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
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