“Corlea’s unwavering commitment, loyalty, and hard work contributed significantly to the success and implementation of the long-term strategy of DFA’s business. She continuously exceeded business and customer expectations in terms of delivery and quality. In her most recent role as head of the Revenue Assurance function, her vision and the execution of her efforts resulted in high-value cost recoveries and the prevention of major revenue losses. It is in her character to find and implement solutions that unlock value for all stakeholders. I believe any business would benefit greatly from Corlea looking after their best interests.”
Thinus Mulder
Dark Fibre Afica Chief Executive Officer – March 2016–September 2021
Dark Fibre Afica Chief Finance Officer – October 2008–March 2016
Established the Revenue Assurance (RA) function and supporting capabilities. Led a team of analysts to prevent revenue leakage and recover costs. Supported executive management with data-driven decision making and medium- to long-term financial modeling and strategic planning. Using the Quickbase low-code development platform, solved the bulk of the team’s information-management challenges in an agile way without incurring costs and the time delays of procuring specialized resources needed for development.
Put the RA system in place by developing the database, reports, and dashboards that combine data from multiple internal sources to support functional analysts. Delivered quality action-driven dashboards to support functional and cross-functional decision making, including day-to-day operations, reporting on business performance against targets, and steering business decisions. Created the ten-year business module that tracks and manages contracts. Raised performance in sales, management, and operations by identifying and targeting areas in need of improvement. Managed regular process updates to reduce inefficiencies and enhance scheduling across production calendars and programmes. Oversaw continuous development of tools and workflows to manage critical business processes.
Implemented several improvement initiatives to digitalize processes and improve information management. Business analysis work on enterprise projects. Business architecture work in support of designing and implementing a new Revenue Assurance function.
Coordinating the Technical department’s delivery of the core network. Developed the processes, life cycle, and programme management the Layer 2 product implementations and reporting for the Technical department. Created business management statistics, tracking the business case against actuals and managing inventory.
Managed the IT department. Analyzed user requirements, mapped processes, and created system requirements from user requirements. Managed development of these systems, tested the systems , and offered training and support on the systems.
Analyzed different build projects and risks and revenue involved. Analyzed resource capacity and recommended best profitable solution by defining the civil, optical and last-mile build priorities. Tracked and managed the financing bank module for drawdowns.
Reconciled accounts receivable ledger to verify payments and resolve variances and Processed bill reminders and consulted with third-party collection agency to resolve past-due customer accounts.
Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies, and Prepared vendor invoices and processed incoming payments.
Responsible for the IT department and education of all the learners
Responsible for the IT department and education of all the learners
Responsible for Business Economics Grade 9
Here is a synopsis of my accomplishments and an overview of my key strengths:
• Created the first customer invoices (first payment from Vodacom: R70 mil) {2009}
• Design and Analyse all Processes for DFA {2009 – 2014}
• Create the DFA budgets {2010 – 2012}
• Develop the DFA assets register that indicates all DFA infrastructure as well as the Client networks (OSP) {2010-2013}
• Build and maintain the Bank modules for the drawdowns of our funding {2009 – 2014}
• Create and manage the DFA rollout (building the routes with the least amount of costs to achieve the most revenue) {2011 – 2012}
• Project manage the most significant client and put processes in place to deliver the first phase of tower links (DFA provided over 900 of the 1200 links in one year to Vodacom) {2011}
• Implemented the first round of DFA Systems {2012 – 2013}
• KAM for the DFA Network, coordinating the Node build, Equipment installations, and the links to these nodes. {2014 - current}
• Program Manage DFA active links by creating processes, training other divisions on the product rules and procedures, and managing these products' implementation. {2014 - 2017}
• FTTH delivery, manage the full FTTH implementation for all current DFA Projects {2014 - 2017}
• Manage the stock receive and movements to assets for NSA division {2014 – 2017, 2017 budget: R184 mil}
• Recover Revenue leakage to assist in making DFA target {Sept 2017 - current}, mainly by:
· Build the RA app to track and manage Revenue (Monthly revenue = R200mil)
· Recover R100mil with initiating cost recovery projects with regards to Cancellations (2020)
• Major part in the creation of the ten-year plan based on Cost and Product drivers, the module is currently one of the main tools in the CIVH & Vodacom transaction (2021)