Blessed Karumekayi joined Grant Thornton in 2024. She is an Assistant Manager in the Assurance team and has over 6 years of work experience.
Experience
Blessed started her career as BICA Trainee at Mazars and later moved to Deloitte where she was Audit Supervisor. In her current role she ensures completion of audit engagements. Blessed also supervises audit assistants on several external audit engagements and she is also involved in imparting on-the-job training to them.
Sector Experience
Blessed has been involved in audit engagements for companies in various sectors such as Financial Services, Mining and Parastatals.
Professional qualifications and memberships
Blessed is an Associate Chartered Accountant with Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) and she is an Associate with the Institute of Chartered Accountant of England and Wales (ICAEW).
Technological proficiency
Blessed has experience operating various software to execute audit methodology, such as IDEA (data analysis), LEAP (Grant Thornton patented tool for identification of financial statement risks and linkage to the processes and internal controls established to address those risks) and TeamMate (audit workflow). Furthermore, she is also proficient in using Microsoft Office applications to ensure quality of work.
Community involvement
Blessed participates in Grant Thornton’s CSR initiatives such as recently supporting Government’s Digital Transformation Strategy within the education sector by sponsoring a state-of-the art imported tech panel – a first for public schools in Botswana. Over the years, Grant Thornton has supported various local communities paying special attention to the upliftment of education in Botswana.
Languages spoken
English
