Tawanda Mutingwende
٠ Mobile: +263 772515524,
+263782039634 ٠ E-mail: tmutingwende@fastmail.fm
Bachelor of Accountancy Honours Degree/ Certified Internal Auditor/ Masters in Business Administration/ ACL trained
Offering over 13years Internal Audit experience
Qualified and experienced auditor in manufacturing and processing industries. Motivated, hardworking and
reliable, with proven ability to deliver high quality work and excellent skills.
QUALIFICATIONS
 Bachelor of Accountancy Honours Degree from the University of Zimbabwe.
 Certified Internal Auditor from the Institute of Internal Auditors (USA)
 Master of Business Administration Degree - Graduate School of Management University of Zimbabwe.
Research thesis “A value chain evaluation of Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe”.
 Management Development program from Mandel Training Centre
 Cement Manufacturing Technology Certificate from The Independent Cement Producers Association
UK
 Audit Command Language (ACL).
 Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors
WORK EXPERIENCE
Audit Manager
(June 2008-June 2015) Audit Manager of Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe reporting functionally to the Board
Audit Committee Chairperson and administratively to the Chief Executive Officer.
Lafarge Cement, formerly Circle Cement, is a cement manufacturing company. Lafarge is listed on the
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and a subsidiary of Lafarge group which is the world’s largest cement
manufacturing company.
Key result areas include:
 Establishing risk-based audit plans to set out the priorities of the internal audit function, consistent with
the organisation’s objectives.
 Coordinating internal auditing activities and plans with external providers of assurance to ensure
proper coverage and minimise duplication of effort.
 Ensuring that internal auditors have appropriate professional qualifications and skills, and
opportunities for sufficient training and development to maintain and develop their internal auditing
competence
 Ensuring risks are systematically identified, managed and that adequate mitigatory controls are
implemented.
 Liaison with Finance Director in ensuring that all activities of the company have comprehensive
procedures and controls.
 Training managers and employees on ethics, governance and risk management
 Reporting on internal auditing engagements to the board audit committee.
 Overseeing the Tip offs whistle-blowing program.
 Providing an annual opinion on the effectiveness and adequacy of risk management, control, and
governance processes.
Achievements:
 Successfully introduced Audit Command Language (ACL) software at Lafarge. The software
significantly improved the audit turnaround time. Other Lafarge sites in Africa have followed suit due
to the immense benefits they saw at Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe
 Aligned internal audit independence with global standards. The function now reports to the Audit
Committee of the board and the Chief Executive Officer.
 Awarded a certificate of achievement for improving internal controls in the company in 2012. The
awards were given to three departments out of a total of ten departments in the organization.
Group Senior Internal Auditor
TSL Group Limited (2007-2008) reporting to the Group Internal Audit Executive. TSL is a conglomerate
which is into tobacco auctioning, agricultural chemicals manufacturing, combine harvester services, flower
production & marketing, timber processing, inland port & storage services and hardware supplies.
Key result areas included:
 Audit Planning and carrying out Financial & Operational Audits
 Special Investigations
 Conducting Internal control systems reviews
 Preparing Audit Reports
 Team leader in audits of the various subsidiaries of the group.
Achievements:
 Successfully contributed to the divestment if Transtobac logistics, a former subsidiary of the TSL
conglomerate.
 Drafted the TSL Code of Ethics which was subsequently adopted.
Senior Internal Auditor
OK Zimbabwe Limited (2006-2007) reporting to the Audit Services Manager. OK Zimbabwe Limited is
the leading retail company in Zimbabwe with over 45 branches nationwide.
Key result areas included:
 Audit Planning and carrying out Financial & Operational Audits
 Team leader in audits of the various branches and units in the organization.
 Conducting internal control systems reviews
 Special Investigations
 Preparing audit Reports
Internal Auditor
Dairibord Zimbabwe limited (2002-2006) Joined as a graduate trainee from University and was appointed
within one year. Dairibord is one of the biggest milk and beverage processing companies in Zimbabwe:
Duties involved:
 Carrying out audits as per the audit plan and/or as assigned by the Senior Internal auditor
 Preparing comprehensive audit working papers to support the audit findings
 Taking part in the annual audit planning
 Preparation of audit programmes and files for audits assigned by the Senior Internal Auditor
 Attending pre-engagement audit meetings with the Senior Internal Auditor.
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
 Microsoft Powerpoint, Word, Excel, Project
 Audit Command Language (ACL)
 Sage
 SAP
 Navision
 Email & Internet
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth:
26 September 1979
Gender:
Male
Marital Status: Married with a daughter and two sons.
Languages:
English, Shona and Ndebele
Holder of a clean class 4 driver’s licence
Holder of a valid passport
REFERENCES
Mr. Simon Nyazenga
Group Director Internal Audit
Rift Valley Holdings
Union Ave
Harare
Zimbabwe
Telephone: +2634731181
Email: simonnyaz@gmail.com
Mrs. C. Moloseni
Audit Committee Chair
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe
Kafue Road, Chilanga
Lusaka
Zambia
Telephone: +260 211 367 400
Email:chrissie.moloseni@lafarge.com
Mr. J. Shoniwa
(Former MD Lafarge Zimbabwe)
Chief Executive Officer
Northern Consultancy Group
Harare
Zimbabwe
Telephone: +263772275040
Email: jshoniwa@gmail.com