Financial Manager,Head of Accounts Receivable,Finance Operations Manager,Shared Services Manager (Finance)

• Improved debtor days by ±15–20%, strengthening working capital performance
• Reduced overdue debt buckets (>60 days) by ±25% through focused collections strategy
• Managed AR for 11 legal entities, improving process consistency and control
• Increased collections efficiency by ±20% through process improvements and team optimisation
• Strengthened credit risk controls, contributing to reduced bad debt exposure
• Led and developed a team of 13 credit controllers, improving productivity and accountability
• Enhanced reporting and visibility of AR metrics, supporting better decision-making

Month end preparation, VAT201 submissions, VAT queries, Provisions & Accruals, GL Recons, Review & Sign off Creditors Reconciliations

Budget planning / forecasting

Internal control management

Fixed asset management

Tax asset register

Tax pack preparations

1^st & 2^nd Provisional Tax calc

Management Accounts.

Calculate settlement discounts monthly

Weekly Cashflow forecast.

Managing Creditors process for 3 branches.

Liase with internal & external auditors.

Manage vendor ageing report

Manage customer ageing report

Managing a team of 5 – 1 x Senior Bookkeeper, 2 x Junior bookkeepers, 1 x Creditor’s clerk, 1 x Debtor’s clerk

Oversee Intercompany transaction and balancing.

Foreign Creditors Payments

Purchasing hedges

Foreign Creditors Cashflow forecast weekly

Foreign debtors’ payments

Preparation of month Forex exposure

Monthly Foreign Customers & suppliers Revaluation

Month end preparation, VAT201 submissions, VAT queries, Provisions & Accruals, GL Recons, Review & Sign off Creditors Reconciliations, Stock count preparations, inventory balancing physical to system,

Budget planning / forecasting

Internal control management

Fixed asset management

Tax pack preparations

Analysis of variances – expenses

Management Accounts. Cashflow preparation.

Cost accounting - Bill of materials maintenance, Over / Under recoveries Wages & Overheads,

Material variances, price variance investigations.

 Manage procurement process.

Liase with internal & external auditors.

Bank reconciliations and authorization of creditors payments

Manage a 2-person team – Debtors Clerk & Creditors Clerk.

Intercompany transaction and balancing.

Achievements: Achieved a 100% in the internal Audit

• Month end preparation
• VAT & EMP201 submissions
• VAT queries
• Provisions & Accruals
• GL Recons
• Foreign staff expense claim control
• Creditors
• Stock control
• Budgeting / forecasting
• Management Accounts
• Co-ordinate Internal audits
• Deal with External auditors
• Expense analysis 
• Cost Saving projects
• Fixed Asset management 
• Upload Bank payments

• Lead / develop & manage staff
• Optimised Marketing & brand awareness
• Improve & managed social media marketing and website
• Monthly promotions
• Organized & hosted client events
• Implement & manage Standard Operating procedures
• Cash Flow management
• Bench marking with competition
• Managed staff compliment of 9 employees
• Stock management
• Financial accounting
• Payroll
• UIF & PAYE  payments
• Management accounts
• Performance management / one on one meetings
• Meetings with suppliers
• Planning meetings with therapist daily
• Drive Key performance indicators of the business

• Prepare Global SAP Finance Shared Service Centre roll out to other countries
• Travelled internationally to London UK and Poznan ,Poland
• First roll out was Accounts Payable , Fixed Assets
• Prepared presentations to present to SAB Finance Poland and South  America
• Assessed the risks and challenges

• Analyzed monthly balance sheet accounts reporting
• Maintained fixed asset module
• Assist management with finalization of annual expense plan
• Maintained integrity of general ledger, including the chart of accounts
• Supervised & coordinated assigned audits promptly and professionally
• Organised & managed internal audits
• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Budget preparation and forecasting
• Developed policies to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines, including Sarbanes –Oxley requirements
• Supervised 3-person accounting team
• Managed the procurement process from open order to invoiced
• Liaised with external auditors
• Cost saving projects
• Responds to financial inquiries by gathering, analyzing, summarizing, and interpreting data.
• VAT returns
• Tax pack
• VAT queries
• Performance management / One on One meetings
• Manage and drive Key performance indicators (KPI’s) of staff and Finance dep.
• Stock level management / Stock counts
• Creditor payment days management
• Debtors / Creditors Reconciliations
• Implement and maintain internal controls

• Manage finance staff
• Regular one on one meeting with staff
• Motivating staff and identifying development areas
• Ensure that subordinates performs according to policies , procedures acting on behalf of finance manager
• General ledger maintenance
• General ledger reconciliations
• Implement and maintain procedures general month end duties
• Stock in transit maintenance for the group
• Accruals
• Investigate actual vs budget variances
• Provide a month end narrative on variances budgets/forecasting
• Fixed assets - verifications , manage bugeted aactual vs spend
• Vat consolidation for the group
• Compile financial statements that are an accurate and true reflection of the operations
• Benchmarking

Snr Financial Clerk

June 2005 – to May 2008
Snr Financial Clerk 

June 2000 – to May 2005
Financial Clerk

• 1 x financial clerk
• General ledger maintenance
• Implement and maintain procedures general month end duties
• General ledger reconciliations
• Inventory - stockcounts & stock recons
• Accruals
•  investigate actual vs budget variances
• Provide a month end narrative on variances budgets /forecasting
•  fixed assets
• Sundry debtors
• Compile financial statements that are an accurate and true reflection of the operations
• Benchmarking
• Tax pack