Benny Chindiwo Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

• Prepare and review monthly P&L and balance sheet reconciliations and ensure all discrepancies are resolved in a timely basis• Implement strong financial control processes to ensure all balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled each month in Blacklines on a timely basis.• Prepare monthly accruals for Group entities for management accounts.• Ensure all month end journals are hard posted into the finance system (SUN/Vision) and ledger, which includes approving journals• Review accruals, prepayments and journals prepared by junior members as part of month end.• Liaise with the Group external auditors and regional external/internal auditors to ensure deliverables are ready for the statutory audit • Assist in the preparation of the statutory financial statements under IFRS for the Group and subsidiaries.• Ensure the timely submission of ad hoc returns for the Group and its subsidiaries.• Assist the AP Manager in first line approval for AP/purchase order system (SAP Concur Invoices and Expenses) including approving spend for the designated entities.

London

• Preparing, completing, and ensuring the accuracy of financial models and sophisticated valuation • Writing valuation reports and presentations for the banks and the principal • Production of the cash flows on a weekly basis• Coordinating recurring valuation projects with team members across multiple geographies and Interacting with the different stakeholders. • Handling tax matters i.e CIS, VAT, restructuring and corporate tax• Liase with outsourced accountants, tax advisers and private banks• Company secretarial duties - companies house returns• Maintaining proprietary valuation databases;• Supporting the investment team with adhoc reporting • Production of Monthly management accounts• Review the audited financial statements.

- Responsibility for the books and records of HPD Lendscape group- Critical group cash flow management- Managing accounts payable/receivable processes, balance sheet analysis and aged debtor analysis- Team mentoring and skill development.- Manage payroll process- Lead the group audit and tax compliance for UK entities, as well as on-going liaison with the audit team- Manage financial forecasting, budgeting and overseeing the management accounts - Oversee VAT reporting processes quarterly and PAYG (Australian) - Develop a strong working relationship with senior management and other stakeholders including Tax and Internal Audit.

Christies Education is a subsidiary of Christie’s auction house. • Prepare monthly management accounts, commentaries and variance analyses, risks and opportunities and KPIs to drive informed financial decisions. • Prepare and distribute actual vs budget analysis for the Christie’s Education departments to support the International Managing Director in decision making. • Attend meetings with senior management and present financials• Prepare the annual consolidated budget for London, Hong Kong and New York• Co-ordinating with all staff to ensure engagement with and communication of departmental budgets while monitoring spends. • Prepare the periodic consolidated forecasts and ad-hoc management reports• Prepare annual regulatory financial reports and forecasts• Produce annual cash flow forecast with monthly revisions for reporting and consolidation purposes• Prepare quarterly VAT returns and submit to HMRC• Prepare and submit annual tax analysis

London, United Kingdom

- Organise events for SAICA members- Social Media management mainly Facebook - Assist in strategising on how to increase member attendance to eventsAchievements- member of the SANZA (South African, New Zealand and Australian) conference committee- nominated as the chairman for SANZA 2015- managed to negotiate and successfully open SANZA UK Facebook page

London

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London

- Preparing Budgets and reporting to the Paris office; Monthly and quarterly reporting of the Fees and costs for the branch

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities- Prepared the year-end accounts & financial schedules and migration from excel to exchequer

Johannesburg Area, South Africa/ London, Uk

Bcompt Honours, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Forbes Lever Baker (Inanda Club)

Bcompt, Accounting

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