Nelly Sibanyoni

Finance and Accounting professional with over 24 years of banking experience at Nedbank and a Bachelor of Accounting Science (BCompt) from the University of South Africa. Experienced in finance operations, Accounts Payable, invoice processing, supplier payments, reconciliations, purchase orders, journal processing, financial administration and month-end support. Strong practical experience working with SAP, Ariba and Microsoft Excel, processing high-volume financial transactions, resolving finance queries, maintaining financial records and preparing finance reports and statistics for management reporting.

Experienced in supporting accounting and finance processes, working with internal stakeholders and training employees on finance systems and procedures. Comfortable working independently in a remote environment and collaborating with stakeholders across functions. Seeking to apply my extensive finance operations and accounting experience in a Financial Accountant role.

Senior Operations Administrator - Nedbank

(2024-05 - 2025-04)

• Processed and validated supplier invoices and payments using SAP and Ariba.
• Performed detailed invoice and supporting-document checks before transactions were processed.
• Supported month-end finance activities and prepared finance-related statistics and reports.
• Assisted with resolving financial transaction, invoice and payment queries.
• Maintained financial and transaction records in accordance with established finance procedures.
• Worked with internal stakeholders to resolve finance and payment-related issues.
• Supported the release of funds following completion of required processing and validation.
• Assisted with training and supporting new employees on finance systems and processes.

Finance Operations Administrator / Accounts Payable Administrator - Nedbank

(2000-07 - 2022-10)

• Processed high-volume supplier invoices and payments.
• Performed supplier statement reconciliations and investigated discrepancies.
• Released blocked invoices in SAP in accordance with established procedures.
• Processed attorneys' invoices and purchase order transactions.
• Supported Accounts Payable and supplier payment administration.
• Captured and maintained financial transaction information.
• Assisted with supplier and internal stakeholder queries.
• Worked with finance systems and processes to support timely transaction processing.
• Trained new employees on SAP, Ariba and Accounts Payable processes.

Bachelor of Accounting Science - BCompt - University of South Africa (UNISA) (2023)

Higher Certificate in Accounting Science - University of South Africa (UNISA) (2015)

National Diploma in Business Management - Ermelo Technical College (2002)

Matric - The Gem Combined School (1993)