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Cape Town Area, South Africa

Financial | Administration- Formulating the company’s strategic direction to deliver optimal results in high-growth environments.- Developing financial systems, procedures and controls to facilitate continuous improvement.- Successfully collaborated with new CFO regarding integration in holding company (change over from accounting software to SAP). Successful but tough retrenchment process handled efficiently.- Establishing effective goals, objectives, policies and procedures, as well as ensuring that qualified auditors are appointed.- Reviewing and approving budgets quarterly and annual financial reporting together with statuary reports, forecasts and financial statements.- Overseeing and analysing cash flows, cost controls and expenses, whilst suggesting methods for improvement, which effectively results in substantial cost saving initiatives.- Profitable analysis of financials and strong knowledge of the Media Sector as well as policies and procedures, and equally Gross Profit and Net Income Analysis.- Sound knowledge and understanding of generally Accepted Accounting, Auditing Practice and Financial Reporting Standards.- Costing and Business Development processes; identification of the customer’s, channel’s, products and services profitability.- Mitigates the organisations exposure to risk through the safeguarding of financial assets and thorough examination of the accuracy of records and financial control systems, ensuring compliance with established internal and external control procedures.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

- Interpreting financial, operational, commercial and customer insights to ensure trading issues are fully understood and that actions are taken and constantly reviewed.- Successfully negotiated procurement contracts, negotiated largest supplier contract, and over-achieved on all KPA numeric targets.- Continuously reviewing business – including competitive landscape, sales and marketing strategies, operations and supply chain.- Developing and maintaining strong relationships at all levels of the organisation in order to provide meaningful financial and business analysis, insights and recommendations.- Providing leadership, coaching and oversight for business unit performance reporting, profitability analysis, strategic and financial planning, promotional analysis and new product decision support analysis.- Analysing the business unit financial results, both forward-looking and historic, to provide timely insights, implications and recommendations on trends, opportunities and risks.- Ensuring that company assets are properly utilised within the boundaries of corporate governance.

- Overall responsibility for strategic and operational matters, developing a world class finance team and managing the Cape Town head office with staff of 100 professionals; Direct reports of Management Accounts, Operations Manager and IT.- Assisted Executive Director with developing/implementing turnaround strategy and team lead in successful handling the sale process/closing of a subsidiary.- Overseeing corporate funding arrangements and relationships with banks/lenders, information technology, the supply chain function (Including contract negotiations/management).- Overseeing corporate development projects with focus on valuation and finance due diligence and close involvement in parent company relations and reporting sessions.- Management of full month end function in the production and presentation of a set of Group Management Accounts and related reporting including Statement of Profit and Loss, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Cashflow and supporting schedules.- Management of annual budget including system and stakeholder management.- Management of Audit together with Financial Manager.- Building, utilizing and motivating teams to resolve complex technical problems and improve processes.- Pro-actively planning for the technical/budgetary demands of any projects.- Implement a new consolidated financial system (Hyperion) with limited assistance. Did so on time with 100% correct implementation.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Leadership, Negotiation, Portfolio Management, International Program: Japan

Bachelor’S Degree, Finance, General, Financial Information Systems