Matshepo Banda
Forensic Investigator | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9559
E: matshepo.banda@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Matshepo joined Bowmans on 1 April 2025 and has a year’s Forensic Accounting trainee experience. Prior to joining Bowmans, she worked at the Special Investigating Unit as part of their Forensic Accounting Internship. In this role, she was involved in national investigations where she gained experience in conducting public sector investigations, with her key responsibilities being fraud detection, financial analysis, and ensuring compliance with state procurement processes. She also did vacation work at Peyper Forensics from January 2024 to March 2024.
Experience
Matshepo’s work experience includes:
- Collecting, capturing and analysing documents to determine compliance with the relevant policies and procedures of state institutions in appointing service providers across different industries.
- Analysing bank statements and other financial records of companies and people of interest, to identify any fraudulent or corrupt payments between officials of various state entities (including departments and municipalities) and service providers.
- Performing a bank statement analysis to determine if there was any flow of funds between different co-bidders and identify collusive bidding between different service providers of state entities.
- Performing lifestyle audits on state procurement officials to identify any unexplained income that may be related to any awards made by the state entity. This involved reviewing all their financial information as well as all assets held.
- Performing a money flow analysis to determine whether state funds were used as intended and identify any potential irregular or corrupt payments made from the state funds received by service providers.
- Interviewing whistleblower(s) to gather information on claim made against state entities and state officials.
- Quantifying any losses suffered by the state entities due to corrupt activities, fraud or malpractice, for the purpose of civil recovery.
- Performed a cost analysis on prices charged by service providers to state entities to ensure that the state funds were not fruitless and wasteful.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- BCom degree in Forensic Accountancy, North-West University.
- BCom Honours degree in Forensic Accountancy, North-West University.
Professional Memberships
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).
Overview
Matshepo joined Bowmans on 1 April 2025 and has a year’s Forensic Accounting trainee experience. Prior to joining Bowmans, she worked at the Special Investigating Unit as part of their Forensic Accounting Internship. In this role, she was involved in national investigations where she gained experience in conducting public sector investigations, with her key responsibilities being fraud detection, financial analysis, and ensuring compliance with state procurement processes. She also did vacation work at Peyper Forensics from January 2024 to March 2024.
Experience
Matshepo’s work experience includes:
- Collecting, capturing and analysing documents to determine compliance with the relevant policies and procedures of state institutions in appointing service providers across different industries.
- Analysing bank statements and other financial records of companies and people of interest, to identify any fraudulent or corrupt payments between officials of various state entities (including departments and municipalities) and service providers.
- Performing a bank statement analysis to determine if there was any flow of funds between different co-bidders and identify collusive bidding between different service providers of state entities.
- Performing lifestyle audits on state procurement officials to identify any unexplained income that may be related to any awards made by the state entity. This involved reviewing all their financial information as well as all assets held.
- Performing a money flow analysis to determine whether state funds were used as intended and identify any potential irregular or corrupt payments made from the state funds received by service providers.
- Interviewing whistleblower(s) to gather information on claim made against state entities and state officials.
- Quantifying any losses suffered by the state entities due to corrupt activities, fraud or malpractice, for the purpose of civil recovery.
- Performed a cost analysis on prices charged by service providers to state entities to ensure that the state funds were not fruitless and wasteful.
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