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South Africa

Sagen Advisory is a specialist recruitment consultancy that provides a comprehensive and focused recruitment service for small, medium and large corporate clients, both locally and internationally. We have offices in Cape Town and London and a reach across EMEA.As a specialist consultancy, we are agile, flexible, innovative and strive to ensure the best possible match for your business. Our consultants have a defined sector alignment, either by way of qualifications, working experience or recruitment experience, ensuring a stronger understanding of the roles, deepening their market knowledge and allowing them to develop stronger networks.Main Responsibilities:• Business development and commercial partnership management• Implement strategy surrounding local expansion and across EMEA• Design and optimize business processes• Financial and operational management and reporting• Project planning and management• Hiring, development and performance management of staffStill operate a desk, specializing in executive search assignments

South Africa

Specialist staffing agency operating in South Africa across finance, geotechnical and professional divisions.• Establish, manage and expand the finance recruitment division• Business development• Client management and retention• Manage full cycle recruitment

South Africa

Equitable BEE Solutions - Accredited Assurance firm, specialising in Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment verifications, structuring, financial modeling and forecastingBBBEE Verifications: • Business start-up, commercial and operational activities• Financial management, strategic decision-making, statutory documentation, ownership structuring, ensuring compliance with Auditors’ Board registration requirements, forecasting, new business development, marketing, customer relationship management• Performing, managing and review of verifications in accordance with Codes of Good Practice and Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors requirements• Managing quality control, assisting with client queries and liaising with stakeholders to ensure an accurate and fair verification outcomeConsulting - Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment:• Engaging senior management and business owners• Performing GAP analysis, assessment of deficiencies and implementing remedial actions• Assisting clients with interpretations and facilitating the verification process• Evaluating, assisting and advising on suitable company ownership structures and implementationFinancial modeling and forecasting:• Creating custom dynamic financial models, working papers and MS Excel calculators • Building sample models for customers, in the form of: dynamic financial forecasting models, budget models, forecasting models for valuations, multiple input calculators for standardised calculation across multiple users

South Africa

BEE Verification Agency is a well-established and accredited verification agency, specialising in Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment verifications.• Participating in operational and strategic management• Performing, managing and review of B-BBEE verifications in accordance with Codes of Good Practice and Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors requirements• Managing quality control, assisting with client queries and liaising with stakeholders to ensure an accurate and fair verification outcome• Resolving technical queries, delivering industry accepted interpretations, and taking ownership for verifications performed• Developing standardised auditing processes and working papers used by all BEE Verification Agency analysts, compliance managers and third party consultants• Developing MS Excel based calculators and working papers compatible with the Agency’s web based software

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Consultant – AccountingSLH Accounting - Accounting and tax consultancy based in the Western Cape.• Accounting and reconciliations function for a hospitality group• Supervising and reviewing work performed by junior bookkeepers• Designing and implementing MS Excel-based working papers, input sheets and reconciliation tools compatible with accounting softwareConsultant – Forensic AuditBSO Inc - Accounting and Audit firm in the Western Cape and registered with the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors.• Forensic audit engagement per ISRS4400 confirming turnover and investigating irregularities• Assessing, testing and consulting on internal control procedures• Reporting on findings of the engagement

London, United Kingdom

Morgan Stanley is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in New York City and operates in 42 countries.• Preparing and reporting on daily Profit and Loss, and analysing variances between estimates and actuals• Preparing daily valuation adjustment estimate, and validating accuracy of valuation postings• Performing daily attribution process• Compiling daily estimate/expect files• Deal linkage process of new deals and structures

London, United Kingdom

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The group operates a wide variety of banking brands offering personal and business banking, private banking, insurance and corporate finance through its offices located in Europe, North America and Asia.• Compiling and reporting on daily Profit and Loss• Analysing Profit and Loss with relation to market moves and risk positions• Conducting variance analysis between estimated and actual Profit and Loss• Daily and monthly reconciliation of reported Profit and Loss to the ledger• Daily, monthly and quarterly commentary on significant Profit and Loss movements• New trade reviews• Daily risk reporting• Liaising with various areas within the bank, including Front Office, Market Risk Management, Credit Risk Management, Back Office and Operations• Automating of Profit and Loss reports and spreadsheets, and reporting enhancements• Building of bond reconciliation tool, reconciling source system, ledger and Bloomberg feed• Migrating of unallocated brokerage process from ABN to RBS• Products included: Interest rate derivatives, foreign exchange, fixed income, money markets, repo’s, credit default swaps

South Africa

Mustek is a JSE listed entity, the largest assembler and distributor of PC’s and related hardware in South Africa, and provides end-to-end ICT solutions.Responsible for financial management, business process, internal controls, and human resource management functions:• Financial management:• Monthly financial reporting and variance analysis• Compiling annual budget and periodical review of variances• Ensuring adherence to financial controls and procedures• Cash flow management• Managing debt book: Identification and management of credit risk, allocation of terms, debt collection, liaison with liquidation attorneys• Preparing and submitting statutory returns (VAT, RSC Levies, UIF, PAYE, Skills levies, Statistics SA)• Preparing annual audit packs, liaison with external auditors and project managing of annual audit• Human resource management: • Recruitment, performance evaluations, disciplinary procedures, alignment of employee tasks to company objectives and procedure, direct supervision of accounting and admin department staff• General administration:• Facilitation between employees and medical aid, authorised signatory of pension fund

South Africa

Moores Rowland Chartered Accountants (SA) (Mazars) is an international, integrated and independent organisation, specialising in audit, accountancy, tax, legal and advisory services.• Managing and maintaining client portfolio • Conducting audit assignments from engagement to finalisation • Developing audit programs and testing procedures relevant to risk and test objectives• Acquiring and reviewing evidence ensuring audit conclusions are well documented and supported• Ensuring audit conclusions are based on understanding of the process, risk and test objectives• Identifying and communicating issues raised during engagements, offering recommendations and solutions• Supervising junior auditors assigned to engagements, providing guidance and overall review of deliverables• Communicating assigned tasks to engagement team in a clear and concise manner ensuring high quality, accurate and efficient results• Reporting audit findings to engagement partner and client senior management• Periodically preparing financial statements per IFRS, compilation of tax returns, factual findings reports, due diligence reports and consolidated financial statements

Baccalaureus Computationis (Hons), Accounting

Bachelor Of Accounting, Accounting, Audit, Taxation, Management Accounting