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Blake Faulkner

Blake Faulkner

Cost Accountant
Durban ,South Africa

Summary

Self-driven, motivated, determined, persistent, innovative, logical, technically inclined and hands on. Have worked in various roles in a number of different industries which has given valuable experience. Display good leadership qualities when managing a team. Enjoy managing projects to completion. Good team player.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Cost Accountant

Jasco Manufacturers
PINETOWN, KZN
12.2013 - Current
  • Manufacturing components costing
  • Sales order maintenance
  • Customer pricing
  • Bills of materials maintenance
  • Stock transfers
  • Scrap sales
  • Material requirements maintenance
  • New projects costing
  • Business development
  • Assisted with implementation of new High Voltage Units for Schneider Electric

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Jasco Manufacturers
Pinetown, KZN
11.2019 - 11.2020
  • Acting manager engineering department
  • Engineering change requests
  • Tooling repairs and quotes
  • New component manufacturing implementation
  • Business development and new project start ups
  • Approve new manufacturing processes
  • Customer liaison
  • Quality control
  • New systems implementation
  • Systems and costings

Managing Member

Vikela Afrika Waste Care
Pinetown, KZN
07.2008 - 11.2013
  • Setting up company
  • Financial management
  • Operations management
  • Project management new technology
  • General management
  • Achievements – successfully obtained department of health contract managing medical waste in Mpumalanga

Divisional Manager

PRESTIGE CLEANING
, KZN
04.2003 - 06.2008
  • Manage new contract startups
  • Manage contract profitability
  • Manage operations managers
  • Iso 9000 implementation
  • Client calling
  • Industrial relations
  • Asset management
  • Manage subcontractors
  • Ohs act – setup and maintain health & safety compliance
  • Manage staff compliment of 3 managers 12 supervisors and 269 staff
  • Major achievements – took over running Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital. Took it from running one million behind budget to exceeding budget by four million by end of financial year

Business Owner

MIW Business Services
Hillcrest, KZN
10.2002 - 04.2003
  • Electronic bookkeeping
  • Selling of electronic accounting systems
  • Implementing new accounting system
  • Computer sales
  • It support

Financial Manager / Operations Manager

COMPASS WASTE SERVICES
Pinetown, KZN
01.1999 - 09.2002
  • Startup of new company all operational procedures and documents
  • Budget preparation
  • Managed admin finance department
  • Monthly financial pack preparation and presentation
  • I.T -Support and management
  • Infrastructure implementation and management
  • New facility project management
  • Installation of new plant equipment
  • Client liaison (hospital administrators, managed logistics of eight trucks
  • Major achievements - Implement new technology to treat medical waste

Regional Accountant

Multichoice, Durban
Westville, KZN
03.1997 - 12.1998
  • Preparation of monthly management pack
  • Monthly recons
  • Adhoc projects
  • Project managed new building and move
  • I.T -Support
  • System support
  • Managed admin and finance staff
  • Manage all facilities
  • Multichoice kaleidoscope (randburg – corporate

Junior Accountant

Multichoice
Randburg, GP
07.1995 - 02.1997
  • Preparation management pack for jv companies
  • Capturing of cashbook
  • Implemented the interface of billing system to the accounting system
  • Recons for various accounts
  • Financial year end functions
  • Major achievements – i worked with programmers and designed and interface from billing system into cashbook
  • This was previously manually captured which caused numerous capturing errors as well as been time consuming

Senior Finance Clerk

MNET
Randburg, GP
10.1992 - 06.1995
  • Monthly reconciliation of subscriber payments to cashbook
  • Process journal entries
  • Stores controller
  • Subscriber refunds

Apprentice Mechanic

Town And Country Ford Midrand
Midrand, Gauteng
01.1992 - 09.1992
  • Servicing
  • Mechanical repairs
  • Diagnostics
  • Warranty repairs
  • Pre-delivery inspections new vehicles

Apprentice Mechanic

Cumberland Motors
Randburg, GP
05.1990 - 12.1991
  • Servicing
  • Mechanical repairs
  • Diagnostics
  • Welding
  • Electrical repairs

Front of House Manager

Porterhouse Restaurant
Randburg, Gauteng
12.1989 - 04.1990

Education

Diploma - Business Management

Damelin
Rosebank
01.1993 - 12.1993

BCompt - Accounting And Auditing

UNISA
Pretoria
02.1994 - 11.1996

Fusion 360 Beginners Course

Udemy
Online
10.2022 - 11.2022

Skills

Managerial skills

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Certification

2004 – ISO 9000 COMPLIANCE – PRESTIGE IN HOUSE COURSE

Software

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Syspro

Fusion360

Corel Draw

Microsoft Query

Pastel Accounting

Interests

Mountain Biking; Gym; Reading Non-Fiction (South African Politics) , Woodworking

Timeline

Fusion 360 Beginners Course

Udemy
10.2022 - 11.2022

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Jasco Manufacturers
11.2019 - 11.2020

Cost Accountant

Jasco Manufacturers
12.2013 - Current

Managing Member

Vikela Afrika Waste Care
07.2008 - 11.2013

Divisional Manager

PRESTIGE CLEANING
04.2003 - 06.2008

Business Owner

MIW Business Services
10.2002 - 04.2003

Financial Manager / Operations Manager

COMPASS WASTE SERVICES
01.1999 - 09.2002

Regional Accountant

Multichoice, Durban
03.1997 - 12.1998

Junior Accountant

Multichoice
07.1995 - 02.1997

BCompt - Accounting And Auditing

UNISA
02.1994 - 11.1996

Diploma - Business Management

Damelin
01.1993 - 12.1993

Senior Finance Clerk

MNET
10.1992 - 06.1995

Apprentice Mechanic

Town And Country Ford Midrand
01.1992 - 09.1992

Apprentice Mechanic

Cumberland Motors
05.1990 - 12.1991

Front of House Manager

Porterhouse Restaurant
12.1989 - 04.1990

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