Ndivhuho Brendan Ndalammbi
Manager: Operations Finance
Midrand,GP
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with a robust background in financial analysis and management, consistently recognised for driving process improvements and implementing strategic financial planning initiatives. Expertise in leveraging analytical skills to enhance decision-making and optimize financial performance. A dependable team player dedicated to fostering collaboration and adapting to evolving business needs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Committed to delivering impactful results through innovative solutions and a proactive approach to challenges.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager: Operations Finance
African Bank
09.2025 - Current
- Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
- Managed financial operations, including invoicing and reconciliation, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Engaged with business unit stakeholders and the management committee to foster collaboration.
- Assisted in internal and external audits, maintaining high standards of regulatory compliance.
- Focused on treating customers fairly while monitoring budgets and reporting financial performance.
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Built high-performing teams through effective recruitment, onboarding, and talent development initiatives.
- Streamlined workflows by identifying bottlenecks in existing systems and implementing appropriate solutions.
- Managed budget allocations to prioritize spending on high-impact projects, optimizing resource utilization.
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve project goals, fostering collaboration and innovation.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
Acting Senior Manager: Resilience
African Bank
01.2024 - 08.2025
- Design of the Resilience Plan and Ensuring its execution to completion
- Ensuring that Regulatory reporting (CTR/ IFTR) is done accurately and timeously
- Provision of training and coaching to the monitoring team
- Preparation of monthly monitoring, compliance, risk and audit reports.
- Team leadership and management
- Ensuring that the risk registers and assessments are performed as per plan
- Driving the remediation of monitoring and internal audit findings
- Ensuring that compliance reports are completed and submitted timeous
- Held monthly meetings to create business plans and workshops to drive successful business.
- Established strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring long-term partnerships and repeat business.
- Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
- Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliver high-quality results.
- Consistently met or exceeded annual performance targets set by senior leadership.
- Collaborated closely with peers from other departments to drive organisational success jointly as one cohesive unit.
- Reduced costs, optimized resource allocation, and improved efficiency in managing projects.
- Improved team performance by providing comprehensive training and fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Mentored junior staff members for skill development and career progression within the organization.
- Managed budgets effectively, achieving financial objectives while maintaining strict control over expenditures.
- Boosted team member productivity by enhancing performance monitoring and instituting motivational approaches.
- Reviewed and analyzed reports, records and directives to obtain data required for planning department activities.
- Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
- Demonstrated exceptional adaptability in navigating complex situations or rapidly changing environments with ease.
- Implemented innovative solutions to overcome challenges, leading to enhanced productivity levels.
- Promoted a culture of continuous learning through regular workshops, seminars, and training sessions for staff.
- Balanced competing priorities efficiently while maintaining focus on critical tasks requiring immediate attention.
- Developed and executed successful training program for junior managers, equipping them with essential leadership skills.
- Achieved operational excellence by streamlining processes and implementing best practices.
Manager: Resilience
African Bank
07.2021 - 01.2024
- Management of the Audit and Monitoring team
- Design of audit strategy and exception reports.
- Monitoring of controls and compliance matters.
- Extracting of data and writing queries to question the integrity of the data on the warehouse using Microsoft SQL.
- Facilitating audit meeting and discussions
- Drafting of the Audit and Monitoring Plans
- Ensuring that the Audit and Monitoring is executed according to plan.
- Driving remediation of the monitoring and internal audit findings.
- Training the monitoring and Audit Team
Supervisor: Audit, Risk and Compliance
African Bank
07.2019 - 06.2021
- Daily Audit, Analysis and Reporting
- Design of audit strategy and exception reports.
- Monitoring of controls and compliance matters.
- Extracting of data and writing queries to question the integrity of the data on the warehouse using Microsoft SQL.
