Leslie Musaka
Sandton
Summary
Analytical and detail-orientated financial manager. Offering comprehensive education and a logical thinking mindset to assist the finance team. Seeking to further my management career with a company offering opportunities for professional development.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Assistant Financial Manager
Mafadi Property Services
Johannesburg, Gauteng
09.2023 - Current
- Managed timely and accurate reporting of various financial transactions and information for detailed analysis.
- Managed daily finance services for smooth business operations.
- Administered payroll processes for accurate, timely salary disbursements.
- Reviewed bookkeeping and management accounts to achieve clear and correct reports.
- Managed cash flow and liquidity, mitigating financial risks and ensuring stability.
- Coached and mentored junior staff to maximize finance department capabilities.
- Reviewing multiple reports across 15 000 units managing a team of 17 people including accountants, debtors clerks, and creditors clerks
- Review all accountant's bank recons, balance sheet recons and assist with audit queries.
- Ensure creditors capture all payments and provide supplier recons
- Ensure all debtors conduct daily cashbook updates and all monthly billing is sent out
- Process all new supplier verifications and loading
- Review building take-ons and take-offs by accountants
- Managing all property sales accounting such as conveyancer invoices and commission sheets for agents
Accountant
Mafadi Property Services
Johannesburg, Gauteng
03.2020 - 08.2023
- Owner billing, Allocation of owner receipts, Review of income statement and trial balance to ensure correct allocation of transactions
- Compiled general ledger entries on cashbooks with over 100 daily instructions with a high degree of accuracy.
- Generated invoices for management and penalty fees based on established accounts receivable schedules and terms.
- Process relevant journals and refunds when required
- Monitoring building and company loans
- Analyzed monthly balance sheet accounts for corporate reporting.
- Attending to trustees' queries concerning monthly reports, payments, and cash flow
- Meetings with trustees and owners when necessary
- Audit preparations and assisting auditors with whatever is required to ensure audits are completed on time
- Assist with budget preparations and loading them
- Completing new building take on/take off communicating with trustees and previous/new managing agents to ensure smooth handovers.
- Prepared monthly bank reconciliations and compiled reports for financial reviews.
Creditors Clerk
Mafadi Property Management
Johannesburg, Gauteng
06.2019 - 02.2020
- Capturing invoices on MDA
- Processing payments on FNB Business Integrator
- Monitoring supplier accounts and age analysis
- Creditor reconciliations
- Successfully developed and maintained monthly suppliers tracker for over 50 buildings ensuring all payments were made timeously and none were missed
Accounting clerk
Innovation First
Harare, Zimbabwe
12.2017 - 05.2019
- Accounts Clerk: Invoicing debtors and following up on debtor payments
- Managing creditors and scheduling payments
- Requisitions and processing bank transactions
- Filing all accounting paperwork and digital files
Education
Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA®) - Finance
04.2024 -
Bachelor of Commerce - Financial Management
01.2020 - 06.2023
- NQF Level 7
A-Levels - Sciences
01.2015 - 12.2016
- Held office as a Junior Councillor in the Harare City Junior Council
- School Prefect in charge of Public Relations
Accomplishments
- Assisted in designing and implementing Zoho One system for the company
- Setup the accounting systems for the new sales division
- Assisted with finance department restructuring with the group financial director and managing director
- Implemented and oversaw a new supplier verification process using EFTSure
- Setup all WeconnectU systems from company inception in 2020 and managed the database to date
Skills
- Accounting
- MDA proficient
- WeconnectU proficient
- KPI management
- Financial reporting and analysis
- Balance sheet reconciliations
Hard
- Microsoft Excel
- Inspiring team leadership
- Excellent writing skills in English
- Exceptional communicator with strong interpersonal skills
- Quick and adaptable learner
Soft
Affiliations
- Martial arts
- Weightlifting
- PC building
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