• Preparing of Management Accounts and reporting to Exco
• Fixed Asset Register
• Deferred Tax
• Preparing of Cash Flows forecasts and submission to CEO and FM Monthly
• Preparing cost centre reports for HOD’s
• Preparing Board Packs
• Reviewing and reconciling the balance sheet accounts
• Budget preparations for certain cost centres
• STATS SA submissions
• Assisting with the internal and external audits (Planning, info gathering and follow-ups)
• Preparing Management Packs/Forecast packs
• Ad hock reporting and any other duties that is required by management
• Knowledge of Working Capital
• Job Flexing – Flexibility Accounting and Operational functions
• Half year end and year end stock take participation
• Staff management (cost accountant, costing clerk, creditors clerk and sales invoicing clerk)

Financial Controller
Oct 2016 to May 2022)

• Preparing of Management Accounts and reporting to Head Office - (Cognos)
• Fixed Asset Register  Administration and Tax Asset Register
• Preparing of Cash Flows forecasts and submission to Group weekly
• Monthly funding models for business units
• Balance sheet and Income Statement forecasting, presented to business owners  and submission in Cognos to Head Office
• Preparing ad hoc financial reports for business owners Reviewing and reconciling the  intercompany accounts Collating and assisting of all Capex requests for approval
• Budget preparations – Updating the budget templates and consolidating of the templates
• Assisting with the internal and external audits (Planning, info gathering and follow-ups)
• Preparing Management Packs/Forecast packs
• Ad hock reporting and any other duties that is required by management
• Sustainability Reporting –Kings 3
• Lease Smoothing Knowledge of Working Capital
• Job Flexing – Flexibility Accounting and Operational functions

• Management of the finance function and overseeing the finance team (team of 6)
• Look after accounting processes of Kenya, Botswana and South Africa
• Preparation of budgets, cash flows and forecasts
• Maintenance of financial ledgers and accounting processes
• Preparation of payroll reconciliations
• Review and approve all other reconciliations
• Preparation of monthly consolidated Income statement and Balance sheet
• Financial modelling and analysis
• Cash management and treasury duties
• Ensuring the appropriate systems and internal controls are implemented and maintained
• Overseeing the payroll process in coordination with the HR manager
• Preparation / reviews of various local reporting requirements such as Income Tax, VAT and PAYE returns
• ERP Worked on : Accpac

• Consolidations of Trial Balances for Dubai, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
• Foreign currency – USD, Pula, and ZAR consolidations
• Legal Reporting
• Bi-monthly reporting
• Quarterly forecasting
• Support to Branches like Namibia and Botswana
• Reviewing of balance sheet reconciliations
• Authorisations of bank transactions
• MD reporting
• Internal controls and SOP's
• Preparation of management accounts
• Month end reporting  
• Budgets
• Adhoc support to other finance staff
• Review creditors reconciliations
• ERP Worked on : Baan

• Cash book management
• Manage General Ledger to Trial Balance
• Management of monthly general journals
• Monthly general ledger recons
• Ensure intercompanies are reconciled and balanced monthly for debtors and creditors
• Statutory returns, Vat and STATS SA (quarterly)
• Liaise with internal and external auditors and year end preparation
• Assist with annual budget
• IT and Telephone management
• Cash flow preparation
• Debtors management  
• Creditors recons review
• Online banking (EFT’s)
• Maintain Fixed Asset register
• Full management of month end processes
• Forex transactions and forex revaluations – FEC’s
• Project / WIP recons
• Staff management of 5
• Full Control of a division within the company – Cash book, GL, Monthly financial reporting to Head Office
• Prepare schedule for company tax calculations for submission to Group for consolidation.
• ERP Worked on : Syspro

