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Amukelani Canassus Mathebula

Pretoria West

Summary

Demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with proven ability to quickly adapt to new environments. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Payable Controller

CBRE Excellerate
04.2024 - Current
  • Proactive management of vendor/creditor accounts as well as cash flow.
  • Analyse trends and identify ways of improving processes.
  • Ensure complete payments and control expenses, plus processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices for complex matters or per required allocation.
  • Weekly completeness checks.
  • Compile payment proposals and send to the team for checking and verification.
  • Ensure sign-off is received on all payment proposals before finalisation of payment run file.
  • Finalise payment run and upload to bank timeously while ensuring accuracy.
  • Control of bank sub-ledgers weekly includes clearing and investigations of any uncleared amounts.
  • Address and resolve any rejected payments.
  • Support and manage team to ensure accounts are monitored for non-payments, delayed payments, and other irregularities.
  • Ensure VAT compliance on all invoices received.
  • Interact with leasing team and for monthly rental and fixed utility payments while ensuring reconciliations are completed monthly.
  • Ensure proper reconciliation of accounts and filing of all supporting documents are adhered to.
  • Liaise with stakeholders regarding data and required information on key accounts.
  • Strengthen and grow relationships with creditors and staff by communicating regularly regarding account information including payments, alignment and account updates.
  • Complete reporting requirements according to preset deadlines.
  • Proactively identifies concerns not aligned to workflow processes and procedures and take pro-active steps to address these.

Account Payable Controller

CBRE Excellerate
04.2024 - Current
  • Proactive management of vendor/creditor accounts as well as cash flow.
  • Analyse trends and identify ways of improving processes.
  • Ensure complete payments and control expenses, plus processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices for complex matters or per required allocation.
  • Weekly completeness checks.
  • Compile payment proposals and send to the team for checking and verification.
  • Ensure sign-off is received on all payment proposals before finalisation of payment run file.
  • Finalise payment run and upload to bank timeously while ensuring accuracy.
  • Control of bank sub-ledgers weekly includes clearing and investigations of any uncleared amounts.
  • Address and resolve any rejected payments.
  • Support and manage team to ensure accounts are monitored for non-payments, delayed payments, and other irregularities.
  • Ensure VAT compliance on all invoices received.
  • Interact with leasing team and for monthly rental and fixed utility payments while ensuring reconciliations are completed monthly.
  • Ensure proper reconciliation of accounts and filing of all supporting documents are adhered to.
  • Liaise with stakeholders regarding data and required information on key accounts.
  • Strengthen and grow relationships with creditors and staff by communicating regularly regarding account information including payments, alignment and account updates.
  • Complete reporting requirements according to preset deadlines.
  • Proactively identifies concerns not aligned to workflow processes and procedures and take pro-active steps to address these.

Utilities Management Accountant

CBRE Excellerate
10.2023 - 03.2024
  • Staff management
  • Proactive leadership
  • Proactive Management of staff
  • Conflict Management Skills
  • Training of Staff
  • Weekly reporting back of team performance, which addressing key deliverables
  • Management of departmental performance (Reports/Stats)
  • Prioritizing adhoc requests based on important /urgency and responding timeously
  • Manage the forecast process
  • Manage expense against approved forecast
  • Manage the month end process. Analysing financial information to ensure accurate monthly reporting
  • Ensure that Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliation are done as per set deadlines
  • Management of Balance Sheet accounts- Ageing
  • Manage/Compile monthly reporting
  • Management of Drawdown process (Request to Pay-out)
  • Ensure all Utility processes are followed and met within prescribed deadlines
  • Actively contributing to business process improvements
  • Ensure all business processes are documented and updated regularly
  • Effective supplier/customer relationship management
  • Meeting customers service expectations as per agreed SLA’s

Utilities Management Accountant

CBRE Excellerate
10.2023 - 03.2024
  • Staff management
  • Proactive leadership
  • Proactive Management of staff
  • Conflict Management Skills
  • Training of Staff
  • Weekly reporting back of team performance, which addressing key deliverables
  • Management of departmental performance (Reports/Stats)
  • Prioritizing adhoc requests based on important /urgency and responding timeously
  • Manage the forecast process
  • Manage expense against approved forecast
  • Manage the month end process. Analysing financial information to ensure accurate monthly reporting
  • Ensure that Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliation are done as per set deadlines
  • Management of Balance Sheet accounts- Ageing
  • Manage/Compile monthly reporting
  • Management of Drawdown process (Request to Pay-out)
  • Ensure all Utility processes are followed and met within prescribed deadlines
  • Actively contributing to business process improvements
  • Ensure all business processes are documented and updated regularly
  • Effective supplier/customer relationship management
  • Meeting customers service expectations as per agreed SLA’s

