Murray Bolton

Experience

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  P&R Maintenance (Pty) Ltd

  Jun 1993 - Jun 1996

  Finance Assistant
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  York Fitness SA (Pty) Ltd

  Jul 1996 - Dec 1997

  Financial and General Manager
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  Stoll Moss Theatres | Accenture | Parallel Ventures Managers

  Mar 1998 - Jan 2001

  Several Part Time Financial Management Roles

  Worked in a range of Financial Management Roles in London, UK

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  Universal Media Ltd

  Jun 2000 - Feb 2001

  Financial Manager
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  Real Media UK Ltd

  Mar 2001 - Jan 2002

  Financial Manager
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  Cycle Lab (A MoreCorp Company)

  Sept 2002 - Dec 2002

  General Manager

  Retail Sale of Bicycles and Fitness

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  SA Biomedical

  Mar 2003 - Jun 2012

  Financial Director

  SA Biomedical is a South African company, importing and distributing medical device products to the healthcare sector in South Africa. • Executive Director : managing Finance, IT, Stock / Logisitcs, CSD, HR / Payroll. • Responsible for the overall financial management of the enterprise - through efficient and effective systems, quality business intelligence and financial reporting, astute management and compliance• Driving & steering : Strategy, Values & Ethics

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  MPlus Consulting (Pty) Ltd

  Jul 2012 - Feb 2013

  Consultant

  I worked primarily with Nubian Business Gateway as a consulting FD & their key Cape Town Consultant

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  Mekor Motor Group

  Mar 2013 - Dec 2014

  Group Financial Director

  Responsible for the overall financial management of the business - including the following :• Monthly financial reporting – financial packs and Group reporting• Daily operating control – daily sales orientated reporting for all dealerships• Group IT – ERP - ADP | Kerridge, WAN, email, LAN’s• Group audits• Compliance – SARS - VAT, PAYE, Co. Tax; Co’s Act, GAAP & IFRS• Group payroll – monthly. Oversaw and managed Payroll Administrator• Company Secretarial function in conjunction with Nolands (the Auditors)• Group Head Office - responsible for moving Group Head Office from JHB to Cape Town (2013); identified and employed Head Office Staff: Group Payroll Administrator (June 2013) and Group Accountant (April 2014)• Identified opportunities to simplify, improve and align systems across the businesses in the Group• Worked with the executive team to improve the running of the business Show less

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  MPlus Accounting (Pty) Ltd

  Jan 2015 - now

  Director | Founder

  • moving your business Forward with Cloud Accounting and Technology Solutions. • Building a Better South Africa for all one Entrepreneurial Business at a time. • I have over twenty years of experience working in management accounting with SME's in Johannesburg, London and Cape Town.• mPlus provides accounting, financial management and tax advisory solutions for SME's. • I work exclusively with Xero Cloud Accounting (www.xero.com).• I partner with fewer clients to enable me to forge closer working relationships which facilitates deeper insights and better solutions.• I am a Xero Certified Adviser, a General Tax Practitioner™ with the South African Institute of Tax Professionals and an associate with The SA Institute of Business Accountants (SAIBA). Show less

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  TonneZero (Pty) Ltd

  Jun 2017 - now

  Director

  • TonneZero is a specialist sustainable event company.• We assist events and venues to reach the highest standard of event sustainability as defined in the ISO 20121 Standard.• TonneZero is a collaborative venture between: > EcoImpact (Pty) Ltd - an environmental health and safety legal and systems company &> Carbon Calculated (Pty) Ltd - a specialist carbon measurement and reporting firm.

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  Hudson Accounting

  Mar 2019 - now

  Consultant

  • I work with Hudson Accounting as a Consultant assisting with Management Accounting, Xero Cloud Accounting & SARS related matters.