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Lindsay Cupido

Lindsay Cupido

Banking Operations Manager

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Gardens, City of Cape TownMember since February 6, 2023
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Experienced Banking Operations Manager/Treasury Accountant with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Banking, Cash Management, Internal Controls, Management, Microsoft Office, Oracle Financials and Accurate.Strong accounting professional with a In Progress focused in Business Administration and Management, General from University of the Western Cape/Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland.

Experience

Experience

Banking Operations Manager | Old Mutual | Finance | Permanent | Cape Town

August 2020 to Present

Duties & Responsibilities:

. Signing off daily cash flows and ensuring Liquidity requirements are met.

2. Completing monthly cash flow journal and report. 3.

Managing Senior Account

Administrators and ensuring that all local and forex payments scheduled for the day are completed.

4. Signing off daily forex deals and ensuring that the rates are captured correctly.

5. Authorization of payments on Standard Bank (Cats), Citibank, Nedbank Business and Bankline when required.

6. Liaising with external auditors at year-end.

7. Provide input to annual budgeting.

8. Effect ongoing changes to internal controls as necessitated by changes in business and corporate governance. 9.

Signing off access to Online Banking platforms. (Standard Bank, Citibank & Nedbank) 10. Signing off access to the Disbursement mainframe application. 11. Administering Cash Management profiles at the various banks and ensuring that they are updated when required. 12. Maintaining relationships with various banking institutions.

Assistant Banking Manager | Old Mutual | Finance | Permanent | Mutualpark Pinelands

November 2015 to July 2020

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Signing off daily cash flows and ensuring Liquidity requirements are met. 2. Completing monthly cash flow journal and report. 3. Managing Senior Account Administrators and ensuring that all local and forex payments scheduled for the day are completed. 4. Signing off daily forex deals and ensuring that the rates are captured correctly. 5. Liaising with external auditors at year-end. 6. Provide input to annual budgeting. 7. Effect ongoing changes to internal controls as necessitated by changes in business and corporate governance. 8.

Signing off access to Online Banking platforms. (Standard Bank & Nedbank) 9. Signing off access to the

Disbursement mainframe application.

Treasury accountant | Old Mutual | Finance | Permanent | Cape Town

November 2012 to July 2020

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring that liquidity requirements are met on a daily basis and that surplus cash is invested. 2. Prepares cash-flows and updates forecasts regularly. 3. Reconciliation of Investment/Disinvestment cash flows between bank accounts and asset managers. 4. Effect ongoing changes to internal controls as necessitated by changes in business and corporate governance. 5. Provide input to annual budgeting. 6. Assess the impact of changes in pricing, volume and costs that affect profitability. 7. Execution of forex deals and transfers on a daily basis. 8. Authorization of payments on Standard Bank (Cats) & Nedbank Business when required. 9. Investigate and release/reject EFT (online) payments entries held in the “holding file” due to source system limits being exceeded within Disbursements (WD). 10. Monitor the volume of transactions and batches exceeding the source and bank monetary limits and make the necessary changes to these limits when required. 11. Release EFT payment batches and single entries reported by the WD (disbursement)

system when the pre-set bank monetary limits are exceeded. 12. Authorize the bank to raise the EFT monetary limits to allow WD payments to be paid. 13. Service and release payment batches held in the

“holding file” due to interface controls between source systems and WD system. (payment system). 14.

Liaising with external auditors at year-end.

Treasury Accountant | Old Mutual | Unspecified

November 2012 to October 2015

Duties & Responsibilities:

Duties 1. Ensuring that liquidity requirements are met on a daily basis and that surplus cash is invested. 1.

Prepares cash-flows and updates forecasts regularly 1. Monotoring OMIS bank account balances and notifying them if accounts are in overdraft. 1. Reconciliation of Investment/Disinvestment cash flows between bank accounts and asset managers. 1. Reconcile the Capital Account with OMIGSA. 1. Effect ongoing changes to internal controls as necessitated by changes in business and corporate governance. 1.

Provide input to annual budgeting. 1. Assess the impact of changes in pricing, volume and costs that affect profitability. 1. Execution of forex deals and transfers on a daily basis. 1. Authorization of payments on

Standard Bank (Cats), Citibank & Nedbank Business when required. 1. Monitor the volume of transactions and batches exceeding the source and bank monetary limits and make the necessary changes to these limits when required. 1. Liaising with external auditors at year-end. 1. Release/reject EFT (online) payments entries held in the ``holding file'' due to source systems limits being exceeded in disbursements. 1.

Authorize the bank to raise the EFT monetary limits to allow WD payments to be paid when these limits are exceeded. 1. Ensure the provision of detailed and effective testing strategies for disbursements. These cover user acceptance testing.

Cashbook Manager | Media | Unspecified | Permanent

January 2007 to May 2008

Duties & Responsibilities:Company Media 24 (Via Afrika) - Central Finance Position Cashbook Manager / Cash Management

Controller Duties 1. Sending investment and disinvestment instructions to Media24 finance.; 1. Assisting various Via Afrika divisions with investment and disinvestment instructions.; 1. Authorising of EFT payments to Media24 and Via Afrika subsidaries.; 1.

Provide banks with clearing instructions on cheques where details on cheques are in dispute.; 1. Back up for the execution of Forex deals on a daily basis.; 1. Supervision of staff in the cashbook department.; 1.

Signing off of Bank Recons for the various publishing companies.; 1.

Attending to all bank liason duties, ; - Opening and closing of bank accounts.; * - Updating of signatories.; 1.

Assisting with the administration of Via-Afrika's share scheme.

Senior Accounts Administrator | Old Mutual | Unspecified | Permanent

February 2001 to December 2006

Duties & Responsibilities:

Treasury Department Position Senior Accounts Administrator / Assistant Cash Management Controller

Duties 1. Assisting in daily Treasury Cash Forecasting; 1. Investments and disinvestments instructions to Old

Mutual Asset Managers and balancing of cash flows.; 1. Electronic transfer of monies between our bank accounts Via the CATS system.; 1. Execution of Forex deals and transfers on a daily basis.; 1. Ensuring that all un-reconciled items are attended to and that all month-end journals are passed timeously.; 1.

Liaising with external auditors at year-end.; 1. Reporting to management on a monthly basis with regard to volumes and values of benefit payments for all Old Mutual products.; 1. Updating the various cashbooks on a daily basis;

  • Administer and monitor access to the various user and function profiles within the WD (disbursements)

system.; 1. Ensure that the reconciliation per bank for all lines of business is performed by the disbursement system on a daily basis.; 1. Investigate and release/reject EFT (online) payments entries held in the ``holding file'' due to source systems limits being exceeded.; 1.

Monitor the volume of transactions and batches exceeding the source and bank monetary limits and advise Divisional Management when changes to these limits are required.; 1. Release EFT payment batches and single entries reported by the WD (disbursement)

system when the pre-set bank monetary limits are exceeded.; 1. Authorize the bank to raise the EFT monetary limits to allow WD payments to be paid.; 1. Service and release payment batches held in the

``holding file'' due to interface controls between source and WD systems.; 1. Monitor and ensure that the daily bank statement electronic files are obtained and processed within the WD system; 1. Ensure that the reconciliation per bank (EFT's and cheque's) are performed by the WD system on a daily basis; 1. Ensure the provision of detailed and effective testing strategies. These cover system

Education

Matric

High School Matric

Accounting, Business Economics, Biology, History, English, Afrikaans

Groenvlei High School

1995

Advanced Diploma In Management

Management Skills, Principles of Management, Business Finance, Into to Information

Systems, Operational Management, Business Communication

University of The Western Cape

2017

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