Velesh Ramchander

Highly experienced Finance & Administration Senior Manager with over 20 years of progressive experience across accounting, financial management, and administrative operations within healthcare, logistics, banking, and supply chain environments. Strong expertise in financial reporting, reconciliations, budgeting, VAT compliance, and team leadership. Proven ability to manage large teams, optimise financial processes, and provide strategic insights to senior management.

Bank Senior Despatch Clerk at Standard Bank (2001-12 – 2004-10)

Reporting directly to manager

• Telling (Bulk Cashier) – Cash handling, cash teller reconciliation, withdrawals and deposits
• Receiving Clerk – Bulk deposit receiving
• Despatch Clerk – Despatch of cash requisitions of customers
• Data Capturer – All data capturing in terms of banking transactions

Bookkeeper at Prestige Adhesives (2008-05 – 2011-09)

Reporting to Directors

• Creditors, Creditor accounts reconciliations, Process of invoices, credit notes and goods returned, handling of supplier queries and loading of payments
• Debtors, Debtor accounts reconciliations, Debtors Age analysis, processing credit notes, invoicing, handling of debtor queries
• Costing – product costing
• Purchasing – full function, obtaining quotes, authorisations from management and procure
• Salaries, processing of all salaries and wages
• Cash book, reconciliations and Processing of all entries
• Petty Cash, processing and reconciliations
• Debt Collection
• Month End reports

Bookkeeper at Dr Y T Singh Practice (2011-10 – 2012-06)

Reporting to Accountant

• Debtors, Debtor's recon. Age analysis credit notes invoicing, handling of debtor queries
• Costing
• Purchasing, procurement
• Salaries and Wages
• Cash book, Processing of all entries
• Petty Cash
• Debt Collection
• Month End reports

Administration Supervisor at Unitrans Freight & Logistics (2012-07 – 2015-12)

Reporting to Admin Manager and Contract Manager

• Fuel Management - Checking delivery schedule for fuel deliveries with fuel clerk
• Checking that fuel orders are placed
• Verifying fuel consumptions reports
• Verifying fuel Recons daily
• Verifying sheet9 daily
• Orders - Verifying order allocations
• Verifying all authorising signatures are on all documents
• Verifying that order register is updated
• Verifying Reconciliation of order register (excel) to accounting system (Sage)
• Creditors - Verifying if invoices and order matches
• Verifying of batches and posting on the system (Sage)
• Verifying order register
• Invoicing - All Fuel Charge out to Customer (Pick N Pay, Chep, Tanzer)
• Monthly Revenue charges to customer
• Bi weekly Revenue charge outs to customer
• Month end - Compiling Month end Pack
• Checking of TB
• Verifying of weekly labour invoice
• Verifying of revenue invoice
• Compiling and capture month end Journals
• Going through weekly forecast with admin manager
• Other - Daily morning meeting addressing issues with admin staff
• Assist with Budget
• Daily meeting with Contract/Ops manager addresses all issues
• Assist with auditing of depots

Bookkeeper at Unitrans Supply Solutions (2015-10 – 2020-12)

Reporting to Financial Manager and AFM

• Petty Cash - Check that claims comply with Unitrans Policies
• Check all Slips balance to Schedule
• Ensure that Petty cash Balances
• Orders - Process Adhocs orders for Admin
• Creditors - Capture Invoices for Admin
• Month end - Check Month end Packs for contracts
• Checking of TBs
• Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts
• Checking variance of actual vs Flash
• Checking sheet9
• Compiling and capture month end Journals
• Checking and posting journals for pivot
• Insurance Foods
• Other - Checking of special payments
• Checking of expense claims
• Assist with auditing of depots
• Prepayments

Administration Manager (12 Contracts in SA) Remote at Unitrans Supply Solutions (2015-10 – Present)

Reporting to Financial Manager & GM

• Budget - Assist contracts with yearly and monthly budget/forecast
• Complete Budget completed on certain contracts
• Check Budget formulars and validate spend
• Ensure Return on sales are within acceptable parameters
• Ensure Return on Capital employed are within acceptable parameters
• Month end - Check Month end Packs for contracts
• Checking of TBs
• Assist contracts with stock balancing
• Check reconciliation of balance sheet accounts
• Check Month end journals
• Checking variance of actual vs Flash
• Checking Vehicle stats and consumption
• Asset check
• Workshop stock compliance and stock counts
• Month end write-up on non-performing contracts
• Month end write up on non-compliant contracts
• Compliance - Travel to site monthly to check overall compliance
• Prepare contracts for audits
• Site staff training
• Check Contracts comply with Unitrans Policies
• Ensure that Petty cash Balances Audit checks

Higher Diploma in Chartered Institute of Secretaries & Administrators – Durban Institution of Technology (Formerly known as Natal Technikon) (2025-12)