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Manufacture, distribution, maintenance and service of mining machinery, pumps and pump spares. : Chief Financial Officer From 2023-04 To Current
Duties
- Financial strategy and planning including leading the annual budgeting process, financial forecasts and projections to support business planning and decision making
- Financial management and reporting overseeing the preparation and presentation of accurate financial reports timeously and meet international reporting obligations with the Group CFO Risk management and compliance identifying and mitigating financial risks, adherence to financial, tax and regulatory compliance requirements, oversee internal controls and audit processes
- Operational efficiency managing finance and accounting departments, implementing and maintaining financial systems and processes, monitoring and managing cash flow, investments and working capital
- Strategic leadership serving as a key member of EXCO contributing to strategic decisions and initiatives, providing financial insights and analysis to support business growth and operational efficiency, and interdepartmental cross-functional projects and improvements
- Stakeholder management including auditors, banks, regulatory authorities and communicating financial performance and strategy to the Board of Directors, executive team and international headquarters
- Forex management and hedging responsible for Foreign Exchange (both operational and strategic)
- Overseeing the preparation and filing of VAT returns ensuring compliance
- Receivables management including ensuring debts and assessing and approving commercial risks, administer Accounts Receivable (AR) ledger master file and prepare AR collections forecast
- Accounts Payable (AP) risk management identification and mitigating risks in the AP process, training staff where required
- DSO (Daily Sales Outstanding) administration
- Vendor management and overseeing vendor payment accuracy and timeliness of financial reports
Accounting and advisory firms : Audit Consultant From 2022-01 To 2022-03
Duties
- Business Management Consultant
- Consultant allocated to specific systems and sections in the audit and preparation of financial statements with Caseware
Mining : Financial Controller From 2022-06 To 2022-09
Duties
- Emerging developer and producer of high quality thermal and coking coal
- Financial reporting, annual report, annual financial statement preparation and monthly accounting reports to trial balance, monthly management packs and updating budgets for the Group
- Implementation and management of the company strategy
Debt collections company : Chief Financial Officer From 2022-11 To 2023-02
Duties
- Resolution of client queries regarding accounts
- Ensuring all required reporting for clients was done timeously every week
- Tax, VAT, PAYE submissions
- Preparation of salaries, imported into bank account, salaries including incentive bonuses, attendance bonuses and commission calculations
- Group management pack showing account movements and savings
- Managed both finance and operations teams ensuring daily reporting and manage inter team deliverables between finance, IT and business units
Accounting : External Audit Partner From 2017-12 To 2021-06
Duties
- Planning, executing and finalisation of audits
- Coaching, review, supervision, performance of field work and project management working to tight deadlines
- Tracking audit budgets, reviewing monthly WIP and debtors age analysis Calculation of complex company tax calculations, deferred tax, withholding dividend tax, property and payroll taxes
- Preparation and reviewing of financial statements on Caseware
- Reporting to overseas holding companies for three clients
- Completion and reviewing of IT14 and IT14SD tax submissions and returns
- Independent reviews, trusts and compilation of files and financial statement reviews
- SARS query resolution (Income Tax, PAYE and VAT) and prevention of audits and errors in submission of returns
- Corporate tax including annual tax returns, South African tax laws, devising strategies to optimise the tax amount payable taking into consideration tax credits, deductions and setup of tax shelters
- Suggestion of financial system improvements and management
- Assisted attorneys with trust and business accounts in as far as it affected the trust accounts Caseware champion and system implementation including IFRS9, IFRS15, IFRS 16 and editing and updating of firms working papers in Caseware
- Review of clerks and as assessor, ensured clerks met requirements for articles completion
Accounting : External Audit Partner/Director From 2012-01 To 2017-11
Duties
- Operating as a consultant offering accounting services to various clients on Pastel Accounting and Pastel Payroll
- Planning, executing and finalisation of audits
- Completion and review of IT14s for companies, objections and appeals to SARS, provisional tax calculations
- Tax opinions and advice
- Follow up on assessments and objections
- Application for VDP
- Completion of withholding dividend tax
- Submission of IT14 and IT14SD returns
- Calculation of salaries and bonuses
- Registration of taxation, PAYE, VAT and Easy File (IRP5s) on e-filing
- Preparation of EMP501s/IT3a certificates on easy file, submissions and payments including summaries
- Corporate tax including annual tax returns, South African tax laws, devising strategies to optimise the tax amount payable considering tax credits, deductions and setup of tax shelters Suggestion of fiscal management improvements and implementation of changes required Completion of Workman’s Compensation returns
- Calculation of normal and deferred tax, preparation of financial statements on Draftworx, signing off audited financial statements as a registered auditor with IRBA (Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors)
- Registered as a tax practitioner with SARS, Registered Auditor
Auditing : Financial Manager From 2000-01 To 2011-12
Duties
- Started as an article clerk and progressed through various levels of management
- Planning, execution and completion of audits and reviewing engagements to tight deadlines Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) reviews on US listed companies, risk identification and financial statement analysis
- IRFS1 reviews and implementation at 2 companies
- Preparation and reviews of financial statements
- Track/audit budgets to identify issues and address with senior audit partner
- Familiar with corporate tax by reviewing of the calculation prepared by the tax department to ensure all tax advantages had been considered, working with tax laws and calculations Implemented a new internal control system at a client while senior manager on the audit Implementation and review of IFRS1 at two clients
- Involved with the listing and de-listing procedures at a client which formed part of a group of entities
- As Financial Manager, planned required staff on audits, monthly forecasts of revenue, weekly WIP and debtors reports to partners, managing leave of staff in line with contracts, capturing and analysis of partners provisions per month, monthly productivity reports, preparation of invoices, credit notes and transfer of fees between jobs as well as analysing monthly expenses and query material variances from budgets
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