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Misiwe Zulu

Centurion

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with a proven track record excelling in account reconciliation and compliance. Adept in conducting discrepancy investigations and fostering strong supplier relationships while ensuring timely payments. Expertise in financial administration and commitment to accuracy consistently support organizational goals and reduce compliance risks.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Administrator

Aura
10.2024 - Current
  • Acted as a liaison between finance and other departments to resolve financial inquiries and issues.
  • Managed accurate account reconciliations to ensure financial accuracy.
  • Oversaw financial administration tasks, and transaction processing.
  • Maintained accurate invoicing for clients in SA and the UK
  • Ensure timely payments of vendor invoices
  • Reconciliation and investigating variances
  • Supported month end close processes
  • Completed clerical and data entry tasks to optimize financial procedures.
  • Reconciled accounts and investigated variances.

Finance Officer

Africa Check Trust
07.2022 - 07.2024
  • Being the key point of contact for other departments on financial & accounting matters
  • Supporting Finance manager with tasks when required
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Internal auditing
  • Financial administration
  • Cash handling expertise
  • Reporting familiarity.

Financial Administrator

Royale Energy Olifantsfontein (Pty) Ltd
01.2022 - 07.2022
  • Capturing bank transactions on Pastel Partner, including bank reconciliation
  • Processing sales invoices and credit notes
  • Adding new clients, sending them welcome letters and company information
  • Solve any queries that customers may have on their accounts
  • Reconcile stock daily
  • Responsible for petty cash
  • Filing and other admin duties.

Financial Clerk/ Receptionist

Royale Energy (Pty)Ltd
01.2021 - 12.2021
  • Send clients statements and exposures every morning
  • Prepare direct debits for the day
  • Prepare exposure for clients that has orders over the weekend
  • Allocate customer payments on Oilstar (Oil system) daily
  • Download new prices from the system every first Wednesday of the month
  • Prepare customer application before it goes to finance for approval
  • Capture banks and do bank reconciliation
  • Capture some of the supplier invoices and credit notes
  • Handle a variety of admin support tasks including answering phones, receiving visitors, preparing meetings and filing.
  • Liaised with customers to address enquiries and resolve any account discrepancies or issues.
  • Reconciled daily cash receipts with bank deposits, identifying discrepancies and resolving issues promptly.

Junior Financial Administrator

Royale Energy (Pty)Ltd
03.2020 - 07.2020
  • Responsible for loading debtor's payments from the bank statement to the system called oil star
  • Ensure that ACCPAC balances with the bank statement at the end of the month
  • Do bank reconciliation for Royale Energy books
  • Also responsible for creditors, creditors reconciliation, record every invoice received from creditors
  • Conduct general administration function.

Trainee Accountant (SAIPA)

PM Management Services
01.2017 - 07.2019
  • All bookkeeping duties including capturing all transactions on Pastel V14 and 18
  • Processing Bank Reconciliation
  • Manage creditors
  • Manage invoicing and receipt of payment
  • Preparation of reconciliation
  • Maintain filing of invoices for VAT and Audit purposes
  • Calculation and submission of monthly VAT returns
  • Processing of monthly payroll
  • Responsible for submitting PAYE returns every month
  • Responsible for submission of Employer reconciliation (EMP501)
  • Assist in producing financial statements for the tax year
  • Responsible for WCA Registration and submission of return of earnings to department of labour.

Education

BCom - Accounting and Business Management

University of Zululand
05-2016

National Senior Certificate -

Mlokotwa High School
12-2011

Skills

  • Financial account reconciliation
  • Proficient in advanced bookkeeping
  • Client relationship management
  • Analytical decision-making
  • Proficient in accounting software
  • General ledger accounting
  • Prioritization and scheduling
  • Effective conflict resolution

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07/11/94
  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: South African

references

Aura, Zonica Lotter, Finance Manager, 0718915100

Aura, Marylin Raophala, HR Administrator, 0832511022

Africa Check Trust, Lwandle Mthombeni , Financial Manager, 0833178488

Royale Energy (Pty) Ltd, Barbara Lambrechts, Financial Manager , 0782098718

PM Management Services, Babalwa Vakele, Senior Accountant, 0736586020

Timeline

Finance Administrator

Aura
10.2024 - Current

Finance Officer

Africa Check Trust
07.2022 - 07.2024

Financial Administrator

Royale Energy Olifantsfontein (Pty) Ltd
01.2022 - 07.2022

Financial Clerk/ Receptionist

Royale Energy (Pty)Ltd
01.2021 - 12.2021

Junior Financial Administrator

Royale Energy (Pty)Ltd
03.2020 - 07.2020

Trainee Accountant (SAIPA)

PM Management Services
01.2017 - 07.2019

BCom - Accounting and Business Management

University of Zululand

National Senior Certificate -

Mlokotwa High School
Misiwe Zulu