
Timeline
About me
Group Financial Reporting Manager at Rocco Forte Hotels
Education

Bishop's - diocesan college
2003 - 2007High school diploma matriculation exemptionActivities and Societies: - House prefect - All Rounders tie award - Academic tie award - Interact Committee

University of cape town
2008 - 2012Bachelor of commerce (bcom) financial accounting and financeUndegraduate degree focussing on financial reporting, cost accounting, financial management and taxation law. Additional courses taken in mathematics, economics, business ethics, company & business law, marketing and statistics.

University of cape town
2013 - 2013Post graduate diploma in accounting accountingPostgraduate diploma focussing on financial reporting, cost accounting, financial management and taxation law. Pre-requisite diploma in preparation for the SAICA Initial Test of Competence (ITC) professional examination.
Experience

Kpmg south africa
Jan 2014 - Dec 2016Accountant- Completed the required 3 year SAICA Trainee program at KPMG South Africa- Provided assurance services as an audit team member within the Consumer Markets and Technology division (CMT)- Worked within the audit team, providing assurance on financial reporting, payroll, sales, and other controls and systems, compliance with relevant tax and company legislation- Client base included entities operating within industrial, technology, medical and consumer market industries- Audit work ranged across all relevant audit areas (e.g. inventory, fixed assets, provisions, employee benefits, taxation, sales, cost of sales and other expenses etc, as well as preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS- Final performance rating: Outstanding/1 (highest level achievable) Show less

Kpmg hungary
Jan 2017 - Nov 2018- Co-managed a team of 15+ team members on Multinational statutory audits (70+ legal entities), and USGAAP/SOX Group audit of the same listed Multinational Group.- Involved in the implementation of improved audit quality control and reporting procedures (to 20+ KPMG offices/partners and managers). Including the implementation of a digital audit strategy and digital analytical approach, ensuring a standardized approach followed throughout Europe- Managed the tracking and oversight of sampling statistics across European subsidiaries, for management discussion- Lead manager for all control and substantive audit procedures for Inventory, Fixed Assets, Cash & Bank, Accounts Receivables & Factoring process areas- Prepared internal budgets, including WIP analysis for planning and Partner review purposes- Actively involved in junior staff performance review process, mentoring and coaching- key ERP experience: SAP, Oracle- Lead manager on the SSC audit a UK listed technology company, tasked with managing and coordinating audit procedures across Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable processes, and reporting audit findings to the Lead Audit Engagement team, and relevant in-scope local country audit teams Show less - Co-managed a team of 15+ team members on Multinational statutory audits (70+ legal entities), and USGAAP/SOX Group audit of the same listed Multinational Group.- Involved in the implementation of improved audit quality control and reporting procedures (to 20+ KPMG offices/partners and managers). Including the implementation of a digital audit strategy and digital analytical approach, ensuring a standardized approach followed throughout Europe- Managed the tracking and oversight of sampling statistics across European subsidiaries, for management discussion- Lead manager for all control and substantive audit procedures for Inventory, Fixed Assets, Cash & Bank, Accounts Receivables & Factoring process areas- Prepared internal budgets, including WIP analysis for planning and Partner review purposes- Actively involved in junior staff performance review process, mentoring and coaching- key ERP experience: SAP, Oracle- Lead manager on the SSC audit a UK listed technology company, tasked with managing and coordinating audit procedures across Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable processes, and reporting audit findings to the Lead Audit Engagement team, and relevant in-scope local country audit teams Show less - Senior audit team member in charge of the statutory audits of a large Multinational company in the healthcare industry,- Responsibilities spread across country/legal entity, and audit process levels. In charge of the UK and Norway entities, leading the centralised statutory audits, including audit planning, execution and reporting to local country managers/partners,- In-charge on Accounts Receivable/Factoring, Fixed Assets, Inventory and Cash & Bank audit processes (both control and substantive testing) across 74 European centralised statutory audits,- Actively involved in reviewing junior team audit work, and reporting audit findings to local and in-country KPMG management and GEHC management.- Audit senior on the SOX/USGAAP group audit of a listed US healthcare company, responsible for Accounts Receivable, Payroll and VAT audit sections (both controls and substantive audit test work). Show less
Audit Manager
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018Audit Assistant Manager
Oct 2017 - Sept 2018Audit Senior
Jan 2017 - Sept 2017

Rocco forte hotels
May 2019 - nowGroup Financial Reporting Manager
Aug 2020 - nowGroup Financial Reporting Accountant
May 2019 - Aug 2020
Licenses & Certifications
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Chartered accountant (sa)
Saica ca(sa)Jan 2017
Languages
- enEnglish
- afAfrikaans
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