- Facilitating audit meeting and discussions
- Greater challenges and more responsibilities
Quality Assurance Specialist
African Bank
11.2016 - 06.2019
- Report preparation (Monthly, weekly and daily)
- Monitoring of the organisation’s best practice
- Operational support and advice to senior management
- Maintaining the department’s quality standards
- Liaising with internal and external auditors
- Optimisation of the operations (Debt Counselling Administration order)
- Reconciliation of the debt counselling and Administration order transaction to ensure completeness
- Project management for the division
- New Challenge and better position
Operations manager: Tracing
African Bank
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Management of the trace collection processes
- Management of third-party relationships
- Payment of third-party invoices
- Streamlining the processes and creating a better working process.
- Management and coaching of staff
- 6 months secondment ended
Manager: Banking (Legal receipts and Invoicing)
African Bank
03.2014 - 10.2016
- Reconciliation of intercompany transactions
- Preparation of reports
- Operations management
- Bank reconciliation
- Staff management, appraisals and coaching
- Reconciliation of cash transactions and reporting
- General ledger reconciliations and maintenance
- Processing of journals
- New Challenge
Trainee Accountant and Audit Supervisor
Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo Inc.
01.2010 - 12.2013
- Drafting of Annual Financial Statements (AFS)
- Auditing according to the firm’s methodology
- Planning and allocation of resources to projects
- Drafting of the audit budget and negotiation of the audit fees
- Leading meetings between management and the audit partners
- Drafting of the audit opinion
- Staff training and development
- Report preparations
- Operational support to management
- Reviewing, processing and proposing the accounting journals
- Reviewing and preparation of the consolidated Financial Statements
- Preparation and review of management accounts
- Successful completion of SAICA articles (3 years) and completion of one year employment contract
Education
Bcompt Honours - Management Accounting, Information Strategy, Enterprise Strategy
UNISA
BCom Accounting - Accounting 3, Taxation 3, Auditing 3, Financial Management 3
University of Johannesburg
CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting
Grade 12/ Matric - English HG, Tshivenda HG, Afrikaans HG, Mathematics HG, Accounting HG, Economics HG, Business Economics HG
LTT Murunwa Private School
01.2004
Skills
International Financial Reporting Standards expertise
References
- Carina, Best, CA (SA), 011 256 9618, 082 372 2196, African Bank, Head Alternative Collections, Quality Assurance Specialist, Period of Employment: 4 years
- Maneesh, Gosai, 083 777 2401, 011 231 0600, Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo Inc, Assistant Management: Assurance, Audit Supervisor, Period of Employment: 4 years
- Botshelo, Mashego, 011 564 7479, 076 806 9923, African Bank, Manager: Alternative Collections, Quality Assurance Specialist / Manager: Legal receipts and collections, Period of Employment: 4 years
Affiliations
- Full member of SAIPA
- CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting
- CIMA Strategic Level Candidate (In progress)
COMPUTER PACKAGES
- Microsoft office (Word, PowerPoint, excel, outlook)
- Exactus
- Pastel
- SQL (Basic)
- Caseware
- SAGE
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
SAICA training contract (Completed)
CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting
Timeline
Manager: Operations Finance
African Bank
09.2025 - Current
Acting Senior Manager: Resilience
African Bank
01.2024 - 08.2025
Manager: Resilience
African Bank
07.2021 - 01.2024
Supervisor: Audit, Risk and Compliance
African Bank
07.2019 - 06.2021
Operations manager: Tracing
African Bank
11.2018 - 04.2019
Quality Assurance Specialist
African Bank
11.2016 - 06.2019
Manager: Banking (Legal receipts and Invoicing)
African Bank
03.2014 - 10.2016
Trainee Accountant and Audit Supervisor
Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo Inc.
01.2010 - 12.2013
Grade 12/ Matric - English HG, Tshivenda HG, Afrikaans HG, Mathematics HG, Accounting HG, Economics HG, Business Economics HG
LTT Murunwa Private School
Bcompt Honours - Management Accounting, Information Strategy, Enterprise Strategy
UNISA
BCom Accounting - Accounting 3, Taxation 3, Auditing 3, Financial Management 3
University of Johannesburg
CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting