IRBA NEWSLETTER ISSUE 44

EDUCATION AND TRANSFORMATION cont.

Upcoming Dates for Proficiency Interviews

The IRBA has, as one of its mandates, the responsibility to ensure

that all RAs are competent at entry into the profession, and that

they remain so throughout their professional lives. Equally, the IRBA

has the responsibility to ensure that all applicants who wish to enter

the profession after an “extended absence” from the audit and

assurance environment are competent. Proficiency interviews are

regularly conducted to assess those candidates who would like to

enter or re-enter the profession.

Below are the scheduled proficiency dates for 2019/2020:

-- 23 May 2019

-- 11 July 2019

-- 12 September 2019

-- 21 November 2019

-- 13 February 2020

For queries on the ADP, please contact us at

For all other queries on education and transformation matters,

At the time I finished my articles I was not yet sure what I wanted to

do or where I should go. I decided that I am going to do the ADP

and qualify as an RA as that was my ultimate goal when I started

studying - that would also keep the different career options open.

Also, in my view, the title “RA” is one that people look up to and it

creates trust. I found the programme and its structure very good as

it teaches you the responsibility of what it would mean when you

have to sign the audit opinion one day. To compile the Portfolio of

Evidence is hard work, but if you document everything after each

audit the time constraint is manageable.

I am very happy with my work and the office environment and I

would like to stay in the company. I would like to someday become

a director/partner with my current firm. In the meantime, I want to

help build our firm to be the best in our area, to gain knowledge in

other accounting services and be able to help the firm extend into

those services.

Alida Smit

Telephone: (087) 940-8800

E-mail:

Issue 44 | October-December 2018