Qualifications

• Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons), UZ
• ACCA (Final Stage)
• Served articles with BDO Zimbabwe
• CaseWare & Business Intelligence Specialist
• Project Management Professional (PMBOK)
• Sage Evolution Certified Practitioner
• Sage Evolution Certified Product Consultant
• Sage Evolution Certified Maintenance Technician
• Sage Evolution Certified Municipal Billing

Experience

• Experienced in GRAP and GRAP Training
• Extensive experience in preparation of AFS
• Extremely familiar with IFRS & IAS Standards
• Audit readiness Experience
• 14 years Accounting Experience and worked with over 20 municipalities across South Africa
• Extensive understanding of PFMA & MFMA
• Implementation and supporting of ERP Systems
• Good knowledge in setting up policies, procedures and process and documenting them.

Served articles with BDO and conducted consulting for several municipalities and private entities across South Africa

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Information Technology (GZU)
• MBA student, (Edinburgh Business School, Scotland)
• CIMA student, (CIMA, UK)
• CaseWare GRAP & IFRS template Specialist
• Project Management Professional (PMBOK)
• Sage Evolution Certified Practitioner
• Sage Evolution Certified Product Consultant
• Sage Evolution Certified Maintenance Technician
• Sage Evolution Certified Municipal Billing

Experience

• 10 Years Consulting and Financial Reporting experience
• Extensive experience in preparation of Financial Statements and reporting
• Extensive GRAP & IFRS knowledge
• Audit Readiness Experience
• Sage Evolution software implementation and Support
• Implementation of ERP Systems.
• Good understanding of PFMA & MFMA

Worked for Barclays, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Miltsteel and several consulting companies in South Africa.

Charles is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with more than 10 years’ experience in auditing and consulting. He has worked as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Audit Manager in different organizations. He was seconded to one of South Africa’s TVET College as a CFO by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). He worked as a Senior Audit Manager at two auditing firms before joining SAICA. His vast experience is from both the private and public sectors. Charles has also lectured Financial Management and Auditing at the University of South Africa and the FASSET program on a part time basis. He has also lectured Auditing to postgraduate (Honors) students at the University of Venda. He is also a registered SAICA assessor. He has mentored, assessed and signed off prospective CAs serving their articles at one of the auditing firms in South Africa. He is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
• MBL student, final year (Unisa)
• Associate Member Institute of Internal Auditors
• CaseWare GRAP & IFRS template Specialist
• Project Management Professional (PMBOK)

Experience

• 8 Years Consulting and Financial Reporting experience
• Extensive experience in preparation of Financial Statements and reporting
• Extensive GRAP & IFRS knowledge
• Audit Readiness Experience
• Sage Evolution software implementation and Support
• Implementation of ERP Systems.
• Good understanding of PFMA & MFMA

Simbarashe Rimayi is a seasoned Financial Accounting and ERP specialist who has successfully conducted ERP systems implementations and has also prepared financial statements and provided audit support.

Simbarashe Rimayi also assisted the public sector in improving financial systems and reporting processes resulting in favourable audit opinions and leading to client retention on projects assigned through providing effective internal controls and financial soundness.