Lekgale Jane Mphule
Pretoria,GP
Summary
Analytical Management Accountant possessing solid knowledge of basic and advanced accounting and financial principles and practices. Bringing over 15 years of comprehensive experience recording and crunching numbers to help choose and manage company investments and budgeting and strategizing tasks. Independent and detail-oriented professional with expertise communicating complex business issues clearly.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Management Accountant
Umsimbithi Mining
07.2024 - Current
- Collaborate closely with external auditors during annual reviews, ensuring timely completion of audit procedures without any significant findings or adjustments required.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders, including department heads, vendors, and banking partners.
- Support the development of strategic plans with detailed financial analysis and scenario modeling.
- Develop comprehensive financial reports for senior management, facilitating effective decision-making based on accurate data insights.
- Management accounts, variance analysis and month-end reporting
- Long-term budgets, LOM planning, NPV calculations, scenario analysis and presentations to senior management
- Short-term budgets (4 year plans) and presentations to senior management
- Month-end stock valuation and control
- Cost drivers analysis and reporting
- Cashflow forecasting
Analyst – Finance Business Partner
Orica Africa
07.2023 - 06.2024
- Improve customer and product profitability
- Margin analysis with recommendations
- Product costing
- Customer/supplier contracts review
- Cash flow forecasting
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Month end variance analysis
- Company Type: Manufacturing
Management Accountant
Umsimbithi Mining
08.2017 - 09.2021
- Responsible for management accounts, variance analysis and month-end reporting
- Responsible for rolling forecasts
- Responsible for long-term budgets, LOM planning, NPV calculations, scenario analysis and presentations to senior management
- Responsible for short-term budgets (4 year plans) and presentations to senior management
- Month-end stock valuation and control
- Cost drivers analysis and reporting
- Cashflow forecasting
Cost Accountant
Nkomati Mine
03.2015 - 07.2017
- Assist in preparation of management accounts, variance reports and analysis
- Forecasting of cost, balance sheet and cashflow
- Stock valuation
- Assist departmental manager compile budgets and forecasts
- Review of budgets for completeness and accuracy
- Advice management on cost saving initiatives
- Company Type: Nickel and Chrome Mining
- Reason for Leaving: Family relocated to middelburg
Cost Accountant
Sappi Ngodwana
12.2012 - 05.2014
- Preparing divisional business plans, monthly forecasts and monthly cost
- Monthly cost variance reporting
- Cost centre maintenance (SAP)
- Stock valuation
- Preparation of balance sheet recons
- AD hoc financial analysis
- Company Type: Manufacturing - paper
- Reason for Leaving: Better career opportunity
Management Accountant
Xstrata Coal (now Glencore Coal)
05.2010 - 11.2012
- Preparation of management accounts, variance analysis and month-end reporting
- Preparation of rolling forecasts
- Preparation of long-term budgets, LOM planning, NPV calculations, scenario analysis and presentations to senior management
- Preparation of short-term budgets (4 year plans) and presentations to senior management
- Month-end stock valuation and control
- Cost drivers analysis and reporting
- Capex reporting and control
- CO and FI masterdata maintenance (cost centres GL accounts, fund centres, workflow) on SAP
- Cashflow forecasting
- Company Type: Coal Mining
- Reason for Leaving: Family relocation
Education
Post graduate Diploma - Business Administration
01.2023
- Major subjects
- Strategy
- Essential Business Skills
- Project Management
- Management and Financial Accounting
- People Management
- Introduction to Finance
- Digital Business
- International Business and Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Business Law
- Marketing
Certificate in Business Accounting - CIMA qualification
01.2008
- Major subjects
- Fundamentals of Management Accounting
- Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
- Fundamentals of Business Mathematics
- Fundamentals of Economics
- Fundamentals of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Business Law
Bachelor’s Degree - Science
01.2006
- Major subjects
- Mathematics
- Mathematical Statistics
National Senior Certificate - Matriculation / Gr.12
01.2000
- Subjects completed
- Economics
- Mathematics
- Accounting
- Business Economics
- Typing
- English
- Afrikaans
Skills
- Management reporting
- Cash flow management
- Working capital management
- Report preparation
- Profitability analysis
- Financial analysis
- Cost accounting
- Variance analysis
- Stock valuation
- Operating budgets
- Decision support
Timeline
Management Accountant - Umsimbithi Mining
07.2024 - Current
Analyst – Finance Business Partner - Orica Africa
07.2023 - 06.2024
Management Accountant - Umsimbithi Mining
08.2017 - 09.2021
Cost Accountant - Nkomati Mine
03.2015 - 07.2017
Cost Accountant - Sappi Ngodwana
12.2012 - 05.2014
Management Accountant - Xstrata Coal (now Glencore Coal)
05.2010 - 11.2012
CIMA - Certificate in Business Accounting, CIMA qualification
University of the Witwatersrand - Bachelor’s Degree, Science
Frans du Toit High School - National Senior Certificate, Matriculation / Gr.12
University of the Witwatersrand - Post graduate Diploma, Business Administration
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