PROFILEEdwin Venske graduated with a B COMM (Acc) degree from RAND AFRIKAANS UNIVERSITY in 1988 and started his career as bursary student with the POST OFFICE (which became TELKOM SA after commercialization in 1991). With a sound financial background (I am an old school individual who still believes in the four pillars of accounting being PRUDENCY / CONSISTENCY / MATCHING / GOING CONCERN), I have been involved in financial departments of industries like telecommunication / transport / information technology / manufacturing / sales & marketing for more than 30 years. Although my career started as traditional financial specialist (daily transaction recording to monthly management accounts / to monthly, bi-annual, annual tax returns through e-filing / year end financials including interaction with external auditors / implementation, training and development of various new financial software packages) - responsibilities during tenures in African countries, forced me to get involved in the full spectrum of general management.I have been part of top management since 2000, but never lost touch with day-to-day operations as I apply experience gained through internal audit and corporate governance principles whilst heading finance departments. I can identify the bigger picture and break it down into manageable units with an extremely hands-on and teamwork approach. I am an energetic, logical proactive thinker who can also be reactive when the need arises.
Listed skills include Business Strategy, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Managerial Finance, and 10 others.