As a central support office reporting team within Makro SA (a company with 22 stores across the country and a subsidiary of Wal-Mart) responsibilities included the month end close process, monitoring and overall accounting support to store teams and technical overview of accounting transactions as well as the preparation of internal management reporting packs.Preparation of financial pack reporting and analytics and necessary information and deliverables as required to Walmart, internal… Show more As a central support office reporting team within Makro SA (a company with 22 stores across the country and a subsidiary of Wal-Mart) responsibilities included the month end close process, monitoring and overall accounting support to store teams and technical overview of accounting transactions as well as the preparation of internal management reporting packs.Preparation of financial pack reporting and analytics and necessary information and deliverables as required to Walmart, internal and external auditors.Operated as the Makro representative on the global team responsible for the implementation of the new IFRS16 leases standard as well as the US Gaap leases standard which became effective on 1 January 2019.Achieved the implementation of a new reconciliation tool within the business through the hosting of large training sessions, individual or team training sessions with authored training materials for associates to ensure compliance with the system within 6 months.Established the full accounting function of newly purchased company Wumdrop, recruited a new finance member to take over the day to day tasks in order to oversee and review. This included full responsibility for the accounting records, statutory and taxation requirements (included internal and external auditors), compilation of Annual Financial Statements as well as preparation and documentation of accounting policies and procedures that aligned with Makro SA. Show less

As a contractor to the Company employed to improve capacity capabilities of Financial Planning team over peak period of December tasks included preparation of monthly management reporting packs along with analysis of such packs, monthly reconciliation and analysis of fixed costs and influenced the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly profit forecasts.

Developed a reputation for always showing initiative to learn and manage junior associates to ensure that tasks are performed effectively, relieving pressure from the managers and partners which led to an early sign off from SAICA required articles and a promotion to Audit Manager.Assigned advanced consolidations for a large group under extreme time pressure, conducted meetings with management and stakeholders and corresponded with management and stakeholders after hours completing the… Show more Developed a reputation for always showing initiative to learn and manage junior associates to ensure that tasks are performed effectively, relieving pressure from the managers and partners which led to an early sign off from SAICA required articles and a promotion to Audit Manager.Assigned advanced consolidations for a large group under extreme time pressure, conducted meetings with management and stakeholders and corresponded with management and stakeholders after hours completing the assignment file on schedule.Coached and managed (4 - 8) junior audit clerks through the performance of their assignments, review audit files for submission and sign off by the Audit Partner. Show less

Preparation of separate and consolidated financial statements in terms of IFRS and IFRS for SMEs.Preparation of individual and company computations that form the basis for the tax return as well as deferred tax calculations that form the basis for entries passed by clients.Quickly gained Management’s trust to lead complex external or internal audit, or independent reviews in terms of International Auditing Standards.Conduct comprehensive financial audits and agreed-upon… Show more Preparation of separate and consolidated financial statements in terms of IFRS and IFRS for SMEs.Preparation of individual and company computations that form the basis for the tax return as well as deferred tax calculations that form the basis for entries passed by clients.Quickly gained Management’s trust to lead complex external or internal audit, or independent reviews in terms of International Auditing Standards.Conduct comprehensive financial audits and agreed-upon procedures.Perform analytical procedures/analyses to detect unusual financial statement relationships.Perform internal control and substantive testings.Identify and communicate accounting and auditing matters to seniors and managers.Propose adjusting journal entries and discuss audit findings with clients.Document audit procedures and cross reference work papers.Create management representation letter comments and recommendations and draft audit reports for management review. Show less