Bridget Dikeledi Kgopane
Accountant
Pretoria East
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Acting Management Accountant
06.2022 - Current
- Preparing monthly management accounts and other financial reports such as budgets and performance report.
- Presenting reports to senior management to aid with business decision making.
- Compiling strategies that will reduce business costs and increase revenue.
- Participation in project such pricing, review of policy and cost saving initiatives
- Advising on the financial implications of business decisions.
- Developing and overseeing financial systems and procedures and identifying opportunities to improve these.
- Controlling income and expenditure within the business and ensuring that expenditure is in line with budgets.
- Overseeing accounting technicians and support with generic accountancy tasks.
- Communicating with all levels within the organization and being able to present financial information to non - finance members of staff.
- Analyzing and managing risk within the business.
- Review of Policies and Procedure
- Risk Identification and implementation effective control measures
- Assisting with Strategic Planning of the organization
- Monthly Management Report for Business unit and Group
- Monthly Capex Reporting
- Expense Monitoring
- Financial performance reporting and presentation
- Annual Budget Preparations
- Budget and Forecasting
- Ad -hoc projects e.g. Cost saving initiatives and system development
- Analysis of the variances on Income Statement
- Monthly Management Report for Business unit and Group
- Monthly Capex Reporting
- Expense Monitoring and Evaluation
- Revenue and Cost analysis
- Financial performance reporting and presentation
- Annual Budget Preparations
- Correction of Misallocated costs
- Capex budget and reporting
- Capex Job costing Management
- Capex Monitoring and Reporting.
- Financial performance reporting and presentation
- Annual Budget Preparations and engagement with different stakeholders
Contract Accountant (Supply Chain Management)
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Gather all information relating to contracts and ensure completes and accordance
- Ensure availability of budget for each contract to ensure cost are not overran
- Prepare a forecast based on the contract duration
- Genera Standing contract order on the system and ensure approval prior procuring
- Review about to expire contract and ascertain if contract need to be renewed or service provide needs to be changes
- Align all process according to the PFMA.
- Ensure all document required are enclosed
- Participate on the tender process with the business unit managers to ensure correct processes are used.
- Attend the Tender meetings
- Prepare commitment report for finance and report
- Engage with the Project Manager regarding new contracts and provide updated information with regards to open order and commitments for accrual purposes.
- Reconcile stock accounts and ensure inventory if verified and balance to GL balance.
- Laisse with relevant stakeholder regarding outstanding information on contract.
Revenue Accountant (External and Internal)
07.2021 - 12.2021
- Record or revenue related invoices on the system once off
- Ensure all revenue in complying with the IFRS standards and is properly recorded according to the standard.
- Classification of Revenue and income receive and advance
- Month recognition of the deferred revenue to the Statement of Profit and loss
- Monitor payment received in respect of the service rendered
- Engage with the allocation department to process to the debtor account
- Analyze the revenue account and ensure
- Reconcile of the cash account
- Accrue all invoices that service is already rendered
- Reconcile the Accrual revenue account.
- Prepare monthly reports for Management and executives
- Analyze the WIP and resolve long outstanding orders that has not converted to orders
- Reclassify Completed work in progress to Revenue.
- Engage with year-end audit both internal and external
- Gather all audit information relating to revenue
- Assisting business unit with processes
- Review policy relating to Revenue recording
- Update and revise system process relating to revenue
- Update system with price increases/changes
- Assist with the preparation of the Note in the Annual financial statement and prepare a schedule of Revenue number.
- Reconcile the Revenue received in advance and ensure reclassification
- Risk Management relating to Revenue recording and mitigation there after
- Prepare credit note requests and memo’s to Executives for authorization for cancellations, fee amendments and account discrepancies, hand over to Debtors for processing and ensure processing of credit note afterwards through control sheet reconciliation
- Record on the Credit note register
- Follow up with managers on unsigned credit note requests
- Prepare intercompany invoices and ensure invoices as matched from AP department
- Ensure all vat process are adhered to
- Perform intercompany transactions
- Prepare and initiate payment ren for all intercompany transacti9n in accordance with the intercompany netting procedure
- Prepare month end reports relating to intercompany
- Identify errors and ensure that errors a corrected
- Reconcile the Intercompany account analyse the discrepancies’ and follow up on long outstanding
- Ensure intercompany are balance
- Prepare Intercompany elimination for consolidati9on purposes
- Identify Gaps in the process and find ways to improve
- Communicate issue relating to intercompany and ensuring the all parties are aligned
- Review and analyse the intercompany account balances and ensure the outstating transaction are posted
Financial accountant
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Gather and monitor financial data (e.g. sales revenues and Profitability Analysis)
- Assist with the preparation monthly, quarterly and annual statements (balance sheets and income statements)
- Prepare Forecast costs and revenues
- Manage tax payments to ensure timeous submission
- Vat Returns calculation and submission
- Organize internal audits
- Assist with the tax computation and year end.
