Alison Andersen

Experience

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  Ernst & Young

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Trainee Accountant

  Three years of articles towards obtaining the CA (SA) qualification. Focus on Financial Services industry, but a variety of experience obtained.

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  Ernst & Young

  Jan 2001 - Mar 2001

  Audit Manager

  Short-term secondment, following completion of articles and qualification as CA (SA).

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  Ernst & Young

  Jul 2001 - Feb 2004

  Senior Executive, Corporate Finance

  Valuations specialist: Senior Executive in the Business Valuations Group, Corporate Finance. Joined as an Executive and promoted in October 2002.

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  Citi

  Mar 2004 - Jun 2004

  Contractor

  Short-term contract position: Database Analyst within the Equity Research department. Involved in the implementation and roll out of a global database, covering more than 700 stocks in the UK alone. The system enables analysts to access live financial, market and rating information of any stock covered worldwide.

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  Thames River Capital

  Jul 2004 - Aug 2004

  Contractor

  Short-term position performing Due Diligence. The division was at the time conducting their first seeding deal, raising capital of some £25m. The proposed fund managers specialised in hedge fund strategies and the deal was structured using various offshore Cayman Islands companies.

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  Ernst & Young

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Senior Manager, Corporate Finance

  Position included responsibilities in all areas of Corporate Finance, including Business Valuations, Transaction Support, Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Modeling. Promoted to Associate Director during this time (position since renamed to Senior Manager).

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  Financial Focus

  Feb 2008 - Dec 2015

  Owner

  Through her training courses and workshops, Alison empowers individuals by providing them with basic financial literacy skills, whether that be in their personal lives or in their roles as employees.

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  Contract South Africa

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2015

  Consultant
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  UCT Graduate School of Business, Customised Academic Learning

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

  Visting Lecturer
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  CA Source (Pty) Ltd

  Jan 2014 - Oct 2016

  Director

  Co-owner of CA Source (Pty) Ltd. CA Source (Pty) Ltd provides clients with access to qualified CAs who can deliver all levels of accounting and tax services. This frees clients of the burden of hiring an in-house financial manager/director or the expense of engaging a traditional accounting firm.CA Source offers the full range of accounting and tax services, including (but not limited to): bookkeeping, payroll services, preparation of monthly management accounts, preparation of annual financial statements, tax consulting, company secretarial services and the preparation and submission of all tax and statutory returns. Show less

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  Allan Gray Proprietary Limited

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2019

  Learning Specialist

  Responsible for in-house leadership programmes, from design to delivery. Worked with teams to increase engagement levels.Designed and implemented formal mentorship programme.

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  IMD Business School

  Feb 2020 - now

  Learning Manager & Executive Coach