Zandile Msimango

Equipped with 10+years extensive experience in Finance. Procure to Pay and Supplier Relations. Maintain accurate books on Control Accounts, daily financial entries and reconciliations. Perform daily bookkeeping tasks such as general ledger entries, recording of payment and adjustments. Contributed actively in SAP implementation Project in 2016 towards alignment of business processes with SAP requirement.

Assistant Accountant - Afrimat Limited

(2023-01 - 2026-01)

• Perform monthly bank reconciliation to ensure up to date and accurate cashbook.
• Manage accruals, including monthly, half year-end, and year-end requirements.
• Review general ledger accounts and process journals required for cost reallocation and corrections.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigate long outstanding items.
• Ensure the integrity between the Assets sub-ledger and the general ledger is maintained.
• Compiling and submission of monthly VAT return.
• Prepare monthly financial reports for management.
• Assisting with all financial month end and year end activities.

Accounts Payable Analyst - Lafarge Industries South Africa

(2013-01 - 2023-01)

• Ensure accurate and complete monthly capturing of supplier invoices across all division and region within strict monthly deadline.
• Review of monthly open order reports to ensure all capturing done and accruals raised where required.
• Ensure accurate and complete monthly preparation of supplier recons for payment.
• Ensure all suppliers are paid monthly within agreed payment terms.
• Review payment batches and all EFT verifications done within the bank cut-off time.
• Working closely with Procurement and Master Data in ensuring all suppliers are loaded on ERP system accordingly.
• Ensuring all SARS VAT requirements are adhered too in terms of supplier invoices.
• Working close with Internal and External audit when required.
• Process periodic reports and other records.
• Assist AP controllers with follow-up, investigation and resolve queries to reduce the backlog of long outstanding AP queries
• Supporting and participation in AP continuous process improvement projects aimed at post-implementation stabilisation.
• Undertake ad-hoc activities.

Credit Controller - Lafarge Industries South Africa

(2008-01 - 2013-01)

• Manage Debtor collections according to agreed terms, follow up on overdue account
• Monitor orders and account balances to ensure that credit limits are not exceeded, arranging for interim payment where necessary
• Re-assess credit limit on accounts where the credit limits are exceeded or not utilised
• Monitor delinquent customers, requesting supplies to be restricted where deemed necessary
• Process payment, allocations and journals timeously and accurately
• Perform Debtors Reconciliation and maintain ongoing monthly collection forecast.
• Increase cash flow through low DSO.

Finance Intern - Department of Correctional Services (Finance Control Office)

(2007-01 - 2008-01)

• Ensure that transactions are recorded accurately and timely in accordance with internal controls.
• Clearing of old items in the Ledger and Suspense Accounts.
• Effective management of Control accounts, control over the collection and allocation of revenue.
• Performing of daily bank reconciliation.
• Assist with the preparation of monthly forecasts, and annual budgets, including budget versus actual analysis.

Bachelor of Accounting Sciences - Financial Accounting - University of South Africa

National Diploma - Accounting - Durban University of Technology (2005-01)

National Senior Certificate - Sea Cow Lake Secondary School (2002-01)