Bolarinwa Lateef

Assistant Audit Manager @Deloitte

Nottingham, GB

Driving Project Oversight & Leading Complex Audit Execution: Led audits engagement from planning to execution with strategic planning. Optimised team deployment across multi-level audits, aligning skillsets with engagement complexity to maximise productivity and reduce fieldwork hours by 20% to meet report deadlines and budget constraints achieving 95%+ on-time delivery across high-risk engagements.Designed and executed risk-based audit strategies tailored to complex client environments aligned with ISA and IFRS/FRS frameworks incorporating new standards and industry-specific updates—preventing regulatory penalties. This reinforced control documentation and audit methodology through strategic planning, advanced risk assessments, and detailed internal control assessments.Managed Senior Engagement Team Members: Served as the primary contact for Senior Engagement team during audit cycles, improving satisfaction rate by through prompt issue resolution and proactive client engagement.Strengthening Client Relationships: Fostered trust and collaboration by providing timely updates on findings and delivering tailored solutions to client concerns, improving satisfaction scores, and securing long-term partnerships.Collaborated with cross-functional specialists (tax, IT, valuations) to allocate expertise where most impactful, enhancing audit testing procedures and audit insights.Developing High-Performing Audit Teams: Provided Leadership, managed multi-level audit teams, delivering coaching, setting clear performance expectations, and reviewing working papers. Implemented performance feedback that boosted team performance by 40% and supported three internal promotions.Delivering Audit Findings & Insights Presented audit findings—including deficiencies, misstatements, and control gaps—to senior stakeholders. Authored reports rated “excellent” for clarity and justification of audit conclusion, influencing decisions that reduced potential material misstatement