Eamon Whyte Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Chief Financial Officer CJP Chemicals (Pty) Ltd August 2018 to Current Financial DirectorDecember 2013 to August 2018R 1.5 billion Turnover (220 Employees)People reporting directly to me: IT Manager, Credit Controller, Financial Manager, HR administrator and Operations Manager.Procurement Manager has a dotted line reporting line to myselfOne of three executive directors, the other two being the managing director and sales directorDuties: Chief Financial Officer of CJP Chemicals, Director of CJP Holdings and CJP Dormant (Pty) Ltd Reporting to the Managing Director and the Board. Working with the Sales Director, in particular, towards the implementation of the company’s sales strategy Attendance of Board Meetings and Audit committee meetings and ensuring previous action items have been closed out Managing the relationship with the company’s bankers, The Standard Bank of South Africa, with whom the company enjoyed a working capital facility of R 90 Million and loans of at once stage R 160 million. Ensuring Quarterly Loan compliance ratios are in line with the bankers agreements. Overseeing of Debtors Collections Cost vs Benefit analysis of logistical solutions eg Outsourcing options vs Full Maintenance lease options. Overseeing HR and IT departments Review of monthly management accounts which are prepared by the financial manager. Setting of company expense and sales budgets Maintain BEE compliance levels and looking at new initiatives to improve BEE score Notable achievements: Reduction of Overdraft from R 96 million to a positive bank balance Reduction of overdue debtors from R 18 million to 3% of the debtor’s book, approximately R 7.5 million Created an awareness amongst the management team of the importance of working capital and cash generation in addition to profitability. Reduction of company head count from 278 to 220.

Duties: Report directly to Managing Director Ensuring compliance with the requirements of Merchanting transaction in respect of trading with African Countries Maintain the relationship between China Construction Bank and Rand Asia Trade Finance who provide a $20 million dollar trade finance facility Meeting with Swiss Shareholders and presenting company strategy Overseeing the preparation of monthly accounts and submission of these to shareholders Managing the companies forex exposure Improving relationship between Sales Team and Accounting staff Actively involved in improving the efficiency of the logistics department Travelling to Africa to build relationships with existing customers, actively manage the credit control of these customers and assess country risk

Import and distribution of Chemical Raw MaterialsR 1.6 Billion Turnover per AnnumTwo subsidiary companies (Protank (Pty) and Crest Chemicals Namibia (Pty) Ltd)Staff Compliment: 249 PeopleNumber of people reporting directly to me: 7 Front Line ManagersNumber of people reporting to me indirectly: 4Reporting to the CEOCEO and myself are the two company executives. All other directors besides CEO are non executive directorsMain functions reporting to me: Accounts, IT, Shipping and HR.Duties: Public Officer of Crest Chemicals (Pty) Ltd Attendance of the Board Meetings of Crest Chemicals (Pty) Ltd and presentation of financial results and budgets to shareholders Review of segment budgets and preparation of the consolidated budgets Director of Crest Chemicals Namibia (Pty) Ltd Supervision of the preparation of the monthly and year consolidated reporting pack and final review of the same. This includes: The Purchase price allocation of new business acquisitions in terms of IFRS 3 Preparation of the Audited Financial Statements Planning interim and year end Audits Monitoring compliance with Corporate Governance as well as management of the risk management framework Preparation and submission of annual insurance declaration and allocation of insurance premiums to the branches and cost centers Responsible for the BEE scorecard  Implementation of BI (Qlikview) tools to measure inventory management Extensive involvement in disciplinary processes within the company. Notable Achievements: Project managed Sage ERP X3 implementation in 2010 Runner up in the AECI Chemicals Cluster accounting trophy for 2011

R 200 million Turnover annuallyStaff Compliment: 66 PeopleNumber of people reporting to me: 6In addition to the duties performed at Arrow Altech also took responsibility for the following:Overseeing the Day to Day running of the company which included the following: Daily cash flow management in order to meet the day to day working capital requirements of the company Managing staff disputes which involves attendance of disciplinary hearings and CCMA Hearing as well as working with staff to obtain maximum output and cooperation. Chairing weekly management and sales meeting in which 1st and 2nd line management are required to report of their Key Performance Indicators Customer visits to build stronger relationships and improve cash collection Liasing with foreign shareholders with long term strategic goals of the company Setting Departmental and Company Quality Objectives in terms of the companies Quality Management System, for Example, Reduction of the value and number of credit notes and reduction of stock variances Setting Key Performance Indicators for each Head of Department, for Example, Debtors and Creditors Days for accounts department and new customer accounts opened for the sales department. Notable Achievements Eliminating stock variances which amounted to R 1Million per annum by introducing effective stock count procedures and accounting for scrap properly. Reduced overdue Debtors from R 7million to R 1.5million by visiting customers and establishing a relationship with them. Introduced more effective financial reporting to shareholders i.e Detailed income statement, balance sheet and monthly cash flow forecasts. Implementation of Pastel accounting system

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