Experience

Mercer Middle East

• United Arab Emirates
• Business Consulting and Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Financial planning and analysis

  • Sep 2019 - Present



Mirabaud Group

• Switzerland
• Banking
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Financial officer

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2019



Nedbank

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Financial Officer

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  MFC is a division of Nedbank and is the second largest provider of Vehicle finance in South Africa. MFC’s total instalment sale debtor is approximately R78bn with headline earnings of over R1.1bn per annum.MFC as an employee offered the “best of both world” as it is part of the retail banking industry which requires exposure to traditional banking concepts/principles, as well as experience in the operational side of winning business through joint ventures with the automotive dealers in South Africa.Key responsibilities:Expense managemento Perform financial analysis on monthly management accountso Preparation of monthly expenditure and reporting packso Prepare monthly variance expenditure reports across all business areas against budget alerting the directorate to any potential problems o Presenting reporting packs to Exco on a monthly basiso Quarterly budgetso Coordination of the Quarterly budget processo Preparation of expenses and income quarterly budgetso Review of consolidated 3 year budget plan and presenting budget to Exco for approvalo Participant in several projects including new product development.o Implementation of end –to –end business & financial processes for the MFC Auction houseo Development of the new value added insurance products, preparing the business case and modelo Commission Factoring: prepare the business case, financial modelling, end- to -end accountingo Othero Accounting for VAT through the life cycle of an installment saleo Balance sheet reconciliation processo SAP experience- Implementation of SAP in entire Nedbank (2015 year)



Deloitte Minneapolis- Deloitte LLP (Offshore assignments)

• Audit Senior: Secondment program

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  Key responsibilities: o Managing audits as the audit senior in charge for US listed entitieso Reporting and preparation of financial statements in terms of IFRS and US GAAPo Controls testing and preparation of 10K report (US listed entities SEC filed financial report)o Training and development of trainee accountantso Performing key audit sections relating to significant audit risk areas Key Clients:o Black Hills Power (Utility industry) ( US Listed entity)o Lifetime Fitness clubs (Lifestyle and fitness industry) ( US Listed entity)o Ritrama (Adhesive and labels manufacturing industry)



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee Accountant

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2013

  Auditor in charge of the following key clients:• Sappi Limited (Head office)• MB Technologies (Pty) Ltd• Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions (Pty) Ltd- Freight division• Plumblink (Pty) Ltd• Grundfos (Pty) LtdDuties include:o Working closely with manager and partner to ensure effectively completion of the audito Managing team members through extremely tight deadlineso Performing of significant risk and complex audit sections o Reviewing clients’ financial statements and providing comments for changes to be effectedo Design the audit plan and audit strategyo Trail balance set up, mapping and consolidationo Engagement budgeting and planning o Team management and audit section allocationso Engagement quality controlo Ensuring project deadline complianceo Status update meetings with clientso Reporting audit findings to clientso Assertion based auditing in accordance with International Standards of Auditingo Drafting of management letters containing control deficiencies identified and recommendations for improvement for submission to the board of directors and audit committee of the cliento Going concern analysis and conclusion through evaluation of cash flow forecasts, operating, capital and liquidity ratios and budget analysiso Keeping up to date on applicable legislation and other technical changeso Researching and resolving audit issueso Drafting Financial Statements• Auditing of various accounting sections including:o Assess engagement risk o Auditing of Intangible assets (Goodwill)o Auditing of liabilitieso Auditing of Revenueo Auditing of cost of saleso Auditing of Payroll functiono Auditing of Creditors o Auditing of Debtorso Auditing of Bank accountso Auditing of operating expenses o Auditing of VAT reconciliationo Auditing performance indicatorso Client fraud enquirieso Control Environment assessmento Design and implementation of key controls