SAP
HARRISON NDUDUZI NYAMBIYA
Financial Accountant
Midrand, Gauteng
Summary
Meticulous expert Financial Accountant with over 5+ years of experience and advanced accounting, mathematical and software experience. Successful at keeping accounts current and accurate for compliant financial recordkeeping. Well-organized, dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Always account to excel.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
27
27
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Financial Accountant
Ster Kinekor Theatres
07.2021 - Current
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by uncovering and correcting outstanding financial problems and account errors.
- Organized budget documentation and tracked expenses to maintain tight business controls.
- Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.
- Assessed data and information to verify entry, calculation, and billing code accuracy.
- Input financial data and produced reports using SAP and VISTA.
- Contributed to financial and operational risk reduction by evaluating effectiveness of controls and subsystems.
- Trained 6 employees in finance department on established practices and accounting protocols to eliminate workflow snarls and tracking concerns.
- Conduct detailed risk analyses to assess potential investments.
- Delivered exceptional project management and addressed complex business strategy for senior leadership.
- Maintain Fixed and leased asset ledgers and recons.
- Perform day end procedures on financial systems, ensure successful end to end process.
- Monitoring and developing monthly reports of revenues and expenditures for projects.
- Support Cinema's/Departments during monthly reporting, including clearing reporting validations and differences.
- Providing monthly reports (Revenue/P&L) to management for HO cost center's/sites.
- Providing input and support to internal and external auditors into all audits as required.
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close and ensuring that monthly packs
Junior Accountant
Ster Kinekor Theatres
07.2019 - 06.2021
- Prepared journal entries and entered into system using SAP.
- Managed complex finance projects under direction of senior management to meet deadlines and budget limitations.
- Assisted with preparation of monthly financial statements.
- Implemented and maintained internal controls and accounting procedures.
- Evaluated and improved financial records to make important business decisions.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
- Used accounting software to issue tax returns and prepare consolidated reports.
- Leveraged finance knowledge to strengthen controls and improve transparency.
- Managed supplier accounts and built lasting relationships with suppliers.
- Reviewed business operations and obligations to help organization function at acceptable level.
- Ensure film contracts are signed off correctly by all parties
- Capture film rental terms accurately
- Perform film rental calculations
- Prepare monthly film rental reports and recons
- Verify film rental postings for accuracy
- Ensure statements are received timeously from distributors
- Support Cinema's/Departments during monthly reporting, including clearing reporting validations and differences
Accounts Payables
Ster Kinekor Theatres
10.2018 - 06.2019
- Produced month-end closing reports and provided actionable suggestions on remittance for quick resolution.
- Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.
- Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Assemble, review and verify invoices and check requests
- Flag and clarify any unusual or questionable invoice items or prices
- Sort, code and match invoices
- Set invoices up for payment
- Enter and upload invoices into system
- Process Film rental invoices and prepare payment.
- Track expenses and process expense reports
- Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments
- Prepare and perform check runs
- Post transactions to journals, ledgers and other records
- Reconcile accounts payable transactions
- Prepare analysis of accounts
- Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
- Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues
- Maintain vendor files
- Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries
- Produce monthly reports
- Assist with month end closing
- Provide supporting documentation for audits
- Maintain accurate historical records
- Maintain confidentiality of organizational information
Credit Controller – Temp
SPARK Schools
01.2018 - 08.2018
- Devised collection recovery strategies to resolve customer issues and delinquent cases.
- Reduced past due balances and bad debt by coordinating collection efforts with customer service, sales and billing departments.
- Optimized credit approval and collection processes, improving operational efficiencies by 10%.
- Obtained payments and entered details into system.
- Performed checks of customer creditworthiness and current situations.
- Analyzed applicants' financial status and credit and property evaluations to determine loan feasibility.
- Reached out to customers to check on payments and convey options.
Credit Controller
Imperial Health Sciences (South Africa
07.2016 - 06.2017
- Reduced past due balances and bad debt by coordinating collection efforts with customer service, sales and billing departments.
- Devised collection recovery strategies to resolve customer issues and delinquent cases.
- Obtained and reviewed credit reports, credit references, credit insurance and financial statements to establish credit limits for new accounts.
- Reviewed customer accounts for compliance with repayment obligations.
