Experience

GRANOR-PASSI

• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cost Accountant

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  www.granorpassi.co.za Since 1956, Granor Passi has been on the forefront of delivering outstanding premium fruit juice concentrates to the fruit juice markets, both locally and internationally. Three manufacturing sites across South Africa. • Manage inventory reserves in accordance with company policy which follows IFRS guidance. • Assist in the month end close process related to inventory. • Provide user training, technical support, implementation, and improvements for ERP systems. • Report KPI's on a 1/2yearly basis to the leadership team. • Prepare monthly journal entries and perform analysis and reporting specific to standard cost variances (PPV, POV and revaluations). • Organizing and overseeing physical inventory counts. • Reconciling beginning raw materials, work-in-progress and finished-goods stock. • Analyze any changes in goods/services provided to determine what effect it has on the cost, recommend costs and cost savings. • Analyze manufacturing costs and prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs. • Provide management with reports that specify and compare factors that affect prices and profitability of products or services. • Assist in external audits and general ledger preparation. • Report on periodic variances and their causes, focusing on spending variances and stock variances. • Generate and track all product costing estimates for both new and existing product formulations. • Calculations of selling prices for new pricelists. • Analyze manufacturing variances; Material, labor, overheads, and initiate corrections to bills of materials. • Identify, track and present cost reduction opportunities in the manufacturing process. • Analyze and report on margins, COGS and inventory (obsolete inventory, scrap, yield, raw material/supply costs) on a monthly, and ad-hoc basis. Show less



VKB Milling Pty Ltd / VKB Group

• Assistant Accountant (Managing Position)

  • Nov 2019 - May 2021

  www.vkb.co.za Agricultural enterprise with twenty-nine entities including feed plants, mills, crushing plant and bakeries • Delivering a high standard of accounting, financial and administrative support • Overseeing daily operations in various departments with exceptional multi-tasking and meticulous attention to detail • Establishing, implementing and overseeing effective policies, processes, controls and standard operating procedures • Supervising, coaching, training, motivating and mentoring personnel, setting clear goals and expectations, providing relevant feedback and discipline as required • Performing as a strong leader of a cohesive team with strict enforcement of statutory regulations, quality standards, financial governance and compliance requirements • Planning and conducting stocktakes and adjusting stock journals • Performing various monthly inventory and account reconciliations • Reviewing and approving banking activities • Managing internal-, external- and statutory audits • Reviewing and implementing process improvements • Safeguarding company assets Show less



Twilight Breeze Close Corporation

• Group Financial Manager (Contract)

  • Aug 2019 - Oct 2019

  Filling station and diesel depot • Overseeing numerous financial operations and subsidiaries with a strong focus on corporate governance management • Managing finance and accounting functions ensuring all expectations are accurately and effectively fulfilled • Supervising, coaching, training, motivating and mentoring personnel, setting clear goals and expectations, providing relevant feedback and discipline as required • Establishing, implementing and overseeing effective policies, processes, controls and standard operating procedures • Performing as a strong leader of a cohesive team with strict enforcement of statutory regulations, quality standards, financial governance and compliance requirements related to financial control, financial management and accounting • Coordinating key stakeholders including accountants, auditors and financial consultants • Ensuring the timely provision of group financial and statistical reports for management • Reconciling various accounts and balance sheets • Approving journals • Liaising with external auditors on audit planning, execution and reporting • Leading tax planning activities including preparing and submitting various statutory requirements Show less



Veritas Inc.

• South Africa
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Audit Senior

  • Nov 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Overseeing audit engagements with meticulous attention to detail • Developing and performing audit plans and procedures, obtaining sufficient evidence to support audit findings and opinion • Supervising, coaching, training, motivating and mentoring personnel, setting clear goals and expectations, providing relevant feedback and discipline as required • Establishing, implementing and overseeing effective systems, processes and controls • Delivering a high standard of accounting and financial support • Customer service and liaison, building strong working relationships and effective communication channels with key stakeholders, resolving complaints and enquiries • Data entry and database management, maintaining meticulous records • Processing accounting transactions from documentation to balance sheet and financials • Executing payroll and taxation activities, including submitting to relevant authorities • Compiling and managing financial and management statements in accordance with IFRS and IFRS for SME • Compiling cash flows analyses and budgets • Reading and interpreting technical documentation • Producing various reports, presentations, analyses, correspondence and other documentation • Performing as a strong leader of a cohesive team with strict enforcement of statutory regulations, quality standards, governance processes and compliance requirements Show less


Watermark Auditors Incorporated
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Junior Audit Clerk

  • Jan 2016 - Jul 2016