Chief Financial Officer

• Apr 2022 - Present

Group Financial Manager

• Sep 2016 - Apr 2022

• My role is mostly the same as below, however with a couple additional duties.• Coordinating and overseeing the full finance function, including financial reporting, consolidation, management reporting, tax compliance, treasury and cash flow management.Hiring, mentoring and developing the full finance function (including cash book, accounts and payroll).• Leading and managing the external and internal audits. • Designing and implementing robust financial systems, policies and controls to mitigate financial risks and provide a governance framework. • Collaborating with the CFO and Exco to formulate medium and long term financial and strategic plans.• Budgeting and forecasting on an annual and quarterly basis.• Ensuring efficient working capital management by monitoring supplier payments and customer collections to ensure optimum cash flow at all times.• Monitoring Capex and costs incurred across the business in relation to budget.

Financial Manager

• Sep 2015 - Aug 2016

• My role included ensuring that an excellent internal control environment is maintained and financial performance is reliably and consistently measured.• Timeous and accurate reporting of results including preparation of monthly profit and overhead results, monthly reporting packs and annual budgets and annual financial statements.• Review of monthly balance sheet recon files, VAT and tax calculations and submissions, overhead and cash flow analysis and budget variance reporting.• Contribution as an active participant in the Exco team through attending Exco meetings, preparing board meeting papers, prepare audit meeting papers and attend audit committee meetings.• Plan, direct, and coordinate the activities of employees in the financial administration department – e.g. set goals and deadlines for and monitor performance to target of the financial clerks and administrators; overall responsibility to manage staff.• Daily operational management and problem solving.

Audit manager

• Jul 2012 - Aug 2015

• My role involved planning, managing and wrapping up audits as well as other special procedures required by our clients. • The role included the managing of various relationships being those with the audit partners, the trainees, the fellow managers as well as the clients. • The needs of all of the above parties need consideration and so the job requires the meticulous juggling of requests and responsibilities to ensure that all deadlines are met and that they are delivered at the appropriate level of quality. • Prioritising tasks is a vital part of the job and a skill at which I consider myself very competent. • I have gained experience and been exposed to various corporates in different industries. This has added to my interpersonal and technical growth in a significant way. • My client base is spread between various industries being mining, retail, FMCG, construction and labour brokering. These clients are also varied and include some JSE listed clients. Therefore I believe the exposure I have gained from my experience on these audits for the last two years has equipped me with the skills and professional competence to apply myself in a senior financial roll in a company that values hard-working, agile and analytical-thinking employees. • I have had extensive experience in dealing with international engagements with interactions and experience gained in Africa (Angola, Zimbabwe and Zambia), Australia and the UK and Europe. • Some of my clients have included: Spar Group Pty Ltd, Voltex Pty Ltd (part of Bidvest Ltd, JSE listed), Anglo Thermal Coal, Exxaro Ltd (JSE listed), Coal of Africa Ltd (JSE listed), Servest Group Ltd, Adcorp Holdings Ltd (JSE listed) and Nashua Pty Ltd (Part of Reunert, JSE listed).

Audit Senior

• Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

• My duties were similar to those below. However being on secondment in the USA for 4 months in a different economic and physical environment gave me invaluable exposure and experience that has added to my development as an individual and a professional.• Planning, performing and wrapping up audits for allocated clients.• Supervising and leading an audit team.• Delivering the required deliverables to audit managers and partners.• Managing client relations.• Clients ranged from JSE Listed entities to small, owner-managed companies.• Industries exposed to include mining, construction and retail.After completing my secondment, I travelled extensively for 2 months across the USA and Europe.

Audit Senior

• Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

• Planning, performing and wrapping up audits for allocated clients.• Supervising and leading an audit team.• Delivering the required deliverables to audit managers and partners.• Managing client relations.• Clients ranged from JSE Listed entities to small, owner-managed companies.• Industries exposed to include mining, construction and retail.

Audit Assistant

• Jan 2009 - Dec 2010

• Planning, performing and wrapping up audits for allocated clients.• Supervising and leading an audit team.• Delivering the required deliverables to audit managers and partners.• Managing client relations.• Clients ranged from JSE Listed entities to small, owner-managed companies.• Industries exposed to include mining, construction and retail.

Private Tutor

• Jan 2005 - Dec 2008

• Individual, private tutoring for matric higher grade mathematics, accounting & science students. • Career guidance on tertiary education options and job opportunities. • Guidance on interview skills, job applications and curriculum vitae writing. • Individual, private tutoring for matric higher grade mathematics, accounting & science students. • Career guidance on tertiary education options and job opportunities. • Guidance on interview skills, job applications and curriculum vitae writing.