Nokuthula Patience

Hardworking and reliable Finance Professional with more than 9 years of steady experience in hotel finance at Sun International's Sun City Resort. Highly skilled in daily cashbook management, tracking guest bills, matching bank deposits, and fixing money errors in the company records. An active 2nd-year BCom Accounting student who works very well under pressure and meets strict month-end deadlines.

Ready to relocate for a full-time, live-in finance position at a luxury game lodge where I can bring strong work discipline, accuracy with numbers, and deep honesty.

Finance Admin Clerk at Sun International – Sun City Resort (2018-10 – Present)

• Manage full-cycle verification, systemic allocation, scanning, and digital capturing of high-volume invoices via KTA to ensure seamless Shared Services Centre (SSC) payment processing.
• Execute precise month-end journal entries, manage monthly accruals, record prepayments, and perform swift corrective adjustments for any account misallocations.
• Conduct full-function monthly balance sheet reconciliations, successfully identifying and eliminating account variances to ensure zero financial loss.
• Spearhead the compilation, verification, and timely monthly submission of localized commercial data to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).
• Oversee rigorous monthly physical audits of the resort's internal petty cash floats; assist external auditors with extensive physical year-end stock counts.
• Supervise the monthly verification, systemic calculation, and timely processing of hospitality staff tips and distributions in line with internal labor policies.

Assistant Operations Controller at Sun International – Sun City Resort (2015-01 – 2018-10)

• Captured 10, 20, and 30-day physical stock counts across high-volume F&B outlets in strict compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Compiled detailed monthly food and beverage consumption and cost reports, flagging abnormal usage trends for senior management review.
• Supervised the scanning, verification, and database capturing of operational invoices prior to weekly SSC disbursement runs.

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting Major – Regent Business School (2022-01)

National Senior Certificate in Matric – President Mangope Technical High School (2012-12)