Natasja Van Eeden
Financial Manager
Cullinan
Summary
A successful property portfolio management approach blends transactional and transformational functions, encompassing responsibilities from daily administrative tasks to strategic decision-making based on financial insights. This role demands a proactive mindset focused on future growth, coupled with hands-on execution to ensure profitability across all properties. Leveraging analytical skills and industry knowledge leads to optimized performance and seamless oversight of the entire portfolio. Commitment to excellence in both strategy and execution drives sustained success in property management.
Resourceful Financial Manager adept at supporting high growth technology and service organizations. Skilled in aligning people, processes and technology to achieve continuous improvement in operational processes. Well-versed in providing analytics with insight and influencing decisions that support growth and development.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Financial Manager
Anaprop
Sandton
05.2023 - 11.2025
- Optimized cash flow management strategies, ensuring sufficient funds were available for daily operations while maximizing returns on idle cash balances.
- Prepared comprehensive financial statements for executive review, aiding in effective decision-making processes regarding growth opportunities and resource allocation.
- Enhanced financial reporting accuracy through regular audits and reconciliations, leading to improved decision-making capabilities.
- Analyzed budgets, financial reports, and projections for accurate reporting of financial standing.
- Oversaw administrative staffing by recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new personnel.
- Drafted reports for leadership for use in strategic planning and decision making.
- Reduced outstanding accounts receivable balances by consistently following up on overdue payments and negotiating payment plans with clients.
- Developed and presented financial data, financial statements and variance narratives to Board of Directors and Board of Trustees.
- Forecasted operating costs for scheduled projects by strategizing with other departments.
- Identified and investigated variances to optimize financial plans and forecasts.
- Increased financial efficiency by streamlining budget processes and implementing cost-saving measures.
- Developed and transformed finance and operations team from transactional to analytical to provide enhanced business support.
- Managed team of finance and operations professionals, with day-to-day responsibility for contracting, order processing, forecasting, budgeting, reporting and analysis.
- Developed and maintained financial models for forecasting, enabling more accurate predictions of future revenue and expenses.
- Controlled 140mil annual budget.
- Delivered timely internal reports to various stakeholders detailing key aspects of the company''s financial health, ensuring transparency and clear communication.
- Developed reporting for executive financial reviews.
- Contributed to effective hiring process by interviewing applicants and making recommendations for best candidate to leadership.
- Managed accounting-team data using MDA & Sage Evolution, adjustments and monthly accrual information.
- Created strategies to increase client revenue and reduce client spending.
- Developed system for Tenant collections and reporting, preparing monthly invoices.
- Established budgetary benchmarks and formulated financial management strategies by researching operating and historical financial records.
- Developed annual budgets in collaboration with financial director.
- Created year-end audit book for CPA firm to control and reduce audit costs and accurately prepared year-end financial statements.
- Synthesized financial and budgetary information to solve problems and develop alternative solutions.
- Assumed ownership of accounting, forecasting and strategic supply planning.
- Improved accuracy of commission payouts with implementation of process improvements.
- Developed strategic plans for day-to-day financial operations.
- Prepared cash flow projections, cost analysis and monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
- Checked payroll, vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.
- Prepared internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
- Implemented and regularly reviewed financial controls to generate accurate and reliable financial data.
- Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.
- Created financial dashboards to provide insights into key performance indicators.
- Established and checked coding procedures, monitored reports and updated internal files.
Property Portfolio Manager Consultant
Firstcore (Pty) Ltd
Gauteng
10.2017 - 04.2023
- Running Property Management company for various property portfolios including commercial, industrial, residential, and student residences consisting of 1000+ beds.
- Duties include:
- Full financial function to Trial Balance
- Weekly and monthly payments
- Weekly cashflows
- Leasing
- Tenant queries
- Billing on MDA
- Daily Tenant arrears reporting and Fundi recons
- Collections including TPN reporting
- Annual budgets
- Financial reporting including annual budget variances and utility recovery ratios
Property & Portfolio Manager
ZAH Properties
Rosebank
06.2014 - 10.2017
- Ensuring that the overall portfolio is drawing the annual income that was budgeted for. This includes ensuring that, vacancies get leased by vetted tenants; maintenance is effectively managed to ensure happy tenants, and financials are tracked and monitored to have oversight of the performance of all properties.
