Experience

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  Stellenbosch university

  Feb 2012 - Sept 2014

  Aerobics instructor
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  Black jersey consulting

  Dec 2014 - May 2016

  Junior accountant

  Bookkeeping and compilation of financial statements• Processing of accounting records from source documents• Maintenance of financial ledgers and accounting processes• Year-end income and expenditure forecasts• Draft Annual Financial Statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice• Review of management reports and processing of correcting journals where appropriateAudit and review of financial statements• Obtain required information to perform the reviews• Prepare working paper documentation and calculations to support the review findings.• Assist with audit preparation work to allow for timely completion of the annual financial statements and corporation tax returnsManagement accounts• Preparation of the monthly management accounts (including profit & loss and cash flow reports) • Ensure that large variances are investigated and feedback provided to Financial Manager• Continuously improving reporting deadlines and qualitative value of management accounts and supporting schedules to better meet the needs of the userTax and statutory returns • Compiling and submitting returns and supporting documentation to tax authorities• Tend to relevant tax registrations and tax compliance submissions• Oversee payroll process, including tax and statutory returns • Preparation of VAT calculations and returns as well as supporting documentation• Preparation and submission of company secretarial documentation and statutory returnsGeneral• Ensuring that appropriate systems and internal controls are implemented and maintained• Assistance given to staff to ensure that they understand what is required of them to perform their tasks• Various admin functions and office management tasksReason for termination of contract:Career development and personal growth by exposing myself to a more dynamic industry. Show less

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  Grove group

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2019

  Duties consist of but were not limited to:• Oversee the full creditors function - Review and verification of all supplier invoices- Reconcile to creditors statements- Prepare payments- Manage supplier queries• Cash book- Capture bank and credit card transactions into cash books- Reconcile bank statements- Staff expense validation in line with company policy- Reconcile credit card statements- Cash management and payment allocations• Monthly cost of sales calculations and deferrals• Maintain the fixed asset register • Calculation of accruals, prepayments, provision for bad debts and depreciation on a monthly basis• Prepare reconciliations, analyses for balance sheet and income, expense items revenue• Ensuring contracts closed on CRM system and general reviewing of all the relevant commercial data needed to close off all opportunities• Commission calculation and validation• Weekly sales forecasting update with all sales personnel• Assist in the preparation of the monthly management accounts• Continuous identification of processes that can be improved including the improvement of the sales platform functionality• Monthly cost analysis and review• Project costing and profitability analysis and review• Preparation of weekly cash flow analysis• Coordinating the mapping and documentation of all the relevant processes within the finance department• Consulting with account managers and other relevant parties to ensure effective collaboration of efforts between finance, sales and operations Show less

  • Senior Management Accountant

    Dec 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Management Accountant

    Mar 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Junior Management Accountant

    Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
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  Lobster ink

  Jul 2019 - Oct 2023

  Duties consist of but were not limited to:• Reviewing the monthly reporting (budget vs actual vs adjusted target) and providing commentary on the North American and European businesses units• Overseeing the statutory filings for Europe and North America entities (VAT, State sales tax, Payroll tax)• Process implementation and optimization • Data analysis and visualization (SQL/ Google Data Studio/ Power BI)• Deferred revenue reporting and analysis. Subscription and milestone (custom development) based• Cash flow forecasting and management• Financial modeling• Drafting position papers for, and calculating, the monthly capitalization amount based on the Agile development methodology• Balance sheet reviewsEcolab integration:I was part of the task team focused on completing the integration project. This included but was not limited to, the legal merger between the entities, the data integrations (VMD, CMD, FMD), as well as the system integrations• Oversaw the vendor master data integration. • Assisted with the customer master data integation• System integration involved the team being upskilled in EBS, NSAP, Blackline (SAP systems)• Continuous improvementOther:• Member of the Global Culture Council. Show less

  • Finance Business Partner Lead

    Oct 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Senior Financial Analyst | Corporate Accounts & Finance

    Jun 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Senior Management Accountant

    Jul 2019 - Jun 2021
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  Solace connect

  Sept 2020 - now

  Co-founder
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  Hyperiondev

  Oct 2023 - Sept 2024

  Finance manager

  Responsible for end-to-end finance function of the group. I led the transformation of the finance function to a more scalable, and data-driven operation.My duties consisted of:• Implemented and scaled a Finance Business Partnering framework • Managed the finance teams daily operations, performance and strategies - Remotely and in office.• Manage and oversee payroll, VAT and other statutory filings• Review entity management packs, and prepare and present the consolidated group management pack• Manage and oversee all audit engagements in UK and SA• Launched a structured reporting framework - Budget vs Actual, Departmental reporting, BI dashboards• System automation: Financial reporting, Billings, University Partnership reporting, Payroll & Commission• Strategic support - CFO and CEO Show less

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  Black swan data

  Nov 2024 - now

  Finance business partner