Louise has been a Chartered Accountant for 9 years. She completed her articles at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Subsequent to completion of her articles, she has gained valuable experience at Afrox Healthcare Limited (financial accountant), Council for Medical Schemes (Senior Financial Analyst) and Gobodo Incorporated (senior manager).
As a review expert at PAPi she has reviewed, amongst others, national and provincial departments (Housing, Human settlement, Education, Agriculture, Health, Social Development, etc.), various public entities (SABS etc.) as well as various municipalities (Tlokwe, Blouberg, Greater Taung, Molopo, etc.) and municipal entities.
She has also reviewed various private sector audits including Eskom.
Her areas of expertise include public and private sector auditing, accounting, mentoring, coaching, navigation and the preparation of financial statements.
Qualifications:
(CA)SA
Registered Auditor
In the process of being registered as an Assessor
Technical Areas of Expertise:
Audit
Accounting
GRAP
IFRS
Medical Schemes
Industry Experience:
Departments
Public entities
Private sector (manufacturing, nuclear energy, technikon, non-profit organisations, various others etc.)
Industry Experience Outside of Auditing:
Medical industry (hospitals and medical aids).
I have worked as a financial accountant (head office) at LifeHealthcare and as a Senior Financial Analyst at the Council for Medical Schemes
Other Relevant Skills and Experience:
As a reviewer at Protect A Partner I have gained detailed knowledge of the Public Sector (departments, public entities, municipalities, municipal entities) and Private Sector (various companies (including Eskom).
Louise van der Westhuizen
