Zelda Johnson

Experienced accounting, admin and property professional with background in both residential and commercial property. Proficient in multiple accounting systems including Syspro, Pastel 7 & 11, AS400, and SAP. Skilled in debtors, creditors management, bookkeeping, bank reconciliation, and pettycash control. Qualified property professional with NQF4 qualification and PDE exam completion.

Financial Officer at OVK (2025-04 – Present)

• Capturing and processing of payment requests on AS400
• Loading payments on internet banking
• Sorting out queries
• Processing company journals
• Setting up of journals
• Allocating debtor payments off the bank statements
• Handling pettycash & processing of pettycash expenses
• Making payments to Lesotho clients

Fully qualified property professional at Purple Ballon t/a KW Explore (2016-03 – Present)

This job requires good communication skills, good inter personal connections, understanding legal contracts and negotiating skills.

• Working with buyers and sellers
• Showing houses
• Completing sellers mandates, property declarations, offer to purchases, etc.
• Canvassing for property to sell
• Marketing of properties on all relevant portals including Property24 and Private Property

Bookkeeper at SKG Properties (2015-01 – 2019-12)

• Handling creditors queries
• Processing of invoices on Pastel
• Debt collecting
• Processing of debtors payments on Pastel
• Processing of bank statements on Pastel
• Maintaining of invoicing schedules and rental schedules on Excel
• Salary processing and maintaining of leave schedules
• Balancing and maintaining of pettycash tin
• Assisting with property managing (commercial properties)
• Dealing with tenant queries
• Assisting with co-ordinating maintenance
• Handling HR related matters
• Creating weekly wage schedules and calculating weekly wages for payment

Bookkeeper/PA at Itec Dynamics (2014-03 – 2014-12)

• Processing of books to trial balance
• Processing of bank statements for 3 entities
• Bank reconciliations on Pastel 11
• UIF returns
• Processing of debtors and creditors
• Sales co-ordinating

Bookkeeper at Gail Gouws Accounting (Present)

I do this work in my spare time. I also do books to trial balance for a small signage company.

• Processing of books to trial balance
• Processing of bank statements for various entities
• Bank reconciliations on Pastel 7
• Processing of pettycash vouchers for various entities
• Bookkeeping duties
• Easyfiling submissions (EMP501)
• Submission of provisional tax submission

Debtors Clerk at Fintax (2012-12 – 2014-03)

I worked mornings only from 8h00 to 13h00.

• Responsible for collecting outstanding debt
• Processing of journals
• Telephonic collections
• Resolving client queries

Office Administrator at Tag Chemicals (2012-03 – 2012-11)

• Internal ISO auditor
• Responsible for all duties involving re-certification and ISO related matters
• Arranging delivery notes and collection of goods by courier companies
• Updating of sales sheets for the month
• Overseeing of creditors accounts and balancing accounts at month end
• Ordering stationery and purchasing branch groceries
• Dealing with incoming e-mails

Debtors and Creditors at Spectra Carbide Tooling Systems (2008-12 – 2012-02)

Retrenchment

• Telephonic debt collecting on Syspro
• Applying all debtors payments to the relevant accounts
• Payment application directly off bank statement
• Processing of all debtors credit notes
• Opening new debtors accounts
• Sorting out debtors queries
• Processing of foreign invoices on Syspro
• Reconciling foreing accounts for payment
• Ensuring all the correct documentation is attached to the invoices for payment approval by the Reserve Bank
• Requesting documents from the transporters regarding specific shipments
• Completing BOP forms for bank transfer to foreign supplier
• Ensuring that BOP forms have all the correct information in regarding remitters details, beneficiary details, beneficiary bankers, the payment details and that the correct payment category has been selected
• Once payment has been executed by the bank, the debit advices are returned for processing on the Accounts payable module on Syspro
• GRN maintenance, stock adjustments
• Processing local creditors invoices and credit notes
• Reconciling the account to the suppliers statement
• Remittances/reconciliation done on Excel
• Processing of payments on Syspro
• Ensuring that the payment processing on the Accounts payable module balances to the Cashbook module
• Sorting all creditors queries, as well as helping with stock queries
• GRN maintenance and stock adjustments
• Responsible for loading new beneficiaries on internet banking
• Loading of EFT's on the internet banking
• Ensuring authorisations of payments are done timeously
• Cashbook processing to general ledger on Syspro
• Cashbook reconciliation on Syspro
• Coding and allocating of debit orders and other payments