• Month end Journals & reports
• Ownership of account reconciliations process, as well as uploading to E-Rooms
• Print daily bank statements and reconcile the Cash Book
• Bank Reconciliations
• Preparation of sundry payments
• Banking & EFT’s – Payments of local suppliers & sundry payments
• Inter account transfers
• Review both local & foreign suppliers for payment
• Ledger 0378 Month End Preparation – Royalties & Interest charges
• Vat Reconciliations & Submission on time
• Reconciliation & maintaining of fixed assets
• Income statement review with department managers (customer services, QA, purchasing and admin)
• Review petty cash - monthly
• Assist with the close of 2008 and 2009 audit and tax requirements and liaising with external auditors.
• Assist with the Profit Plan co- ordination and development
• Assist with Annual stock take for year-end purposes.
• Ensure inventory fairly valued.
• Assist with the monthly forecast and actual results analysis.
• Review, analyse and evaluate financial data for accuracy, consistency and transparency
• Assist with the Internal Audit requirements and action plans
• Assist with accounts receivable functions (opening of sales orders, etc)
• Reporting to Account receivable manager in the USA with collections processes and managing collections.
• Reviewing accounts payable transactions and recons and ensures timely payment to suppliers.
• Ensure all queries with suppliers and customers were resolved timeously.
• Cash reporting to treasury
• Management of 5 staff – provide leadership & ensure work environment encourages individual career development and growth.
• Forex and foreign transaction exposure -
• Oversee expense review and analysis
• Liaise with External Auditors
• Implement Standard Operating procedures in the finance department.
• Assisting with cash flow preparations.
• Assisting with Budget plans.
• Review Journal entries
• Review debtors and creditors recons
• Approve payroll with management.
• Preparation of sales forecasts with various department managers
• Team Building and team training for growth
• Assist with preparation of AFS.
• Reporting accurate and timely monthly results to the USA
• Monthly reporting on Oracle and Hyperion and Encore
• EPR Worked on: MFG Pro, Oracle and SOX

• Invoicing mining contracts per mine requirements (1 line invoice or detailed invoicing)
• Mining contract recons per mine. Reconciling invoiced value and costs on the project.
• Reconciling invoices generated vs. outstanding total turnover.
• Month end Journals related to projects. Accruing amounts for invoices not generated and accruing costs on the projects.
• Balance sheet Recons
• Liaising with freight forwarder : Barloworld Logistics – to ensure that all documents were in place.
• Forex and forex revaluations – FEC’s, taking cover and hedging. Ensuring that we have enough cover in place.
• Weekly Cash flow forecast for the mining projects
• Weekly Stock Recons – detailing stock allocated to the projects with costs.
• Corporate Tax
• Assisting financial manager with budget preparation for mines.
• Bank guarantees (records)
• Payments of creditors for mines. Eg Mittal Steel
• Weekly Pipeline reports detailing the invoicing to be done on a specific mine job.
• BEE work – collecting data from suppliers and preparing BEE scorecard.
• Supplier contracts
• Staff management of 3 – Debtors clerk, Creditors clerk and Bookkeeper
• Assist with audit and year end procedures.
• Assist with Company tax calculations
• ERP worked on : Baan

Junior Accountant
April 2007 to September 2007

• Month End Journals
• Month End Recons
• Budgets
• Environmental report
• Audit schedules
• Grinya
• Mittal and Highveld Recons

• Process cashbooks and bank reconciliations on Pastel (Version 7)
• Draft Annual Financial Statements and working papers on Excel & Caseware
• Perform functions of auditor at various clients
• Carry out debtors circularisation and stock counts
• Completion of statutory returns, namely EMP 201s, Vat returns, RSC returns, UIF returns and IT 14 returns
• Computer literate : Windows XP Caseware

• Process cashbooks and bank reconciliations on Pastel (Version 7)
• Draft Annual Financial Statements and working papers on Excel
• Perform functions of auditor at various clients
• Carry out debtors circularisation and stock counts
• Completion of statutory returns, namely EMP 201s, Vat returns, RSC returns, UIF returns and IT 14 returns
• Computer literate : Windows XP