Bertie Van Sittert

Experience

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  Office of the Auditor General

  Jan 1994 - Dec 1998

  Auditor

  I specialised in the audit of municipalities, provincial departments of education and health and in my last two years with the AG, I specialised in the audit of Customs & Excise as well as Inland Revenue.

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  Jan 1999 - Sept 2008

  Associate Director

  AD for two years in charge of multiple audits for companies in the Retail sector (Pepkor which included Pep and Pepkor Group, Shoprite etc), Oil Business (Caltex audit for 8 years), Communications (Naspers Group) and Manufacturing and other entities (eg. Arwa, Paternoster Visserye).

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  Musica

  Oct 2008 - Jul 2011

  Finance Executive

  As Financial Executive, I was responsible for all financial aspects of the company. This included budgeting, forecasting, business development, cost management and financial strategy building. In addition, I also managed a business process team responsible for internal controls and store support.

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  Clicks Group

  Aug 2011 - Jun 2014

  Head of Finance

  Head of Finance responsible for finance (merchandise, operational, planning etc), property feasibility, merchandise analyses, group liason and reporting. Reporting directly to the Clicks Operating Officer as one of 5 Executives. This includes the financial management of a R12bn turnover base, R3bn cost base and responsible for the development and expansion of the 450 store and 350 dispensary footprint. Other functions includes managing financial strategy, forecasting, business development and building financial/analytical expertise within the Group. Show less

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  Pepkor Speciality Stores

  Jul 2014 - Feb 2016

  Finance Director

  Pepkor Speciality Stores is a group consisting of Dunns, Shoe City, John Craig and Jay-Jays. My responsibilities includes Financial management, Budgeting, Forecasting, Business development, IT, Property and Financial services. The Group is very dynamic with a store base of over 500 stores in 5 countries and with a focus on continuous expansion and new brand development.

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  PEP

  Mar 2016 - now

  Chief Executive: Finance

  Pep Stores is one of South Africa's largest and most successful retailers operating in multiple countries and in over 2400 stores. Delighting our customers drive the business and as a result, we aim to satisfy many of their customer's needs - such as clothing, homeware, cellular and financial services. Sikhula Kunye!