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A professional accountant with over 18 years of experience, primarily in the mining and engineering industries. Astute finance manager responsible for all accounting aspects of a small to medium-sized privately owned business or group of companies while remaining “hands-on”. Experienced in pro-active planning and managing cash flow and costs, reporting, and analysis while maintaining controls to ensure a high integrity general ledger. Also well versed in various compliance aspects, amongst other, direct and indirect taxes. Always delivering results against strategic objectives whilst working within the organisation's core values and beliefs. Competently skilled across a range of software, applications and operating systems. Invested in continual professional development. Key Achievements Implementing formal management accounts with associated analysis to show management the actual profitability and various trends to enable them to manage the business pro-actively;Implementing additional controls and reconciliations to ensure the accuracy of indirect taxes;Forecasting and monitoring short and medium-term cash flows to assist management, amongst others, in making decisions on whether to purchase or lease equipment and whether to replace or continue maintaining equipment;Implementing fixed asset register and amortisation schedules to calculate monthly depreciation and finance charges to increase the accuracy of the monthly reporting;Restructure the reporting system to project-based reporting in line with the business focus and to better focus management’s attention;Creating cost reports to control monthly expenditures combined with budgetary controls and highlighting unexpected or exceptional expenditures; Implementing a procurement system of raising purchase orders which in turn is then linked to the supplier invoices to ensure appropriate authorisation of expenses before it is incurred and to better track expenses;Various enhancements resulted in increased accuracy and higher efficiency.Skills and Attributes• Collaborative teamwork and strong interpersonal ability;• Capable of working autonomously;• Detail focussed with a high emphasis on accuracy;• Building constructive relationships with diverse stakeholders;• Honesty and integrity;• Analytical, questioning mind and creative problem-solving;• Loyal, responsible and committed;• Adaptable, flexible and open to change; • Continuous improvement focus;• Self-reliant, resilient and self-motivated;• Communication skills;• Deadline driven through planning and organising.