Leon Jansen Van Rensburg Email & Phone Number

Auckland, Nz

Auckland, Auk, Nz

• Successfully implemented an ERP system (Deltek Vantagepoint) after the previous project team left the project halfway through. Delivery within 8 months from joining date while delivering daily financial information and leading the finance team.• Negotiated funding with bank/shareholders• Part of SLT driving improved profitability, using newly designed dashboards highlighting areas of poor performance.• Prepared training documents for new system functionality and trained the team to engage successfully with the new system.• Continuous training of project managers and SLT on project performance indicators that assisted in margin improvements, employee utilisation, and productivity.• Assistance to shareholders and SLT regarding the strategic direction of the business in facilitating and drafting business plans.• Processing accounting entries for supplier and client invoices, journal entries and reconciling bank and credit card accounts.• Prepared financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.• Prepare and present detailed financial reports to SLT and Board meetings.• Finalising month-end and year-end reconciliations.• Drafting Annual Financial Statements and presenting them to auditors for review.• Presenting the Annual Financial Statements to the Board for approval and filing Annual Returns on Companies register.• Supervised and mentored a team of 5 reports, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.

My role was to assist Industrial Pacific Ltd (ATL Group Ltd and Henderson Demolition Ltd) in achieving greater efficiencies and solving organisational problems. The focus will mainly be on the daily general improvement of the procedures and processes within the group as well as on a strategic level.Other activities include assistance in planning, organising, directing, controlling and coordinating the overall administration, financial, policy, planning and guidelines within the group.• Consolidate disparate financial and operating reporting systems and developed internal governance structure and processes, including SOPs for budgeting, financial reporting, and day-to-day accounting processes. • Accelerated the availability of real-time decision-making data via purpose-developed dashboards.• Developed a “live” weekly cash flow forecast model for use in a highly collaborative environment.• The establishment of structured, consolidated and highly collaborative online systems significantly improved workflow and was instrumental in a smooth transition to work from home with no productivity loss.• Renegotiated agreements with suppliers and contractors based on “live” procurement dashboards.• Reviewed disparate approaches to insurance and established a centralised insurance centre for the group.• Improved cash flow and working capital management processes, reducing debt cycles from 49 days to 39 days on average.• Streamlined and automated the year-end audit process, reducing the time spent for audit preparation. • Drafting Annual Financial Statements and presenting them to auditors for review.• Presenting of Annual Financial Statements to the Board for approval and filing Annual Returns on Companies register.• Developed and presented a monthly reporting pack for the board.• Prepared Audit Packs and reviewed the finance team’s work for reconciliations and assisted where needed in preparing more complex reconciliations.

Auckland, Nz

The ATL Group have reduced its overall business to only the Wellington Offices. I have assisted during my last month the collection and final invoicing to customers for the Auckland operational office.• Appointed and mandated to lead business improvement, evaluating gross margin efficiencies, opportunities for optimization, analysis of the datasets and developing a C-level dashboard to visually present performance. • Partaking in strategic initiatives to further enhance efficiencies.• Developed Balance Scorecard & Strategic roadmap.• Developed KPI framework from Balanced Scorecard.• Developed Risk Management framework with identifying Top 20 risks and controls.

Auckland, Nz

Introduced monthly financial and operational reporting packs and monthly accounts reconciliations. Developed dashboard reporting for financial and operational reports enabling transparency of financial performance. Setup the Executive committee reporting structures and reports to achieve better transparency of operational activities. Oversee the HR, HSE and operational functions with implementation of Google-based document management system. Implementing key process flows in business units. Introduced governance structures to the group.

Auckland, Nz

My role is to assist the ATL Group of companies in achieving greater efficiencies and solve organisational problems. The focus will mainly be on the daily general improvement of the procedures and processes within the ATL Group as well on a strategic level.Activities include assistance in planning, organise, direct, control and coordinate the overall administration, financial, policy, planning and guidelines within the ATL Group. My responsibilities include Human Resources, Provisioning and logistics as well as HSE.

