Getruth Mthembi
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
Johannesburg
Summary
Well- seasoned and Business-minded Finance Manager with over five years of progressive experience across accounting, finance, taxation, auditing and advisory. Skilled in working with a diverse portfolio of clients including listed, private and public entities. Brings both South African and international exposure, having spent over a year in the United Kingdom. Recognized for a strong track record of delivering high quality results on time, driving financial excellence, and effectively leading and developing teams in fast paced environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Work History
Finance Manager
Tuning Fork (Pty) Ltd (YAMAHA) - Motor/Retail/Manufacturing Industry
Sandton, South Africa
04.2025 - Current
- Prepared and reviewed Annual Financial Statements to ensure integrity , compliance with IFRS, and alignment with management reporting objectives.
- Led month-end and year- end closing processes, ensuring timely and accurate submission of financial results.
- Increased financial efficiency by streamlining and automating financial reporting processes.
- Reviewed and approved balance sheet reconciliations, identifying variances and implementing corrective actions to maintain integrity of financial data.
- Reviewed tax returns to ensure accuracy and compliance with statutory laws.
- Ensured compliance with local, state, federal tax regulations; timely filing of all required documents, mitigating potential penalties or fines.
- Developed and monitored budgets and forecasts, providing strategic insights to support decision - making and cost optimization.
- Prepared management reports and variance analyses to highlight key business drivers , risks and opportunities.
- Managed cash flow and working capital, optimizing liquidity and ensuring business sustainability, allowing for timely investment and debt reduction.
- Liaised with external auditors to ensure smooth audit processes and compliance with audit requirements.
- Implemented risk management strategies to protect company assets and minimize losses.
- Fostered culture of continuous improvement by training team members on financial best practices and software enhancements.
- Collaborated with IT to develop secure, efficient electronic invoicing system, reducing processing times and errors.
- Played key role in strategic planning sessions, offering insights that shaped company direction and growth.
- Established robust financial controls and policies, significantly reducing risk of fraud and ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
- Reviewed Balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting standards
- Reviewed tax returns to ensure accuracy and compliance with tax laws.
- Reported directly to Financial and Managing directors.
Financial Accountant
MOGS (Pty) Ltd - Mining, Oil and Gas Industry & Investment
Johannesburg, South Africa
11.2024 - 04.2025
- Prepared and presented financial reports to senior management that provided insights into the organization's financial health.
- Analyzed and interpreted financial statements to identify trends and
variances in the company's financial performance. - Played a key role in the development of the business plan by
providing valuable insights and support. - Conducted a comprehensive assessment to identify assets in
distress, evaluating the financial health and operational performance
of key assets across the organization. - Conducted budget analysis and forecasting to inform decision-making and ensure compliance with budgetary goals.
- Developed and implemented internal controls to streamline
processes and improve accuracy of financial data. - Prepared detailed management accounts, ensuring accuracy and
timeliness in reporting financial performance for the organization. - Consolidated multiple financial statements from various subsidiaries,
aligning with group reporting standards, and ensuring consistency
across all entities. - Collaborated closely with auditors to ensure the prompt and efficient
provision of necessary information, facilitating a smooth and timely
audit process.
Chartered Accountant
PWC - Accounting, Auditing, Tax and Advisory
Birmingham
02.2023 - 06.2024
- Responsible for planning all the way to finalisation of the project. This included but not limited to:
- Developed and implemented internal controls to streamline processes and improve accuracy of financial data. This included identifying control deficiencies, fraud and providing insightful recommendation to tighten the processes.
- Conducted audits of financial records to ensure accuracy and compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), IFRS , UK FRS 101/2. This includes audit of both private and listed entities as well as PCAOB.
- Conducted budget analysis and forecasting to inform decision-making and ensure compliance with budgetary goals.
- Analysed financial statements and created reports to present to stakeholders, resulting in improved decision-making.
- Calculated tax for multiple entities and audited client's tax computation to ensure compliance with applicable laws.
- Reconciled financial accounts and identified discrepancies, resulting in improved accuracy of financial statements.
- Analysed financial statements to identify potential areas of improvement and cost savings.
- Prepares separate and consolidated cash flow statements to provide insights on stakeholders into whether they have a shortage or excess of cash on hand and provided recommendations to improve cash flows.
- Tested journal entries to determine whether material misstatements (fraud or error) have occurred from the use of inappropriate, fictitious or unauthorised journal entries and provided insightful recommendation over journal entry controls.
- Assessed the Going concern of multiple entities to determine whether the entity has the resources needed to continue operating in the future.