Utilities Administrator Team Leader

CBRE Excellerate
10.2019 - 09.2023
  • Staff management
  • Proactive leadership
  • Proactive Management of staff
  • Conflict Management Skills
  • Training of Staff
  • Weekly reporting back of team performance, which addressing key deliverables
  • Mentoring and Coaching of Staff
  • Management of departmental performance (Reports/Stats)
  • Prioritizing adhoc requests based on important /urgency and responding timeously
  • Ensure accurate and timeous capturing of financial data by staff as per invoice and within SLA
  • Test check data captured for accuracy
  • Ensure outstanding invoices are followed by the staff
  • Ensure batch/invoice uploads are done accurately on daily basis
  • Ensure reconciliations are prioritized by the staff as per the scope of services and within the SLA
  • Proactively review recons timeously
  • Ensure interim/Average expenses are calculated correctly and uploaded.
  • Assist in Budget/Forecast completions for Councils/Municipality/Telkom
  • Manage expenses against approved budget/forecast
  • Analysing financial information
  • Management of Vendor Debit Balance - Transfers
  • Management of Deposits- Request payment and reconciliations
  • Ensure all Utility processes are followed and met within prescribed deadlines
  • Actively contributing to business process improvements
  • Ensure all business processes are documented and updated regularly
  • Effective supplier/customer relationship management
  • Meeting customers service expectations as per agreed SLA’s

Utilities Administrator Team Leader

CBRE Excellerate
10.2019 - 09.2023
  • Staff management
  • Proactive leadership
  • Proactive Management of staff
  • Conflict Management Skills
  • Training of Staff
  • Weekly reporting back of team performance, which addressing key deliverables
  • Mentoring and Coaching of Staff
  • Management of departmental performance (Reports/Stats)
  • Prioritizing adhoc requests based on important /urgency and responding timeously
  • Ensure accurate and timeous capturing of financial data by staff as per invoice and within SLA
  • Test check data captured for accuracy
  • Ensure outstanding invoices are followed by the staff
  • Ensure batch/invoice uploads are done accurately on daily basis
  • Ensure reconciliations are prioritized by the staff as per the scope of services and within the SLA
  • Proactively review recons timeously
  • Ensure interim/Average expenses are calculated correctly and uploaded.
  • Assist in Budget/Forecast completions for Councils/Municipality/Telkom
  • Manage expenses against approved budget/forecast
  • Analysing financial information
  • Management of Vendor Debit Balance - Transfers
  • Management of Deposits- Request payment and reconciliations
  • Ensure all Utility processes are followed and met within prescribed deadlines
  • Actively contributing to business process improvements
  • Ensure all business processes are documented and updated regularly
  • Effective supplier/customer relationship management
  • Meeting customers service expectations as per agreed SLA’s

Team Leader

Bidvest Facilities Management
01.2018 - 09.2019
  • Staff management
  • Proactive leadership
  • Proactive Management of staff
  • Conflict Management Skills
  • Management of staff performance and IR/HR related issues in line with the company process and procedures
  • Training of Staff
  • Weekly reporting back of team performance, which addressing key deliverables
  • Mentoring and Coaching of Staff
  • Management of departmental performance (Reports/Stats)
  • Prioritizing adhoc requests based on important /urgency and responding timeously
  • Ensure accurate and timeous capturing of financial data by staff as per invoice and within SLA
  • Test check data captured for accuracy
  • Ensure outstanding invoices are followed by the staff
  • Ensure batch/invoice uploads are done accurately on daily basis
  • Ensure reconciliations are prioritized by the staff as per the scope of services and within the SLA
  • Proactively review recons timeously
  • Ensure interim/Average expenses are calculated correctly and uploaded.
  • Assist in Budget/Forecast completions for Councils/Municipality/Telkom
  • Manage expenses against approved budget/forecast
  • Analysing financial information
  • Management of Vendor Debit Balance - Transfers
  • Management of Deposits- Request payment and reconciliations
  • Ensure all Utility processes are followed and met within prescribed deadlines
  • Actively contributing to business process improvements
  • Ensure all business processes are documented and updated regularly
  • Effective supplier/customer relationship management
  • Meeting customers service expectations as per agreed SLA’s

