Ntokozo Smangaliso Nene
Junior Accountant
Richards Bay
Summary
I have a degree in accounting with experience as a trainee and junior accountant for 15 Months and experience as an Internal Audit and Financial Services Intern for 18 months . I am confident that I would be the perfect addition to your team. My skills include accurate data entry, strong math skills, and effective communication. In previous roles, I have been relied upon to handle important financial duties such as preparing tax returns and overseeing budgets. Through my education and work experience, I have developed a deep understanding of accounting principles which can benefit your company greatly.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Intern: Metered Services
City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality
11.2025 - Current
- Manage utility account inquiries via phone, ensuring timely and accurate responses
- Processed utility bills, Payments, and account updates
- Reconcile incorrect meter readings
- Maintain accurate records of customer interactions, transactions and account statuses within database
- Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies and customer complaints, enhancing satisfaction rates.
- Department: Financial Services- Revenue
Intern: Logistics
City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality
07.2025 - 10.2025
- Receiving goods from suppliers as per order
- Follow up outstanding orders and request invoices from the supplier
- Enter all good that received daily in the receiving book
- Compile payment, copy the document and submit to finance for payment
- Record all communication with supplier
- Ensure that non-stock items not kept in the stores for more than 48 hours
- Keep the record of supplier performance
- File commitment per month in a retrievable manner
- Update stock on bin cards and tally cards and on issued inventory spreadsheet
- Do quarterly stocktaking
- Unpack stock on shelves that has been received
- Issuing and filling requisition according to monthly date
- Capture financial commitments on the financial system.
- Render stores and warehouse support.
- Prepare purchase order packs for payment.
- Receive and Capture Supplier Quotations.
- Prepare Order Preferential.
- Department: Financial Services- Supply Chain Management Unit
Intern: Internal Audit
City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality
07.2024 - 06.2025
- Evaluate the process in place to ensure the complete, accurate and timely recording of transactions
- Assist in evaluating and test the adherence to current policies, procedures, laws and regulations
- Evaluate the adequacy of the current controls in place – in terms of reducing risk and promoting achievements of objectives, Evaluate the effectiveness of current internal controls in place for the period of review
- Formulate recommendations for reducing risks, improving controls and increasing adherence to policies, procedures, laws and regulations
- Confirm the findings with the supervisor/management and obtain agreed management actions with target dates and designated responsible officials.
- Audit Committee:
- Assist in Preparing and Compiling Internal Audit Reports for submission to the Audit Committee.
- Implementing and resolving Audit committee recommendations from AC meetings.
- Consulting engagements:
- Preparing for the Five Year External Quality Assurance Review, reviewing all the project files and working papers.
- Engaging with service providers – reviewing their planning documents (i.e. notification letters, engagement planning memorandums), final Draft reports and Invoices.
- Assist in evaluating and test the adherence to current policies, procedures, laws and regulations
- Internal Audit Budget:
- Preparing Quarterly Contract/Budget Monitoring for submission to the Chief Operations Officer.
- Tender Process:
- Assist in preparing tender documentation and conducting a Tender Specification for the appointment of the service providers.
- Performance Management:
- Preparing Quarterly Scorecards for submission to the Chief Operations Officer.
- Preparing the CAE’s and CIA’s Performance plans (KPA’s) for submission to the to the Chief Operations Officer.
- Preparing Quarterly Safety Observation for submission to the Chief Operations Officer
- Payments Management:
- Reviewing Audit Committee members invoices and submission to the Chief Audit Executive for approval and send them to Finance department for payment.
- Reviewing Invoices from the service providers, to be in line with initial agreed rate and hours, for submission to the Chief Audit Executive for approval.
- Use of the SAP system in for the payment process, creating shopping carts, requesting for purchase order numbers.
- Advertisements:
- Assist in drafting advertisements to be published for the Internal Audit section.
- Administration & Support
- Manual and System (Teammate) filing & reviewing of working papers for Internal Audit Projects
- Assist in planning the annual Internal Audit plan.
- Audit Planning and preparation
- Preparing the engagement planning memorandum for review by the Chief Audit executive and submission to the departmental head to be audited
- Teammate (creating and merging replicas, reviewing files from consultants and uploading working papers)
- Conduct Internal Audit Projects in line with Internal Audit Plan.
- Evaluate the adequacy and capability of internal controls to identify deviations from guidelines and Procedures.
- Department: Office of the City Manager- Internal Audit
Finance Intern/Bookkeeper
Otonda Chartered Accountants
03.2023 - 06.2024
- Processing transactions on Pastel.
- Processing VAT Returns and filling the VAT Returns on E-filling.
- Processing EMP 201 returns and filling the return on E-filling.
- Processing company’s income tax return and filling the return on e- filling.
- Perform bank, creditors and debtors reconciliations.
- Compiling company financial statements according to IFRS.
- Reconciling general ledger accounts.
- Processing accounting data on Automate Data Entry system.
- Preparing monthly management accounts.
- Performing and reviewing the income tax calculation for accounting purposes.
- Perform payroll reconciliations.
- Perform Vat reconciliations.
- Accurate processing of invoices and credit notes on the system.
- Passing journals to prepare the financial statements
- Administration, maintaining an efficient and proper filling system for recordkeeping of all financial documents
Educational Assistant
Bazini Primary School
09.2022 - 02.2023
- Administrative Duties (e.g. Printing, photo copying, capturing Marks, class lists), Class monitoring (Noise and chaos control) & Teaching and learning program (Giving tasks, class works, activities and homeworks).
- Department of Education
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
University of Zululand
KwaDlangezwa Campus01.2020
Matric With Bachelor - isiZulu Home Language, English 1st Additional Language, Life Orientation, Mathematics, Physical Science, Life Science, Business Studies, Geography
Kwaziphethe Secondary School
01.2016
Skills
Research, planning and organizing skills
Computer Skills, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
Good Communication Skills, (able to communicate information and ideas clearly and articulately both in oral and written form, Uses appropriate language, style and methods depending on audience and the purpose of communication)
Team Work (Actively participates in team, encourages co-operation, aware of the needs of others and responds flexibly, shares information and supports other team members)
Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act
SCM National Treasury Practice Notes
RSA Constitution
Batho Pele Principles
Records management and Filing Systems
Data Capturing
Sage System
SAP System
Draftworx
Automate Data Entry System
Teammate File
References
- Ms Balungile, Mkhwanazi, Chief Audit Executive, MkhwanaziBB@umhlathuze.gov.za, 035 907 5326, uMhlathuze Local Municipality
- Ms Lungile, Mvundla, Chief Internal Auditor, Mvundla@umhlathuze.gov.za, 035 907 5239, uMhlathuze Local Municipality
- Mrs Sinothile, Xulu, Accountant Logistics, XuluS@umhlathuze.gov.za, 035 907 5778, uMhlathuze Local Municipality
Timeline
Intern: Metered Services
City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality
11.2025 - Current
Intern: Logistics
City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality
07.2025 - 10.2025
Intern: Internal Audit
City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality
07.2024 - 06.2025
Finance Intern/Bookkeeper
Otonda Chartered Accountants
03.2023 - 06.2024
Educational Assistant
Bazini Primary School
09.2022 - 02.2023
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
University of Zululand
Matric With Bachelor - isiZulu Home Language, English 1st Additional Language, Life Orientation, Mathematics, Physical Science, Life Science, Business Studies, Geography
Kwaziphethe Secondary School