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Christabell Shumba

Finance Business Partner
Johannesburg,Gauteng
Christabell Shumba

Summary


Savvy Finance Business Partner with 5 years of senior-level accounting experience and in-depth knowledge of financial concepts. Demonstrated to function in complex and volatile financial environment. Proficient in use of general ledger systems to analyze company finances.

Overview

21
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

WESTCON COMSTOR

Finance Business partner (Services & Global customers)
12.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Responsible for supporting the Global Financial Services Manager with global customer accounts (EMEA, APAC & WI) and the services line within the business.
  • Monthly forecasting of Revenue, COGS and costs for Services
  • Analyzing Automated rebates for Global customers and posting adjusting journals
  • Preparation of Recons for services and posting entries to adjust margin
  • Reviewing COPA for high or low margin deals
  • P&L Analyses and investigation of variances
  • Posting prepayments and accruals
  • Preparation of Monthly Management Reporting pack for the services business
  • Preparation of Commission schedules for Services teams and Submission to payroll
  • Monthly review of balance sheet recons( Accrued and deferred revenue)
  • Reconciliation of Rebates balance sheet and clearing old aged items.
  • Supporting the budgeting process yearly ( preparation of files for input by managers and loading into Hyperion)
  • Adhoc Sales order queries

WESTCON GROUP SHARED SERVICES

General Ledger Analyst
03.2021 - 11.2023

Job overview

  • Prepared daily/weekly/monthly bank reconciliations for EMEA ensuring they were processed in an efficient and timely manner
  • Produced and reviewed coding entries from bank postings that were appropriate and auditable
  • Interrogated suspense items on the bank reconciliations and sought resolution
  • Supported coding requests from accounts payable and AR functions
  • Performed Foreign Currency revaluations in SAP
  • Peer reviewed other bank reconciliations & supported team members
  • Processed Journals in SAP system for the Finance Shared services
  • Performed Monthly and Quarterly Balance sheet Reconciliations and Investigations
  • Prepared Schedules for Prepayment release from Balance Sheet Account to P&L
  • Prepared Fuel card Accruals and Updated the VAT Fuel Scale reports
  • Supported the Intercompany Function with Vendor Rebates Matching and Processing Recharges.
  • Worked to improve processes in these assigned accounting functions
  • Performed other duties that were needed to support the accounting department.

WESTCON GROUP SHARED SERVICES

Accounts Receivable Analyst
11.2018 - 09.2020

Job overview

  • Released orders for EMEA entities taking into consideration the Customers Credit profile, Ageing and Risk profile
  • Allocated Cash Receipts from Customers
  • Built and maintained relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the Customer Accounts Payable teams, Westcon Collections Teams and Westcon finance leadership
  • Managed and kept records of customer remittance advices
  • Ensured complete accuracy of allocation of payments to invoices on the customer account according to remittance advices received
  • Performed adjustments for FX rate differences, bank charges and other small underpayments.
  • Worked with collections teams to ensure timely accurate allocation of payments if remittance advices have not been provided.
  • Performed Write Offs as directed, and once appropriate approvals had been provided
  • Provided regular reporting of unallocated items and gave explanations where it was necessary to do so.
  • Was able to co-share with the team, a queue of 400 payments each day in such a manner that all cases for the day had been attended to by close of business
  • Worked to improve processes in the accounts receivable function.

DSV SOUTH AFRICA SHARED SERVICES

Cash Management Specialist
01.2017 - 11.2017

Job overview

DSV SOUTH AFRICA SHARED SERVICES

Senior Accounts Receivables Specialist
10.2015 - 12.2016

Job overview

DSV SOUTH AFRICA SHARED SERVICES

Intercompany Accounts Payable Specialist
11.2013 - 09.2015

Job overview

MYMARKET.COM TRAVEL

Credit Card Reconciliation Clerk
07.2011 - 07.2013

Job overview

BMH HOLDINGS

Cashbook Clerk
08.2010 - 06.2011

Job overview

WINGS CORPORATE TRAVEL

Accounts Payable Administrator
10.2008 - 07.2010

Job overview

STANBIC BANK ZIMBABWE

Cheque Liaison Officer
11.2004 - 06.2008

Job overview

Education

Chartered Institute of Management Accounting CIMA
United Kingdom

CIMA Adv Dip MA from Management Accounting
01.2023 - Current

University Overview

Management Level: In progress

University Of South Africa

B COM from Financial Management
01.2019

University Overview

Skills

Budgeting and Forecasting

References

References
Available Upon Request

Software

SAP

Microsoft Excel

SAP Business Objects

Power BI

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Timeline

Finance Business partner (Services & Global customers)
WESTCON COMSTOR
12.2023 - Current
Chartered Institute of Management Accounting CIMA
CIMA Adv Dip MA from Management Accounting
01.2023 - Current
General Ledger Analyst
WESTCON GROUP SHARED SERVICES
03.2021 - 11.2023
Accounts Receivable Analyst
WESTCON GROUP SHARED SERVICES
11.2018 - 09.2020
Cash Management Specialist
DSV SOUTH AFRICA SHARED SERVICES
01.2017 - 11.2017
Senior Accounts Receivables Specialist
DSV SOUTH AFRICA SHARED SERVICES
10.2015 - 12.2016
Intercompany Accounts Payable Specialist
DSV SOUTH AFRICA SHARED SERVICES
11.2013 - 09.2015
Credit Card Reconciliation Clerk
MYMARKET.COM TRAVEL
07.2011 - 07.2013
Cashbook Clerk
BMH HOLDINGS
08.2010 - 06.2011
Accounts Payable Administrator
WINGS CORPORATE TRAVEL
10.2008 - 07.2010
Cheque Liaison Officer
STANBIC BANK ZIMBABWE
11.2004 - 06.2008
University Of South Africa
B COM from Financial Management

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