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Dubai, Ae

Malawi

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsibilities • Executive member of AfriCO2, a Joint Venture within Air Products with the aim of expanding CO2 business into Africa.• Responsible for monthly Income Statement and Management Accounts.• Presenting monthly results across all business groups and business units.• Working with Senior Managers implementing tactical, regional & strategic plans.• Responsible for contract extensions with current customers. • Responsible for new pricing on the… Show more Responsibilities • Executive member of AfriCO2, a Joint Venture within Air Products with the aim of expanding CO2 business into Africa.• Responsible for monthly Income Statement and Management Accounts.• Presenting monthly results across all business groups and business units.• Working with Senior Managers implementing tactical, regional & strategic plans.• Responsible for contract extensions with current customers. • Responsible for new pricing on the contract negotiations with existing/new customers.• Assist in the financial valuation of new projects and capital investments.• Approval of CAPEX• Responsible for the Company’s annual target, as well as the individual business units. • Responsible for the correct and accurate standard cost across all products and business units.Achievements• Responsible for significant cost savings across the business by introducing a change in the location, of sourcing and manufacturing of specific products. Also avoiding impairment of the plant.• Played a significant role in the roll-over of the contract of our largest customer to a more financially beneficial agreement.• Responsible for the signing of the renewal of a long term contact with an existing customer at a substantial price increase to more fairly represent the underlying production and supply costs.• Discovery and identification of major losses in the process of purchase and import of an expensive product from the USA resulting in the restructuring of the price increases to customers and enabling the negotiations of credits with the supplier for the first time. • Successfully completed the Evaluations and Purchase negotiations of two companies bought by Air Products. Also successfully facilitated the sale of a business units previously owned by Air Products. Show less

Responsibilities • Reporting to the Managements Accounts Manager.• Managing the costing function.• Calculating standard costs of all manufactured products.• Calculating actual costs of all manufactured products.• Analysing variances of standard costs and actual costs.• Producing Cost of Sales Reports, identifying and analysing reasons for increase in costs. • Responsible for Sale - and profitability Analysis of all Business Units. • Reconciling… Show more Responsibilities • Reporting to the Managements Accounts Manager.• Managing the costing function.• Calculating standard costs of all manufactured products.• Calculating actual costs of all manufactured products.• Analysing variances of standard costs and actual costs.• Producing Cost of Sales Reports, identifying and analysing reasons for increase in costs. • Responsible for Sale - and profitability Analysis of all Business Units. • Reconciling debtor’s accounts. • Scrutinising monthly plant costs and efficiencies• Preparation of the monthly management accounts book for Executives. • Presenting and reporting on the financial performance of the company and its separate business units to the executive team.• Responsible for processing/capturing of all revenues and costs on system.• Set-up and creation of complex invoices through Excel macros.• Assist in the compiling of the company’s annual target/budget.• Reporting to Shareholders on trend analysis of major products.Achievements• Responsible for the automation of the month end closure process; reducing this by 1 day via excel macro’s • Improving profitability on our Carbon Dioxide plant by 40% due to the implementation of KPI’s, leading to a change in mode of operation and which plant to run. Show less

Umhlanga

Responsibilities • Reporting to the Commercial Manager• Forecasting cash flow. • Forecasting monthly sales. • Calculating NPV’s and reporting on expansions of new call centers. • Generating all month-end invoicing. • Setting-up management accounts and KPI’s for new campaigns.• Calculating break-even analyses for new campaigns.• Analysing profitability of existing call center campaigns.• Approving costs for payment.• Managing debtors and… Show more Responsibilities • Reporting to the Commercial Manager• Forecasting cash flow. • Forecasting monthly sales. • Calculating NPV’s and reporting on expansions of new call centers. • Generating all month-end invoicing. • Setting-up management accounts and KPI’s for new campaigns.• Calculating break-even analyses for new campaigns.• Analysing profitability of existing call center campaigns.• Approving costs for payment.• Managing debtors and creditors..Achievements• Creation and implementation of Purchase order system, resulting in improved controls in the purchasing of high value equipment• Creation and implementation of pro forma invoicing system, reducing DSO days. Show less

Durban Area, South Africa

Responsibilities • Reporting to the Managing Director• Directly managing a client list of 30 individuals on a daily basis.• Identifying single stock futures-trades on the stock exchange, discussing this with clients and advising them on these trades based on our strategies;• Trading of single stock futures on behalf of Share Direct. • Advising and coaching clients with regards to equity investments and futures trading on a daily basis. • Lecturing and presenting various… Show more Responsibilities • Reporting to the Managing Director• Directly managing a client list of 30 individuals on a daily basis.• Identifying single stock futures-trades on the stock exchange, discussing this with clients and advising them on these trades based on our strategies;• Trading of single stock futures on behalf of Share Direct. • Advising and coaching clients with regards to equity investments and futures trading on a daily basis. • Lecturing and presenting various courses on our trading/investing strategies. Show less

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Cgma; Acma

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Accounting