MASHINDA NDALAMBA
Cape Town
Summary
An energetic and open-minded professional, I am driven by a goal-oriented attitude, and a passion for tackling new challenges. My commitment to hard work and quality delivery has enabled me to excel rapidly in my career, often taking on assignments that are typically reserved for more experienced peers. With strong analytical skills and a quick aptitude for learning, I thrive in dynamic environments where innovative problem-solving is essential. I am eager to contribute to a forward-thinking company that values growth, and offers genuine opportunities for progression. Highly skilled in both accounting and auditing, with broad experience managing financial records, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Strong analytical skills to evaluate data accuracy and integrity, coupled with proficiency in various accounting software. Successfully improved financial reporting processes in previous roles, leading to enhanced efficiency and reliability of financial information.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Accountant
Propertysmith
Cape Town
02.2023 - Current
- Ensure that all creditors are paid accurately and according to policies and procedures.
- Communication with the Operations team, property managers, and suppliers – invoice corrections and queries, proof of timely.
- Validation of invoices and payment instructions received prior to scheduling (expense list), payment, banking details, etc.
- Preparation of payment requisitions.
- Payment of approved invoices and payroll; liaise with custodians where applicable, and ensure timely submission of approved payment requisitions.
- Assist with cash flow management: monitor bank accounts, and process account top-ups (per policies and procedures) if required.
- Maintain an expense list per entity, and any current capex trackers.
- Deal with queries regarding payments.
- Prepare the information pack at month-end for submission to the senior group accountant, and respond to the accountant's queries.
- Prepare bank reconciliations, a schedule of unpaid invoices, loan statements, and bank statements.
- Prepare ad-hoc supplier, capex, and cost reconciliations as requested.
- Preparation of information for the external annual audit, and assistance with related invoice/payment audit queries.
- Ensure files are saved on the server and/or filed correctly in the office; liaise with the archiving service provider if necessary.
- Manage individual and shared accounts' email inbox.
- Maintenance of vendor/supplier master files.
Global Financial Support Consultant
Urbanise (Pty) Ltd
Cape Town
07.2021 - 12.2022
- Assisting the company's global client base in the property and asset management sectors with balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Advising the clients on appropriate accounting entries to process for different accounting scenarios on the Urbanise platform.
- Assist in processing general journals, and raising accounts payable and receivable invoices.
- Assisting with adding budgets and the issuance of levies in a timely manner.
- Investigating discrepancies in numerous types of financial and property reports, including Income & Expenditure statements, balance sheets, general ledgers, age debtors, and creditors reports.
- Assisting with processing VAT/GST transactions.
- Provide the clients with technical support and training to operate the Urbanise Strata software/platform.
Financial Accountant
Burger King South Africa (RF) (Pty) Ltd
Cape Town
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Ensuring that all fixed asset purchases are recorded correctly in the general ledger, and that the fixed asset sub-module reconciles to the general ledger monthly, within the month-end deadline.
- Accounts for the movement of fixed assets, including the transfer and disposal of assets.
- Ensures that all assets are accounted for in terms of the accounting policy.
- Prepare monthly tax computations and raise related journal entries.
- Review and release supplier payments on a timely basis.
- Review and approve supplier invoices on the Procurement Portal.
- Raise month-end close journals that are accurate and complete within the month-end deadline.
- Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations within the specified deadlines to ensure that the balance sheet is accurate and complete.
- Resolve balance sheet reconciling items before month-end.
- Ensure that no weaknesses are raised by the internal or external auditors' reports.
- Resolve auditor issues in a timely manner.
Financial Accountant
African Mobility Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Cape Town
03.2019 - 04.2021
- Overall maintenance of the cashbook.
- Updating bank balances on the accounting system.
- Creditor account duties.
- Debtor's account duties.
- VAT calculations.
- Prepare VAT reconciliations.
- Assisting in the monthly preparation and reporting of management accounts (balance sheets, income statements, etc.).
- Maintaining the fixed asset register, intangible asset registers, and amortisation schedules.
- Assisting in the preparation and management of the annual financial audits.
- Responding to audit requirements and addressing findings.
- Assisting in the preparation and management of the annual BEE audit.
- Processing of monthly recurring journals.
- Processing of duly authorised ad-hoc journals, as required.
- Maintaining an up-to-date record-keeping and filing system, focusing on the electronic retention of documents.
- Providing support to the Operations Teams as needed.
- Assisting with data analytics.
- Monitoring and reporting on accounting discrepancies.
Junior Accounts Clerk
Shoprite Group of Companies
Cape Town
09.2018 - 02.2019
- Meat Markets, Non-RSA, Accounting, and clerical assistance to the Senior Accountant in the management and recording of accounting information for nineteen Mozambique meat market branches.
- Reconciliation of weekly manual accounting records submitted by the different branches to the Meat Market Ordering System.
- Recalculation of sales, cost of sales, and gross profit on a weekly basis, and consolidating them to the weekly trading returns.
- Capturing all information on the invoices, inter-branch transfers, and weekly trading returns.
