Elizabeth Meiring

I am a qualified Charted Accountant (SA), currently working as an Assurance Manager at EY, Dublin within the UKI division. I have experience across various industries, including pharmaceuticals, industrial packaging, real estate and sports & recreation.

Key responsibilities included:

• Collaborated closely with colleagues and specialists, facilitating smooth completion of complex audits.
• Planned daily task management for evenly distributed workloads among team.
• Reviewed work produced by less experienced team members to determine accuracy and completeness.
• Helped with audit management by planning audit timelines, team briefings and audit delivery.
• Assisted with client budgets, and tracking engagement metrics with local and
  offshore team members.
• Provided training and coaching to less experienced auditors on the team.
• Review of significant risk areas relating to revenue, accruals, intangible assets and share-based payments.

I completed my training contract at EY, Johannesburg, where I held the position of Audit Senior and Audit supervisor. My main clients consisted of dual-listed (U.S SEC) mining and manufacturing clients.

Key Responsibilities included:

• Review of financial statements in accordance with IFRS.
• Assessment of both key and operational controls in line with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (PCAOB).
• Supervising and coaching more junior professionals.
• Report to audit clients on material weaknesses in Internal controls.
• Liaised with component teams to deliver an inclusive audit, including foreign component teams.
• Review and preparation of significant risk areas and key accounts relating to business acquisitions, share-based payments, impairment and local GAAP to IFRS adjustments.