Osakwe Mohamed Saleh

Results-driven audit professional with comprehensive experience in financial analysis and compliance. Expertise in risk management, internal controls, and regulatory requirements. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Dependable and adaptable with keen ability to navigate changing needs. Known for analytical thinking, integrity, and effective communication.

• Osakwe is a dedicated Audit Manager with a proven track record of managing mandates for diverse clients and leading sizeable teams and project work. He has a comprehensive understanding of IFRS and US GAAP regulations. He is adept at identifying and pursuing new opportunities and is committed to fostering relationships, managing engagement economics, and more.
• Osakwe is also involved with various community services in Tanzania and the United States, such as
• Supporting people diagnosed with cancer at Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Tanzania.
• Dallas County Church Volunteer food distributor, Texas.
• Toast Master Club active member at Literary Legends Club, Dallas, Texas.

• Auditing management companies, co-investment funds and fund of a fund.
• Coordinating with other service lines such as FAAS, TAS, VBM, and TAX (SAT, GCR and ITTS).
• Manage a portfolio of 36 clients and ensuring they met all the regulatory and internal group reporting deadlines. Example: Anglo-Gold Ashanti reporting deadline to the NASDAQ exchange, UBA Bank, CRDB Bank Plc reporting deadline to the Bank of Tanzania, Shell Oil & Gas, Peak Resources, etc.
• Managed annual portfolio budget, monthly forecast, and long-term plan, consistently establishing 5% top-line growth and profitability in two years.
• Provided in-depth financial trend analysis and communicated key profitability drivers and metrics, ensuring financial results were within the targets of the EY leadership.
• Created regional executive analysis reports highlighting business issues, potential risks, and profit opportunities.
• Furthermore, I aligned and cascaded the expectations of the EY Africa regional office.
• Lead ad-hoc analysis & projects, including investment /resource allocation and ROI analysis.
• Prepare Board audit committee papers to communicate the Audit Plan and Audit conclusion, including analyzing the entity’s performance and regulatory compliance.
• Prepared numerous analysis reports on the balance sheet to determine that the Audit opinion to be given is correct. This included:
• 1. Entities going concern and solvency status by looking at solvency ratios, capital adequacy, and liquidity ratios.
• Ii. Risk exposures on the entities.
• Coordinated meetings with clients’ senior management teams and Board committee members.
• Managed my book of business, which constituted 36 clients with a total fee of more the USD 500,000 in East Africa and more than USD 1,000,000 in the United States. This involves monitoring margins by ensuring efficient audits within budgeted and minimum cost incurred while meeting/exceeding client expectations.
• Championed digital audit by working around big data.
• Performed external audits (Both Integrated Audit, i.e., PCAOB Audit and Private Client Audit), filing of 10-K, 10-Q, Initial Public Offering filing of S-1, etc., in the United States.

• Osakwe has worked in the following industries/sectors: Banking and Financial Services, Telecommunication, Media/Technology, Consumer Products, Agriculture, not-for-profit, Logistics, and Manufacturing.
• United States of America
• - Two Sigma Investments (Financial Sector)
• - Lexington Partners, L.P (Financial Sector)
• - WisdomTree, Inc (Financial Sector)
• - AT&T, Inc (Telecommunication Sector)
• - Thryv Holdings, Inc (Telecommunication Sector)
• - Yellow Pages Holdings (Telecommunication Sector)
• - Dawn Acquisition, LLC (Oil & Gas Sector)
• - Goodnight Water Solutions, LLC (Oil & Gas Sector)
• Saudi Arabia
• - Al Faisalah Group Holding Company (Manufacturing Sector)
• - Al Khorey Group Company (Manufacturing Sector)
• - Al Khair Capital Saudi Arabia Funds (Financial Sector)
• - Al Bateel and Al Badari (Agriculture Sector)
• - Zahrat Pharmaceutical (Pharmaceutical Sector)
• Tanzania/United Arab Emirates
• - Shell Exploration and Petroleum Limited (Oil & Gas Sector)
• - Ras Al Khaimah (Oil & Gas Sector)
• - RAKGAS (Oil & Gas Sector)
• - Dominion entities (Oil & Gas Sector)
• - CRDB Bank Plc (Financial sector)
• - Azania Bank (Financial sector)
• - United Bank for Africa (Tanzania) Limited (Financial sector)
• - Letshego Bank (Tanzania) Limited
• - TANELEC LIMITED (Consumer Products Sector)
• - Allterrain Services Tanzania (Hospitality Sector)
• - Kagera Sugar Limited (Agriculture Sector)
• - Chloride Oxide (Manufacturing Sector)
• - Crown Paints (Manufacturing Sector)

• Supervised team of more than 40 staff members.
• Collaborated with EY Global team in implementing Mercury software in some EY locations.