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Gaborone, BW

Gaborone, Botswana

To program executive decisions into departmental goals by ensuring sound financial systems and frameworks; corporate administration policies are in place to enable the Airline to achieve its business plan.To lead and drive the strategic, corporate and financial planning requirements of Airline ensuring high levels of financial accountability and budgetary.

Gaborone, South-East, Botswana

• Facilitated the Finance Director, together with the CEO to drive shareholder value by implementing the corporate strategy as agreed with the Board and within the shareholder compact
• Facilitated the Finance Director and the CEO, in providing financial input and advice to the Board on strategy formulation, and with respect to the Authority’s regulatory activities, financial position, liquidity, and.
• Participated in drafting of contract terms for Service Providers under African Development Bank Project, as well as ensuring strong relationships with funding stakeholders and shareholders
• Prepared quarterly subvention requests/funding requirements and ensured shareholder targets are achieved in line with strategic objective of financial independence and sustainability
• Responsible for overseeing the coordination of the activities of independent auditors, ensuring all audit issues are resolved, and all compliance issues and requirements are met.
• Ensure that all systems required to mitigate the various risks identified and noted in the risk log and monitored monthly

Lobatse

• Worked with the CEO to identify, manage and mitigate risks related to the business’ corporate functions, operations, cashflow, solvency, or balance sheet risks, including budgetary and cash flow risks
• Oversaw the production of monthly reports by 5th of every month and cash flow projections for use by, Budget and Estimates Committee and EXCO, as well as quarterly reports for Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, the HR.
• Briefed the Board as and when required, through the CEO, on all material matters such as the Authority budget, cashflow and liquidity, assets and operations generally, and any issues requiring Board attention
• Provided the CEO with a monthly dashboard of key financial indicators including regulatory performance statistics, and liquidity indicators
• Assisted the CEO with identifying new funding, through development of funding model/fee structure and other opportunities and determining cost effectiveness of regulatory activities
• Worked with the CEO towards achieving specific operational targets within the revised strategic plan

Gaborone, Botswana

• Oversaw the finance function, reporting to Finance Director, in-charge of a balance sheet of about P8 billion net assets and an annual budget of P105 million
• Monitored activities on all business accounts, including money market investment accounts, and implemented mitigations against fraud or other risks
• Oversaw all purchasing, supplier payments and payroll processing, representing expenditure in excess of P5 million per month
• Participated in new business considerations such as evaluation of investment in Minergy Coal and various other mineral investment opportunities, ensuring proper assessment of risks
• Stakeholder management involving evaluation of monthly billing by the BCL Liquidator and making recommendations to management to advise Ministry of Minerals to authorise payment
• Created and established key performance metrics to measure financial health of operations in the form of dashboards, reporting templates and financial models.

Francistown, Botswana

• Preparing scheme of work for the semester
• Preparing for lectures on a daily basis
• Delivering lecturers/tutorials for AAT Level 2 (specifically Bookkeeping Transactions and Elements of Costing)
• Preparing progress test scripts, marking and reporting students' performance

Selebi Phikwe, Botswana

• Founding Director of PayTax Consult (Pty) Ltd t/a Marge Consulting, a private company registered in Botswana in 2014 (Co2014/9334).Achievements
• Assisted youth start-ups to develop business plans to support funding applications
• Assisted business incorporation and supported small to medium enterprises from start-up to successful operations
• Assisted sole proprietorship and partnerships with tax matters; return preparation and filing
• Advised business owners with cash projections, investment plans and risk management
• Assisted clients with compliance requirements

Selebi Phikwe

• Oversaw the finance function, reporting to Finance Manager, in-charge of A sheet of about P8 billion net assets and an annual budget of P105 million
• Led the development of both the Operating and Capital budget of about annually, including manpower, to ensure compliance with established company parameters and timelines
• Saved the company about P567 million in SARS taxes, interest and penalties through analysis of transactions, collation of facts and presentation of required documentation
• Built a “best-in-class” finance team focused on serving customers and delivering results, while minimizing bureaucratic systems and controls.
• In charge of statutory and financial reporting as required by all stakeholders, thus providing key management financial information for decision making.
• Prepared weekly cash forecast to ensure adequate cash flow to meet the mine’s short-, medium-, and long-term requirements

Selebi Phikwe

• Oversaw a payroll function for over 2,000 employees, with a total wage bill of P7 million per month
• Led a multi-million-pula systems integration project which resulted in 20% cost savings on overtime and leave pay.
• Prepared weekly reports for EXCO, analysing labour cost against budget per cost centre and flagging excessive overtime per department.
• Contributed to timely release of management accounts through review and approval of payroll transactions and general ledger reconciliations.
• Ensured compliance with requirements for Income Tax Act, through remittance of PAYE deducted through payroll and submission of monthly and annual PAYE returns.
• Initiated Microsoft Office training for the payroll team as my contribution to staff development

Gaborone, Botswana

• Led audit engagements of multi-nationals and other local entities in various industries, including among others mining operations such as Debswana, BCL and Tati Nickel Mining Company
• Planned audits for small to medium enterprises, including drafting budget for the engagement and allocating resources (staffing and billable time)
• Prepared management reports based on audit findings and presented to clients, recommending improvements to internal controls

Gaborone

Assisted Audit Seniors and Supervisors in the execution of audit engagements, through detailed and analytical audit of transactions for simple to complex business transactions and processes. I achieved this at various levels while being promoted as follows;Senior Audit Assistant 3 (1 December 02 to 31 May 2004)Senior Audit Assistant 2 (1 December 01 to 30.

Acca, Accounting And Business/Management

Activities and Societies: First Student Representative in Executive Committee of ACCA BotswanaACCA

Aat, Accounting

Financial Modelling And Analysis, Financial Modelling, Pass

Leadership Development Program (Ldp), Organizational Leadership, Cum Laude

Leadership Development Programme (LDP)

Intermediate Management Development Program (Imdp), Business Administration And Management, General, Pass

Intermediate Management Development Programme (IMDP)