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Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Town

Responsible for product costing and product cost loadingResponsible for the management of the stock take process and variance analysis and explanationsResponsible for Cost of Sales reporting in respect variances in gross profit marginsResponsible for the approval of waste write-offs and the explanation thereofWeekly reporting on sales value, cost of sales value and margin analysisResponsible for the annual budget of plantResponsible for capital expenditure request with proposalResponsible for the management of monthly stock take process and variance explanationsResponsible for the maintenance budget that forms part of my portfolio in terms of cost controlResponsible for the Management Accounts of the plant with expenditure explanations vs budget as well as financial calculations for stock, expenditure, and gross profit.Responsible for the approval of invoices from suppliers and credit notes form storesResponsible for the business models of the units within the production facilitySupervise 2 production clerks in charge of processing production documents.

Malmesbury

- Ensure SAP daily controls prescribed by HO are adhered to- Liase with suppliers with regards to supply and pricing- Ensure purchases are made under the most economical conditions.- Ensure Pioneerfoods procurement policies are adhered to- Approve purchase orders - Review open purchase orders on system for validity- Review allocation transactions daily and at month end- Completion of management accounts for HO reporting Complete CAPEX documentation for submission to HO- Ensure royalty payments are processed quarterly- Ensure that insurance information is updated - Complete monthly manufacturing statistics information for government- Approve salaries and wages data for upload to payroll- Daily verification of all operational transaction processing and production data capturing.- Ensure that production issues and receipts are captured correctly- Stock adjustment journal- Plan the inflow of required materials.- Ensure effective material handling.- Ensure stock is safely stored - Maintain stock at an optimal level.- Ensure imported raw material is accounted for correctly on SAP and in warehouse. - Ensure that waste products are accounted for correctly on system and disposed of- Dispose of all unneeded products in a profitable manner.- Ensure WIP allocations in SAP are correct- Management of stock takes and stock take variance explanation- Manage 3 Warehouse Staff and 2 admin staff members

Athlone Industria, Cape Town

Duties and responsibilities- Cost allocations in cashbook- Ensure VAT trasactions allocated correctly- Reconcile Petty cash- Reconcile Cash Sales - Ensure forecast and cash flow schedules are updated - Wage reallocation journals- Sign of month end creditors recons for payment- Process supplier discounts- Process customer discounts - Prepare payment run schedule (daily and monthly)- WIP adjustment journal- Stock adjustment journal- Generate intercompany invoices ie workshop labour and R & D project labour - Generate invoices for intercompany vehicle rentals- Review BOM’s in system- Sales margin analysis - Review contractors labour cost- Review logistics cost- Management of stock takes and stock take variance explanations- Administer payroll of 50 employees (bi-weekly)

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Duties and responsibilities- Management of stock takes and stock take variance explanations- Finished Goods stock valuation calculation – month end- Review of BOM’s in system- Review of daily job variances and explanation of variances- Stock adjustment journals (24 warehouses on system)- Ensure that waste products are accounted for correctly on system and disposed of- WIP valuation – month end- Ensure that job closures are up to date- Provide explanations for open jobs on system- Ensure that production issues and receipts are captured correctly- Explain job variances and find solutions to variances in production- Raw material and packaging valuation calculation – month end - Stock revaluation process on system- Ensure that Goods in Transit warehouse stock is correct and valid.- Debtors rebates calculation- Cost center management and creation- Actual vs Budget investigation on variances for management accounts- Posting period management (opening and closing posting periods) - 3rd Party warehousing stock loss calculation and invoicing- Claims against suppliers- Review obsolete packaging stock levels- Audit daily warehousing stake takes.

Stellenbosch, Cape Town

Synopsis:British American Shared Services is responsible for 25 End Markets and 54 company codes which they perform the following functions of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Banking Operations and General Ledgers transactions.Supervise 8 staff members to achieve performance objectives of department (4 Query Clerks and 4 Junior Analyst)Duties and responsibilities- Ensure that daily processing targets are met.- Ensure that daily reports are executed and signed of.- Ensure previous days processing is peer checked and spot checks are done.- Review the weekly Performance Tracker to ensure that weekly processing targets are met and remediate any performance issues - Weekly forecast/budget for payments- Provide variance report for previous weeks payment - Review age analysis of open items on weekly basis and provide action plans for overdue items.- Ensure that the responsibilities/duties as per month end control list are adhered to.- Ensure that all SAP vendor balances are reconciled on a monthly basis and signed off monthly as per set timelines.- Ensure that all reconciliation corrections/must be done within 3 working days upon receipt of rejected statement- Ensure all key account balances are reconciled on a timely basis and reviewed by senior management.- Play supporting role in SAP Controls and highlight ‘segregation of duties’ issues.- Active participation as project member in Finance Shared Services project.- Ensure KPI reporting is performed monthly as per specified due dates and no rework is required.- Ensure that the Records Management procedures in AP are adhered to.- Ensure 100% implantation of all audit recommendations by due dates.

