Sameera Essop Email & Phone Number

I would like to introduce myself as a candidate for an Accounts Payable Manager position or BBBEE specialist.Throughout my previous role at Merchants SA, I was responsible for:Staff management. Travel and Entertainment Reconciliations.Maintaining Ledgers. Ensuring timely payment to vendors.Paying employees by verifying expense reports.Monthly and weekly management reporting.Document, train staff (CPT, JHB and DRN) and implement contracts, processes and procedures, etc.:o P2P best practice policy and training Manuel o BBBEE – ESD policyo Credit card policy o Travel management / Lodge account policy Vendor management.Weekly and monthly training (BBBEE and finance).Accurate cash flow management and Accruals.Checking and loading of creditors payments to business online. Pass-through costs and recoveries. BBBEE Transformation:Biggest achievement was being the biggest contributor in moving Merchants from a level 4 to a level 2.o Vendor management. o Vendor vetting. o Spend by category report.o TMPS calculations.o Training. o ESD SME.o Audit management.By nature, I am a meticulous, data-oriented person. I have always been a very detail-oriented and organized person.My academic career started at Damelin, where I received a certificate in Basic bookkeeping. My education has made me more organized, more analytical, and more detailed. I have developed pristine time management and decision-making skills. Listed below are some of the in-house courses completed. Conflict Management. Couching. Couching the Merchants way. People management. Diversity.Exceptional leadership. Industrial Relations. Advanced Excel.BBBEE RCOGP – champions course. Performance management. Merchants induction. Presentation skills.Delloit Tax training. KPMG Tax training. Authority Matrix training.SAP ERP P2P.SAGE complete finance portfolio.

Listed skills include Customer Service, Team Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Business Analysis, and 14 others.

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  Johannesburg Secondary School