audit Assistant

Jan 2020 - Sep 2020 (8 months)

Supported audit engagements from January to September 2020, assisting with testing, evidence gathering, and documentation for large retail and manufacturing clients.

Auditing Evidence gathering Documentation Microsoft Excel