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New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

Woodmead

Financial partner to project director for projects at Medupi and Kusile with a value in excess of R 7 billion.

Operations Financial partner to head of South Africa services operations (project manager of Gautrain)Member of core strategic team (including engineering, operations, procurement and sales staff)Duties of core team include:• Strategic decision making for business• Risk management• Cash flow management• Maintaining and improving blue book contract margins• Identifying and actioning possible future margin improvements• Controlling and reducing expenditureFinancePrepare and present monthly detail management accounts to core teamReview of monthly results ensuring the integrity of the financial recordsMonthly forecasting (profit and loss and cash forecasting)Weekly cash forecastingPreparation of financial packs for Group and divisional (EMEA region) reportingInvestigation of variances with operations/engineeringSupport and preparation of group information packsContract accounting, percentage of completion accountingPreparation of annual full contracts budgets Follow up, evaluate and measure cost saving initiativesPricing of variation orders, claims and new business opportunities including new tenders to both internal and external customersReview of contract and tender terms and conditions and highlight possible risks within Preparation of business case comparisonsChallenging and enhancing controls and processes, review audit findings and assist in implementing controlsEvaluate tax risks in contract structuringEnsure compliance of Bombardier policiesEnsure compliance with laws and regulationsMonitoring working capital requirements• Receivables • Ensuring sales team have invoiced for work completed• Collaborating with sales team to ensure timeous collection of funds• StockLiaising with Bombardier Management in European operations (UK, Germany, Switzerland, etc.)

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Departments responsible for:Group finance and tax (1 direct report)• IFRS, consolidations, tax and group and JSE reportingTreasury (1 direct and 2 indirect reports)• Cash management, cash forecasting and investment of fundsHead office (1 direct report and 1 indirect report)• Cost centre management and month end accruals and reconciliationsBusiness intelligence (1 direct and 1 indirect report)• Data mining of information from systemsPayroll (1 direct 7 indirect reports)• All salary disbursements for 4 000 plus employeesInventory (1 direct report and 2 indirect reports) Receivables (1 direct report and 3 indirect reports) Fixed assets (1 direct report and 4 indirect reports) General responsibilitiesSupervising and coaching of staffCompletion of staff performance appraisalsRecruitment of staffDevelop and maintain policies and procedures within departments Ensure compliance with laws and regulationsReview of all account reconciliationsEnsure correct cost centre and GL allocationsReporting structure: Financial Director

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Secondment to UKMain clients• Travelodge• Capital and regional (leisure group)Articles (South Africa)Main clients• Nissan Diesel• Rectron (IT wholesaler)• National Treasury• ATC (subsidiary or Reunert group)

Education record

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Accounting Sciences, Honours