Leana Fourie ACMA CGMA
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Credentials
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CGMA
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Experience
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TerraForm Power
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United States
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Accountant
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Jan 2020 - Present
• Main point of contact for assigned solar assets for stakeholders outside of the project accounting department • Prepare accruals or reallocation journals for monthly, quarterly and annual close process • Prepare monthly payment and accrual/prepaid journals for property tax for all Solar and Wind assets • Prepare monthly and quarterly key account reconciliations • Prepare quarterly and yearly variance explanations for assigned solar assets • Prepare accounting and financial statements for assigned solar assets
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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
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Utilities
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700 & Above Employee
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Management Accountant Corporate finance
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Nov 2017 - Oct 2019
• • Consolidation of budget and projection information that is submitted by divisions at group level • Analysis of submitted budget and projection information to ensure completeness and accuracy and alignment to the corporate plan • Create, maintain and use analysis templates (models) for capital budgets • Create PowerPoint presentations using Think Cell for group level board meetings • Use of business intelligence tools such as PowerBI for reporting • • Consolidation of budget and projection information that is submitted by divisions at group level • Analysis of submitted budget and projection information to ensure completeness and accuracy and alignment to the corporate plan • Create, maintain and use analysis templates (models) for capital budgets • Create PowerPoint presentations using Think Cell for group level board meetings • Use of business intelligence tools such as PowerBI for reporting
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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
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Utilities
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700 & Above Employee
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Management accountant: Secondment
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Nov 2015 - Aug 2016
Secondment to Corporate financeAnalysis of variance explanations that are sent by all business divisions for appropriateness beforeusing this information in the business results report that is published quarterly. Analysis of capital reporting information received from various business units.Consolidation of budget and projection information that are submitted by divisions at Eskom grouplevel.Interrogating the Corporate plan compiled by consultants for correctness.Revamping the Power Point presentation that is currently used for business reporting by usinggraphs made in Think Cell.
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Management Accountant
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Sep 2011 - Oct 2015
• Compile and consolidate management reports and facilitate appropriate responses for areas based on variance analysis, commitment reporting and performance reporting• Complete detailed variance analysis between actual spent and budget • Preparation of month-end accruals and journals to ensure correct timing of transactions• Present variance analysis explanations to management on a monthly basis• Prepare budgets and projections that are in line with corporate decisions and end user input• Upload approved budgets and projections to SAP ERP• Create templates in Excel using Visual Basic and facilitate related training for team members• Complete the balanced scorecard for the region• Compiling detailed supporting data requested by external auditors at annual and semi-annual financial audit• Verifying purchase orders to ensure that procurement procedure was correctly followed
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Graduate in training
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Jan 2010 - Aug 2011
Working as a trainee in various finance departments I was exposed to all parts of Eskom’s financialsystems. In project accounting and financial planning I was asked to develop templates to simplifyuser input. I was also asked to do a productivity analysis for the engineering department.
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Education
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The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Associate Member, Management acounting -
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
B Comm (Hons), Financial Managment -
University of Pretoria
B Comm, Financial Accounting