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Gavin Crossley

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Financial Manager at Ascendis Health

  • Education

    • St David's Marist, Inanda

      2004 - 2005
      Grade 11 - 12 (Matric)

      Activities and Societies: First Team hockey 2004 and 2005 - Full colours awarded in 2005. Second team cricket 2004 and 2005.

    • King Edward VII School (KES)

      2001 - 2003
      Grade 8 - 10

      Activities and Societies: Played cricket for the U14A, U15A and U16A teams. Played hockey for the U14A and U16A teams. Played rugby for the U15C team.

    • University of the Witwatersrand

      2006 - 2011
      Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Accounting Higher Diploma in Accountancy (CTA)

      Activities and Societies: Played hockey from 2006 to 2009. Represented WITS first team at the University Sports South Africa (USSA) hockey tournament in 2007 and 2008. 2006 - 2009: Bachelor of Commerce (Majoring in Accounting and Management Accounting & Finance)2010: Occasional Student (Courses completed to gain entrance into CTA)2011: Higher Diploma in Accountancy (CTA)

  • Experience

    • PwC South Africa

      Jan 2012 - Mar 2016

      Managing teams (i.e. determining what the status of the audit work is, assisting junior staff members, updating management on progress etc.);Performing audit work on complex sections;Coaching and mentoring junior staff members;Building, enhancing and maintaining relationships with key client personnel;Finding solutions for issues noted during the audit together with management;Keeping a list of outstanding matters and ensuring that this gets followed up in order to meetthe deadline;Liaising with x-Los services (i.e. Tax);Performing a high level / first review of work performed by junior staff members;Preparing reporting documents (such as Report to Management on audit findings etc);Actively participate in taking stock meetings and mobilisation meetings and leading certainsections thereof;Planning and completion audit activities; andDeveloped core project management skills such as structure, logic, inter-personal skills andattention to detail.Major clients include: Life Healthcare Group Holdings; MTN Group Management Services; MonteCasino (Tsogo Sun); Beeld, Rapport, City Press (Media 24) and SANParks Special Projects. Show less

      • VAT Consultant

        Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

      • Trainee Accountant

        Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

    • Telesure Group Services

      Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
      VAT Specialist (4 month contract)

      Telesure Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd – Main companies in the group:Auto & General Insurance Ltd, First for Woman Insurance Company (RF) Ltd, Budget Insurance Company Ltd, Dial Direct Insurance Ltd, 1Life Insurance Ltd, Steyn City (Pty) Ltd, Hippo Comparative Services (Pty) Ltd.Technical VAT advise for the Telesure Group of companies, Review of the monthly/bimonthly VAT returns, VAT correspondence with SARS, Facilitating VAT training, Preparation of the year end VAT reconciliations.

    • Tarsus Distribution

      Nov 2016 - May 2017
      Tarsus Shared Services Financial Manager

    • Ascendis Health

      Jul 2017 - now
      Financial Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • SAICA