Accountant at B4i Group (2025-02 – Present)
Full Accounting Function – B4i Group (5 Entities). Responsible for managing the end-to-end accounting and tax function across five group companies: B4i Fuel (Jet fuel supply), B4i Academy (BEE skills development training), B4i Consult (BEE consulting services), B4i Seed, and B4i Aviation Academy.
- Full responsibility for invoicing across all entities
- Management of accounts receivable and debtor follow-ups
- Ensuring accurate revenue recognition aligned with business activities
- Performing monthly bank reconciliations for all companies
- Investigating and resolving reconciling items
- Monitoring and managing cash flow positions
- Preparation of monthly management accounts
- Processing journals (accruals, prepayments, adjustments)
- Maintaining general ledger accuracy
- Intercompany reconciliations (where applicable)
- Performing analytical reviews and variance analysis
- Identifying financial trends and anomalies
- Providing insights to support management decision-making
- Drafting annual financial statements for all entities
- Ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards
- Liaising with auditors and supporting audit processes
- Managing all SARS-related activities across the group
- Preparation and submission of VAT returns
- Drafting VAT calculations and handling VAT audits
- Preparing and submitting provisional tax returns
- Performing provisional tax calculations
- Preparing annual income tax calculations and submissions
- Managing income tax and provisional tax audits
- Ensuring full compliance with South African tax regulations and deadlines
- Maintaining accurate financial records and audit trails
- Ensuring adherence to internal financial controls and policies
- CIPC and BO filing
Financial Manager at Black and White Truck Manufacturing (2020-09 – 2025-01)
Comprehensive financial management role overseeing accounting operations for 8 of 13 accounting companies, human resources management for 7 payroll companies with approximately 200 employees, and property management for 15 company-owned properties.
- Monthly bank reconciliation
- Supervision for invoicing, debt collection and capturing of creditors
- Keeping Pastel accounting system up to date
- Checking commission claims
- Monthly management accounts
- Loading and paying creditors on time
- Keeping accurate records of debtors
- Supplier invoice, checking, capturing and managing of accounts
- Discount allocation
- Keeping the float cash flow system up to date
- Preparing information for audits
- Managing audits
- Ensuring the AFS are audited or reviewed promptly
- Accurate accounting for transactions
- Meticulous management of inter-company and directors loan accounts
- Relationship management with banks
- Ability to apply for facilities
- Facilities management
- Reviewing and checking all documents for payments and ensuring correct amounts
- Keep all secretarial information up to date
- Gaining and applying insights into the business and improving processes
- Payroll administration
- Calculate salaries and make salary payments on time
- Keep all statutory payments up to date and all administration up to date
- Provisional Tax Payments, SDL and UIF
- Oversee the weekly wage calculations and insure accurate payment of employees
- Manage and oversee that Mibco (provident fund) deductions are accurate, up to date and paid on time
- Financial year end run and roll over
- Managing rental properties
- Ensuring rent is paid on time
- Liaising with lawyers in regards to any defaulters
- Managing Tsswane and Eskom accounts, overseeing that accurate readings are used
- Overseeing the maintenance of properties
Sales Advisor at Outsurance & Outsurance Namibia (2016-10 – 2020-08)
Short term Insurance Sales role with inbound, outbound and internet skillsets.
- Short term Insurance Sales
- Inbound, Outbound and Internet skillsets
Client Liaison Officer at Fast Forward Finance (2015-05 – 2016-09)
Client Liaison Officer managing documentation collection, contract drafting, and banking coordination.
- Collection of all FICA documents
- Corresponding with clients regarding required documentation
- Drafting of contracts on ZOHO CRM
- Signing contracts with clients
- Corresponding with the Banks
- Ensure that pay-out happens within a timely order
- Keep all signed original contracts organised
- Discounting of accounts, with Banks
- Planning and streamlining processes
- Assist Business Analyst/ Business Development Consultant with anything needed, to complete a deal
General Administrator at Fast Forward Finance (2013-11 – 2015-04)
General administrative work including fleet management, meeting coordination, and licensing management.
- General Admin Work
- Controlling the Fleet Schedule
- Arranging meetings
- Keeping minutes
- Keeping record of insurance schedules
- Keeping all licensing up to date
- All change of ownership/ Title holder
- Collection Road Worthy Tests and payments from clients for annual licence renewal
