Edna Kamanga

• This role entailed supporting the CEO, CFO, and finance team.
• Contributed to Business Digital Transformation Strategy for Operational Efficiency, Data Strategy for Data-Driven Decision Making, Risk Management, Business Process Compliance, Governance, and Process Management.
• Project-managed successful business process migration to cloud infrastructure platforms. This increased operational efficiency. Reduced internal IT operational costs by 5%.
• Was key to gathering of project information requirements and analyzing stakeholder pain points. Documenting process definitions for business process automation. Collaborating with robot process automation developers to ensure business requirements are translated with understanding and automated processes are developed in line with security best practices frameworks which meet stakeholder governance requirements. Deal with test validation queries.
• Created sales forecasting data models to support decision-making processes.
• Increased efficiency in resource allocation by conducting detailed business requirements analysis, and sales forecast reporting.
• Developed data mining algorithms to identify and classify patterns in data
• Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations
• Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback
• Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement,
• Analyzed open orders, backlog, and sales data to provide sales team with insights
• Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators
• Enabled data-driven decision-making with advanced analytics tools, generating valuable insights to add business value.

• This role entailed managing the finance reporting function, planning, and implementing finance IT-related projects. Mentoring, supervising and supporting the team on finance related matters.
• In this role I improved finance reporting processes by automating mundane tasks, which improved productivity by 45%, freeing up resource time to take on new responsibilities, thereby reducing operational overheads by 15%.
• Calculating and reconciling tax due and payable to the revenue authority. Ensure entry of data records is captured in line with adopted reporting standards. Recommend ways of dealing with business financial transactions.
• Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning. Developed cost cards, which were key inputs to budget formulation and setting profit-required targets. This was key to investigating variances with actual achievements.
• Financial reports were enhanced to allow profitability analysis methods to incorporate non-financial metrics into evaluations, resulting in a more holistic view of company performance.
• Tracked debtor collections and creditors payments, prepared cash flow statements, and reconciled accounts.
• Collaborated with accounting team and managers to comply with governing bodies and limit regulatory risks.
• Collaborated closely with external auditors during annual reviews, ensuring timely completion of audit procedures without any significant findings or adjustments required.
• Initiated comprehensive account assessments to check viability, stability, and profitability of business operations.
• Developed comprehensive financial reports for senior management, facilitating effective decision-making based on accurate data insights.

• As an independent consultant, I offered business administration services that included dealing with various compliance issues with regulatory bodies. This included dealing with tax compliance issues and ensuring organisations are in good standing.Dealing with SARS, managing BBBEE audits and external auditors’ queries
• Integrated technology and business operations to identify targeted solutions to customer issues.
• Mentored junior consultants within the team, contributing to their professional development and growth as independent consultants themselves.
• Integrated technology and business operations to identify targeted solutions to customer issues.
• Implemented practices and procedures to reduce expenditures and increase savings.
• Improved organizational structures within client companies by implementing best practices in management techniques.
• Reviewed internal systems and organized training plans to address areas in need of improvement.

• Prepare Financial and Management Accounts report. Capture transactions on General Ledger, Prepare debtors and creditors reconciliations reports.
• Handled payroll processing for employees, ensuring timely payment and adherence to tax regulations.
• Transformed business process operations from manual to enterprise resource planning system.
• Reduced financial discrepancies through transaction monitoring and management.
• Communicated proactively with team members regarding any issues or concerns related to bookkeeping tasks.
• Generated invoices upon receipt of billing information and tracked collection progress.
• Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
• Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
• Managed and responded to correspondence and inquiries from customers and vendors.

Masters in Digital Business Management

Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Business Management

Governance and Compliance Practitioner

Governance and Compliance Officer