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Lethabo Phihlela

Accounts Receivable Accountant
Johannesburg

Summary

Possessing 7 years experience of working in diverse financial positions within the property financing, mining and financial services industries, I have gained extensive insight within these fields. Key competencies include, Accounts receivable, Accounts Payable, maintaining financial records, processing capital and operational payments, Supplier management ,petty cash ,fixed assets oversight and loan amortization calculations.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Accounts Receivable Accountant

Anglo American
08.2021 - Current

• Accounts Receivable Administration
• Management of Customer Collections aligned to trading terms and policy.
• Posts customer payments by recording cash transactions from bank aligned to policy & debtors trading terms.
• Updates & reports receivables by totaling unpaid debtors.
• Maintains debtor records through monthly review of masterdata.
• Verifies validity of account discrepancies by obtaining and investigating information from sales trading Agreements, promotions, customer service departments, and from customers.
• Resolves valid or authorized deductions by entering adjusting entries.
• Resolves invalid or unauthorized deductions by following pending deductions procedures.
• Resolves collections by examining customer payment plans, payment history, credit terms; coordinating contact with debtors & sales department.
• Management and release of blocked orders aligned to policy.
• Issuing of monthly customer statements.
• Preparation and consolidation of all reconciliations, documents to facilitate legal handover procedures.
• Adherence to the health, safety and environmental standards

Accounts Clerk

Letsatsi Finance And Loan
07.2018 - 07.2021

• Maintain GL accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions.
• Balance GL accounts by reconciling entries.
• Balance general ledger by daily trial balance maintenance
• Prepare financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Debtors:
o Collections
o Invoicing
o Liaising with clients
• Creditors:
o Capturing
o Reconciliations
o Liaising with suppliers
o Cashbook Maintenance

o Reconciliations
o Payments
• Assist with documents for tender applications and vendor applications
• Maintain Fixed Assets Register
• Managing Bank administration
• Payroll reconciliations
• Cashflow forecasting
• Foreign exchange rates monitoring
• Assisting in the budgeting process
• Responsible for monthly Exco reports

Finance Officer (Temp)

Gauteng Partnership Fund
09.2017 - 03.2018

• Quarterly financial statements as per treasury regulations
• Preparation of supporting documents and working papers for AFS purposes
• Preparation of monthly cashbooks
• Reconciliation of the general ledger to cashbooks and bank statements

• Monthly management accounts
• Monthly journals
• Monthly general ledger correcting journals
• Cash flow statement
• Process capital payments
• Prepare capital payment reconciliations
• Petty cash, pool vehicle and stationary control
• Quarterly fixed asset count and reconciliation
• Quarterly reporting on assets
• Age analysis reviews
• Clearing ledger accounts at month end
• Asset adoptions on register and pastel accounting software
• Scrapping of assets from fixed asset register
• Capturing data onto loan amortization system
• Maintenance of loans on loan amortization system

Finance Intern

Gauteng Partnership Fund
04.2016 - 08.2017

• Assisting in compiling tender register
• Receive tenders/proposal either email or hard copy submitted by tenders
• Keeping an updated tender registry form of all tenders collected
• Submitting tender advert to Government Printing Works
• Review submitted tenders/proposal in terms of the call for proposal
• Prepare a compliant and non-compliant submission report
• Schedule Bid evaluation and Bid adjudication committee to convene
• Execute all processes involved in the archiving and retrieving of a proper filing system.
• Supplier Management:
-Maintain & Manage Supplier Accounts
-Request & Receive Supplier Invoices
-Compilation of Payment Source Documents
-Monthly Payment Advice Checks & Accounts Payable
Process and Pay Supplier Invoices within Treasury regulated time frames

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Supply Chain

UNISA
Pretoria
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

University of Limpopo
Polokwane
04.2001 -

Skills

Credit Management

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Accomplishments

· I am currently in charge of Anglo-American Services United Kingdom, Technical and Sustainability (UK and Australia) with book values more than GBP100mil.I have successfully cleared items outstanding in terms of customer owing invoices from 2022 and prior.

· I was one of three Individuals that cleared 5 coal mine historical discrepancies. This was to help Anglo American, and the business unit be able to start the process of migrating from Ellipse to SAP.

Software

SAP

Pastel Sage evolution

Certification

SAP FI Integration

Timeline

Lean Six Sigma (Yellow Belt)

06-2022

SAP FI Integration

01-2022

SAP FI Invoice To Cash

01-2022

Accounts Receivable Accountant

Anglo American
08.2021 - Current

Accounts Clerk

Letsatsi Finance And Loan
07.2018 - 07.2021

Finance Officer (Temp)

Gauteng Partnership Fund
09.2017 - 03.2018

Generally recognized accounting practice

07-2017

Finance Intern

Gauteng Partnership Fund
04.2016 - 08.2017

Bachelor of Commerce - Supply Chain

UNISA
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

University of Limpopo
04.2001 -
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