SBU Accountant

• Support divisional managers during budget preparation.
• Create and approve project account codes and cost structures on project management systems.
• Upload approved budget on the system.
• Prepare project cost reports, financial reports, variance analysis and commentary for project/programme reporting.
• Draw and analyse management reports per   allocated division (Support DIV)
• Perform monthly period-end procedures, and related analytical functions when required.
• Develop, measure, monitor and improve the costing & Pricing Models;
• Work extensively with SAP reports and interpret data for submission to Mintek management.
• Review and approve disbursement requests on the project management system (approval of purchase orders) to ensure correct allocations.
• Review payment requests (including travel) before submission to finance for payment
• Manage open commitments by reviewing outstanding purchase orders and follow up on outstanding purchase orders.
•  Investigate budget variances and report to Mintek management.
•  Recommend cost reduction initiatives
• Assist with completion and submission of statutory returns to the South African Reserve Bank.
•  Assist divisions with annual budgeting and regular forecasting.
•  Assist with all budget reviews and compilation of budget packs.
• Participate in the Executive budget committee meetings.
• Assist with determination of cost recovery rates.
• Liaise extensively with other departments in Finance and within larger company environment.
•  Control budget transfers on SAP (Opex vs Capex)
• Control and monitor the actual expenditure relating to CAPEX against budgeted CAPEX targets as well as handling issues arising from CAPEX process related to management accounting and project issues.
•  Ensure that the SAP Project Administration system is adhered to by reviewing and evaluating processes, ensuring compliance with SOP’s.
• Evaluating and monitoring accuracy of projects.
• Monitor the Science Vote (DoM(MTEF & Science vote), DST & NFR funding projects)
•  Monitor, reconcile and exercise control over SBU financial functions.
•  Assist in implementation and compliance with financial legislative requirements.
•  Assist with business improvement and cost reduction initiatives.
• Liaise and co-ordinate with auditors and SBU managers.
• Maintenance of chart of accounts and communicate to the divisions
• Compile monthly management packs for SBU’s inclusive of management accounting and project information as required.
•  Regular feedback sessions with SBU managers regarding their financials and report to Head: Budget and Project Management.

• Support the business and contribute to driving delivery of the set targets by     
• Providing quality financial information in a timely manner to aid in decision making.
• Manage project contract administration and monthly contract billing.
• Manage all subcontractor contract administration including certified payroll, payments and lien releases.
• Oversee human resources and personnel, including new hires, terminations, benefits administration.
• Prepare and submit required employee census’ for benefit renewals
• Maintaining timely and accurate general ledger (posting entries, recording accruals, etc.)
• Maintaining timely and accurate account reconciliations.
• Oversee front office administration.
• Preparation and submission of tax returns, VAT returns and Annual Financial Statements.
• Assets management
• Preparation and timeously submission of forecasts and budgets reports.

• Acting  Corporate Service Admin
• Prepare EFT requisition and claims
• Prepare payments
• Reconcile Cash book and GL Accounts
• Reconcile Supplier and Arbitrators accounts
• Income Verification
• Debtors Control
• Public Relation, Client Liaison and Customer Services 

• Coordination of the support and Operations functions budget process for each financial year and ensure the budgets are aligned and in congruence with the overall bank strategy
• Support the business and contribute to driving delivery of the set budget targets by providing quality financial information in a timely manner to aid in decision making.
• Partake in the drive to continuously improve finance business partner satisfaction, measured through improved business analytics, more granular relevant and accurate information to aid in decision making.
• Engage with the Unit management teams to forecast accurately and ensure that fully year forecasts and Opportunities and Risks reviews reflect known or anticipated circumstances
• Ensure timely submissions of Forecast and Budget reports.
• Populate and ensure submission of quality quarterly Statutory Packs/Financial reports to the Group within set deadlines ensuring that the Financial and Management results reconcile before submission.
• Ensure intercompany balances are reconciled and agreed with counter parties within set deadlines.
• Produce timely and accurate monthly Management Reports and ensure timely submissions thereof to Group.
• Prepare the ALCO pack and submit to the stakeholders within the prescribed timelines.
• Prepare Dashboard report
• Costs and Revenue analysis.
• Identify risks and advise the Risk Manager as part of the Risk Assurance Framework/process.
• Prepare Annual Financial Statements and attend to audit queries.
• Prepare and submit of tax returns.

Accounts Payable Officer

November 2008 to January 2009

• Review performed reconciliations of accounts owned by Finance Unit on monthly basis.
• Review the Sundry and Suspense age reports, follow through and respective units and ensure open items are cleared.
• Ensure that all payments have adequate supporting documentation and have been approved by the respective cost centre owners before payments are effected to the respective beneficiaries.
• Ensure that foreign payments have South Africa Reserve Bank approval where deemed required.
• Manage the accrual process and ensure reversals are effected upon settlement.
• Liase with suppliers and cost centre owners on any queries and ensure resolution thereof.
• Provide costs reports to various stakeholders within the Bank.
• Perform a budget vs actual analysis and flag General Ledger lines showing unusual trends for investigation.
• Assist the Reporting Manager with Group Performance reviews
• Participate in the External Audit preparations by compiling Audit Schedules and also provide explanations to Auditors during the Audit phase.
• Provide on the job training for subordinates and assist them with their development plans.
• Compile Key Risk Indicators, Key control Risk Assessments and Operational Risk Profiles for the department.

• Keeping cashbook records and  banking
• Execution of payments, events
• Reconciliation, reports for Love life
• Games and quarterly budgets,
• Capturing of USSASA Card applications
• Maintenance of fixed assets 

• Calculations on reports (ledgers, Accounts & payroll records)
• Manage cashier, Implement and manage internal controls and risks
• Prepare & post journals, file documents
• Bank Reconciliation and PMG accounts,        
• Debt management, clearing exceptions account and investigate
• Monthly reporting on suspense account
• Prepare monthly compliance certificate to National treasury.
• Supervising the cashier duties including checking issued receipt, cheques, deposits and safe custody of state monies
• Monitor daily expenditure ensuring that unauthorized, irregular and wasteful expenditure and losses are prevented.
• Processing claims from other departments,
• Revenue Management
• Provide training to subordinates
• Manage accounts by monitoring and balancing various accounts verifying of funds and classification of expenditures, researching and analysing accounts to resolve problems and tabulate financial and statistical data.
• consolidate and compile budget and reporting documents during  the IYM process,
• Capturing of departmental budget and compiling of expenditure reports
• Capture payments on BAS and manage  creditors debtors age analysis
• Record and reconcile creditor’s accounts
• Prepare EFT requisitions and claims
• Reconcile Cash book and GL accounts