Financial and Management Accountant

• Apr 2023 - Present

Teacher Assistant

• Jan 2019 - Mar 2023

Supporting students with additional needs. Focus was mainly on Year 5 students.

Relief teacher assistant

• May 2018 - Dec 2018

Responsibility was to assist and supervise a group of students with mathematics and reading activities.

Visiting Lecturer

• Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

Responsible for providing weekly lectures to post-graduate Auditing students.

External Marker

• May 2018 - Jul 2018

Responsible for the marking of assignments and the examination for a third year auditing module.

Casual Bookkeeper

• Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

Duties and responsibilities include: - Customer Invoicing and Receipting - Supplier Payments and Expenses - Debt Collection - Reconciliations of Key Accounts - Keep Asset Register up-to-date and process monthly depreciation. - Processing of Payroll - Reconcile and make quarterly PAYG payments. - Reconcile and make quarterly superannuation payments. - Reconcile and prepare payment summaries at end of year. - Assist in preparing annual budgets and entering these into MYOB company file. - Make end-of-month journals as required. - Prepare draft monthly financial statements and reports as required. - Work with the Treasurer to review figures and provide information as requested. - Ensure MYOB company files are archived/backed up each week. - Assist the Treasurer in the preparation of figures for quarterly Business Activity Statement. - Meet requirements relating to monthly reporting requirements. Show less

Accounts Receivable Clerk (Temporary position)

• Oct 2017 - Oct 2017

Responsibility was primarily to manage the accounts receivable function. Responsibility was primarily to manage the accounts receivable function.

Senior lecturer

• Apr 2008 - Jul 2017

The University of South Africa (UNISA) is the biggest university in Africa. It is an open distance education institution, thus students can enroll from any location. UNISA has a wide variety of academic programmes and received international accreditation. Responsibility was primarily to manage and administrate teaching processes of three third year auditing modules over my nine year employment term. The third year modules covered aspects concerning: Aspects of internal control of importance to an auditor, Audit planning and tests of control, Substantive procedures and finalising an audit. Responsibilities of these auditing modules included the developing and writing, review and updating of study material in line with the International Standards of Auditing, drafting of tutorial letters, setting assignment questions, planning and preparation of examination papers, attending to external moderator’s reports on exam papers and scripts, and the marking of online assignments and examination papers. Student support responsibilities included one-on-one student consultations, conducting group visits, and the release of announcements and quality feedback through the use of appropriate and effective technologies. UNISA utilises an in-house developed software programme (myUnisa), where students have online access to course material, due dates and announcements. Operational responsibilities included the daily management of the auditing module’s queries mailbox, the administration of the exam process through the arrangement of external markers, training of external markers through a test pack discussion, quality control on a sample of exam scripts marked by external markers, as well as the monitoring of the marking turnaround time of exam paper batches to ensure adherence to the submission deadline. Research responsibilities included the active participation in research products. Other responsibilities included the involvement in the departmental tuition committee. Show less

Performance Auditor

• Mar 2005 - Mar 2008

KPMG is an accounting firm providing audit, tax and advisory services. During my employment term I was involved in the advisory division. Advisory services included: - conducting performance audits by evaluating the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of small to large sized entities’ business processes - building and implementation of an activity based costing model at a cellular network company - training of auditors responsible for evaluating internal controls at various United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS) offices situated in Africa - review of service level agreements - evaluate compliance to various laws and regulations, for example the South African Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) - compilation of a findings report Show less

External Auditor

• Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

Conducted statutory external audits for various small to large sized entities. Responsibilities included: - planning, assessing risks and development of an audit approach and audit programs for all clients - documentation of systems, testing of controls and reporting weaknesses to management - evaluation and testing of internal financial controls - substantive testing of various line items of financial statements - performing analytical reviews on the business risk areas - compilation of audit files and management letters - supervision of audit team, including work allocation, review of audit work and formal performance appraisals of staff - liaising with all levels of client staff, including directors and chief executive officers Show less