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Monique Desiree Watkins Aga (sa) is a seasoned accounting professional with 2+ years of experience in senior accounting roles. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Accounting and a City and Guilds International Diploma in Hotel Operations and Management. Monique has worked in various industries, including hospitality, recruitment, and retail, where she has developed strong skills in time management, customer service, and team leadership.

Experience

    • Assistant FM
      • Aug 2023 - Present

    • Senior Accountant
      • Jul 2021 - Aug 2023

    • South Africa
    • Accounting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Audit Supervisor
      • Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

    • SAICA Articles Clerk
      • May 2016 - Jan 2021

    • Recruitment Consultant
      • Jul 2014 - Apr 2016
      • Glen Cairn

      Cold call candidates Ensuring excellent service to client as well as candidate Utilize recruitment platforms Format/summarize/expand on CVResearch the economy and certain industries Attract and retain best-fit candidates Scheduling interviews and phone screens working directly with candidates and hiring managersUpdating candidate records and job postings in recruiting systems and confirming new hiresProviding follow-up correspondence to candidates on recruiting status via phone and email correspondenceProviding candidate status reportingEnsure 100 % accuracy of our databaseRunning criminal checks, academic qualification and ITC checksCoordinating the post-interview debrief meetings and providing debrief materialsPerforming Skype interviews Represent the company at recruiting events Advertising vacancies both internally and on external websitesLiaising and providing support to clients and managing both client and candidate expectationsConstantly look for ways and methods to speed up the processes Liaise with fellow branches

    • Team Leader
      • Feb 2014 - May 2014
      • Parow

      Look after 75stores within a 3week cycle- Manage and supervise six merchandisers- Build up and maintain relationships within each store- Do inventory counts within stores- Increase space of principles and bring in FSU’s.- Get orders signed off for each store- Have an good knowledge of locations within Northern and Southern suburbs- Ensure KPI’s are met, i.e. achieve sales targets namely by line, by store; to look at business model from different perspectives from a different view to identifying growth gaps.- Grow footprint in the designated area and ensure increase POP- Create daily reports on each store- Do SWOT analysis on each store- Bring each store manager on board to buy in on the company’s vision- Remain enthusiastic and driven- Practise time management and organisation

  • Bistro Sixteen82
    • Steenberg Estate
    • Waitress
      • Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
      • Steenberg Estate

      -Time management over given section- Work efficiently under pressure- Practice a good product knowledge of the estates wines- Work well in a team- Practice communication skills- Customer satisfaction- Upselling of specials and wines

    • Hotel Management Trainee
      • Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

      Departments that I’ve extensively worked in; Materials Control(Stores), Square Restaurant, Garden Lounge Restaurant, Splash Cafe, Switchboard, Front Office, Guest Relations, Housekeeping, Bakery, Cold Kitchen, Room Service, Banqueting, Revenue, Reservations, Night Audit.- Assisting my department managers with their duties and responsibilities- Supervising employees and ensuring standards are met- Set up of Functions, following through with function sheet and revised floor plan- Creating reservations in both rooms and restaurant, telephonically and face to face- Handling of guests credit card details and bank account details- Handling of different shifts revenue, recording and dropping of revenue(cash up)- Managing employees pay cards and recording shifts on Blick system- Deal with Materials Control Program, placing orders for each department within the Hotel- Keeping stock of inventory in each department on computer programs and excel spreadsheets, keeping too stated budget for each month- Filtering values and numbers into easy to understand graphs and spreadsheets for administrative departments- In depth product knowledge, within each respective Department- Assisted in the management of 25 breakaway rooms

    • Waitress
      • Apr 2011 - Feb 2012

      - Planning of floor seating plan- Receiving and serving guests with due attention- Co-ordinating other waitrons for effective and efficient service- Multitasking and time management- Great memory of daily specials and property knowledge- Training of new seasonal employees- Collection of payment form guests

    • In store Promotions
      • Dec 2009 - Jan 2010

      -In charge of stock control- Decision making under high pressure situations- Customer services- Networking- Setting and achieving targets- Effective presentation of products- Persuasive communication skills

Education

  • 2015 - 2019
    University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
    Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Financial Accounting
  • 2012 - 2013
    Insitute of Hospitality (SA)
    City and Guilds International Diploma in Hotel operations and Management, Hotel Management
  • 2008 - 2011
    Bergvliet High School
    Bachelor's degree

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