Lloyd Mufema
Newbridge,Ireland
Summary
Senior audit executive and Chartered Accountant with over 13 years of Big Four experience delivering and overseeing SME to complex audit engagements across multiple sectors. Proven track record in stakeholder management, risk oversight, and developing high-performing teams, with extensive expertise in IFRS, FRS 101, and FRS 102. Strong commercial acumen and experience in project and portfolio management, team leadership, and delivering high-quality outcomes in complex, fast-paced environments. Seeking to leverage technical expertise, leadership capabilities, and strategic insight to drive organisational success and create long-term value.
Overview
5
5
years of post-secondary education
13
13
years of professional experience
Work history
Senior Audit Manager
Ernst & Young
Dublin, Ireland
2022.04 - 2026.06
- Provided strategic leadership and end-to-end oversight of diverse portfolio of audit engagements across SMEs to large clients in technology, construction, and consumer goods sectors, leading small to large multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams to deliver high-quality audits.
- Held responsibility for engagement acceptance, risk assessment, audit strategy, resource planning, and governance, ensuring compliance with professional standards, regulatory requirements, and firm's risk management policies.
- Led group audits, providing technical oversight of IFRS consolidations, coordinating EY and non EY component auditors across multiple jurisdictions, and resolving complex accounting and audit quality matters in collaboration with engagement and quality review partners.
- Acted as trusted adviser to senior client stakeholders, preparing and reviewing board and audit committee communications
- Managed engagement economics encompassing budgets, audit fee negotiations, forecasts to complete, work-in-progress management, resolution of cost overruns, audit fee billing and collection.
- Contributed to client proposals and tender processes, supporting business development initiatives and driving revenue growth.
- Led SOX 404 controls testing as part of internal audit consultancy engagement for world's largest aircraft leasing company responsible for defining testing scope in collaboration with management and external auditors (KPMG), directing team of five in executing testing procedures, and advising management on control enhancements, resolution of queries raised by KPMG, remediation of control deficiencies, maintained end-to-end process documentation, and prepared Steering Committee reports on controls testing plan, testing outcomes and remediation progress.
- Led, in consultation with audit partner and audit quality team, resolution of audit quality queries raised by EY Quality Reviewers, drafting technically robust responses that successfully secured high quality ratings on key engagement files.
- Provided technical leadership encompassing consultations with EY internal IFRS experts on complex accounting matters, including assessing appropriateness of accounting for revenue contracts with customers, group reorganisations, evaluating changes in functional currency, and reviewing accounting framework transitions from FRS 102 to FRS 101, ensuring compliance with applicable financial reporting standards and robust technical conclusions.
Audit Manager
Ernst & Young
Dublin, Ireland
2020.03 - 2022.03
- Managed end-to-end audit processes for diverse client portfolio, resourced and supervised audit teams, planned and reviewed audits, reported progress and issues to partner, and engaged with key client personnel on financial statements.
- Held responsibility for preparing audit budgets, negotiating audit fees in consultation with partner, forecasting completion estimates, managing WIP, resolving overruns, and handling audit fee billing and collections.
- Supervised and coached audit teams of 2 to 8, facilitating relevant training to enhance team capabilities.
- Leveraged work of clients’ internal audit functions to enhance audit efficiency and effectiveness.
- Provided effective oversight of multiple simultaneous audit engagements, balancing competing priorities while meeting quality and deadline expectations.
- Contributed to recruitment initiatives, including candidate assessment and selection decisions.
Audit Manager
Deloitte
, Namibia
2017.01 - 2019.12
- Held end-to-end responsibility for portfolio of clients in manufacturing, power and utilities, transport and logistics, and hospitality sectors, resourced audit teams, planned, supervised, and reviewed audit, reported to partner on audit progress and issues, and interacted with key client personnel regarding audit progress, review of financial statements and reporting.
- Led end-to-end audit scoping and delivery planning, coordinating multi-disciplinary specialist teams across Deloitte namely Financial Services Advisory (IFRS 9 ECL model review), Tax (tax computations review), Data Analytics (revenue analytics), Actuarial and Analytics X solutions (review of defined benefit pension valuations and assumptions), and Asset Valuation (assessment of management’s asset valuations) to deliver timely, high-quality audit on Namibia’s National power utility audit engagement.
- Prepared audit committee planning and conclusion reports, presenting findings in audit committee meetings to ensure informed decision-making.
- Worked with partner in responding to queries raised by Deloitte Quality Reviewers ensuring that power utility engagement secured high quality rating
- Managed engagement economics for portfolio of audit engagements, overseeing budgeting, fee negotiations, WIP management, and fee recovery to secure additional fees for scope changes.