Warranty Analyst at General Motors SA (2008-03 – 2008-08)

Temporary assignment

• Generating GART reports (International internal program)
• Extensive work on Excel
• Working with vehicle warranty issues
• Taking part in International conference calls
• Arranging meetings via MS Outlook

Personal Assistant to Production Head at Volkswagen SA (2007-07 – 2007-10)

Temporary assignment

• Organising Production Head's diary
• Preparation of Key Performance Indicators for 3 managers (Excel)
• Converting the spreadsheet into a Powerpoint presentation
• Preparation of Key Performance Indicator for the Polo production line (Excel)
• Converting this spreadsheet into a Powerpoint presentation
• Setting up meetings
• Preparing other Powerpoint presentations
• Ordering of stationery and staff refreshments
• Flight and accommodation arrangements
• Preparing reports and graphs for meetings
• Working without supervision
• Using own initiative
• Updating of absentee schedule daily for 3 departments
• Generating SAP reports

Branch Secretary / Credit controller at Antalis (Pty) Ltd (2000-02 – 2006-08)

Retrenchment

• Typing of branch managers correspondence
• Travel arrangements and hotel bookings
• Responsible for pettycash
• Branch buyer (stationery, computer toners, etc.)
• Switchboard operator
• Control and reconciliation of logistic accounts
• Handling a book of 110 debtors to the value of approx. R3 million
• Customer liason regarding sales queries and debtors queries
• Telesales
• Processing of creditors accounts and submitting to Head Office
• Processing of sales credit notes and invoices
• Arranging branch functions (eg. Customer Christmas functions, year-end functions, product promotions, etc.)
• Attending to human resource queries from warehouse staff (eg. Increases, wage disputes, leave queries)
• Completing attendance register on a monthly basis and submitting to head office, as well as monthly debtors reports
• Submitting of wage schedules to wage department for payment
• Occasionally completing branch reports and submitting to head office (in absence of Commercial Manager), eg. Sales reports, etc.

Debtors Clerk at Radiospoor PE (1999-07 – 2000-01)

Retrenchment

• Reconciling 1470 debtors accounts
• Telephonic credit control
• Preparing legal files for handovers
• Blacklisting clients
• Performing ITC reports on clients

Girl Friday at Plascon PE (1999-05 – 1999-06)

Temporary assignment

• Typing Representative's reports

Debtors Clerk at Duracell Eveready PE6 (1997-05 – 1999-02)

Retrenchment

• Reconciled debtors with a book value of approx. R6 million
• Worked on an Open Item system AS400
• Handled customer queries
• Resolved price claims
• Processed journals

Debtors Clerk at Bonnita PE (1992-04 – 1995-04)

• Reconciling debtors accounts with a book value of R4 million
• Tended to customer queries
• Typed customer correspondence
• Relief switchboard

Data Capture Clerk at Bonnita PE (1995-05 – 1996-11)

Internal transfer

• Processed daily delivery notes and credit notes
• Relief secretarial functions
• Reconciliation of internal account
• Assisted with telesales
• Handled customer queries
• Ordered department stationery

Sales Secretary/Office Administrator at Bonnita PE (1996-12 – 1997-04)

Better offer

• Typed Depot Managers correspondence using Windows 95
• Travel arrangements
• Made appointments for Manager
• Processed export documentation
• Checked and processed daily invoices and credits
• Capturing of price deals and promotions
• Attending to customer complaints
• Submitting accounts to Head Office and ensuring timeous payments thereof
• Responsible for petty cash and reconciling
• Maintaining personnel files (including leave register)

Grade 12 – Andrew Rabie High School (1991)

Diploma in Financial Information Systems Analyst – Port Elizabeth Technikon (1994 – 1995)