- Complex testing, ie. IFRS 2|3|9|10|13|15|16|18 and IAS 1|2|7|10|12|16|19|21|23|24|27|32|33|37|40.
- Generated weekly, monthly, and annual financial reports for management.
- Client profile:
- Lifts and engineering services (private limited company) - Manufacture of lifts and handling equipments
- TK Access Solutions Limited (Private limited company) - Agents specialised in the sale of particular products
- Essentra PLC (Public Limited company) - Manufacturing / distribution
- PE Blossom Holdings Limited (Private Limited company) - Holdings companies
- Sandvik Limited (Private limited company) - Manufacturing
- FluidOne Limited (Private limited company) - Wired telecommunications
- Lancelot Limited (private limited) - Business services
- Mondelez UK Limited (private company) - Manufacturing / Retail
- Cadbury Limited (private company) - Retail
Trainee accountant
BDO - Accounting, Auditing, Tax, Advisory, Investment and Forensics
Sandton
01.2020 - 01.2023
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to perform audit of statutory entities. This included involvement in audit planning all the way to audit finalisation.
- Performed walk through of business processes, to understand business process and assess whether the controls are appropriate to prevent / detect or correct misstatement (fraud or error).
- Fraud assessment to help businesses identify fraud in their company and provide resolutions to prevent fraudulent activities in order to enable the business to meet its operational and financial goals.
- Taxation calculations and auditing tax computations to ensure compliance with applicable laws
- Prepared and maintained a system to monitor the project's progress and meet deadlines
- Drafting audit reports for review by engagement partners.
- Accounts reconciliation such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, analysed and resolved discrepancies.
- Consolidated cash flows
- Created a budgeting system that reduced operating costs.
- Reviewing annual financial statements to ensure compliance with applicable reporting standards and providing insightful recommendations.
- Analysing models to ensure that the inputs are accurate and complete and agreed to the supporting documents.
- Conducted lifestyle audit to support the forensic team to ensure that the selected individuals live within their means and flagged anomalies where applicable.
- Complex testing- ie. IFRS 2|3|5|7|8|9|10|11|13|15|16|18| IFRS for SME's & IAS 1|2|7|8|10|12|16|19|21|23|24|27|28|32|33|36|37|38|39|40.
- Client Profile:
- Hulisani Limited – Power energy
- Cognition Holdings limited – Marketing
- South African Airways Limited – Airlines
- African Phoenix Investments Limited – Investment
- City of Johannesburg Municipality
- HCI (Pty) Ltd – Investment
- Transnational Freightlink (Pty) Ltdn- Transportation
- SA Institute of International Affairs (Independent public policy. – Research/ Education
- Tamarisk Model – Corporate Finance
- Transnet Limited - (Lifestyle audit)
- Intocast (Pty) Ltd – Manufacturing
- Group Africa Marketing (Pty) Ltd – Marketing
- Mineral Sands resources (Pty) Ltd - Mining exploration
Education
Honors - Chartered Accountancy
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa12.2019
Grade 12 - undefined
Tshebedisano Secondary School
Kanana, South AfricaBcom - Chartered Accountancy
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa12.2018
Skills
Full IFRS & IFRS for SME's
IAS Standards
Cash flows
SA & UK Tax
Accounts reconciliation
Review financial statement
Entity environment & controls
Fraud assessment
Data & Cost analysis
Lifestyle audit/ forensic audit
Financial management
Project & time management
Leadership
Business acumen
Team player
Microsoft 365
Data snipper & PDF
CaseWare
Syspro
References
- Help desk, pwcuk+peoplereferences@service-now.com, +448081001500, PWC
- Sharice, Pillay, People & Culture officer, Sepillay@bdo.co.za, +27114881935, BDO
- Mathapelo, Selebano, Accountant, mkselebano@gmail.com, +447443174981, MHA Bakery
Timeline
Finance Manager
Tuning Fork (Pty) Ltd (YAMAHA) - Motor/Retail/Manufacturing Industry
04.2025 - Current
Financial Accountant
MOGS (Pty) Ltd - Mining, Oil and Gas Industry & Investment
11.2024 - 04.2025
Chartered Accountant
PWC - Accounting, Auditing, Tax and Advisory
02.2023 - 06.2024
Trainee accountant
BDO - Accounting, Auditing, Tax, Advisory, Investment and Forensics
01.2020 - 01.2023
Grade 12 - undefined
Tshebedisano Secondary School
Bcom - Chartered Accountancy
North West University
Honors - Chartered Accountancy
North West University