- Contributed to client proposals and tenders, facilitating business development and supporting revenue growth initiatives.
- Held responsibility for resource planning to ensure that office was adequately resourced to meet busy season needs
- Provided coaching and mentoring to audit staff, fostering professional development and teamwork.
- Led joint audit team, coaching staff from smaller local audit firm on use of Deloitte audit methodology
Audit Manager
Ernst & Young
, Zimbabwe
2013.10 - 2016.12
- Held end-to-end responsibility for portfolio of clients in local government, gold mining client listed on Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, retail, manufacturing, and not for profit organisations responsible for managing audits from planning to reporting and was directly accountable to partner.
- Spearheaded planning and responses for audit high-risk areas, ensuring audit quality across all engagements
- Led, in consultation with audit partner and audit quality team, resolution of complex audit quality queries raised by EY Quality Reviewers, drafting technically robust responses that successfully secured high quality rating for listed mining client.
- Provided coaching and mentorship for audit staff, supporting performance development and delivery of audit-related trainings.
- Managed engagement economics across portfolio of audit engagements, including budgeting, fee negotiations, WIP management, fee recovery, and securing additional fees for scope changes.
- Developed and maintained relationships with key audit client stakeholders
- Led business development activities, overseeing coordination of RFP responses and preparation of client proposals for EY office.
Education
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe 2011.01 - 2012.01
Diploma in Auditing - undefined
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South AfricaHonours Degree in Accounting Science - undefined
University of South Africa
South AfricaBachelor of Accounting - undefined
National University of Science and Technology
Zimbabwe 2003.01 - 2007.01
Skills
- Big 4 experience
- Audit strategy & quality leadership
- Board-level stakeholder engagement
- Communication and negotiating skills
- Risk management
- Client relationship management
- Regulatory compliance
- Internal controls
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Adaptability and change leadership
- Talent leadership and team development
- Project and portfolio management
Career highlights
- EY Ireland 2026 - Provided senior leadership on a complex, multi-entity technology audit, acting as the lead on the audit directing a team of twenty one professionals which included six managers. Led the centralisation of revenue and trade receivables audit activities across three sub-groups, improving consistency, quality oversight, and execution efficiency.
- EY Ireland 2025 - Led the redesign of a technology client’s revenue audit approach, introducing analytics-led procedures and EY technology tools, securing senior stakeholder alignment, and delivering a 2,000-hour reduction in audit effort resulting in improved profitability
- Deloitte Namibia 2017 - 2019 - Led the joint audit engagement for Namibia’s national power utility with bonds listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, responsible for engagement strategy, senior stakeholder relationship management, and delivery of a complex, high profile public sector audit, reporting directly to the joint audit partners.
- EY Zimbabwe 2014 - 2016 - Led the external audit of Zimbabwe’s second largest city providing strategic leadership over a large, multi-disciplinary engagement, overseeing risk management and quality outcomes, and maintaining direct accountability to the engagement partner
Other roles
- Member of the Quality Team | EY Dublin | 2025 - Acted as a key link between the office Audit Quality team and engagement teams, ensuring timely dissemination of audit quality communications. Gathered feedback from audit teams on quality challenges and recurring issues, escalating key themes to the Audit Quality team. Supported the design and delivery of targeted training initiatives to address identified quality needs. Contributed to strengthening the firm’s audit quality culture and continuous improvement agenda.
- Committee member, Chartered Accountants Ireland Ethnicity Network | 2024 - 2025 | Involved in planning and implementing initiatives to create an inclusive profession where everyone including minorities feel they belong.
- Secondments Resourcing Lead | Deloitte Namibia | 2018 - 2019 - Led the sourcing and coordination of secondment resources across multiple Deloitte member firms, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Uganda, and Germany. Acted as the central liaison between audit engagement teams and international offices to identify resourcing needs and skill requirements. Negotiated resource levels, hourly rates, and deployment terms, performing detailed costing and presenting business cases to partners for approval. Strengthened cross-border collaboration while ensuring cost efficiency and timely delivery on audit engagements.
- Markets lead | EY Bulawayo Office | Zimbabwe | 2015-2016 - Served as the primary contact and coordination lead for the development of proposals to win new audit work
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Audit Manager
Ernst & Young
2022.04 - 2026.06
Audit Manager
Ernst & Young
2020.03 - 2022.03
Audit Manager
Deloitte
2017.01 - 2019.12
Audit Manager
Ernst & Young
2013.10 - 2016.12
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe
2011.01 - 2012.01
Bachelor of Accounting - undefined
National University of Science and Technology
2003.01 - 2007.01
Honours Degree in Accounting Science - undefined
University of South Africa
Diploma in Auditing - undefined
University of Cape Town