𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:• Managed the Group Financial Risk management and oversaw the South AfricanTreasury Operations, including:• Managing Group liquidity, including stress testing, negotiations with lending institutions, and compliance monitoring of debt covenants.• Determining Group capacity for financial risk and developing risk mitigation strategies aligning with established policies.• Overseeing Pension Fund strategies and operations as an Employer- appointed Pension Fund Trustee.• Promoting a culture reflecting the company's values, encouraging personal development, and evaluating staff performance.𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:• Implemented elevated Treasury best practices into the operational environment.• Developed unique benchmarking for foreign currency management strategies.• Contributed to integrated Cash forecasting models, enhancing liquidity insights.• Shifted Treasury Department focus from profit to service, improving cash certainty.• Managed a highly efficient Treasury Department with excellent audit reviews and low staff turnover.• Identified and negotiated a replacement treasury management system within budget and on time.• Played a key role in developing cost-effective, real-time business information dashboards.

During my tenure at a prominent industry management association,• Crafted a robust financial risk management framework that effectively mitigated foreign exchange and interest rate exposures, thus stabilizing the impact of currency fluctuations on pricing.• Secured a lucrative trade finance arrangement with UAL Merchant Bank, yielding a substantial net gain of 0.75% per annum.• Orchestrated margin call lending facilities, fortifying our export pricing strategy and fostering mutually beneficial partnerships with sugar buyers.• Spearheaded a strategic overhaul of the IT function, bolstering in-house capabilities and delivering significant cost savings compared to external vendors.• Championed the restructuring of the association's pension fund, enhancing benefits for members while reducing the financial burden on the employer.

Hamilton Rentals, a high-growth start-up supplying computer equipment to the UK oil market • Tackled the challenge of disorganised accounting records due to staffing fluctuations.• Meticulously reconciled missing invoices and rectified discrepancies in financial statements• Enabled a 3 month liquidity buffer through strategic negotiation of extended payment terms with suppliers.

Transformed management accounting reporting processes. • Replacing manual calculations with spreadsheet formulae and functions, reducing report preparation time by 71% (&days to 2 Days).• Enhanced data accuracy and provided management with a more detailed level of information.• Freed up valuable team resources for higher level analysis.