Joshua Eli Kwaku Ziorklui

Participate in fieldwork and inform supervisors of the engagement status.

Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex accounting and auditing concepts and apply them to clients situations.

Consistently deliver quality client services focusing on more complex, judgmental and/or specialized issues.

Demonstrate technical capabilities and professional knowledge.

Proactively maintain contact with the client throughout the year about financial and regulatory matters.

• Supported faculty members of the Accounting Area with classroom instruction, record keeping, and other miscellaneous tasks.
• Assisted about 100 students with course materials during office hours and answered emails from students to ensure proper understanding of the course materials.
• Reviewed and scored assignments and quizzes and provided feedback on student progress to professors.

• Identified, communicated, and assisted in the resolution of complex audit issues, as well as reporting to audit managers and engagement partners on all significant audit findings.
• Identified and assessed risk of material misstatements on financial statements and performs relevant audit procedures to ensure that the financial statements are free from fraud or error and are fairly presented according to the requisite legal and accounting framework.
• Guided and coached junior team members to get up to speed quickly and helped them to realize their full potential.
• Collaborated with team members from other service lines to deliver exceptional client service and build a good rapport with the client staff while serving as the firm’s ambassador.
• Participated in professional development opportunities such as training sessions to improve my technical skills and knowledge.

• Identified, communicated, and assisted in the resolution of complex audit issues, as well as reported to audit managers and engagement partners on all significant audit findings.
• Collaborated with team members from other service lines to deliver exceptional client service and built a good rapport with the client staff while serving as the firm’s ambassador.
• Participated in all aspects of audit engagements, including agreeing on audit timelines, team briefings, and executed the day-to-day activities and delivery of audit work.

• Led a team of 3 to about 5 out of 23 affected financial institutions to assist the Receiver appointed to take control and to see the orderly winding up of institutions.
• Coordinated validation and payment of claims to about 10,000 creditors and depositors of these affected financial institutions.
• Oversaw recovery of debts and realization of remaining assets of some of the affected companies to a tune of more than $100k.

• Learned to use new technologies and tools such as GL Analyzers, EY sampling tools etc. to analyze data and produce quality audit outcomes.
• Worked as part of a team and mostly spent time on-site at the companies we audited.
• Performed analytical procedures and test of details on clients' account balances to ensure balances reported are true and fair.

• Engaged client personnel to understand the nature of business operations to guide audit.
• Compiled reports on audit findings and recommendations to enable the preparation of management letters.
• Examined financial records of clients during an audit engagement for accuracy.

• Reviewed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) reports for the major oil and gas operations in Ghana.
• Guided newly National service persons with knowledge transition and getting up to speed quickly.
• Collated monthly Rig and FPSO operational reports and technical operation data submitted by Oil companies using Microsoft excel.