Nobuntu Tshoni
Accounts Payable Specialist
Boksburg ,Gauteng
Summary
Highly accomplished finance professional with 2+ years of leadership experience, successfully leading a team of 8 and driving process improvements. Proven track record as an Accounts Payable Specialist, with a strong background in finance and experience working on various projects to streamline General Accounting processes. Proficient in SAP and Microsoft Dynamics 365, with excellent organizational and time management skills. A dependable and results-driven leader with a positive attitude, always willing to take on additional responsibilities to achieve team goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Specialist
Nestle
05.2024 - Current
- Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies
- Review of all debit balances on creditors age analysis to ensure valid prepayments at month end
- Support finance team in preparation of purchase order
- Enhanced financial accuracy through diligent reconciliation of vendor statements and company records
- Assist in Fixed assets creation and journals
- Streamlined accounts payable processes by implementing efficient invoicing and payment tracking systems
- Bank reconciliation
- Perform VAT reconciliation and VAT journal adjustments
- Handled trade payable documentation by reviewing month-end accruals
- Lease clearing and lease expense journal creation
- Asset creation and posting journals
Accounts Payable Team Lead
Anglo American
04.2022 - 04.2024
- Facilitated month-end closing activities by ensuring all outstanding invoices were processed accurately and efficiently.
- Collaborated with procurement department to develop and implement improved purchasing policies.
- Reporting on VIM status and progress
- Logging of VIM heat calls and following up of the same
- Training of Accounts payable staff on VIM and any other working platforms and systems
- Developed comprehensive training materials for new hires in the Accounts Payable team to enhance their understanding of company processes.
- Ensured accurate financial reporting by reconciling accounts payable general ledger accounts on a monthly basis.
- Collaborate with internal departments to obtain necessary approvals for payment
- Assist in the preparation of the KPI report
- Preparing BOP for international payments and Support Treasury Operations in resolving queries
- Ensure quality and health of the reconciliation through the investigation and clearing of open line items
- Meet stakeholders expectations by ensuring agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA's) are adhered to
- Contribute to process enhancements by identifying opportunities for improvement
- Verify and reconcile vendor statements and resolve any discrepancies
Accounts Payable Administrator
Anglo American
10.2020 - 03.2022
- Check daily volumes and report irregularities in the work flow
- Ensure first review of payment proposal is completed accurately and timeously
- Prepare and reconcile bank reconciliations
- Intercompany posting and allocation before month end close off
- Knowledge and compliance with relevant Foreign Exchange policies and procedure
- Process Goods receipt journals in accordance with service deliver
- Assist with ad hoc projects
- Facilitated month-end closing activities by ensuring all outstanding invoices were processed accurately and efficiently
- Prepared weekly check runs for approved invoices, delivering accurate payments to vendors on time.
International creditors clerk
Skynet Worldwide Express
06.2020 - 09.2020
- Ensure that payments are captured to correct supplier and for correct amount
- Ensure that batches are accurately captured before handing over for checking, posting and approval for payment
- Prepare and post monthly accounting journals
- Monitor of actuals to budget
- Assisting with compilation of information and preparation of budget
- Perform all supplier reconciliations
- Managing petty cash book
- Managed to cut billing costs by analyzing previous months billing to current
Finance Intern
Skynet Worldwide Express
07.2019 - 05.2020
- Processing accounts and incoming payments
- Daily cash up and banking
- Facilitate payments of invoices due by sending bill reminders and contact details
- Preparing, sending invoices and PODs
- Processing Pos on the Ariba system
- Identify and resolve problematic accounts- timeously
- Monitor status of allocated debtor's book on daily basis
- Preparing bills receivable, invoices and bank deposit
- Reconcile accounts receivable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted
- Adeptly collecting on bad debts and maintaining book value of current liabilities, with a proven track record in logistic industry
- Maintained accurate, up-to-date financial spreadsheets and databases for reliable reference
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Risk Management
Mancosa
Johannesburg 02.2024 - 2024.11
Bachelor of Commerce - Financial Accountancy
Northwest University
Vaal-Triangle 02.2015 - 2018.11
Skills
- Initiating Action
- Ability to operate in a team
- Target driven and ability to achieve results
- Adaptable to change
- SARS E-Filling
- Numerical reasoning skills
- Process compliance monitoring
- Data analysis
- Advanced Excel skills
- Cash Flow analysis
- SAP
- Microsoft dynamics
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Accounts Payable Specialist
Nestle
05.2024 - Current
Post Graduate Diploma - Risk Management
Mancosa
02.2024 - 2024.11
Accounts Payable Team Lead
Anglo American
04.2022 - 04.2024
Accounts Payable Administrator
Anglo American
10.2020 - 03.2022
International creditors clerk
Skynet Worldwide Express
06.2020 - 09.2020
Finance Intern
Skynet Worldwide Express
07.2019 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Commerce - Financial Accountancy
Northwest University
02.2015 - 2018.11
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