Mmadira Theresia Phooko
Bookkeeper / Cashbook
Florida Glen
Summary
Acquire a Financial Management Diploma with ICB 2026, Work towards a senior Bookkeeping / Finance/ Accounting Department or Cost and Management accounting position within 4 years, as well as studying towards a Degree in Finance. or pursue ACCA qualification.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
6
6
Languages
Work History
Bookkeeper MTN shared services
Provantage Media Group
- Daily: MTN Cashbooks: MTN Vendor bank import.
- Monitor EVD Balance check airtime stock levels.
- Weekly: Use the EVD balance check to calculate airtime needed and request admin ops to place airtime order.
- Prepare airtime payments based on this calculation and outstanding invoices.
- Maintain airtime payment schedule.
- Process MTN Creditors’ payments.
- Monthly: MTN Cash books Disbursement bank, Call Account, Router Account.
- Bank reconciliations- All MTN accounts.
- Active /In-active status and purse limit update in Nav to match MTN Masterfile.
- Pre-Top-up journal checks. Posting Top-Up Journal.
- Reconcile all MTN accounts payables
- Recon Deposits per Bank Statement to Deposits per Navision
- Month End Recons Nav to Masterfile Comparison, Stock Recon.
- Account payables and payments pack filing
- Quarterly: BEE: Processing Quarterly Procurement Uploads
- Monthly ISA BEE Payment File Preparation
- Manage the relevant staff regarding the required affidavits, certificates, and other required documents.
- Assist with the verification process with the BBBEE auditors/Provantage representative for the auditors.
- Procurement: Oversee Stock request forms for all staff and housekeeping and monitoring stock level
- Oversee stock control team
- Oversee stock audit
- Compile stock / Inventory reports
- Approving orders placed by Stock control team
- Achievements: Working with high-value corporate clients (MTN)
Bookkeeper
Provantage Media Group
08.2023 - Current
- Posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with corporate protocols.
- Communicated proactively with team members regarding any issues or concerns related to bookkeeping tasks.
- Prepared monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accurate representation of company''s financial position.
- Reconciled and corrected issues with financial records.
Cash Book Controller
Blue Label Distributions
04.2020 - 07.2023
- Daily, weekly and monthly bank reconciliation
- Update and Investigate Balance Sheet entries – for Reporting
- Perform accounting task related to efficient maintenance and processing of bank transactions
- Resolving unallocated payment
- Allocate receipts per customer or debtor allocations daily.
- Achievements: Working with different kind of Banks
- Understanding cross-sectoral systems such as payment allocation, billing, and finance.
Corporate Credit Controller
Blue Label Distributions
05.2017 - 03.2020
- Send customers invoices and statements on request
- Un suspend of accounts that have been paid and suspend customers that have not paid
- Maintain accurate records of communication activity with customers
- Submit regular feedback per required deadlines set by the business to the credit control Supervisor/ Manager.
- Address customer queries in terms of their accounts daily telephonically and via e-mail.
- Follow up on overdue accounts for payments on a daily basis, to ensure payments are made timeously.
- Build and maintain effective trust relationships with internal and external clients.
- Visiting clients to discuss movements and queries of their accounts
- Send final notices to clients after approval has been received by the credit control Supervisor.
- Set up payment arrangements documentation and send acknowledgement of debt to those clients who have requested to settle accounts per an agreed arrangement.
- Prepare files for credit control supervisor to handover accounts to attorneys and collection agents
- Load temporary overdrafts for customers with insufficient funds
- Prepare and calculate of credit limit increases for customer accounts for approval by the financial manager in line with company policy
- Update customer information in line with internal control processes
- Weekly and monthly balance sheets on Navision system
- Attend to CRM system for queries logged
- Running of weekly overdues reports to share with the team.
- Attend to calls professionally internally and externally
- Reconcile accounts and communicate findings to customers.
- Compile overdue reports for distribution to business
- Adhere to applicable legislation i.e. NCA etc.
- Achievements: Working with high-value corporate clients
- Understanding cross-sectoral systems such as sales, billing, and finance.
- Ability to train new employed staff joining our department
Credit Controller
Cartrack (Pty) Ltd
01.2012 - 04.2017
- Prepared credit notes, refunds, and sales journals
- Received, processed, and collected payments on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- Prepared current and future invoices
- Resolved unallocated payments on suspense accounts.
- Resolved credit balances.
- Collected overdue accounts to maintain a clean debtor’s book.
- Prepared and reviewing manual debit orders for individual clients.
- Prepared age analysis for Corporate, Dealerships, Franchises, and Individual accounts departments for Management
- Reported on the weekly and monthly comparison for Corporate, Dealership, Legal and Individual departments for Management.
