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Cape Town Area, South Africa

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Successfully contributed to the DevOps initiative.Successfully coached the development team on the process of Scrum.Assisted the Enterprise Architect with the implementation of Enterprise Architecture Capability. (Achieved TOGAF Foundation certification)

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Focussed on SOA and Database (Scheme rate updates) testing during first quarter of 2015 Developed the Test Automation Strategy for MHG for 2015.

Centurion

Coached the Test Lead and mentored test team in the Sales IT area.Introduced the team to Scrum and assisted them to adopt it.

Contracted on site at Momentum (Retail) since June 2009 to June 2010 – performed test mentoring function in Agile environment.Contracted on site at ABSA (Bank) since December 2007 to March 2009 – performed system analysis, test analysis and test automation functions.

Managed the Finance, Admin and IT areas for the group of companies. Managed, coached and trained 18 staff members reporting to these areas.

Managed implementation cycle for Proqure (electronic tendering and contract management software).

Financial Consultant: Developed system to monitor the collection process and payments made to bankers.

ERP Consultant

ERP Consultant

Managed entire Financial function

I was a member of national internal audit committee, responsible for resolving all financial issues identified during regional and national audits. Initiate and monitor financial projects to develop and improve the financial side of the mainframe system. Controlling the budget processes and report variance to budget on monthly basis.Responsible for all financial processes for the company.

Managed entire financial function for the region. Revenue planning, expense budgeting and monitoring of actual to plan and budget.Mainframe security and management of the LAN support function.Manage the office administration function.

Sold, Installed, maintained and trained Brokers on a Broker Administration software package developed by Guardian National for short term brokers

Reviewed all General Ledger reconciliations and managed the timely resolution of outstanding issues.

Financial Statements & Tax returnsBank Reconciliations, verification of Trial Balance balances to control accounts