Contracted

Client: PhytoEnergy International Holding AG.Seconded to a long term engagement to establish the first biodiesel plant in South Africa.My work area focus on planning and strategising the project in general, with its 11 work-streams. PhytoEnergy is an international company which is planning on building the first carbon neutral biofuel production plant in the world, and the first biodiesel plant in South Africa.

Activity Based CostingAdvise internal partners, directors and clients in costing methodologies and software solution (product) recommendations. Design methodlogies and modelling.Seconded to PhyoEnergy of Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd on a long term, multidisciplinary project aiming to establish a biofuel plant in the Eastern Cape. Duties largely relate to managing the project which has 11 work-streams.

My work area focuss on planning and strategising the project in general,with its 11 work-streams. PhytoEnergy is an international company which is planning on building the first carbon neutral biofuel production plant in the world, and the first biodiesel plant in South Africa.

Software viability testingBusiness plan Responsible for bringing new costing software solution (MyABCM) into South Africa (MyABCM South Africa as the sole distributer) Software Demo'sCreation of POC (Proof of Concept) for various modeling methodologies

Presentations, creating demos, report writing, building models on SAS ABM. Assisted in TM1 implementation

Modelling and design

ETL and VaR reports for purposes of economic capital and submissions to SARBBack testing reports Implementation and production of RMB's various consolidated market risk reports Ad-hoc queries for various business units and legal entities

Contracted to Rand Merchant BankCompleting and submitting daily Risk returns to the South African Reserve Bank (DI425) on Dixii.Calculation of Large Exposure Requirement for submission to SARB.Capital Adequacy Requirement (CAR) Calculation.Gap analysis on data from various source systems affecting B12, DI600, DI610, IBD602, IBD603. (Risk Watch, DataMart, Calypso, FEDS, Smart, Fenics, Infinity etc.) Live vs. Test environment data integrity testing.Reconciliations & investigations into E-Cap & Monthly Management Accounts

Contracted for 2 weeks to establish a service cost to Arivia.kom's client's (Eskom, Transnet & others) for contract re-negotiation purposes.

DebtorsTB Account ReconsEnsuring the financial functions such as revenue recognition, invoicing, time entry for consultants etc. runs smoothly for system procedures and workflowBusiness Analysis and System AnalysisForecastingVariance Analysisetc

Implemented Activity Based Costing in Uganda, Botswana, Namibia for Stanbic Africa. Costed processes and productsProcess re-engineeringReported to steering committeesCost analysisProject PlansProject ManagementModel Building (Both on OROS ABC and Excel)Business advice, training, "what if scenarios"NPV calculations (Net Present Value)Establishment of costing Policies and ProceduresPresentationsFinancial modelingNew product viability analysis with projected profitability analysis over "n" number of years (profitability dimensions) and break even calculationsUpdates of current & ongoing costing modelsManagement reports on Costs and CostingServed on pricing committee (2 Years)Reconfiguring of dynamic interlink between OROS ABC (software) and Excel, Activity Based Costing, Standard Costing, Full Absorption Costing, etc. Establishment of appropriate costing technique for relevant projects (utilized Standard, Full Absorption, Activity Based Costing, etc)Projects included: SCMB (Standard Bank Unit Trusts, Derivatives, Financial Markets Operations) STANNIC, PRICING, STANBIC AFRICA (Standard Bank Namibia and Stanbic Botswana; traveled to both to implement costing model, advise and train Costing Manager, advise Pricing Committee etc.), OTHER (Customer Profitability Analysis and Product Profitability Analysis, Ad-Hoc Costing, etc.)Invited to join a Project Team to establish Costing Model Template for STANBIC AFRICA which aims to create a template for use in all African Countries Banks which is to extract information from their respective systems and then report into a MIS systemDesigned and implemented dynamic model utilizing Excel and Oros ABC for Cash and SecuritiesCost saving initiatives

(Geophysical Surveying Division) Duties and AccomplishmentsProject Management (SPJ, Microsoft Project)Reconciliation's, Audit trails, presentations, management reports, forex conversion, accounts, budgetary forecasts, Pastel and Brilliant accounting platformsAll the above for Surveying and R&D, cost control, variance reports and justification, committed vs. actual costs, cost analysis, supplier liaison.Project Planning and updatesCost ControlBudget creation and reconciliationMonthly progress and management reportsVariance reports and justificationsTracking and controlling budgetary expendituresPlanning changes and updatesSupplier queries and reconciliation's (R&D Division)Committed cost vs. actual costs tracking (R&D and Surveying)Directly responsible to Managing DirectorReports issued to Directors, steering committee and clientsBudgetary forecastsInternal auditsAudit and reconciliation with accounting departmentCost analysisBalancing budgetary expenditure to foreign exchange expenditure

Duties and AccomplishmentsSolely in charge of the costs and limited exposure to Project Management, budgeting and forecasting, auditing, management reporting, for the creation of the Madikwe Game ReserveTemporary for five years, weekends and evenings from home, networking, Cost allocationsCreation of costing system and implementationProduction of monthly / quarterly and project end reportsVariance reporting and justification(The reason for the overlap in dates here is because I fulfilled this duty on weekends and in the evenings