Richmond, Va, Us

Universal Leaf South Africa is a subsidiary of the Universal Leaf Corporation situated in Richmond (USA). Universal Leaf is a tobacco leave merchant. My responsibility includes all financial and risk management activities and reporting for the ULSA operations. This includes assistance to the MD and Regional FD on all financial matters.• Prepared financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.• Prepare and present detailed financial reports to MD and Board meetings.• Finalising month-end and year-end reconciliations.• Drafting Annual Financial Statements for holding company, dual currency reporting.• Managed capital employed down.• Cost Accounting for processing/threshing of tobacco (manufacturing).• Farmer crop costing and accounting support.• Improved profitability (EBIT).• Uphold 100% compliance with the SOX controls for the company.

Free State Maize Group assisted farmers with financial products for input supplies as well as hedging the planted crops in the derivative market (SAFEX). The company supplied financial services to farmers regarding crop funding and brokerage accounts. I was responsible for all administrative functions regarding the Free State Maize group's finances assisting the Financial Director and other accountants in the group. The responsibilities included the consolidation of accounts for the group of companies.• Prepared financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.• Prepare and present detailed financial reports to SLT and Board meetings.• Prepare Monthly reporting and analysis for the holding company.• Prepare consolidated financial statements of companies and report to the holding company.• Finalising month-end and year-end reconciliations.• Drafting Annual Financial Statements and presenting them to auditors for review as well as reporting to the holding company.

Profert was a distributor of blended and imported fertiliser. Responsibilities included the accounting of all subsidiaries of the Profert Group. This position gave me a promotion within the Profert Group to one of their subsidiaries, Free State Maize.• Prepare and assist with Due Diligence as part of the acquisition team.• The main focus was to onboard acquisitions onto the holding company's systems and processes.• Assist the Managing Directors for newly acquired companies with board reporting.• Assist the accountants and bookkeepers of newly acquired companies with budgeting and reporting. • Prepare Monthly reporting and analysis for the holding company.• Prepare consolidation entries for subsidiaries for group consolidation purposes.• Prepare monthly financial and cash flow forecasts for and with subsidiary accountants.

Klerksdorp, North West Province, Za

Senwes is the biggest Agri company in South Africa assisting farmers in input supplies, insurance and market access for the sale of their crops via the Future Exchange (SAFEX). Responsibilities included financial control of the Senwes Group and combining the consolidated Financial Statements of the Senwes Group. Further responsibilities included Income and indirect taxes of the whole Senwes Group as well as International taxation, cross-border transactions and planning of international structures.• Consolidated monthly management accounts and yearly consolidation of financial statements for the Group, corporate taxes, goods and services tax (GST), treasury function and providing leadership to the accounting team. • Planned accounting and tax strategies including risk mitigation and the development of a Tax Control Framework and strategy for the group.• Oversee the group accounting processes with functional reporting lines from the following divisions: • Grain Storage • Grain Marketing • Transport / Logistics • Farmer Retail / FMCG • Farmer Financing (Debtors) • Insurance

Klerksdorp, North West Province, Za

Responsibilities included the audit of all department / divisions over the 5 years. This included audits on procurement, credit extension, specialising in auditing of derivatives spesifically Safex on Grain commodities.

Leeudoringstad, Nw, Za

Assistance in setup and establishment of Internal Audit division, responsibilities included auditing of Grain & Retail branches as well as Grain stock & trading procedures. Information system audits, Fraud investigations. Research Projects.

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The work as an accounting clerk was mainly to achieve experience in accounting and auditing as required by SAICA. I have completed my articles with PWC.

M.Com Tax, Taxation

Cida - Certified Investments & Derivatives Auditor, Derivative Auditing

Ca (Sa), Accounting

Hons B.Compt / Cta, Accountancy

B.Compt, Accountancy, Tax, Auditing

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