- Maintained accurate records of loans, analyze the effectiveness of the company's credit control system and implement changes to improve profitability and reduce bad debts
- Resolving customer's claims/queries in a timely manner
- Liaison with the key accounts/marketing division for a collective process
- Assist with any admin operations including filing
Accounts Receivables Clerk
Imperial Health Sciences (South Africa)
07.2015 - 06.2016
- Responded to inbound inquiries regarding accounts and payments.
- Made outbound calls to vendors and customers to discuss and resolve account needs.
- Prepared billing statements and invoices for customer purchases and recorded transaction date, price and fees to support accuracy.
- Used accounting software to reconcile accounts, track income, and generate invoices.
- Reconciled accounts receivable ledger to verify payments and resolve variances.
- Reviewed accounts on monthly basis to assess aging and pursue collection of funds.
- Identified, researched, and resolved billing variances to maintain system accuracy and currency.
- Contacted clients with past due accounts to formulate payment plans and discuss restructuring options.
Graduate – Graduate Programme
Imperial Health Sciences (South Africa)
01.2015 - 06.2015
- Assisting finance manager with preparation of financial statements and management accounts
- Accounts payables (Processing purchase orders, invoices and posting journals, monthly credit reconciliations and ensuring that ledgers balance and agree to supplier statements, allocating/clearing suppliers' payments in SAP, following up on outstanding invoices and sorting out queries, ensuring payments are up to date)
- Accounts receivables (Billing to clients, using percentage-based billing and activity-based billing, invoicing and collecting outstanding monies, allocating payments, updating debtors age, resolving client's queries in timely manner)
- Accounts Reconciliation
- Downloading bank statements and monitoring cash book
- Assist in office filing and audit trail
Finance Administrator
Weni Africa Consulting Pty (Ltd) (South Africa)
09.2013 - 11.2014
- Assist with preparation of financial statements
- Analyze and reconcile bank statements and general ledgers
- Post journal entries for accrued expenses and revenue
- Maintain and record fixed assets
- Prepare and file local compliance reporting as necessary
- Prepare court-mandated annual accounting reports and inventories for client discharges as required
- Calculate and issue financial analysis of financial statements
- Act as liaison for vendors to reconcile any billing discrepancies
- Accurately reconciled bank statements to clients' books
- Assist in preparation of tax returns
Education
Chartered Management Accountant ACMA - Accounting And Finance
CIMA - In Progress
South African 04.2001 - Current
Bcompt/ Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences - Accounting
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Pretoria 07.2014 - 12.2015
National Diploma in Financial Accounting - Accounting
Tshwane University Of Technology (TUT)
Pretoria 02.2011 - 11.2013
Skills
Accounting and Bookkeeping
Financial Reporting
Financial Planning
Variance Analysis
General Ledger Accounting
Financial Controls
Fixed Assets Management
Forecasting
Tax Return Preparation
Financial Management
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Produced easy and efficient procedures for Film rental data uploading
Software
PASTEL
XERO
VISTA
MICROSOFT OFFICE
Certification
Management Development Programme
Interests
Chess
Golf
Football
Timeline
MS Advanced Excel
09-2023
Management Development Programme
08-2023
Financial Accountant
Ster Kinekor Theatres
07.2021 - Current
Junior Accountant
Ster Kinekor Theatres
07.2019 - 06.2021
Accounts Payables
Ster Kinekor Theatres
10.2018 - 06.2019
Credit Controller – Temp
SPARK Schools
01.2018 - 08.2018
Credit Controller
Imperial Health Sciences (South Africa
07.2016 - 06.2017
Accounts Receivables Clerk
Imperial Health Sciences (South Africa)
07.2015 - 06.2016
Graduate – Graduate Programme
Imperial Health Sciences (South Africa)
01.2015 - 06.2015
Bcompt/ Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences - Accounting
University of South Africa (UNISA)
07.2014 - 12.2015
Pastel Partner Advanced ver.14
10-2013
Finance Administrator
Weni Africa Consulting Pty (Ltd) (South Africa)
09.2013 - 11.2014
Pastel Partner ver.11
09-2012
National Diploma in Financial Accounting - Accounting
Tshwane University Of Technology (TUT)
02.2011 - 11.2013
Chartered Management Accountant ACMA - Accounting And Finance
CIMA - In Progress
04.2001 - Current