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Fayroza  Lakay

Fayroza Lakay

29 Amandel Road, Bonteheuwel Cape Town

Summary

Confidence drives my energy and I accept challenges with a smile. I live up to my responsibilities and believe that commitment, integrity, common sense, and good judgment should be used indispensably in maintaining professionalism. I am hopeful that my acquired expertise is sufficient to attain employment within your institution.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Executive Assistant - 10 Executive Members

Sanlam Collective Investments
08.2023 - Current
  • Diary Management
  • Aim/Goal to ensure meetings are confirmed with EXCO member 2 days prior to meeting taking place.
  • Schedule recurring meetings (& dates on which inputs are due) in advance.
  • Use scheduling software to manage diary effectively.
  • Schedule all appointments and meetings in diary within 24 hours of receiving them.
  • Travel Management
  • Travel bookings to be booked 1-2 weeks in advance; final confirmation at least 2 BD before travel date
  • Book all flights and accommodation for business trips.
  • Achievable: Use travel management software to manage bookings effectively.
  • Event Co-Ordination
  • All items to needed for event to be confirmed to EXCO member 2 days before event (Venue, Catering, Adhoc items such as stationery orders etc.)
  • Use event management software to manage event effectively.
  • Ensure that all aspects of event are relevant to business and organized within 24 hours of receiving request.
  • Meeting Management
  • Minute taking for Sanlam Collective Investments and ABSA Fund Managers EXCO; distribute draft minutes & action items within 2 BD after the meeting.
  • Compiling and distributing packs for SCI & AFM EXCO meetings, quarterly SCI F&R meeting; distribute packs within 4 BD prior to the meeting.
  • Office Management
  • Office cleaner and Kitchen suppliers (continuously)
  • H/O Stationery (ad hoc)
  • SCI Birthday and Condolences (daily)
  • Fibre reimbursements & Other finance payments (monthly)
  • SCI Data Cleanup (Distribution lists); once-off clean-off & quarterly review
  • FICA
  • Collate all responses obo SCI and submit to requester within 10 BD post receipt of request
  • Collect rates and taxes documents of all EXCO members – every 3 months.
  • Quarterly checks, UBOʼs and Director updates

Project Management Co-Ordinator

Sanlam Collective Investments
01.2023 - 07.2023
  • Scheduling regular meeting and recording decisions (assigned tasks and next steps)
  • Breaking projects into doable tasks and setting timeframe.
  • Creating and Updating workflows
  • Conduct Risk Analysis
  • Prepare and provide documentation to all relevant parties.
  • Order resources – Equipment and Software
  • Retrieve necessary information to support project plan.
  • Track Expenses and Predict future costs.
  • Monitor project progress and address issues.
  • Coordinate quality controls to ensure requirements are met.
  • Reporting on project performance
  • Input initial Job setups and Change Order setups into operating system.
  • Responsible for taking and updating minutes of monthly project review meetings.
  • Preparation and issuance of Subcontract Agreements and Purchase Orders.
  • Preparation and issuance of Subcontractor Change Orders and associated budget revisions.
  • Processing of Submittals and updating of Submittal log if required.
  • Assisting the Project Manager in processing all Requests for Information (RFIʼs), Request for Pricing, Service and/or Startup Requests if required.
  • Assistance with project start‐up and close‐out activities
  • Research and reconcile Subcontractor or Vendor invoice issues.
  • Overseeing multiple CRM projects across various platforms.
  • Project Management platforms

▪ Project portfolio Office

▪ Jira

▪ CRM

▪ MS Project

HR and Payroll Associate

Boldr Impact
08.2022 - 01.2023

▪ Updating and managing contracts on BambooHR

▪ Managing leave (holiday, sick, overtime)

▪ Co ordinating induction and probation periods of all staff.

▪ Managing employee helpdesk – identify day to day help requirements and redirecting/tracking matters across organization.

▪ Managing disciplinaries and warnings

▪ Review annual performance and career path discussions.

▪ Identify performance objectives and tracking KPIʼs.

▪ Weekly wages and Monthly Salary – Collect timesheets, prepare excel and process.

▪ System: SimplePay

▪ Processing payroll transactions

▪ Update and proper recordkeeping of all payroll information

▪ Update employee information and files

▪ Process employee benefit transactions (e.g., health insurance, medical aid and retirement fund)

▪ Complete all UIF documentation including those for store audits.

▪ Add new employees – creating employees, rate updates, leave allocation and personal details updates.

▪ Terminate employees.

o Scheduling regular meeting and recording decisions (assigned tasks and next steps)

o Breaking projects into doable tasks and setting timeframe.

o Creating and Updating workflows

o Conduct Risk Analysis

o Prepare and provide documentation to all relevant parties.

o Order resources – Equipment and Software

o Retrieve necessary information to support project plan.

o Track Expenses and Predict future costs.

o Monitor project progress and address issues.

o Coordinate quality controls to ensure requirements are met

o Reporting on project performance

Finance & Admin Controller

Elliot Awnings
04.2022 - 08.2022

o Answering phone calls & WhatsApp Queries (receptionist)

o Creditors and Debtors Invoice filing

o CEO appointment management

o Creditors and Debtors

▪ Invoicing of final completion of jobs – Pastel Express

▪ Monthly statements

▪ Age Analysis

▪ Reconciling COD Suppliers

▪ Phone and email

o HR

▪ Contracts for new employees

▪ Disciplinaries

▪ Staff File – Update

▪ Leave

Weekly Reports – Pastel

▪ Back Orders, Age Analysis, Sales Journal

o Order Placement

▪ Stationery and Office Consumables

o Payroll – Pastel System

▪ Weekly wages and Monthly Salary – Collect timesheets, prepare excel and process

