Skilled finance professional with a solid background in management and financial accounting, seeking a full-time position that offers professional challenges. Readiness and eagerness to help achieve company goals.
Work History
Senior Accountant (Promoted in January 2024)
Tina Davies Professional
04.2023 - Current
Handling day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy, including preparing weekly sales reports, monitoring cash balances and reviewing sales orders marked as potentially fraudulent by the fraud detection software.
Reviewing expense data and proposing cost-cutting initiatives.
Preparing monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
Reconciling balance sheet accounts, including banks and clearing accounts.
Ensuring vendors are paid promptly.
Managing payroll processing, ensuring staff are paid promptly and accurately and all accounting transactions are entered into the system correctly.
Preparing the month-end presentation deck and related calculations and commentary.
Ensuring inventory is recorded accurately and reconciling it with the third party logistics companies.
Ensuring US Sales tax, UK VAT, European VAT and HST/GST returns are reconciled and remitted accurately.
Assisting in external audits by preparing necessary documentation and responding to auditor inquiries.
Completing year-end closing processes.
Senior Accountant (promoted in June 2017)
Van Reenen Steel (Pty) Ltd
06.2016 - 02.2023
Performing all or some of the following duties in both roles with varying levels of responsibility:
Establishing, implementing, and overseeing effective financial systems, processes and controls
Preparing and maintaining monthly management accounts of parent and private companies including working papers, income statements, balance sheets and EBIT
Reviewing monthly management accounts prepared by junior management accountants
Reviewing credit reconciliations and remittances, local and foreign petty cash schedule remittances, and fleet and cell schedule remittances prepared by the financial administrator
Preparing and submitting monthly VAT returns and monthly general journals
Processing AR and AP invoices and roll-forwards, cashbook transactions and bank reconciliations
Reconciling stock takes performed by the store staff
Calculating and processing foreign loan revaluations, processing depreciation and maintaining fixed asset register
Calculating and processing provision for losses in subsidiaries
Preparing payroll to trial balance reconciliations
Forecasting and budgeting
Performing as a strong leader of a cohesive team with strict enforcement of statutory regulations, quality standards, governance processes and compliance requirements
Using strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
Tax Administrator
MTN Shared Services
11.2015 - 06.2016
Preparation of Sub-Ledger to GL reconciliations
Preparation of Benin VAT Returns
Preparation of Benin Withholding Tax Returns (local and foreign)
Preparation of Benin Withholding VAT Returns
Preparation of Ghana VAT Returns
Preparation of Ghana Withholding Tax Returns
Preparation of Ghana Communication Service Tax Returns
Preparation of VAT clearing and correction journals
Analysis of validity of tax invoices
Accounting Intern
One Loyalty
07.2015 - 08.2015
Processing of AR and AP Invoices
Assisting with general administration and filing
Processing of cashbook transactions
Quick and accurate processing of payments, credits and other transactions using company software applications.
Finance Intern
Section 27 (NGO)
02.2015 - 05.2015
Assisting with general administration and filing
Preparation of payroll to trial balance reconciliations
Preparation of working papers to management accounts
Data capturing
Filling out section 18A certificates to be sent to donors
Performing physical asset verification
Administrator
Alexander Forbes
03.2010 - 01.2013
Preparation of monthly pension payrolls, adhering to strict deadlines – ensuring timeous pay-outs
Updating of pensioners' details on the system including address changes and bank account changes
Compiling of monthly billings
Preparation medical aid schedules
Processing death claim pay-outs
Processing of spousal and children pension claims
Loading of new pensioners onto the system
Reinstatement of previously suspended pensioners on the system