• Job TypePermanent
• PaySalary required commensurate with position
• Reference8867260

Professional qualifications/key skills

• BCom. BCom Honours in Accounting
• Experience in commercial, financial services and CA
• Prepared and reviewed income statements, balance sheets, and annual financial statements
• Implemented and improved systems and processes to identify and mitigate financial risks and ensure compliance
• Managed data migration and finance aspects of a new system implementation project
• Supervised audit engagements and ensured quality and timeliness of audit deliverables

Comments

My candidate is a senior financial manager with over 10 years of experience in the leasing and fleet management industry. They hold a BCom Honours in Accounting Science and an Advanced Certificate in Auditing, and have completed the Public Practice Examination. They started their career as an audit supervisor at a leading audit firm, where they were responsible for ensuring the quality and timeliness of audit deliverables for various clients. They then joined a major bank as a senior financial manager, where they were involved in the preparation and review of management accounts, the supervision of a team of accountants and creditors, and the identification and mitigation of financial risks. They are currently working as a senior financial manager for a boutique leasing company, where they prepare income statements, balance sheets, and monthly board reports. They also review annual financial statements, identify areas of improvement, and implement customer service solutions. They keep abreast of industry and legislative changes and are passionate about learning and developing their accounting skills and knowledge.

Qualifications & Education

Advanced Certificate in Auditing, Accounting Professional Training
Public Practice Examination, Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors
Both completed 2011

Certificate in Theory of Accounting
BCom Honours in Accounting Science
Both Completed 2009
BCom in Accounting Science
Completed 2008

Employment History

National Leasing Services
Senior Financial Manager
2022 to Current

Main Responsibilities:
• Preparing of income statement and balance sheet as well as monthly board reports and reviewing results to identify trends and report on anomalies and potential risk
• Identify areas of improvement
• Reviewing Annual Financial Statements
• Continuously identifying opportunities for improving systems and processes
• Identifying risk and developing and implementing solutions
• Participating in a strategic business meeting
• Capturing of business transactions and agreements to be paid by the company and authorising payments
• Reviewing, improving, and implementing customer service solutions aligned with company policy, as well as securing buy-in
• Developing relationships of trust with customers and achieving commitment to the company through timely investigating, addressing, and resolving queries and complaints
• Keeping abreast of industry and legislative changes as well as continuously remaining passionate about seeking learning opportunities and development of technical skills and knowledge

Financial Services Company
Senior Financial Manager
2013 to 2022

Main Responsibilities:
• Seconded to Project Everest team from July 2019 for implementation of new system within Fleet Management and Leasing division. Responsible for Data Migration stream as well as Finance aspects of the system configuration
• After the system went live in November 2021, assisted with errors and queries on the system. I was responsible for analysing the problem, consulting with IT and the system provider, finding a solution as well as part of the implementation process.
• Preparation of management accounts or the division
• Reviewing work performed by direct reports
• Managing a team of consisting of accountants, debtor team leader and creditor team leader
• Identifying risk and developing and implementing solutions

Big Four Accounting Firm
Audit Supervisor
2010 to 2013