SAGE Accounting
Malesela Frans Legodi
Finance Officer
Krugersdorp
Summary
Diligent Finance Officer nown for strong ability to manage financial operations and ensure regulatory compliance. Successfully implemented cost-saving measures and optimized financial reporting processes. Demonstrated analytical skills and attention to detail in budget management and financial forecasting.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Finance Department - Finance Officer
Ndabase Printing solutions Cc
08.2024 - Current
- Update and reconcile Debtors and Creditors Age analysts.
- Preparing and filing monthly payments.
- Processing new clients on Sage.
- Follow up on payments with debtors.
- Ensuring the correctness of financial records.
- Capturing creditors and debtors in the accounting system.
- Preparing and processing payments and receipts on the cashbook.
- Monthly invoicing to clients and reconciling invoices.
- Preparation of files, ensure adherence to the financial requirements.
- Effective capturing and processing of journal entries, data, and reconciliations.
- Financial processing up to trial balance.
- Assist in VAT, PAYE processing, and other regulatory requirements.
- Ensuring the correct allocation of transactions or accounts in the general ledger.
- Ensuring the upkeep of the fixed asset registry.
- Managing and recording petty cash.
- Liaison with external auditors.
- Ensure the processing of queries before the payment due date, and provide ongoing feedback until the queries are resolved.
- Accurately submit and manage tickets to SSC for invoice verification, processing, and payment of vendors by due dates.
- Management of the travel agency account.
- Purchase orders for validity and processing.
- Procurement.
- Researching and evaluating potential suppliers.
- Developing and maintaining a list of qualified suppliers.
- Assessing supplier performance and managing relationships.
- Estimating and establishing budgets for purchases.
- Monitoring spending and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
- Ensuring purchases are within budget and meet quality standards.
- Maintaining accurate records of purchases, pricing, and supplier information.
- Ensuring compliance with procurement policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Preparing reports and documentation as needed.
- Addressing issues that arise in the procurement process.
- Adapting procurement activities to operational constraints.
- Working effectively with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Collaborated with team leaders to define standards, policies, and procedures to meet company revenue goals.
- Enhanced internal control systems and procedures to mitigate risk and support opportunities.
- Verified compliance of financial policies and accounting procedures against federal regulations.
- Reviewed historical records, current operational data, and forecasting information to identify and capitalize on system enhancement opportunities.
- Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.
- Evaluated and negotiated contracts to procure favorable financial terms.
Finance Department - Deal Administrator
SA Taxi Finance Development Pty Ltd
04.2019 - Current
- Business Restructuring (Retrenchment)
- Check and process term extensions
- Generate, check and process deal and insurance settlements
- Process refunds and additional fees
- Process additional fees and charges
- Resolve adhoc queries and requests
- Prepare Legal Fees Breakdown (Worksheet)
- Prepare Sanitized Client Account Statements (Worksheet)
- Settle Normal (Deals under R500)
- Assist with Non movement Calculations.
- Debt Review Court Order capturing
- Prepare Tracker Database reconciliation.
- Insurance Accounts Settlement
- Prepare Repo Reclaims Calculations
- Capture Client's Deal restructure
- Monitor settled/settled repo accounts with balances.
- Capturing of Non-Movements and Repo Reclaims addendum.
- Maintained personnel records and updated internal databases to support document management.
- Gathered, organized and input information into digital database.
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
- Reason for leaving: Company Restructure (Retrenchment)
Finance Department – Payment & Suspense Account Admin
SA Taxi Finance development Pty Ltd
09.2018 - 03.2019
- Clearing all suspense account > R100K and sustaining decrease in the last 3 months’ suspense accounts.
- Reconciliation of current suspense account + prescribed suspense account for statistical purposes.
- Improve accuracy and efficiency in reporting and processing of BDB debit order rejections.
- Improve accuracy and efficiency in processing of internal transfers.
- Liaise with clients telephonically to obtain clarity on unclear payments, liaise with banks to request copies of deposit slips for suspense items and payment queries, assist Deal Admin with Payment Verification (Support).
- To ensure accurate and efficient reporting of daily cash / Provisional figure, and allocation and reporting of Guard risk and other insurance payments via email to relevant stakeholders in business to ensure receipting of cash is updated and balances back to data on bank statement.
- Process Banking details changes, debit order cancellations, once-off debits, BDB Technical Rejections and cheque reversals same in Acquire (Outstanding not older than 3 months).
- Allocate deposits in CAE and issue receipt to Direct Sales
- Escalate queries to the bank in terms of additional information required in terms of cheque reversals.
- Improve internal and external client relations.
- Reconcile TCPS Control report to Debit Order Hive report.
- Reason for leaving: Contract Ended
Junior Internal Auditor (Intern)
Business Innovation Group (Audit Firm) (BIG) PTY LTD.
02.2016 - 01.2017
- Performed internal audits of financial and departmental operations, developing risk assessments and conducting process walkthroughs for compliance with documented processes.
- Guided departments in developing remediation plans based on audit findings and recommendations.
- Investigated discrepancies discovered during auditing process.
- Identified and reported audit issues.
- Evaluated company's policies to determine how well standards adhered to best practices.
- Explained risk and compliance concepts to managers and executives.
- Prepared and distributed risk and audit reports to appropriate
- Reason for leaving: Contract Ended
Education
No Degree - Internal Auditing
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
04.2001 -
High School - undefined
Mmatshipi Senior Secondary School
01.2008
Skills
Microsoft office word
Web Expression
PowerPoint
Access
ACL (Auditing Command Language)
Excel Vlookup and Pivot
Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
Experience using financial software
Advanced MS Excel skills
Knowledge of financial regulations
Excellent analytical and numerical skills
Sharp time management skills
Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data
General ledger accounting
Accounts receivable
Financial administration
Accounts payable
Credit analysis
Cost control
Account reconciliation
Internal controls
References
Elicia, Erasmus, Ms., EErasmus@bigroup.co.za, 012 686 8800, 083 514 2879, Business Innovation Group, Internal Audit Manager, Fax No: 012 686 8819
Training
- Year Attended: 2010, Institution: Sage, Training Attended: Pastel Accounting (v.10)
- Year Attended: 2021, Institution: Durban University of Technology, Training Attended: Data Science Foundation
Software
Timeline
Finance Department - Finance Officer
Ndabase Printing solutions Cc
08.2024 - Current
Finance Department - Deal Administrator
SA Taxi Finance Development Pty Ltd
04.2019 - Current
Finance Department – Payment & Suspense Account Admin
SA Taxi Finance development Pty Ltd
09.2018 - 03.2019
Junior Internal Auditor (Intern)
Business Innovation Group (Audit Firm) (BIG) PTY LTD.
02.2016 - 01.2017
No Degree - Internal Auditing
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
04.2001 -
High School - undefined
Mmatshipi Senior Secondary School