Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Language Ability
Professional Development Courses
Computer Packages
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Carmen Kleyn

Accountant
Edenvale

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Administator

BP Fuel
02.1992 - 06.1997

• Debtors R2 million per annum — 500 accounts

• Captured invoices on Accpac

• Posted invoices/statements

• Managed account limits and deposits

• Ageing analysis monitoring

• Reconciled creditors

• Captured invoices

• Prepared payments for Accountant

• Managed 1 cash book

• Allocated all transactions to relevant accounts

• Captured bank statement entries on system

• Bank recons on system

• Checked bank statement debit orders

• Journals for amendments on debtors / creditors

• Managed 12 staff

• Handled all leave for staff

• Printed and distributed staff pay slips

• Updated medical aid contributions

• Handled statutory returns: PAYE, SDL, UIF, VAT — cheque payments

• Handled wages and timesheets

• Stock purchasing

Junior Bookkeeper

Meateng Engineering
07.1997 - 06.2001

Debtors

• Annual turnover R70 million — 40 debtors

• Compiled invoices for all projects

• Captured invoices on Pastel

• Posted/e-mailed/faxed statements and invoices

• Age analysis 30, 60 and 90 day accounts

• Credit control duties — sent letters of demand — handed over to attorneys


Creditors

• Reconciled creditors

• Captured invoices on Pastel

• Loaded payments on Nedbank Electronic Banking System

• Sundry creditors


Cash Books x 2

• Printed bank statements online daily

• Allocated all transactions to relative accounts

• Captured bank statement entries on Pastel

• Bank recons on Pastel

• Checked debit orders monthly

• Payments via EFT


General Ledger

• Journals for amendments on Debtors, Creditors and month end journals

• Monthly income statement and Trial Balance to Chief Accountant

• Petty cash journals — Excel spreadsheets


General Admin / H R

• Managed staff sick leave, annual leave, study leave

• Ensured PAYE and UIF deductions correct

• Printed and distributed staff pay slips

• Handled medical aid contributions

• Submission to SARS of statutory returns: PAYE, SDL, UIF, VAT


General

• Handled motor vehicle maintenance and license renewals

• Application for tax clearance certificates to SARS

• Handled HP purchases

• Handled loan applications to Banks

• Handled Workmen’s Compensation application

• Responsible for credit cards, garage cards etc and their limits

• Assisted auditors with year end functions

• Managed foreign and local bank accounts


Petty Cash

• Monthly recons on Excel

• Journalized all entries on system


Please Note:

Started off full day and ended up afternoons only while company winded down

Senior Bookkeeper to B.S.

Themba Consultants (Pty) Ltd
6 1999 - 9 2009

Debtors

  • Annual turnover R20 million 100 debtors +/-
  • Oversee data capturer of recoverable disbursements for invoicing
  • Compiled progress reports for resident engineers
  • Compiled percentage based and time based invoices from progress reports
  • Captured invoices on Proman Accounting Package
  • Invoices / statements delivered/e-mailed/posted to clients
  • Scan invoice / statement onto pc and saved on company server under relevant project
  • Print detailed client electronic account from accounting package and reconcile with hard copy statements
  • Printed debtors ageing analysis — 30, 60 and 90 day accounts
  • Sent reminder letters and letters of demand with statements
  • Handed over overdue accounts to Attorney
  • Meeting with MD weekly regarding outstanding monies


Creditors

  • Reconciled creditors
  • Captured invoices on Accounting package
  • Printed ageing analysis
  • Reconciled electronic ageing analysis from accounting package with hard copy statements
  • Payments via EFT — Standard Bank
  • Managed Sundry creditors


Cash Book x 4

• Printed bank statements from online banking daily

• Allocated all transactions to relevant accounts

• Captured bank statement entries in Accounting Package

• Did bank recons

• Checked all bank accounts daily — monitored overdraft — transfer between accounts

• Checked bank statements to ensure correct debit orders deducted monthly

• Loaded new beneficiaries / amended details on electronic banking system

• Electronic Payments


General Ledger

• Journals for amendments on debtors, creditors and month end journals

• Captured journals received from Auditors on depreciation

• Journals to keep asset register up to date

• Monthly income statement, trial balance and balance sheet

• Compile / update budgets

• Meetings with 3 Directors on projections and amendments of future income

• Assisted auditors with year end financial audit

• Petty cash journals and monthly Excel Spreadsheets




Accountants Manager

ACDC Dynamics
10.2009 - Current

Job Duties

  • Supervising, monitoring and evaluating the day tot day accounting activities for all ACDC Branches and Franchises.
  • Establish financial status by developing and implementing systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying and reporting financial information.
  • Analyze variances and initiate corrective actions
  • Provide support to budget and forecasting activities
  • Ensure accounting information contribute to strategic plans and reviews
  • Resolve problems for teams being managed by this position
  • Identify trends
  • Determine system improvements
  • Work with Auditors to ensure a clean and timely year end audit
  • Perform monthly and quarterly Bank compliance activities
  • Implementing and training of Finance staff on new software rollouts


Managing Team of 4 Bookkeepers:

  • Debtors full function
  • Creditors full function
  • Cashbook capturing and bank recon
  • GL account recons
  • VAT returns and submissions
  • Audit file preparation
  • Weekly and Monthly reporting


Managing Team of 8 Credit/Debtors controllers:

  • Debt Collection
  • Credit limit management
  • Query resolving
  • Customer service
  • Legal handovers
  • Monthly/Weekly reporting


Managing Team of 3 Vetting Clerks:

  • Compiling of Customer application forms
  • FICA documents vetting
  • Vetting reports via ITC
  • Creating of new customer accounts on Accpac
  • Management of amendments per customer account
  • Monthly reporting


Managing Team of 4 Returns/Credits Clerks

  • Assessing return documents according to company returns policies
  • Attend to price discrepancies per line items
  • Verification of items quantities
  • Creating credit notes on the system
  • Monthly reporting


Financial reporting to MD/CFO for 5 Branches and 12 Franchises

  • AR ageing reports
  • Outstanding COD reports
  • AR hand over for legal action
  • Attending to Insurance claims and progress reports
  • Managing/Negotiating Renewal contract based on Asset registers and Fleet lists
  • Assessing Import rates via Forwarding companies
  • Cashflow daily/weekly/ monthly


Treasury duties

  • Clearing of incoming foreign payments for Global banking
  • Managing of 34 bank accounts
  • Nedbank Payments for all ACDC companies
  • Liaising with Bank for rate negotiations
  • Managing Call and Investment accounts





Education

High School Diploma -

Commercial High School
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
04.2001 - 04.1991

Skills

  • Financial Reporting
  • Audit Support
  • General Ledger Management
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Time Management
  • Multitasking
  • Excellent Communication
  • Self Motivation
  • Staff Management

Language Ability

Afrikaans/ English

Professional Development Courses

  • Allenby Power of Learning Academy — Accounting 1, 2000
  • Allenby Power of Learning Academy — Accounting 11, 2001


Computer Packages

  • Pastel V7
  • Microsoft
  • Syspro
  • Accpac
  • Xero
  • Cin7

Timeline

Accountants Manager

ACDC Dynamics
10.2009 - Current

High School Diploma -

Commercial High School
04.2001 - 04.1991

Junior Bookkeeper

Meateng Engineering
07.1997 - 06.2001

Finance Administator

BP Fuel
02.1992 - 06.1997

Senior Bookkeeper to B.S.

Themba Consultants (Pty) Ltd
6 1999 - 9 2009
Carmen KleynAccountant