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Service Area and Portfolio financial reporting to senior leadership and stakeholdersAssisting the C&E team with engagement analysis and reconciliationBest business practice and engagement hygiene guidanceTeam guidance and resourcing

Provide engagement management and systems support when requiredRegularly communicate and give feedback to the project manager and lead engagement partner as per the role requirementIdentify key trends and deviations from budgeted and forecasted outcomesIdentify and resolve issues and anomalies to engagement leadership and offer insights to the possible causesGather reporting requirements from engagement leadership and provide relevant custom financial reporting, specific to the engagementUnderstand engagement management policies and advise on themInterpret financial implications of contractual documentation

Assistant to the National Admin Officer

Provide engagement management and systems support when requiredRegularly communicate and give feedback to the project manager and lead engagement partner as per the role requirementIdentify key trends and deviations from budgeted and forecasted outcomesIdentify and resolve issues and anomalies to engagement leadership and offer insights to the possible causesGather reporting requirements from engagement leadership and provide relevant custom financial reporting, specific to the engagementUnderstand engagement management policies and advise on themInterpret financial implications of contractual documentation

Group Bookkeeping role for a family business involved in a multitude of industries. The companies are involved in Project Management and Construction; Wine Making; Wine and Spirits Sales; Property Management; Electricity Sales; Renewable Energy and Solar Sales. There is a total of 21 entities within the Group, of which 6 are operating companies.Duties and Responsibilities Experience in MYOB Bank account reconciliation for the various businesses (22 different bank accounts) Accounts payable - COD / fortnightly / monthly payment uploads for all companies via ABA files Larger accounts payable account statement reconciliation Accounts receivable reporting and debt collection for 5 operating companies Inter-company invoicing for cost reallocation Loan account reconciliation Petty cash reconciliation Company credit cards reconciliation Monthly owners’ statements input into MYOB Wine Costing Responsible for ensuring all vehicles are licensed. Assist Accountant in BAS preparation Assist Accountant with monthly and quarterly reporting Assist with taking orders for the liquor companies if and when needed Assist with general office duties, i.e. answering phones, meet and greet, general office orders

Meet and greet customers, raise sales orders, process client invoices, book freight where required, capture supplier invoices, stock adjustments on service invoices, document control and archiving, general admin duties when and where required throughout the organisation. Accounting package used - MYOB

Prepare supplier invoices according to contract terms and conditionsReview and prepare documentation for monthly EPCM invoicesMonitor age analysis and investigate unbilled items on EPCM invoicingPrepare and present Project Financial Statements to Executive Management team on a monthly basisAssist Project Manager with staff mobilization onto the project and prepare necessary approval documentation.Assist Project Controls Manager with preparation and analysis of staff hours allocated per month and report any overtime worked.Assist Cost Engineer with cost control and cash flow monitoring and assessmentSite petty cash reconciliation – R10 000 float General administration and reconciliation of accounts where necessary

Financial management of all projects in Overhead Line division; processing of all project invoicing; managing and processing site expenses and petty cash and all related reconciliations; monthly financial management reporting; monthly debtors (local and international) invoicing, age analysis reporting and all related reconcilations.

Gold concentrator in Balfour. The project was estimated at R500 million. I was responsible for processing supplier invoices; cash flow forecasting based on the terms and conditions in the contracts. Our cash flow was approximately R30 million a month. I also regrouped on a monthly basis with the client Cost Accountant to ensure the invoices were processed against the correct WBS lines.Anglo concentrator in Kroondal. I was responsible for preparing cash flow spread sheet and supplier invoices. I also assisted with project management costing functions for the last 5 months on the project as well as accounting and costing month end reporting. The project went into execution in 2008, but recession caused the project to be closed out. On close out the contract value was at approximately R120 million.I assisted with a cost budget estimate for a small gold mine in Eritrea and various reconciliations on smaller project as requested by my HOD.

The company supplied and serviced various mines with gas detection instrumentation and flexible ducting.I was the bookkeeper and processed and reconciled all expenses – both local and international, COD payments, wages, balancing the cashbook and clearing accounts and reconciling the bank account and company petty cash box. I processed overseas creditors and debtors and GL journals on a monthly basis. I was also responsible for maintaining the staff loan account and the company asset register. I also assisted the company Financial Manager with any other queries and reconciliations.

The company supplied security to various sporting, exhibition and entertainment events.I was responsible for checking quotes; invoicing clients; COD payments; weekly wages cheques; bank reconciliations; debtor collections; creditors payments; posting entries onto accounting package; reviewing and reporting profit and loss of monthly income statements.