Dorothy Dongo
Johannesburg
Summary
Dorothy Dongo is an experienced accountant and Finance Manager with over nine years' experience in leading and managing the finance function of the organization with the following skills and competencies. Compliance in Finance management, internal controls, procurement ,donor compliance and reporting, Human resource policy compliance. Designing finance manuals, procurement policies and reviewing them to comply with organizational development and statutory regulations. Experience in international accounting in the NPO environment. Leading and directing auditing teams for a seamless audit process. Dorothy is proficient in verbal and written communication skills, team building skills and ability to work independently. Dorothy is organized and a dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude, detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Dorothy has the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Dorothy is seeking for a position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance and Operations Manager
Skateistan South Africa
01.2023
- Managing and enforcing financial and internal control procedures
- Experience in managing the procurement function, compliance with service level agreements, donor requirements and organisational policy
- Experience in designing finance manuals, policies, controls, and procedures
- Proficiency in preparing and managing the full audit process and engaging with auditors
- Proven track record of supervising staff and coordinating the work of cross discipline teams
- Excellent analytical, report writing and communication skills
- Expertise resource mobilization and grant management and donor reporting
- Preparing and reviewing financial statements and management accounts
- Proficiency in financial capturing, reconciliation, review of accounts up to trial balance
- Preparing and managing budgets through budget variance analysis
- Perform financial forecasting and cashflow management
- Experience in bank management, investment management and cashflow management of the whole organisation to ensure the investments and deposits gets the maximum possible interest returns.
Finance and Operations Officer
Skateistan South Africa
06.2020 - 12.2022
- Responsible for full finance function
- Preparing monthly management accounts
- Review general ledger accounts
- Process journals, cashbooks, bank management, bank reconciliations
- Review payment requisitions from departments and obtain authorization
- Process payment of suppliers, creditors, employee' reimbursements
- Ensure financial policies and procedures are up to date and complied with
- Assist with expenditure forecasts for organization and monitor monthly expenditure against budgets
- Preparation of annual financial statements
- Grants management
- Preparation of budgets for proposal submissions
- Preparing finance reports for donor reports
- Audits
- Undertake audit preparations to ensure efficient annual audit
- Ensure that audit findings are resolved
- Operations Management
- Oversight of maintenance of facility
- Procurement of skilled labor for tasks that cannot performed internally
- Procurement of office equipment and consumables.
Finance and Monitoring Officer
Children of the Dawn
07.2018 - 05.2020
- Responsible for the full finance function
- Preparing monthly management accounts and Finance reports
- Review general ledger accounts
- Review the effectiveness of accounting and reporting systems on an ongoing basis
- Process journals, cashbooks, bank management, bank reconciliations
- Process payment of suppliers, employee' salaries and reimbursements
- Update financial policies and procedures and ensure they complied with
- Grants management
- Preparation of project budgets
- Monitor and ensure adherence to project budgets
- Audits
- Prepare audit files and engage auditors to ensure an efficient audit process
- Resolve audit findings
- Donor Liaison
- Maintain relationships with donors through updates, donor reporting
- Office management
- Developing and enforcing procurement guidelines
- Procure office equipment and consumables
- Maintain the fixed asset register
- Beneficiary database management
- Adding new beneficiaries, removing exiting, and updating beneficiary details.
Accountant
ORT South Africa Operational Trust
07.2015 - 06.2018
- Accounting function
- Responsible for processing cashbooks, bank reconciliations, and process journals
- Create cost codes for new projects and new GL codes for new expenses
- General ledger maintenance
- Create creditors accounts on Pastel
- Processing travel claims
- Uploading payments on Standard Bank Business Online
- Sent customer invoices and monthly statements
- Donors/Debtors Function
- Process monthly debit orders and credit card debits
- Raise Section 18A certificates and email them to donors
- Bank management
- Closely manage bank daily to check for all transactions, Inter-company transfers
- Keeping a record of debit orders and dates that money is deducted and making sure there are always funds in bank as and when required
- Loading banking details for new suppliers and for new staff on business online
- Maintain Fixed asset register
- SARS Returns
- PAYE and UIF submissions on SARS e-filing
- Use VAT box on Pastel to calculate VAT returns / refund
- Make VAT submissions on SARS e-filing.
Facilitator and trainer
ORT South Africa Operational Trust
04.2012 - 06.2015
- Training and facilitation workshops for Intermediate Phase Maths Teachers in Soweto under the GPLMS project
- Mentoring Intermediate Maths teachers on teaching methods and remediation in Maths education
- Developing training material
- Conducting training with the Youth of Soweto in entrepreneurship training
- Monitoring and Evaluation of projects.
Educator
Gauteng Department of Education
01.2009 - 12.2011
- Grade 8 and 9 Mathematics teacher at Dalesview Secondary School in Johannesburg South District.
Educator
Ministry of Education- Zimbabwe
01.1997 - 12.2006
- High School Educator in several schools in Masvingo and Midlands province.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
MANCOSA
Johannesburg, South Africa06.2024
Post Graduate Diploma - Post Graduate Diploma in Management Accounting
University of South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance
University of South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa12.2014
Bachelor of Education - Education Administration
Midlands State University
Gweru, Zimbabwe12.2006
Skills
- Managing and enforcing financial and internal control procedures
- Experience in managing procurement function, compliance with service level agreements, donor requirements and organizational policy
- Experience in designing finance manuals, policies, controls, and procedures
- Proficiency in preparing and managing full audit process and engaging with auditors
- Proven track record of supervising staff and coordinating work of cross discipline teams
- Excellent analytical, report writing and communication skills
- Expertise resource mobilization and grant management and donor reporting
- Preparing and reviewing financial statements and management accounts
- Proficiency in financial capturing, reconciliation, review of accounts up to trial balance
- Preparing and managing budgets through budget variance analysis
- Perform financial forecasting and cashflow management
- Experience in bank management, investment management and cashflow management of whole organization to ensure investments and deposits gets maximum possible interest returns
- Good writing and verbal communication skills in English
- Dorothy is lifelong learner who is adaptable and flexible to change Dorothy has analytical and problem solving capabilities Dorothy works well in deadline driven and pressurized environment Dorothy is mature and ethical individual with high personal standards of trustworthiness, honesty, accountability, and work ethic Dorothy is a good team player who is passionate about financial and grant management and compliance and is looking to build and develop her career in this area
- Fluent in written and verbal communication
Personal Information
Female, True
Contact Details
dorothydongo@gmail.com, 073 050 7444
References
My references are available on request.
Timeline
Finance and Operations Manager
Skateistan South Africa
01.2023
Finance and Operations Officer
Skateistan South Africa
06.2020 - 12.2022
Finance and Monitoring Officer
Children of the Dawn
07.2018 - 05.2020
Accountant
ORT South Africa Operational Trust
07.2015 - 06.2018
Facilitator and trainer
ORT South Africa Operational Trust
04.2012 - 06.2015
Educator
Gauteng Department of Education
01.2009 - 12.2011
Educator
Ministry of Education- Zimbabwe
01.1997 - 12.2006
MBA - Business Administration
MANCOSA
Post Graduate Diploma - Post Graduate Diploma in Management Accounting
University of South Africa
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance
University of South Africa
Bachelor of Education - Education Administration
Midlands State University
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