Bertus Lombard
Financial Controller at ABECO Tanks- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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ABECO Tanks
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South Africa
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Civil Engineering
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial Controller
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Oct 2022 - Present
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The Generator King
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City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Financial Accountant/Manager
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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
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Audit clerk/Tax clerk/Accountant
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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
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Education
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ACCA
Accounting and Finance -
University of Cape Town
Certificate, Business Systems Analysis -
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
Bachelor's degree, Financial Accounting -
Hoërskool Stoffberg
National Senior Certificate, High School