Shanel Lindeque

Versatile, metrics-driven Operations & Financial Controller and Talent Acquisition Specialist with over 18 years of comprehensive industry experience across global recruitment, business support, and operational delivery. A proven track record of managing end-to-end financial operations, engineering advanced cloud-based tech stacks, and executing high-volume 360-degree recruitment cycles. Expert at bridging the gap between strategic brand growth, multi-regional cloud architectures, and cross-border data compliance (POPIA/GDPR) to maximize organizational performance and protect operating margins.

Operations & Financial Controller at VAN KAIZEN LTD (2023-11 – Present)

• Financial Control & Insourcing: Insourced complex quarterly financial reporting structures previously managed by an external UK agency; maintained 100% borderless compliance while yielding a recurring £8,000 annualized reduction in operational spend.
• Global Treasury Management: Direct all accounts receivable and accounts payable pipelines, managing cross-border client invoicing, currency tracking, vendor disbursements, monthly bank account health checks, and reconciliation frameworks.
• Systems Architecture & Admin: Serve as Principal Administrator for the global digital tech infrastructure across multiple time zones; structurally design workflows, data automation, and communication structures across Monday.com, HubSpot CRM, ATS platforms, MS 365, and SharePoint.
• Organic Digital Scaling: Conceptualize and self-execute over 90% of the firm's global B2B marketing collateral; engineered an organic brand strategy that grew the corporate LinkedIn network by 31,689 followers while rendering monthly performance metrics directly to the Board.
• Resource & Security Operations: Command end-to-end onboarding/offboarding compliance parameters for 38+ international consultants. Automate incoming resume database routing and monitor Microsoft exchange quarantine threat detection filters to preserve international data framework compliance (POPIA/GDPR).

Talent Acquisition Partner at VAN KAIZEN LTD (2021-05 – 2023-11)

• 360-Degree Recruitment Execution: Orchestrated full-lifecycle recruitment across diverse international sectors including iGaming, Engineering, IT, Finance, and HR.
• Business Development (BD): Targeted prospective international corporate clients, initiated pitch processes, secured new service level agreements, and successfully mapped pipelines for niche, cross-border vacancies.
• Proactive Headhunting: Leveraged advanced sourcing methodologies and direct networking channels to track down, screen, verify, and place high-calibre specialized professional talent.
• Database Ingestion: Managed candidate relations, conducted background screenings, structured professional profile transformations, and oversaw data ingestion integrity within the ATS.

Senior Recruitment Consultant / Account Executive at ULTIMATE RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS (URS) (2020 – 2021)

• Maintained strategic B2B client management relationships and executed dedicated response handling and full-cycle candidate placement delivery.

New Business Developer at DANTE PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT (2019 – 2019)

• Drove market mapping and outbound cold outreach strategies to expand the agency's corporate client base and project acquisition footprint.

Senior Manager: Recruitment, Graphic Design, Editing & Facilities at ULTIMATE RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS (URS) (2008-12 – 2019-04)

Promoted organically through progressively responsible positions: PA to Director ➔ Advertising Executive ➔ Facilities & Senior Advertising Manager. 10-Year Tenure Progression.

• Advertising & Graphic Design Production: Directed the design layout and copywriting setups for 100% of recruitment, notice, and tender print/digital advertisements using Adobe Creative Suite. Managed Junior Editors, administered company web properties, and oversaw third-party media space buying and contractual planning.
• Facilities & Supplier Contracts: Managed comprehensive office operations and vendor infrastructures (VOIP lines, servers, commercial printing contracts, signage). Orchestrated an entire physical corporate office relocation in October 2017 with zero operational downtime.
• Response Handling Operations: Designed data capture collection structures processing ±300 inbound applications daily. Engineered strict verification screening matrices (Credit, Criminal, ID, Qualifications) and compiled formal Employment Equity (EE) evaluation lists for institutional clients.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing & Business Management – University of South Africa (UNISA)

National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) – Willowridge High School (2008)