Bertus Lombard

Financial Controller at ABECO Tanks
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Gauteng, South Africa, ZA

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Experience

    • South Africa
    • Civil Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Financial Controller
      • Oct 2022 - Present

  • The Generator King
    • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
    • Financial Accountant/Manager
      • May 2021 - Apr 2023

      My main responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Review, evaluate and improve existing SOP’s • Researching and setting up new SOP’s • Manage and controlling expenses by signing off on purchase orders after reviewing the supporting documents, preparing and evaluating recovery of expenses where applicable • Full finance function when the finance director and bookkeeper are on leave • Communication with suppliers, processing, filling invoices and ensuring timely payment • Preparing and signing off on clearing instructions, liaison with agents regarding queries, follow up on shipments • Various reconciliations including VAT, bank, creditors and credit cards • Reviewing documentation, signing off credit releases and updating the master sheet • Preparing general journals and passing them • Capture the stock counts and reconciling any discrepancies • Communication with the banks • Loading payments • Prepare documentation for foreign payments and sending it through to the bank • Assisting the director with ad hoc tasks • Preparing and maintaining the payroll • Calculating the commission payable to the sales people • Analyse data to identify trends and prepare reports for the weekly sales meeting • General bookkeeping activities: preparing invoices, capturing the bank and invoices etc. • Preparing, updating and maintaining the production plan for when the operations manager is on leave • Preparing KPI’s and other reports • Liaising with auditors • Assisting with month end and year end closing • Preparing and maintaining the BOM’s • Preparing the costings and capturing them • Inter-company transactions • Reviewing CV’s and interviewing candidates for new positions • Receiving stock and checking it against the invoices/packing lists • Assisted with company restructuring, • Set up new accounting systems and internal controls & ensured smooth migration and transition Show less

    • Audit clerk/Tax clerk/Accountant
      • Jan 2017 - Jan 2022

      In this role as a SAICA article clerk the majority of my work was auditing clients in a variety of industries including: including manufacturing, retail, marketing & communications, schools, farming entities, attorneys, churches & estate agents. My other tasks included calculating tax and preparing the returns (VAT, Income tax, provisional tax, dividends tax, employees tax). Furthermore I compiled Financial Statements, Management Accounts, Budgets, Cash flow statements, Asset registers etc. for the above mentioned industries. Something that I am passionate about is I ensuring other members of the team are able to complete their jobs satisfactory. I achieve this by giving training in accounting packages to our customers and by overseeing junior trainees. Show less

Education

  • ACCA
    Accounting and Finance
    2023 - 2024
  • University of Cape Town
    Certificate, Business Systems Analysis
    2022 - 2022
  • University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
    Bachelor's degree, Financial Accounting
    2017 - 2020
  • Hoërskool Stoffberg
    National Senior Certificate, High School
    2012 - 2016

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