Team Lead: Fixed Assets - Capitec Bank Limited
(2024-10)
- Lead the Fixed Asset team; be the 'go to' person for support and direction to ensure the accurate completion of asset transactions in a timely manner.
- Responsible for the reviewing of physical verification
- Responsible for the reviewing of the useful life of assets and proposed changes
- Responsible for the review of reconciliations between Fixed Assets and the General Ledger
- Responsible for day-to-day task management and monitoring of the function's workflow and identify where team members may be weak and in need of improvement.
- Plan and ensure execution of plans to rectify any identified development areas in the team.
- Identify improvement opportunities for the department and implement processes that will improve efficiency of the team and balance the combined workload.
- Be the recipient of escalated queries and resolve issues in order to optimise management time and resources; resolve and clarify any areas of confusion or uncertainty, including handling issues or concerns with vendor payments
- Assign and co-ordinate team members to specific tasks, roles, responsibilities and projects and identify which member has additional capacity for ad hoc or emergency tasks
- Provide guidance to all team members to ensure they fulfil their roles
- Responsible for aligning the team with new developments/changes in policies and procedures and ensuring understanding.
- Create and maintain all relevant processes, templates at a single point of reference ensuring consistency and standards
- Responsible for compiling all reports within the Fixed Asset team
- Build and maintain enabling relationships with stakeholders.
- Ensure clear communication amongst the team, especially clarity on tasks and responsibilities
- Serve as the single line of communication between management and the team
- Streamline communication from other departments so that instructions and requirements can be implemented and communicated effectively within the team.
- Create, implement and maintain an effective communication framework for the team to ensure effective information flow and workflow.
- Support the Manager: Finance Shared Services in recruitment of team members as required
- Implement measurable goals and performance of members with acknowledgement for achievements
- Build and maintain a working environment and ethos within the function which is healthy and conducive to effective, efficient and positive delivery and relationships.
- Collect information and suggestions from team members to apply and make recommendations for improvement purposes.
- Responsible for performance management of team members by drafting, agreeing and contracting key performance indicators and measures.
- Observe, evaluate and conduct discussions with team members in line with key performance measures and SLAs
- Draft and agree to actions plans in line with improving individual performance, provide coaching and share feedback
- Ensure that personal development plans are agreed to, contracted and discussed to ensure that the team members take ownership for their personal development; follow up on agreed action plans at agreed intervals
- Provide support, mentorship and coaching where required
- Responsible for on-the-job training of team members - both functional and soft skills required for specific role
- Ensure that absenteeism and leave planning are managed in line with capacity required to perform the function and meet SLA requirements; day to day management of the team's time off/extended breaks, time keeping etc.
Fund Accountant - Growth Lending Group Limited (UK Company)
(2023-02 - 2024-09)
- Processing all invoices and receipts on Xero from the bank statement
- Preparing Servicer Reports ( Reporting of the UK CBILS and RLS funds) on a monthly basis
- Calculating the SLF (Servicer Lender Fee) to be paid over to the bank on a monthly basis
- Prepare quarterly reports for the older funds
- Prepare ad-hoc calculations regarding term loans, such as prepayments and discounting of interest.
- Perform Income and Bank Reconciliations
- Do all the compliance documents and calculations in terms of UK and US investor and statutory reporting
- Assist in the waterfall calculations in the various funds
- Weekly reconciliation of the bank accounts
- Determine issues and items that need to be addressed; make sure that all transactions are accurately reflected in the general ledger
- Analyse the nature of the transactions; investigate and escalate any transactions that are late or irregular
- Process monthly and yearly journals
- Worked closely with external auditors by providing supporting information. Based on the input from the audit report, carry out the required remedial steps
Accountant - Electrum Payments (Pty) Ltd
(2021-05 - 2023-01)
- Process all invoices and receipts from Dext to Xero
- Worked closely with various departments in the company for financial reporting, cashflow tracking and other financial matters
- Reconcile all bank transactions for various bank accounts on Xero
- Prepare the income tax, VAT and EMP calculations and submissions on a monthly basis
- Prepare weekly and monthly payments
- Process all monthly and annual journals
- Maintain the fixed asset register and insurance register
- Compile daily cash flow reports and monitoring transactions
- Oversee the daily financial operations Liaise with clients, suppliers, external auditors and other external experts
- Worked closely with external auditors by providing supporting information
- Prepare the monthly reconciliations and reporting
- Assist the Billing Specialist with monthly customer billing
- Back-up for the Bookkeeper, Billing Specialist and Finance Executive
- Maintained the finance department when the Finance Executive was on leave
- Supervised Bookkeeper in the finance department
- Maintaining budgets on Xero
- Created and documented processes in the financial department
Audit Officer (Auditing/Assurance) - RSM South Africa Incorporated
(2019-02 - 2021-04)
- Processing of financial information and compiling of financial statements for different types of entities in accordance with appropriate and required accounting standards and legislation
- Conducting independent reviews and audits of companies, trusts and non-profit organisations
- Preparing and doing submission of individuals, companies, trusts and non-profit organisations tax returns
- Review trainee accountants' work on various audit sections
- Leading and supervising on audits, independent reviews and compilations. Liaising with clients and external persons such as SARS, suppliers, etc
- Training of trainee accountants
- Perform ad hoc office administration duties
- Conducting stock counts with clients
SAICA Articles (Auditing/Assurance) - RSM South Africa Incorporated
(2017-02 - 2019-01)
- Processing of financial information and compiling of financial statements for different types of entities in accordance with appropriate and required accounting standards and legislation
- Conducting independent reviews and audits of companies, trusts and non-profit organisations
- Preparing and doing submission of individuals, companies, trusts and non-profit organisations tax returns
- Review trainee accountants' work on various audit sections
- Leading and supervising on audits, independent reviews and compilations
- Liaising with clients and external persons such as SARS, suppliers, etc
- Training of trainee accountants
- Perform ad hoc office administration duties
- Conducting stock counts with clients