▪ System: Pastel/Sage 300 Accounting

▪ Processing payroll transactions – Loans, overtime and allowance

▪ Managing clocking system, importing hours to excel sheets and sage

▪ Update and proper recordkeeping of all payroll information

▪ Update employee information and files

▪ Process employee benefit transactions (e.g. health insurance, medical aid and retirement fund)

▪ Complete all UIF documentation including those for store audits

▪ Add new employees – creating employees, rate updates, leave allocation and personal details updates

Terminate employees

SARS and UIF submittings (handling of Efiling and UIF declaration)

Finance Officer: Customer Service

Zando
08.2020 - 03.2022

o Build, train, manage, and maintain an effective day-to-day responsibility of:

▪ Customer refunds

▪ Payment fraud management

▪ Finance investigations of customer exception

o Engagement with internal stakeholders (Customer Service, Marketing) to align and scale business process

o Proactively identify and manage customer payment risks

o Investigate and resolve customer payment queries efficiently and timely

o Monitoring Payment systems and reporting of customer payment KPIʼs

o Investigating and troubleshooting systemic issues and escalating to internal stakeholders

o Work closely with payment providers to investigate exceptions and manage risks

o Managing Customer Refunds process end to end

o Resolving Payment partner and Bank related queries

o Ad hoc duties, as required within the finance department

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Zando
11.2019 - 08.2020

● Monitoring assessments completed per week,

● Compiling daily and weekly trend report,

● Monitoring coachingʼs and

o Customer service calls and Emails

Aug 2020 - Mar 2022

o Providing and assisting Head of Customer Service

o Team Leader - HR Queries, Absenteeism discussions, Performance discussions, Deep dives on CSAT

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Teleperformance
09.2017 - 11.2019

o WBR – trends (strengths, pass rate, general trends, TCDs/line items) CSAT repOrt. Recommendations given.

o Scrubbing – Sales & Home Movers (Deep dive & Insight analysis)

o Support to the Operations team to share & drive CSAT as well as compliance improvement

o Monitor and report on Quality - Root-Cause, Resolution, Telesales & Home movers)

o Drive through improvement initiatives to implementation

o Support necessary functions to ensure new updates are successfully scoped and rolled out with all advisors and Team leaders

o Assist with compiling, analyzing and driving Contact Resolution improvement

o Provide operation with a weekly and monthly view of customer performance and identify the levers which will drive improvements

o Contribute to the development of reporting systems for all levels of the customer journey

o Assist in the development of robust quality improvement coaching and training processes to drive continuous improvement

▪ Provide clear insight into performance drivers and the levers which impact performance

o Host Calibration – UK or Agent forum

o Weekly reporting on agent surveys and client updates

o Agent quality monitoring results for both Sales & Home move, suggest possible actions and monitor adherence by TL and agents

o Compliance Analysis (Root-Cause, Resolution, Sales – Telesales and Home movers).

o CSAT Analysis (Root-Cause, Resolution, Trends)

● Monitoring assessments completed per week,

● Compiling daily and weekly trend report,

● Monitoring coaching and

● Checking QA rep's accuracy - Variances reports conducted on assessments

o Mentors & motivate team members on performance

Communicate company goals & deadlines - daily team huddles

Store Administrator: HR & Finance

Woolworths
09.2013 - 03.2016
  • Manage cash activities
  • Issue, receive and order of controlled stationary
  • Control of high risk keys
  • Collate all documents of float discrepancies
  • Conduct random till spot checks
  • Finalize and close off Cash Analysis
  • Reconcile vouchers
  • Scrutinize, reconcile and retain reports
  • Capture in store voucher on recon assist
  • Capturing of orders on Oracle.
  • RECEPTION: Enquiries (telephonic or at counter), Switchboard (screening calls), Sign for goods received. Maintain general office tasks

Education

Diploma - Accounting

Institution of Certified Bookkeepers
Cape Town
02.2018 - Current

Certificate - Accounting

Get Smarter
Cape Town
02.2024 - 04.2024

Matric Certificate - Matric

Rhodes High School
Mowbray, Cape Town
01.2012 - 12.2012

Skills

  • MS Office

  • Google Suite Knowledge of project

  • Administration Principles

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skill

  • Excellent organizational and time management skill

  • Project activities and Reporting

  • Executive Support

  • Information confidentiality

  • Calendar Management

  • Travel Coordination

  • Project Management

Additional Information

Woolworths - Sharnel Fourie - 0837466306

Teleperformance - Gerard Engelbrecht - 0714189698

Zando - Agmad Kriel - 0825098958

Elliot Awnings - Sue-Ellen - 0813356037

Sanlam Collective Investments - Watheeqah Kader - 0605031182

Sanlam Collective Investments - Nelize Jacobs - 0837572383 / Sylvester Kgatla - 0729749277

Timeline

Certificate - Accounting

Get Smarter
02.2024 - 04.2024

Executive Assistant - 10 Executive Members

Sanlam Collective Investments
08.2023 - Current

Project Management Co-Ordinator

Sanlam Collective Investments
01.2023 - 07.2023

HR and Payroll Associate

Boldr Impact
08.2022 - 01.2023

Finance & Admin Controller

Elliot Awnings
04.2022 - 08.2022

Finance Officer: Customer Service

Zando
08.2020 - 03.2022

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Zando
11.2019 - 08.2020

Diploma - Accounting

Institution of Certified Bookkeepers
02.2018 - Current

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Teleperformance
09.2017 - 11.2019

Store Administrator: HR & Finance

Woolworths
09.2013 - 03.2016

Matric Certificate - Matric

Rhodes High School
01.2012 - 12.2012
Fayroza Lakay