Team Leader

Bidvest Facilities Management
01.2018 - 09.2019
  • Staff management
  • Proactive leadership
  • Proactive Management of staff
  • Conflict Management Skills
  • Management of staff performance and IR/HR related issues in line with the company process and procedures
  • Training of Staff
  • Weekly reporting back of team performance, which addressing key deliverables
  • Mentoring and Coaching of Staff
  • Management of departmental performance (Reports/Stats)
  • Prioritizing adhoc requests based on important /urgency and responding timeously
  • Ensure accurate and timeous capturing of financial data by staff as per invoice and within SLA
  • Test check data captured for accuracy
  • Ensure outstanding invoices are followed by the staff
  • Ensure batch/invoice uploads are done accurately on daily basis
  • Ensure reconciliations are prioritized by the staff as per the scope of services and within the SLA
  • Proactively review recons timeously
  • Ensure interim/Average expenses are calculated correctly and uploaded.
  • Assist in Budget/Forecast completions for Councils/Municipality/Telkom
  • Manage expenses against approved budget/forecast
  • Analysing financial information
  • Management of Vendor Debit Balance - Transfers
  • Management of Deposits- Request payment and reconciliations
  • Ensure all Utility processes are followed and met within prescribed deadlines
  • Actively contributing to business process improvements
  • Ensure all business processes are documented and updated regularly
  • Effective supplier/customer relationship management
  • Meeting customers service expectations as per agreed SLA’s

Financial Specialist

Bidvest Facilities Management
10.2015 - 12.2017
  • Preparation of payment proposal
  • Decision making on which account to pay/withhold
  • Review and confirm supporting information for new connection and termination request from Portfolio Managers
  • Liaising with internal role players and external suppliers to ensure corrective action on all final notices and disconnections received
  • Ensure that all (disputes, disconnections notices/queries) information requested and received Councils is communicated to a Team Leader for corrective action
  • Clear amounts due or refundable on terminated accounts prior to status change
  • Liaising with Municipality on specific invoice queries
  • Request inter-account transfers from the Municipality - follow all steps until Balance Sheet Reconciliation
  • Assist with analysis of drawdown report by ensuring all action to address queries have been implemented
  • Be willing analysis with Financial Administrator and Data Capture role as and when needed /required
  • Prepare detailed report of disconnections/disputes on a monthly basis – required for EXCO
  • Active Management of Drawdown Report

Financial Specialist

Bidvest Facilities Management
10.2015 - 12.2017
  • Preparation of payment proposal
  • Decision making on which account to pay/withhold
  • Review and confirm supporting information for new connection and termination request from Portfolio Managers
  • Liaising with internal role players and external suppliers to ensure corrective action on all final notices and disconnections received
  • Ensure that all (disputes, disconnections notices/queries) information requested and received Councils is communicated to a Team Leader for corrective action
  • Clear amounts due or refundable on terminated accounts prior to status change
  • Liaising with Municipality on specific invoice queries
  • Request inter-account transfers from the Municipality - follow all steps until Balance Sheet Reconciliation
  • Assist with analysis of drawdown report by ensuring all action to address queries have been implemented
  • Be willing analysis with Financial Administrator and Data Capture role as and when needed /required
  • Prepare detailed report of disconnections/disputes on a monthly basis – required for EXCO
  • Active Management of Drawdown Report

Financial Administrator

Bidvest Facilities Management
01.2013 - 09.2015
  • Daily management of Council/Municipal/Eskom accounts (Disposed and active accounts)
  • Investigate and clear review items raised on reconciliations
  • Request for invoices from suppliers as required
  • Daily reconciliation of all creditors accounts as per set targets
  • Flag significant deviations of interims raised compared to actual invoices for Team Leader to correct
  • Investigate and clear review items raised on reconciliations
  • Request for invoices from suppliers as required
  • Investigate queries and action accordingly
  • Assist in monthly management of Interim (Estimate) file
  • Prioritisation of important/high value recons as well as queries identified by Financial Specialist
  • Ensuring queries and outstanding issues are resolve timeously
  • Assist with Data Capturer role as and when needed/required
  • Management of Deposit process

