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Leslie Van Der Merwe, seasoned finance expert, brings 39 years of experience in managing contract revenue and costs, budgeting, and auditing to the forefront. A distinguished professional with a strong background in mining, accounting, and contract management, Leslie has held various leadership positions at prominent companies, including Fraser Alexander and Standard Telephones and Cables.

Experience

    • South Africa
    • Mining
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Site Accountant
      • Feb 1998 - Present

      Manage the reporting of contract revenue and costs on a weekly and monthly basis. Produce weekly and monthly cost summaries and detailed cost reports. Reconcile monthly cost reports to general ledger and income statement and investigate variances. Maintain a excel based costing system. Manage and help site clerks with costing. Prepare annual budgets for contracts.

    • Company buyer
      • Feb 1996 - Jan 1998

      Responsible for analysing requisitions, obtaining the best price and placing orders for contracts and plant.

    • Assistant management accountant
      • Feb 1990 - Jan 1996

      Responsible for the Muckbusters section which consisted of machines that were used for industrial cleaning. Produced weekly and month cost summaries and detailed cost reports.Annual budget. Debtors invoicing and collection. Weekly wages checking and submit for payment.

    • Administration manager
      • Jan 1985 - Jan 1990

      A grassing company within the Fraser Alexander group of companies.The company provided a service for civil engineering companies, the Railways, Water affairs, Eskom and the mining sector.Responsible for the invoicing on the company contracts. Manage the reporting of contract revenue and costs on a weekly and monthly basis. Stock control - Diesel,oils,materials: issuing and receipts. Creditors,banking wages and petty cash. Yearly budgets.

    • Company Secretary
      • Jan 1982 - Nov 1984
      • Harare Zimbabwe

      Prepare monthly income statement for the holding company in South Africa.Prepare the monthly salary and wage payments for the staff. Maintained assets register of PABX, answering machines and telephones on hire. Controlled all receipts and issues from the store. Reconciled monthly invoices before posting to customers. Managed monthly creditors payments, and all other accounting functions of the company.

    • Executive officer
      • Jan 1973 - Jan 1982
      • Harare Zimbabwe

      Started as a Administrative cadet in the Tender office and then moved to the accounting department.Other positions held were at the Furniture store doing the issues of furniture to all government departments.Administration manager during the construction of the Andrew Fleming hospital.After that moved to the Mashonaland central branch accounts department. Promoted to Executive officer (Accountant) in change of the central branch. Transferred to the Mashonaland rural branch which included 14 depots in the province.Managed the accounts and pay office.Responsible for all expenditure to ensure no over spending of monies allocated to various sections( i.e. major and minor maintenance) . To ensure all advances received from Treasury for salaries and wages were correctly allocated. Invoice all cost recoverable work to various Government departments. Creditors- ensure all procedures were followed correctly, sign off and forward for payment. Checking and processing all travelling and subsistence claims.

Education

  • 1967 - 1971
    Chaplin and Lord Malvern high school
    O level
  • 1961 - 1966
    Junior schools were Cecil John Rhodes,Lochinvar and Riverside

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