Profile
I am a results driven and highly motivated financial manager with years of invaluable experience and a proven ability to provide effective financial leadership to a finance team, to enable strategic foresight into the business and also to provide key financial data, support and reporting to assist in key business decisions.
I am skilled in numerous financial and accounting fields, including: preparing annual budgets, monitoring key accounts and commercial management, and I rigorously ensure that all statutory and corporate obligations are met.
Having excellent communication skill I am able to effectively communicate financial information to non-finance colleagues as well as build strong relationships both within and outside of a finance department.
I have the ability to handle complex assignments effectively and possess the confidence to work as part of a team or independently.
My areas of expertise include team management, budgeting and forecasting, risk management, balance sheet management, project and management accounting, book keeping and IT skills (including Excel, SAP and Sage Pastel).
Qualifications
University of South Africa
• 2006 – National Diploma: Cost & Management Accounting
APMG (I.T. Service Management)
• 2012 – ITIL V3 Foundation
Queensburgh Girls’ High School
• 1989 – A Level equivalent
Career Summary
COMPANY: TK Tutorials
PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT: September 2013 – Present
JOB TITLE: Owner
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Planning, managing and monitoring the curriculum for Grades 0 – 6
• Responsible for planning effective lessons
• Preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment arrangements
• Monitor and evaluate the teaching and learning of pupils effectively
• Preparing test and examinations
COMPANY: T Systems
PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT: November 2014 – February 2015
JOB TITLE: Contract Auditing Controller
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Investigate 5 years of order entry and revenue for all customer contracts
• Pull order entry reports in SAP and validate balance of order entry per contract
• Reconcile revenue against order entry
• Prepare and upload journals for corrections
COMPANY: T Systems
PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT: February 2010 – August 2013
JOB TITLE: Customer Financial Manager – Sasol (contract value £250 million)
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Contract appraisal and alignment
• Contract pricing including annual economic adjustments
• Management and coordination of financial revisions to contract
• Ensuring Service Level and Operational Level Agreements are adhered to
• Producing monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts
• Presenting monthly results, budget variances and other analysis
• Management of Accruals, WIP and Pre-Received / Pre-billed income
• Reconciliation of Order Entry versus future billing
• Overseeing internal financial controls
COMPANY: Barloworld Logistics
PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT: September 2006 – January 2010
PERIOD OF POSITION: May 2008 – January 2010
JOB TITLE: Administration Manager
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Managing and supporting the finance team
• Producing monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts
• Cost centre and profit centre reporting
• Presenting monthly results, budget variances and other analysis
• Management of Accruals, WIP and Pre-Received / Pre-billed income
• Authorize payroll, creditor payments, general ledger reconciliations and journals
• Prepare tax returns
COMPANY: Barloworld Logistics
PERIOD OF POSITION: September 2006 – May 2008
JOB TITLE: Accountant
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Managing and supporting the finance team
• Maintain Sage Pastel Accounting System – Super user
• Producing monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts
• Preparing payroll
• Processing accruals and journals
• Full debtors, creditors and cashbook function
• General Ledger Management
• Assisting in the filing of Tax returns
• Ad hoc analysis of costs and revenue generation figures
COMPANY: EDS Enterprise Solutions
PERIOD OF POSITION: September 2002 – August 2006
JOB TITLE: Financial Controller
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Overseeing all aspects of financial control in the business
• Providing financial, commercial and strategic support to the business
• Full debtors, creditors and cashbook function
• Preparation of management information from source data
• Producing monthly management accounts, budgets, forecasts & tax returns.
• Presenting monthly results, budget variances and ad-hoc analysis
• Involved in Business Planning, P&L, Balance sheet & liquidity planning
• Overseeing internal financial controls
• Producing meaningful commentary and analysis of financial data
• Preparation and reporting of income and expense forecasts to senior management
• Prepare and process payroll
COMPANY: Virgin Active
PERIOD OF POSITION: February 2001 – February 2002
JOB TITLE: Financial Manager
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Managing and supporting the finance team
• Recruitment, training and development of staff
• Producing monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts
• Preparation of management information from source data
• Authorization of new contracts and amendments
• Authorization of payroll
• Processing accruals and journals
• Presenting monthly results, budget variances and ad-hoc analysis
• Managing and operating Health Bar