Financial Administrator

Bidvest Facilities Management
01.2013 - 09.2015
  • Daily management of Council/Municipal/Eskom accounts (Disposed and active accounts)
  • Investigate and clear review items raised on reconciliations
  • Request for invoices from suppliers as required
  • Daily reconciliation of all creditors accounts as per set targets
  • Flag significant deviations of interims raised compared to actual invoices for Team Leader to correct
  • Investigate and clear review items raised on reconciliations
  • Request for invoices from suppliers as required
  • Investigate queries and action accordingly
  • Assist in monthly management of Interim (Estimate) file
  • Prioritisation of important/high value recons as well as queries identified by Financial Specialist
  • Ensuring queries and outstanding issues are resolve timeously
  • Assist with Data Capturer role as and when needed/required
  • Management of Deposit process

Data Capture

Bidvest Facilities Management
08.2011 - 01.2013
  • Accurate and timely capturing of financial data as per invoices received from Suppliers
  • Accurate and timely capturing of reconciled items from reconciliations prepared by Financial Administrators
  • Collection of outstanding invoices from suppliers by contacting the supplier via telephone or e-mail
  • Follow up on outstanding invoices
  • Be willing to assist with Financial Administrator role as and when needed or required
  • Ensure data integrity - Interims are correctly reversed

Data Capture

Bidvest Facilities Management
08.2011 - 01.2013
  • Accurate and timely capturing of financial data as per invoices received from Suppliers
  • Accurate and timely capturing of reconciled items from reconciliations prepared by Financial Administrators
  • Collection of outstanding invoices from suppliers by contacting the supplier via telephone or e-mail
  • Follow up on outstanding invoices
  • Be willing to assist with Financial Administrator role as and when needed or required
  • Ensure data integrity - Interims are correctly reversed

Data Capture

Bidvest Facilities Management
03.2011 - 03.2011
  • Capturing invoices on SAP

Data Capture

Bidvest Facilities Management
03.2011 - 03.2011
  • Capturing invoices on SAP

Data Capture

Telkom SA in conjunction with ASAJE
07.2008 - 09.2009
  • Use Oracle Database application tool called Stage IT to:
  • Retrieve TSL NE_ID from GENS (Physical Network Inventory) and insert it in appropriate field.
  • Obtain full physical address where DSLAM is located.
  • Use the full physical address to retrieve or generate a TSL location identifier from the online TSL generator and insert in appropriate field on StageIT.
  • The two databases are aligned via oracle based tools called StageIT, which captures everything (i.e. physical address, device status) from the service provider to clients.
  • Analysis of data spreadsheets using excel.
  • At the end of the process of physical links are created on Cramer production system.

Data Capture

Telkom SA in conjunction with ASAJE
07.2008 - 09.2009
  • Use Oracle Database application tool called Stage IT to:
  • Retrieve TSL NE_ID from GENS (Physical Network Inventory) and insert it in appropriate field.
  • Obtain full physical address where DSLAM is located.
  • Use the full physical address to retrieve or generate a TSL location identifier from the online TSL generator and insert in appropriate field on StageIT.
  • The two databases are aligned via oracle based tools called StageIT, which captures everything (i.e. physical address, device status) from the service provider to clients.
  • Analysis of data spreadsheets using excel.
  • At the end of the process of physical links are created on Cramer production system.

Project Assistant Data capturing, Network Infrastructure Provisioning

Telkom SA in conjunction with Sizano Staffing Services
05.2007 - 09.2007
  • Capturing underground Network from SDC to DP
  • Put in Cables
  • To Verify Addresses
  • Verify all information received before capturing to check for correctness
  • Establish and maintain data processing files

Project Assistant Data capturing, Network Infrastructure Provisioning

Telkom SA in conjunction with Sizano Staffing Services
05.2007 - 09.2007
  • Capturing underground Network from SDC to DP
  • Put in Cables
  • To Verify Addresses
  • Verify all information received before capturing to check for correctness
  • Establish and maintain data processing files

Merchandising (casual)

Sport Scene
04.2006 - 12.2006
  • Customer service and stock Taking
  • Stock Taking
  • Merchandising
  • Floor assistant
  • Cashier
  • Arranging of stock

