Nkosinathi Shekwa

Support fund operations for private equity and venture capital funds, working across multiple client engagements and ensuring accuracy across capital activity, financial reporting, and client's deliverables. Managed capital call and distribution notices, including allocation calculations, tracking investor receipts and reconciling distribution wires. Reviewed financial statements (Balance sheet, Income statement, cashflow statement and statement of changes in equity) to ensure accurate financial data mapping.

Financial data analyst at MSCI Inc (2022-08 – 2026-02)

• Support fund operations for private equity and venture capital funds, working across multiple client engagements and ensuring accuracy across capital activity, financial reporting, and client's deliverables.
• Managed capital call and distribution notices, including allocation calculations, tracking investor receipts and reconciling distribution wires.
• Reviewed financial statements (Balance sheet, Income statement, cashflow statement and statement of changes in equity) to ensure accurate financial data mapping.
• Supported financial reporting and analysis to assist business decision-making and performance tracking
• Performed variance analysis and investigated discrepancies in financial data
• Contributed to cost monitoring and financial control processes within fund operations
• Supported monthly reporting cycles, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial information
• Assisted in maintaining internal controls and compliance standards across reporting processes
• Coordinated workflow and provided guidance to junior team members, supporting team performance
• Calculated internal rate of return (IRR) and other fund performance metrics for investor reporting.
• Maintained and validated fund and investor data across reporting database and client's portals
• Performed client on-boarding system migration, supporting data uploads and validations in reporting databases.
• Assign and monitor daily workflow for the team to ensure timely and accurate task completion.
• Perform workflow audits and prepare detailed weekly and monthly reports
• Managed frozen index assignments and ensured accurate alignment with the private-I database.
• Review funds scheduled for liquidation, including analysis of final distribution notices and outstanding bank balances before dissolution.
• Perform daily quality control checks and risk-reducing administrative tasks.
• Prepare monthly written reports, summarizing activities, issues and performance insights.
• Maintain strong working knowledge of accounting standards including GAAP, AIS, and IFRS for SME's

Junior Accountant at Nexia SAB&T (2022-03 – 2022-07)

Monthly Audit: Conduct Monthly Audit, visiting BMW premises to physically observe the existence of cars. Match the invoices for purchased cars with sales price. Inspection of maintenance invoices and vehicle history records to confirm accuracy. Monthly audit: Imperial logistics, Airport city. Walk through the warehouse. Physical inspection on the condition of inventory. Giving assurance on existence of inventory. Physical counting and observation of any obsolete items. Report based on findings.

• Perform bank statements and bank reconciliation.
• Perform monthly vat invoices, vat reconciliation.
• Analyze and Prepare income statement.
• Mapping to classify assets, liabilities to prepare trial balance on Case ware accounting software.
• Preparing assets account and liabilities accounts.
• Processing new data for new clients and mapping to allocations.
• Preparing trial balance to UFS (To be drafted by senior Accountant).

Graduate Intern at WC Provincial Treasury (2021-03 – 2022-02)

• Assess municipal S71 and prepare monthly in year monitoring assessment for municipalities.
• Provide inputs for variance on a monthly basis during the preparation of the IYM assessment for Stellenbosch, Kannaland and Swartland municipality.
• Assist in MTREFF and finalization of budget publication gazette.
• Prepare mSCOA analysis using segment tools to identify conformance and errors to be communicated to the municipality.
• Prepare and analyze municipal debtors and creditors reports.
• Assist and reconcile grants applications during the National and Provincial roll-over process.
• Prepare the budget assumptions for Saldanha Bay, Swartland, Stellenbosch and Cape Agulhas municipalities.
• Prepare the operational, capital revenue and expenditure tables for Stellenbosch, Kannaland during SIME period.
• Assist in consolidating monthly collection rate and capital commitments from municipalities.
• Assist the budget analyst in providing tables of municipality revenue and expenditure performance.
• Analyze monthly electricity revenue and expenditure trends for all municipalities.
• Assist in reconciling Provincial allocation according to SA18 municipalities, download the data strings for the draft budget.
• Supported financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for municipalities
• Performed budget vs actual analysis and provided variance explanations
• Assisted in preparation of revenue and expenditure reports for decision-making
• Conducted financial analysis to support cost control and resource allocation
• Contributed to compliance monitoring in line with MFMA and financial regulations
• Assist in logistical arrangement for municipal accountant forum on a quarterly basis.
• Assess implementation of cost containment according to section 52 (MFMA coordination).

Examination assistance: Finance at Department of higher education - Mpumalanga (2018-06 – 2020-12)

• Assisted in the preparation and administration of finance examinations, including the distribution and collection of exam scripts and supporting materials.
• Ensured examination venues were properly arranged according to examination guidelines and seating plans.
• Monitored students during examinations to ensure compliance with examination rules and regulations.
• Maintained accurate attendance registers and examination records.
• Assisted with sorting, counting, and securing completed exam scripts before submission to lecturers or the examinations office.
• Provided administrative support to lecturers and examination officers during the examination process.
• Maintained confidentiality and integrity of examination materials and student information.
• Assisted with basic data capturing and organisation of examination documentation.

Accounting Internship at VB Bookkeeper (2017-01 – 2017-12)

• Assist with payroll calculations (PAYE, UIF, deductions)
• Maintain employee payroll records
• Ensure compliance with tax regulations
• Processing monthly vat invoice, vat reconciliation.
• Processing Journals, Processing Bank statement and bank reconciliation.
• Record daily financial transactions (sales, expenses, receipts)
• Maintain the general ledger
• Preparing Income statement.
• Process supplier invoices and payments
• Issue invoices and follow up on outstanding payments
• Maintain accurate records of all transactions
• Reconcile supplier and customer accounts
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies
• Preparing management accounts
• Preparing assets and liabilities accounts.
• Preparing trial balance to UFS (To be drafted by senior Bookkeeper).

Postgraduate Diploma in Finance – University of the western cape (2025)

Advanced Diploma in Accountancy – Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2021)

Diploma in Accountancy – Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2020)

National Diploma in Financial Management – Ehlanzeni Nelspruit College (2017)