Plattekloof, Cape Town

- Setting up internal controls- Auditing the costing in sales quotations- Completion of SARS returns- Signing of debtors & creditors recons- Responsible for EFT Payments- Responsible for the completion and pay out of payroll- Reviewing customer and supplier contracts- Fleet Management- Compiling management accounts - Signing of bank recons- Supervising 3 staff members bookkeeper, credit controller and debtors controller- Cash flow projection report- Responsible for management accounts- Liaising with foreign debt collection- Manage debt collection- Liaising foreign suppliers.

Kuilsriver, Cape Town

- Completion of management accounts Pack for HO- B.O.M. structuring, approval and maintenance- Preparation of labour variance report- Preparation of material usage, material wastage report and quality reports- Preparation of local purchase price variance report and overseas purchase price variance reportInvestigating and analyzing variances on these reports- Balancing stock figures, freight charges, custom charges and outside suppliers- Manage all logistics personnel.- Plan the inflow of required materials.- Ensure purchases are made under the most economical conditions.- Provide daily, weekly and monthly inventory valuations.- Control of variance reporting on WIP job closures.- Daily production data imports and manual reconciliations.- Plan and manage daily, monthly and ad hoc stock counts.- Sales margin analysis - follow up on exceptions Job variance report exception analysis.- Perpetual stock take approval Inventory movement reports per warehouse - Approve stock levels and security at satelite warehouses- Monthly Task Issue stock take plan Issue month end plan- Follow up recommended action on slow moving stock Finalise bills payable recon and import -costings against H/O shipping schedules- Approve slow moving stock schedules- Approve month end journals- Approve month end module closure reports - Approve consumables stock listings- Approve stock take variance report with Fin Manager - Approve inventory valuations and GL stock reports Approve production report - Prepare stock take variance reconciliation- Expense and manufacturing variance analysis Recovery analysis schedule- Raw material issues schedule- Raw material variance analysis schedule Inventory reconciliation - Stock movement reconcilliation - Raw Material Price Variance reconciliation - Assess accuracy of standard raw material cost in relation to latest quoted/landed cost prices- Annual Budget preparation plan

Cape Town Area, South Africa

- Assisting with the preparation of the monthly management accounts pack.- In charge of maintaining and compiling Management Information Systems- Maintaining the Viability Model of the enterprise in line with business plan- Analyzing Financial Models of future projects and capital expenditure - Compiling information for the budget - Monitoring labour and equipment efficiencies- Calculation of labour and equipment rates- Preparing the costing system for ABC costing - Preparation of month end reports to be handed to General Manager

Montague Gardens, Cape Town

Stock migration reconciliation; Stock valuation reporting.

Bellville, Cape Town

Lecturing introduction to Cost Accounting principles.

Montague Gardens, Cape Town

- Responsible for Machine Rate Calculations- Cost per Employee Calculation- Bill Of Material structuring- Machine Cycle Measurement- Machine Efficiency Calculation- Machine Efficiency Comparison to Budget- Overhead Expense Recovery through Products- Overhead recovery through goods- Overhead Expense Comparison to Budget Per Department- Overhead Portion of Cost of Sales Figure Calculation- Markup Percentage Calculation and Review (Invoicing Checking) - Goods Receipts Checking- Production Information Comparison to Captured Data on Database- Barcode Database Maintenance- Mould Cost Estimation for Management- Audit Stock Reports

Epping, Cape Town

- Preparation of labour variance report.- Preparation of material usage, material wastage report and quality reports- Stock adjustment journal- Preparation of local purchase price variance report and overseas purchase price variance report- Investigating and analyzing variances on these reports - Balancing stock figures, freight charges, custom charges and outside suppliers- Liaising with marketing department about standard cost adjustments- Preparation of income statement for renovations – print shop and liners departments- Working on mainframe system to obtain reports that need investigating; - Preparation of month end reports to be handed to Financial Director.

Bellville, Cape Town

Preparing financial statements for privately administered pension, provident funds that are administered by SANLAM.Obtaining various information from trustees of pension funds, administration departments and investment houses for preparing the financial statements.Evaluating accounting and administrative systems identifying risk areas, controlling materiality and risk analysis.Various procedures include accounting for: Investments Cash in Bank Bank Reconciliation Debtors & Creditors Control Posting Journals and Tax on Retirement FundsUsing Lotus 123 Rel. 5 and Pastel Accounting to set up financial statements.Liquidation of various pension and provident funds in terms of the Pension Fund Act of 1956

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), Cost And Management Accounting

National Diploma In Cost And Management Accounting