Merchandising (casual)

Sport Scene
04.2006 - 12.2006
  • Customer service and stock Taking
  • Stock Taking
  • Merchandising
  • Floor assistant
  • Cashier
  • Arranging of stock

Education

Grade 12 - English, Afrikaans, Geography, History, Accounting, Business Economics

Loreto Convent School

Diploma - Public Finance & Accounting

UNISA
07.2025

Skills

  • Ms PowerPoint Basic
  • Ms Word 2003/2007
  • Outlook(E-Mail)
  • Ms Excel 2000 Basic
  • Cramer
  • StageIT

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  • ID Number: 8203090315088
  • Citizenship: South African
  • ID Number: 820309 0315 088
  • Date of Birth: 09 March 1982
  • Nationality: South African
  • Marital Status: Single

Educational Qualifications

Loreto Convent School, Grade 12, HG D, HG F, SG C, SG B, SG B, SG D, UNISA, Diploma in Public Finance & Accounting, In process, Selected Accounting Standards and Simple Group Structures (FAC 2602), General Financial Reporting (FAC 3701), Financial Accounting IA,IB,IIA &IIB, End –User Computing IA & IB, Public Management IA & IB, Economics IB, Auditing IIA,IIB,IIIA & IIIB, Cash-flow management, Corporate Law IIA & IIB, Debtors management, Bank Reconciliation, Financial statement

References

  • Mrs Moira Botha, 011 911 8505, 083 490 5771, CBRE Excellerate, Utility Controller
  • Mr Tony Motsamai, 082 308 7453, Bidvest Facilities Management, Senior Financial Manager
  • Miss Nonku Kuhlase, 012 641 4120, 078 950 4922, Bidvest Facilities Management, Financial Manager

Hobbies and Interests

  • Reading
  • Watching International and local news
  • Music
  • Internet
  • Movies
  • Playing tennis

References

  • Mrs Moira Botha, 011 911 8505, 083 490 5771, CBRE Excellerate, Utility Controller
  • Mr Tony Motsamai, 082 308 7453, Bidvest Facilities Management, Senior Financial Manager
  • Miss Nonku Kuhlase, 012 641 4120, 078 950 4922, Bidvest Facilities Management, Financial Manager

Timeline

Account Payable Controller

CBRE Excellerate
04.2024 - Current

Account Payable Controller

CBRE Excellerate
04.2024 - Current

Utilities Management Accountant

CBRE Excellerate
10.2023 - 03.2024

Utilities Management Accountant

CBRE Excellerate
10.2023 - 03.2024

Utilities Administrator Team Leader

CBRE Excellerate
10.2019 - 09.2023

Utilities Administrator Team Leader

CBRE Excellerate
10.2019 - 09.2023

Team Leader

Bidvest Facilities Management
01.2018 - 09.2019

Team Leader

Bidvest Facilities Management
01.2018 - 09.2019

Financial Specialist

Bidvest Facilities Management
10.2015 - 12.2017

Financial Specialist

Bidvest Facilities Management
10.2015 - 12.2017

Financial Administrator

Bidvest Facilities Management
01.2013 - 09.2015

Financial Administrator

Bidvest Facilities Management
01.2013 - 09.2015

Data Capture

Bidvest Facilities Management
08.2011 - 01.2013

Data Capture

Bidvest Facilities Management
08.2011 - 01.2013

Data Capture

Bidvest Facilities Management
03.2011 - 03.2011

Data Capture

Bidvest Facilities Management
03.2011 - 03.2011

Data Capture

Telkom SA in conjunction with ASAJE
07.2008 - 09.2009

Data Capture

Telkom SA in conjunction with ASAJE
07.2008 - 09.2009

Project Assistant Data capturing, Network Infrastructure Provisioning

Telkom SA in conjunction with Sizano Staffing Services
05.2007 - 09.2007

Project Assistant Data capturing, Network Infrastructure Provisioning

Telkom SA in conjunction with Sizano Staffing Services
05.2007 - 09.2007

Merchandising (casual)

Sport Scene
04.2006 - 12.2006

Merchandising (casual)

Sport Scene
04.2006 - 12.2006

Diploma - Public Finance & Accounting

UNISA

Grade 12 - English, Afrikaans, Geography, History, Accounting, Business Economics

Loreto Convent School

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