Naomi R Olebile

Naomi Olebile joined Grant Thornton in 2024. She is an Assistant Manager in the Assurance team and has over 5 years of experience.

Experience

Naomi has experience in the audit field having served clients across different sectors both locally and internationally. Naomi started her career as an audit assistant at Ernst and Young Botswana in 2018. She then joined Mazars as an Audit Senior in 2021. Naomi also worked at KPMG in the United Kingdom for 7 months. 

At Grant Thornton she is involved in performing audit related work, supervising Assistants on several external audit engagements and is also involved in imparting on-the-job training to them.

Sector experience

Naomi has been involved in statutory audits for diverse clientele in various sectors including retail, oil and gas, parastatals, financial services (including pension funds) and auto motive sectors.

Professional qualifications and memberships

Naomi holds a BA (Hons) Accounting and finance degree. She is a Chartered Accountant who has membership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). She is an Accounting Technician member of the Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA).

Technological proficiency

Naomi has experience in 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 CaseWare (for the preparation of financial statements and also as a tool for identification of financial statement risks and linkage to the processes and internal controls established to address those risks. Furthermore, she is also proficient in using Microsoft Office applications to ensure quality of work.

Community involvement

Naomi 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, Setswana.