A division of Bidvest Paperplus (Pty) Ltd. Employs +/- 165 staff.Key responsibilities:• Senior financial person at the company. Reporting to the Managing Executive and the Group Financial Executive. • Management of the finance team – Bookkeeper, two Debtors Clerks, Creditors Clerk, Filing Clerk, Intern and Payroll Administrator.• Overall responsibility for the management of the of the business unit finances including management reporting, debtors’ management (500 accounts), both local and overseas creditors management, working capital and cashflow management.• Financial analysis including cost of sales, manufacturing variances, overhead recoveries, gross margins, production costs, operating expenses, employment costs and actual versus budgets versus last year versus the latest forecast.• Intercompany and group loan accounts.• Management of the business units SARS vat site for possible audits & subsequent finalization of these audits.• Inventory control, including Work in Progress (WIP) management.• Monthly management meetings which included possible strategic acquisitions and quarterly Exco presentations.• Overall management of the payroll.Achievements:• Created salaries costing model per employee for new budgets, including addition of new employees for control and information purposes.• Created an environment of teamwork which achieved planned objectives and set a common goal in the finance department. • Uncovered fraudulent fuel transactions (company fleet card) on the company’s pool vehicle. This resulted in the driver being dismissed and substantial savings being achieved.• Developed a monthly management report that highlighed key features, such as revenue, gross profit, expenses and net profit, balance sheet items, customer, market and category segments. This structure was later adopted in other divisions.

South African division of an international pet food and products company. Employs +/-100 staff.Key responsibilities:• Reporting to the Financial Director and the Managing Director.• Management of the finance team – Financial Accountant, Bookkeeper and Payroll/Accounts Assistant.• Responsibilities included balance sheet management, invoicing and credit control, payroll management, tax and intercompany confirmations and reconciliations.• Inventory control management and ensuring the Materials Requirement Report is in line with sales demand forecasts. Updating Bill of Materials.• Plan and organize the annual audit.Achievements: • Created a far more concise daily sales reporting schedule which was easily understandable by all.• Designed a trading term schedule per customer to track claims against agreed trading terms.• Automated the sales forecast file, which was uploaded in the ERP Syspro system.

Manufacturer of steel products. Employs +/- 50 staff.Key responsibilities:• Reporting to the Financial Director and the Managing Director.• Responsible for overall management of the branch finances including balance sheet management, budgets and forecasting, tax, financial analysis, intercompany accounts and fix assets.Achievements:• Automated the sales commission schedule.

Key responsibilities:• Reporting to the Financial Director.• Daily sales reporting, balance sheet recons, tax, cash book recons, fixed assets and review of creditors.• Financial analysis.• Intercompany reconciliations and confirmations.• Fixed assets register.Achievements:• Created a monthly stock take schedule for all warehouses with nominated stock taking dates. This ensured that stock takes were done on all warehouses for every quarter.• Designed a cashflow schedule that assisted with tracking cash inflow and outflow on a weekly basis.