David Gordon

Experience

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  BDO Spencer Steward

  Jan 1991 - Dec 1994

  Articled Clerk

  Senior External Auditor, industries included smelters & foundries, construction companies, primary manufacturing companies, motor assembly plants, insurance and assurance firms, national hotel and leisure chains, merchant and commercial banks.

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  Sun International

  Jan 1995 - Aug 1999

  Financial Controller - Sun City

  Central cash book management and reconciliation.Management of accounts receivable, general ledger functions and month-end reporting.Consolidation of budgets for Casinos, Palace of Lost City, Cascades, Main Hotel and Cabanas.Author of 12 volumes of policies, procedures and standards of performance guidelines. Manage implementation within Sun City and thereafter group-wide.

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  Emerald Queen Hotel & Casinos

  Sept 1999 - Aug 2001

  Financial Controller

  Responsible for complete financial function, reporting to Finance Director.Implemented improved internal controls and financial procedures.Facilitated the training of finance systems, company policies and procedures.

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  Accounting for Non-Accountants

  Oct 2001 - Nov 2014

  Financial Consultant

  Financial, accounting and tax consultancy.Services offered to stable base of 12+ small and medium enterprises. Clientele included IT retail company, insurance consultancy, public relations consultancy.Developed and facilitated 31 finance and management training courses to diverse portfolio of clients throughout Southern and Central Africa.Developed TurboRead Speed Reading self-improvement software.Dot COM merchant of TurboRead Business Reading Improvement and corporate Mind Mapping. Show less

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  Three Cities Alpine Heath Resort

  Dec 2014 - Mar 2016

  Financial Manager

  Acting General Manager as and when required.Competent leadership of complete financial function of 100-chalet resort.Exceeded EBITDA by 9% and reduced operating costs by 11% for the 2015 financial year.Compiled monthly consolidated, business area, rental pool and body corporate financial statements.Met deadlines of stringent management and holding company reporting requirements.Managed Rental Pool Company and Body Corporate within the ambit of Sectional Title Act.Managed profit distributions to rental pool owners accurately and timeously.Assessed capital expenditure proposals; prudent management of capex expenditure, establish ROI and IRR of capex ventures, including Resort refurbishment project.Management of annual budgeting and forecasting cycle in line with holding company requirements.Presented actual cash flow analysis and maintained 3-month rolling cash flow forecast.Weekly and monthly flash forecasts were within 5% of actuals.Reviewed and authorised night audit packs, manager flash and rate-variance reports.Implemented required internal controls, monitored and enforced current internal controls and authorisation procedures.Maintained and updated existing, and implement new internal control measures for cash, stores, receiving and issuing of food and beverage stock. Audited 10-day stock counts.Detected, exposed and resolved internal control violations.Reduced Food and Beverage cost of sales and managed procurement practices.Maintained sound accounting and financial practices at Alpine Heath.Chaired disciplinary and grievance hearings. Show less

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  Peermont Global

  Apr 2016 - Jan 2018

  Finance Manager

  Acting General Manager from 10 January 2017 through 1 May 2017. Leadership of Heads of Department, hotel operations, conferences, convention centre & 230 employees. Strategic financial leader, ideas initiator, planner and implementer of projects.Financial management of multi-business unit operation, including hotel, restaurants, bars, 16-venue conference & banqueting facility, premises rentals & Presidential Villas.Proposed, planned and managed implementation of new revenue streams.Detected, exposed and resolved internal control violations.Implemented discretionary cost conservation measures throughout all business units. Complete monthly/quarterly/annual financial reporting function to Executive and Board.Motivated and supervised employees within Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash Control, Procurement and Stores, Night Audit and Cost Control.Assisted the General Manager with contractual & legal negotiations, project evaluations & general operations management.Management of complete budgeting and forecasting cycle for double year-end.Reduced payroll costs by 14% year-on-year through reduction of excess overtime and implementation of flexi-perm time rostering system. Exceeded EBITDA by 12% for 2016 financial year, by 14.2% for 2017 year.Maintained a sub-40 day debtor book, supervised disciplined guest ledger, pursued & achieved material reduction of doubtful debts. Show less

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  EKLAND SAFARIS

  Sept 2019 - Aug 2023

  Senior Finance Manager

  Senior Financial Manager.Design & implement hospitality financial function. Range from 3* country hotel to multi-unit exclusive luxury hospitality units and Big 5 wildlife experience.Implementation of asset tracking, new sophisticated accounting package. Biological assets accounting, crop farming cost control management, extensive facilties & maintenance mangement costing, vehicle & farming fleet accounting, multi-faceted inventory cost control, ranging from F&B COS, diesel and LPG.Full twice yearly full zero-base budget management, from HOD level to Operations Director reporting.Reporting, in accordance with IFRS, in multi-currency formats, to H/O.Administrator / Superuser for Sage 300, Pastel v19, Materials Control, D-Bit Assets Management, Opera Property Management System and Symphony Micros front end restaurant system.Leadership of an exemplary Finance team of seven dedicated individuals. Show less

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  KPi Dynamics

  Sept 2023 - now

  Account Executive

  Development of Digital Assets within the age of A.I. In depth details will follow as exponential growth materialises.