- Duties included:
- Leasing | Overseeing the Broker & Leasing Process
- Maintenance | Overseeing Swift Resolution of Tenant Challenges
- Scheduled and Ad-hoc maintenance
- Payments
- Monthly journals and recons
- Weekly Debtors Reports
- Debt Collecting
- VAT
- Annual Budgets and Forecasts
- Reporting | Sharing Critical Information & Updates Based on Financials (actual v budget variance reports)
- Month-end: Management Pack
Accountant (FM)
Hyprop Investments Limited
Woodlands
09.2011 - 04.2014
- Manage the full financial process to Trial Balance for the Pretoria Office Portfolio consisting of three individual account sets and bank accounts
- Duties included:
- Debtors (leasing, billing, receipting, Debt collecting) on MRI
- Contractual and Ad Hoc Payments
- Management Accounts
- Prepare and Maintain Audit Files for monthly submission to Regional Finance Manager
- Prepare monthly financial reports and projects for the management meeting
- Prepare annual budgets and update forecasts
Accountant
Attfund Retail (Pty) Ltd & Movies @ Woodlands & Word for Word Marketing
Brooklyn
02.2009 - 08.2011
- Buildings:
- 1. Tygerberg Office Park
- 2. Tygerberg Investment
- 3. Tygerberg Absa
- 4. Tygerberg Phase 6
- 5. Somerset Value Mart
- 6. Willowbridge North
- 7. Glenfield office park
- 8. Glenwood office park
- 9. Lakefield office park
- 10. Harlequins office park
- 11. Block G – DTI building
- 12. Mertech property
- Debtors
- Capture receipts on a daily basis
- Import files from UAS for tenant billing to MRI
- Forward Import to UAS for Authorisation
- Capture Memos for tenant billing
- Send Pre-billing for Authorisation
- Send Final Statements
- File pre-billing and statements
- Creditors (twice monthly)
- Capture all Supplier invoices
- Capture all city accounts for payment
- Prepare Payment batches
- Import all payment batches on Nedbank
- Handling Queries on all supplier accounts
- File all supplier invoices
- Bank Reconciliations
- Weekly Bank account recons
- Capture and allocate:
- Bond Repayments
- VAT
- MOVIES @ WOODLANDS
- Process all Invoices and Suppliers
- Doing all Supplier reconciliations on a monthly basis
- Doing daily Sales and expenses journals
- Process and allocate and reconcile bank accounts
- Preparing all payments on Nedbank business.
- Do all Balance Sheet recons.
- Scrutinize the Ledger
- Investigate extraordinary transactions or costs
- Compile Managers report file
- Assist in monthly Reporting
- WORD FOR WORD MARKETING
- Requesting payment remittances and request information on unknown deposits.
- Assisting with queries that may occur
- Check Creditors Recons
- Recon Balance Sheet Recons
- Recon Control Accounts vs Budget
- Scrutinize General Ledger before reporting
- Investigate extraordinary transactions or cost
- Compile Managers report file
- Assist in monthly Reporting
- Processing the main bank account weekly
- ATTFUND RETAIL (PTY) LTD
Education
LLB - Law
UNISA
Elementary Bookkeeping Diploma - undefined
Bryntirion College
Secretarial Diploma - undefined
CTU
High School Diploma -
Pretoria College
GautengSkills
Excel Advanced
Pastel
Sage
MDA
Microsoft Office
Workflow Approval systems
Creation, integration and implementation of month end reports
Courses
- Excel Advanced, Torque IT
- Pastel Payroll, Bryntirion College
- Pastel Accounting beginners & advanced, Bryntirion College
Timeline
Financial Manager
Anaprop
05.2023 - 11.2025
Property Portfolio Manager Consultant
Firstcore (Pty) Ltd
10.2017 - 04.2023
Property & Portfolio Manager
ZAH Properties
06.2014 - 10.2017
Accountant (FM)
Hyprop Investments Limited
09.2011 - 04.2014
Accountant
Attfund Retail (Pty) Ltd & Movies @ Woodlands & Word for Word Marketing
02.2009 - 08.2011
Elementary Bookkeeping Diploma - undefined
Bryntirion College
Secretarial Diploma - undefined
CTU
LLB - Law
UNISA
High School Diploma -
Pretoria College