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Nicole Andrews

Accountant
Johannesburg

Summary

A data-driven Reporting Specialist with, 7+ years of experience in operational finance tasks and reporting for top level management. Proficient in generating and customizing reports with varying complexity. Expertly collects, organizes, analyzes and disseminates significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy. Offering a great budgeting, forecasting and cost analysis skills, a team player with strong organizational skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. There is always a willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Junior Accounting to Reporting Specialist

Epiroc South Africa
02.2023 - Current
  • Ensuring quality Accounting to Reporting service delivery to Customers in sub-Saharan Africa supported by the Regional Centre of Excellence while continuously improving processes and tools to ensure further efficiencies
  • Ensure delivery of quality Accounting to Reporting (A2R) services to sub-Saharan organisations in line with Service Level Agreements and the Epiroc Way as well as business requirements
  • Support implementation of improvements to processes and tools in A2R
  • Assist with improving and implementing process alignment in the Region
  • Bank reconciliations, experience working across various banks in Africa.
  • Intercompany transactions exposure and working closely with Accounts payable team
  • Entry level general ledger recons
  • Assistance with month end reporting journals

Accountant

Aesseal South Africa
07.2019 - 08.2022
  • Prepare and compile monthly financial management reports for 2 major SA subsidiaries, as well as 2 smaller subsidiaries, including insight on all month-to month variances for financial statements
  • Year-end processes as well as group returns used for UK
  • Parent company consolidations
  • Prepare and post monthly journals and prepare balance sheet/ general ledger/Trial balance reconciliations, as well as year-end journals
  • Ensure accuracy of cost allocations between all subsidiaries and SA branches
  • Maintain fixed asset register and run monthly depreciation Calculate and process accurate provisions and accruals Prepare and submit VAT on Receiver of Revenues, with subsequent payments
  • Cash management of all Aesseal African subsidiaries, including bank reconciliations (over 5 bank accounts)
  • Develop and implement internal control processes
  • Develop processes to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of departments in relation to the accounting system and finance department
  • Prepare, manage and execute local and foreign payment processes, calculate foreign exchange gains/losses
  • Verify and maintain supplier ageing, investigating discrepancies
  • Raise intercompany invoices, maintain loan account and reconcile intercompany transactions between all subsidiaries
  • Prepare for and assist in external financial audits and manage external financial review
  • Stock-take assistance
  • Preliminary internal asset audits and conduct compilation of audit review documents from various stakeholders
  • Assist Head of Finance with budgets
  • Assist Management with any ad hoc tasks

Junior Accountant

PLP Group
01.2017 - 07.2019
  • Fulfilled full accounting function for 1 subsidiaries with main tasks as follows:
  • Prepare and compile monthly financial management reports, including insight on all month-to month variances for financial statements, comapring it to budgeted P/L
  • Prepare and post monthly journals and prepare balance sheet reconciliations
  • Ensure accuracy of cost allocations
  • Maintain fixed asset register and run monthly depreciation
  • Calculate and process accurate provisions and accruals
  • Prepare and submit VAT on Receiver of Revenues, with subsequent payments
  • Cash management of all 8+ subsidiaries, maintained all banks
  • Prepare monthly cashflow for subsidiaries, with input from subsidiary accountants
  • Liaise with Director on invoices to be raised to customers, maintain aged receivables and payables
  • Assist Management with any ad hoc tasks
  • Prepare for and assist in external financial audits physical
  • Petty cash(R10 000) – manage, maintain and reconcile monthly

Finance Clerk

Aesseal South Africa
06.2016 - 12.2016
  • Ensure accuracy of cost allocations
  • Calculate and process accruals
  • Cash management of all Aesseal Africa subidiaries, including bank reconciliations
  • Verify and maintain supplier ageing, investigating discrepancies Prepare, manage and execute local and foreign payment processes Assist Management with any ad hoc tasks
  • Prepare for and assist in external financial audits

Education

Bachelor of Accountancy - Specialization in Chartered Accountancy

University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
02.2013 - 03.2016

Matric - Class of 2012

Wordworth High School
Johannesburg, South Africa
04.2001 -

Skills

    Analytical and critical thinking

Certification

Business Accountant in Practice - SAIBA(CIBA)

Software

SAP Hana

Xero

Pastel

Sage Line500

Excel

Timeline

Junior Accounting to Reporting Specialist

Epiroc South Africa
02.2023 - Current

Business Accountant in Practice - SAIBA(CIBA)

12-2022

Registered Tax Practitioner - SARS

12-2021

Accounting Technician - SAICA

12-2021

Xero Advisor

12-2020

Accountant

Aesseal South Africa
07.2019 - 08.2022

Junior Accountant

PLP Group
01.2017 - 07.2019

Finance Clerk

Aesseal South Africa
06.2016 - 12.2016

Bachelor of Accountancy - Specialization in Chartered Accountancy

University of Johannesburg
02.2013 - 03.2016

Matric - Class of 2012

Wordworth High School
04.2001 -
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