SAICA Trainee Accountant
Nexia SAB&T
Cape Town
01.2017 - 07.2018
- Providing internal and external audit services to public and private sector clients.
- The main responsibility is conducting audits in accordance with the International Standards of Auditing (ISA), and ensuring that clients are compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as well as International Accounting Standards (IAS).
- Demonstrating the application of professional ethics, values, and judgment.
- Manage the allocated audit workload.
- Communicate audit requirements with clients effectively.
- Use information and communications technology in discharging my responsibilities.
- Manage ongoing activities in an allocated area of responsibility.
- Manage audit assignments.
- Prepare financial statements for external purposes.
- Interpret financial transactions and financial statements.
- Prepare financial information for management.
- Contribute to audit budget planning and production.
- Manage and control audit budgets.
- Prepare and collect evidence for the audit, which is then used in formulating an audit opinion.
- Evaluate and report on the audit.
- Assist with the submission of tax returns for clients.
- Carrying out stock count audits and drawing up the stock audit report.
- Drawing up management reports and weekly audit progress reports.
- Performing risk assessments at the financial statement and assertion level.
- Identifying internal control deficiencies, and suggesting mitigating controls.
- Obtaining sufficient audit evidence to verify audit assertions on account balances.
- Analysing client data, such as general ledger accounts, to determine where testing should be focused.
- Preparing and calculating client tax payable.
- Planning, executing, and finalizing an audit.
Data Analyst, HUB Manager & Payprop Administrator
Seeff Atlantic Seaboard
Cape Town
01.2014 - 12.2016
- Data Analyst: Manage and maintain all property data analytics required by the company for the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl area.
- Maintain the ongoing updates of all estate agents' scorecards and measures.
- Identify, source, and provide ongoing databases relating to sales and rentals for canvassing.
- Provide support to the management team on any data and analytics required from time to time.
- Populate and write the V&A quarterly report by the 20th of every month preceding the quarter.
- Support the operational environment by providing ongoing input into improving systems and measures relevant to the running of the business.
- Provide input and support to the HUB as needed.
- Provide the back-end data to substantiate any initiatives undertaken.
- Manage and maintain the ongoing JV measures.
- Analyse and report on all ongoing initiatives as needed.
- Verify data as required in all press releases relating to the company and/or the area.
- Fulfill any other duties when called upon, from time to time.
- HUB Manager: Manage 4 direct reports, consisting of 2 tele-canvassers and 2 data capturers.
- Manage the client database, which consists of two separate components: buyers and sellers.
- Manage the process and staff involved in capturing all buyers who come to the organisation via various channels.
- Manage the process and staff involved necessary to canvass new clients.
- Send out all surveys to clients, and follow up on feedback thereon.
- This feedback must be reported to the MD on a weekly basis.
- Be involved in the preparation of a quarterly, in-house produced magazine.
- Oversee the approved service providers' panel, and ensure its relevance on a quarterly basis, and provide regular feedback thereon.
- Payprop Administrator: Assisting the rental manager with loading payments onto the Payprop system for monthly utilities and supplier expenses.
- Liaising with landlords and tenants on any matters relating to the property being managed.
- Loading new properties onto the system.
- Contact the city of Cape Town, and the relevant body corporate, for utility bills for the month.
- Following up with tenants who have not paid for explanations, and proposing an apartment plan.
Education
Post-Graduate Diploma - Internal Auditing
University of South Africa (UNISA)
South Africa01-2025
Bachelor of Accounting Sciences - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
University of South Africa (UNISA)
South Africa12.2023
Online Course - Introduction To Project Management Principles
Coursera
South Africa01.2020
Online Course - My Business Online
Softline PASTEL
Online01.2012
High School Diploma -
Mmabatho High School
South Africa12.2008
Skills
- Analytical Report Writing
- Problem solving
- Time management
- Risk assessment
- Excellent communication
- Experienced in Multiple Computer Programs
- File and database management
- Accurate Ledger Maintenance
- Financial Cash Flow Analysis
- Microsoft Office Proficiency
- Data analysis
- Attention to detail
- Financial Budgeting Skills
- Auditing
Languages
English
First Language
Afrikaans
Advanced (C1)
C1
Setswana
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Timeline
Accounts Payable Accountant
Propertysmith
02.2023 - Current
Global Financial Support Consultant
Urbanise (Pty) Ltd
07.2021 - 12.2022
Financial Accountant
Burger King South Africa (RF) (Pty) Ltd
05.2021 - 07.2021
Financial Accountant
African Mobility Solutions (Pty) Ltd
03.2019 - 04.2021
Junior Accounts Clerk
Shoprite Group of Companies
09.2018 - 02.2019
SAICA Trainee Accountant
Nexia SAB&T
01.2017 - 07.2018
Data Analyst, HUB Manager & Payprop Administrator
Seeff Atlantic Seaboard
01.2014 - 12.2016
Post-Graduate Diploma - Internal Auditing
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Bachelor of Accounting Sciences - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Online Course - Introduction To Project Management Principles
Coursera
Online Course - My Business Online
Softline PASTEL
High School Diploma -
Mmabatho High School
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