- Prepared a monthly special NAEDO Report of overdue accounts.
- Prepared monthly handover reports of all clients sitting on 120 days for legal collection.
- Resolved customer queries.
- Prepared ITC checks for Individual department clients
- Assisted management will debit review meeting report for hardware.
- Followed up with client for payments
- Sent invoices and statement to client by email or Post.
- Achievements: Worked with high financial confidential reports of the business.
- Understood customer care service.
- Reason for leaving: Growth elsewhere in the field of Finance
Debtors Clerk: Individual
Cartrack (Pty) Ltd
01.2010 - 12.2011
- Prepared of credit notes, refunds and sales journal
- Collected on rejections accounts
- Followed up for payments
- Processed arrangements payment
- Received of cash payments
- Processed of Individual trace for all clients
- Prepared and checked manual debit orders for Individual department
- Imports of accounts
- Ran, prepared and coordinated age analysis for Corporate, Dealership and Individual Accounts department
- Ran, Prepared and coordinated age analysis for all franchises
- Coordinated weekly to monthly payment collections comparison for Corporate, Dealership and Individual Accounts
- Solved customers queries
- Achievements: Worked with highly confidential financial reports of the business and maintained good governance
- Reason for leaving: Promoted to the Credit Controller position with increased responsibility
- Awards: Employee of the month Certificate
Corporate Administrator
Cartrack (Pty) Ltd
10.2009 - 12.2009
- Sent monthly invoices and statements to companies
- Prepared credit notes, refunds and sales journals
- Prepared of pro forma invoices
- Followed up on payments with corporates
- Ordered stationery
- Performed general office assistance
- Achievements: Performed impeccably on administration process and duties.
- Reason for leaving: Vacate a temporary position
Junior Assistant Buyer
SoyaTech-Hot Favorite ready meals – Tiger Brands Division
02.2005 - 11.2008
- Ordered stock
- Checked and monitored stock delivered, receiving stock
- Stocktaking
- Checked, matched and prepared invoices for payment
- Negotiated prices with suppliers
- Monitored working hours of Temporary staff
- Performed inventory control
- Packed finished products in the factory
- Achievements: Ability to negotiate new lower prices with suppliers
- Understanding of production process
- Reason for leaving: Company liquidated
- Awards: Awards employee of the season
Education
ICB Financial Accounting qualification -
SACOB - South African College of Business
12-2026
Financial Management National Diploma - undefined
Damelin College
01-2016
Diploma - Cost and Management Accounting
Lyceum College
01-2014
Matriculation - undefined
Letshega Malokwane High School
01-1997
Skills
Bookkeeping
Invoice processing
Accounts payable
Bank statement reconciliation
Inventory tracking
General ledger entries
Sheet balance sheet
Audit preparation
Credit control
Attention to detail
Problem-solving abilities
Microsoft office
Excellent communication
Problem-solving
Data entry
Effective communication
Teamwork and collaboration
Adaptability
Record reconciliation
Reliability
Professionalism
Organizational skills
Time management
Written communication
Bookkeeping support
Handling confidential materials
Adaptability and flexibility
Interests
Extramural activities: Listening to music, Baking and cooking
FIELDS OF INTEREST
- Financial Accounting
- Cost and Management Accounting
- Bookkeeping
- Credit Management
Awards
- Awarded employee of the month in September 2023
- Awarded employee of the month in September 2017
- Awarded Finance Operation Clerk in June 2018
Certificates
- Certificate in Basic Culinary Cooking with Steyn Culinary School in 2015 (3 months)
- Skills Programme Certificate for Wedding Cakes with SA School of Wedding Sugar ’n Ice in 2015. (3 months)
Singing and baking
Basic Culinary certificate
Timeline
Bookkeeper
Provantage Media Group
08.2023 - Current
Cash Book Controller
Blue Label Distributions
04.2020 - 07.2023
Corporate Credit Controller
Blue Label Distributions
05.2017 - 03.2020
Credit Controller
Cartrack (Pty) Ltd
01.2012 - 04.2017
Debtors Clerk: Individual
Cartrack (Pty) Ltd
01.2010 - 12.2011
Corporate Administrator
Cartrack (Pty) Ltd
10.2009 - 12.2009
Junior Assistant Buyer
SoyaTech-Hot Favorite ready meals – Tiger Brands Division
02.2005 - 11.2008
Bookkeeper MTN shared services
Provantage Media Group
Financial Management National Diploma - undefined
Damelin College
Diploma - Cost and Management Accounting
Lyceum College
Matriculation - undefined
Letshega Malokwane High School
ICB Financial Accounting qualification -
SACOB - South African College of Business