- Review and update policies
- Prepare budgets (for the entire company and by department)
- Monitor and report on accounting discrepancies
- Balance sheet Reconciliations
- Monthly allocation of Provisions prepayments and deferred income
- Bank Reconciliation
- Manager Petty cash
- Control, safeguard and retrieve, source documents
- Analysis and interpretation to provide meaning full decision-making information
- Monitoring cost relating to IFRS 16 (Leases) and ensure correct reclassification
- Prepare the Lease schedule for monthly interest and depreciation calculation
- Record Employee leave provision
- Preform accruals as month end and year end
- Capturing beneficiation on the bank account
- Capturing payment on the bank account and obtain approval from the delegated indivials
Project Accountant
09.2018 - 10.2020
- Collect cost information and maintain an expenses database
- Construct data accumulation systems
- Determine fixed costs (e.g. salaries, rent and insurance)
- Plan and record variable costs (e.g. purchases of raw material and operations costs)
- Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies
- Prepare budgeting reports (for the company and for each department)
- Analyse and report profit margins
- Prepare (monthly, quarterly and annual) cost forecasts
- Cost Variance analysis
- Verify payment and approve
- Manages, Work in Progress, Liabilities and Commitments
Project Accountant
09.2018 - 10.2020
- Collect cost information and maintain an expenses database
- Construct data accumulation systems
- Determine fixed costs (e.g. salaries, rent and insurance)
- Plan and record variable costs (e.g. purchases of raw material and operations costs)
- Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies
- Prepare budgeting reports (for the company and for each department)
- Analyse and report profit margins
- Prepare (monthly, quarterly and annual) cost forecasts
- Cost Variance analysis
- Verify payment and approve
- Manages, Work in Progress, Liabilities and Commitments
Accountant Fixed Assets
SABS
04.2008 - 08.2018
- Review the Capex motivations and ensure procurement process to the delivery stage
- Update the Register with the new acquisition tangible and not tangibles Assets
- Classification of Asset to the Correct class in the balance sheet account.
- Transfer of asset on the system as per request from business unit or prior verification
- Dispose Redundant assets
- Revalue asset at the year end and record transaction accordingly
- Reclassification of assets when the change of intention from management
- Impair assets and recording transaction accordingly
- Ensure correctness and accuracy depreciation allocation to the Statement of profit and loss.
- Reconcile the fixed asset register to Balance sheet as well as deprecation in the Statement of profit and loss
- Month end Reporting on Fixed assets and Work in progress
- Revise the Policy and Procedure
- Assist Business Unit with Fixed Assets queries
- Daily maintenance of the register
- Monthly Depreciation run and update to General ledger
- Fixed Asset Adjustment and Correction on General Ledger
- Preparation of Property, Plant and Equipment, Intangibles Assets, right of use and Leased assets, disclosure and Notes including supporting working schedules
- Recording of prepayment of all software related license to the balance sheet and subsequently realize the monthly allocation to the Income statement
- Identify any possible fixed assets the meet the PPE or Intangible asset Criteria from the Statement of profit and record the reclassification
- Perform Annual Fixed Asset Verification
- Perform IAS 16 Residual live exercise
- Engage with Internal/External Audit queries
- Updating of changes on Register
- Revise the Policy and Procedure
- Assist Business Unit with Fixed Assets queries
- Daily maintenance of the register
- Defered tax calculations and recording
- Annual useful life revision, revaluation and recording of fair value profit or loss
- Prepare fixed asset notes to the AFS in accordance with relevant accounting standards, the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act) and South African Revenue Service (SARS) allowances.
- Prepare a schedule for all non-current assets to the AFS in accordance with standards
- Participating on revision of Fixed assets policy
- Continually monitor the processes and advise to improvement of process manually and systematically
- Identify risk relating to Fixed assets process and develop a mitigation plan Junior Financial accountant
Accountant: Fixed Assets and Intercompany
Nampak Management Services
05.2005 - 03.2008
- Ensuring that the company assets are safeguarded and maintained.
- Physical verification is properly done.
- Ensuring that fixed assets policy is adhered to.
- Following the process on acquiring new assets of the company
- Dispose all assets not of use to the company
- Month-end running/calculations for depreciation of all the active assets.
- Month-end reconciliation of fixed assets.
- Month-end reporting of assets.
- Transferring of assets between business units
- Assist with audit at year end.
- Prepare intercompany invoices and ensure invoices as matched from AP department
- Ensure all vat process are adhered to
- Perform intercompany transactions
- Prepare and initiate payment ren for all intercompany transacti9n in accordance with the intercompany netting procedure
- Prepare month end reports relating to intercompany
- Identify errors and ensure that errors a corrected
- Reconcile the Intercompany account analyse the discrepancies’ and follow up on long outstanding
- Ensure intercompany are balance
- Prepare Intercompany elimination for consolidati9on purposes
- Identify Gaps in the process and find ways to improve
- Communicate issue relating to intercompany and ensuring the all parties are aligned
- Review and analyse the intercompany account balances and ensure the outstating transaction are posted
Fixed Assets Accountant
Standard Bank of South Africa
05.2002 - 04.2005
- Ensuring that the company assets are safeguarded and maintained.
- Physical verification is properly done.
- Ensuring that fixed assets policy is adhered to.
- Following the process on acquiring new assets of the company
- Dispose all assets not of use to the company
- Month-end running/calculations for depreciation of all the active assets.
- Month-end reconciliation of fixed assets.
- Month-end reporting of assets.
- Transferring of assets between business units
- Assist with audit at year end.
General Accountant
Standard Bank of South Africa
01.1997 - 04.2002
- Accounts payable/Intercompany clerk
- Credit Management: Accounts Receivable and Billing.
- Validating the creditors invoices prior recording on the system
- Ensuring all creditors invoices are recorded on the system
- Follow up on outstanding invoice as per reconciliation
- Ensuring correctness of the account to be posted on the GL.
- Ensuring the vat is calculated correctly.
- Daily Cash management is also efficient, to ensure that the is cash available to meet company obligation
- Working capital management by ensuring that sufficient cash to meet the day to day activities
- Handle stationery requisitions and Petty cash
Education
Advance Diploma in Management Accounting - Project and relationship Management, Management Accounting, Financial Management
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
B Com Management Accounting - Economics, Accounting 1, Business Management, Financial Reporting, Management Reporting, Cost Accounting, Financial Management, Commercial law, Investment Management, Cost accounting and control, Taxation, Management Accounting, Investment, Selected Accounting Standard and Simple Group Structures, Financial Management, Risk Management, Financial Management, Strategic Management, Internal Auditing Processes, Strategic Planning and Implementation, General Financial Reporting, Distinctive Financial Reporting, Taxation for individuals and companies, Financial Planning and Control, Investment Management, Management accounting as an aid in decision making
University of South Africa
01-2016
Accounting and Secretarial Certificate - Computer Typing, Accounting Data Processing, Communications and presentation, Public Relations and Costumer relations, Office Practice /General administration, Customers Service
Krugersdorp Technical College
01-1996
Grade 12 - Accounting, Business Management, Economics, Mathematics, English, Afrikaans, Tswana, Mathematics
Thuto - Lefa Secondary School
01-1993
Skills
Numeral, Analytical, Communication and Organizational and planning skills
Written and Verbal Communications
Good Presentation skills
Project Management skills
People Management skills
Conflict Management
Negotiation skills
Independent worker and Team player
Multitasker – ability to handle various tasks
Good emotional Intelligence and Assertiveness
Results orientated and ability to work on tight deadline
Certification
Certificate Obtained/Completed coursed: SAP General Ledger, SAP Fixed Assets, SAP Accounts Receivable, SAP Accounts Payable, SAP Capex Planning, Oracle JDE, Oracle NetSuite - Project, MS Excel Advance, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, Power BI, Business Intelligence
Timeline
Acting Management Accountant
06.2022 - Current
Contract Accountant (Supply Chain Management)
01.2022 - 05.2022
Revenue Accountant (External and Internal)
07.2021 - 12.2021
Financial accountant
11.2020 - 06.2021
Project Accountant
09.2018 - 10.2020
Project Accountant
09.2018 - 10.2020
Accountant Fixed Assets
SABS
04.2008 - 08.2018
Accountant: Fixed Assets and Intercompany
Nampak Management Services
05.2005 - 03.2008
Fixed Assets Accountant
Standard Bank of South Africa
05.2002 - 04.2005
General Accountant
Standard Bank of South Africa
01.1997 - 04.2002
Advance Diploma in Management Accounting - Project and relationship Management, Management Accounting, Financial Management
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
B Com Management Accounting - Economics, Accounting 1, Business Management, Financial Reporting, Management Reporting, Cost Accounting, Financial Management, Commercial law, Investment Management, Cost accounting and control, Taxation, Management Accounting, Investment, Selected Accounting Standard and Simple Group Structures, Financial Management, Risk Management, Financial Management, Strategic Management, Internal Auditing Processes, Strategic Planning and Implementation, General Financial Reporting, Distinctive Financial Reporting, Taxation for individuals and companies, Financial Planning and Control, Investment Management, Management accounting as an aid in decision making
University of South Africa
Accounting and Secretarial Certificate - Computer Typing, Accounting Data Processing, Communications and presentation, Public Relations and Costumer relations, Office Practice /General administration, Customers Service
Krugersdorp Technical College
Grade 12 - Accounting, Business Management, Economics, Mathematics, English, Afrikaans, Tswana, Mathematics
Thuto - Lefa Secondary School