PFANO MUTENDA
CIMA DIP MA
Summary
Senior Bookkeeper supporting month-end close, IFRS financial reporting, and balance sheet reconciliations across AP, AR, and the general ledger. Prepares management accounts, budgets, cash flow forecasts, and variance analysis while maintaining strong controls, audit-ready documentation, and accurate VAT and payroll tax submissions. Leads staff supervision and process improvement to strengthen reporting accuracy and financial operations.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Bookkeeper
Electrical Contractor's Association of SA
09.2018 - Current
- Support the month-end close process by completing assigned reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting schedules in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) on time.
- Preparing for year-end activities and year-end financial reporting.
- Preparation of periodic management accounts and supporting schedules.
- Preparation of balance sheet and general ledger reconciliations.
- Management of the trail balance.
- Analyse and review of financial statements notes.
- Maintaining Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable aging reports.
- Processing Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable transactions with accuracy while meeting established processing deadlines.
- Processing Accounts Payable transactions, ensuring vendor bills are accurately coded, and paid according to established payment terms.
- Processing Accounts Receivable transactions, ensuring customer invoices are accurate, issued on time, and payments are properly applied.
- Preparation of journal entries, reconcile assigned balance sheet accounts, and maintain accurate month-end workpapers and supporting documentation.
- Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of transactions recorded in the general ledger.
- Research and resolve accounting discrepancies, vendor inquiries, and customer billing issues in a timely manner.
- Support the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of accounting processes, procedures, and internal controls.
- Collaborate effectively with internal departments, vendors, and customers to ensure accurate financial reporting and efficient accounting operations.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned
- Maintain organized financial records and documentation in accordance with company policies and internal controls.
- Preparation of financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
- Submit budget/forecast information timeously to Manager.
- Preparation annual budgets for management approval.
- Managing regional costs, purchase orders, business expenses, and overall expenditure, ensuring all spending remains within budget.
- Ensures all accruals and provisions are accurate, valid, and accounted for.
- Developing, maintaining, and monitoring annual budgets in alignment with strategic objectives.
- Preparation of cashflow forecast report.
- Ensuring that integrity and accuracy of revenue reports, including reconciliations, allocations, ageing analysis, and cashbook updates.
- Ensuring Corporate Cards maintenance and support to the users.
- Performing variance analysis, performance analysis and identifying trends (Actual vs Budgeted)
- VAT recon and VAT201 submissions.
- PAYE recon and EMP201 submissions.
- Handling of escalations and complex financial queries effectively.
- Maintain financial systems and ensure data integrity.
- Manage staff and provide supervision.
- Drive process optimisation initiatives and assist with system enhancements and implementations
- Ensuring financial data is accurately represented and aligned with corporate governance and reporting standards.
- Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to gather financial and non-financial data for comprehensive reporting.
- Maintain proper documentation and records to support internal and external audits
- Contribute to the audit process and resolve any audit queries within deadlines.
- Implementation of audit recommendations.
- Maintain B-BBEE procurement records and update supplier B-BBEE status.
- Managing the B-BBEE compliance process, ensuring accurate reporting, timely filings, and full adherence to all statutory and regulatory requirements.
Bookkeeper
Electrical Contractor's Association of SA
11.2015 - 08.2015
- Generating of customers invoices and send them to clients.
- Run annuity billing processing.
- Preparation of billing reports.
- Resolving of customer billing queries.
- Cash books transactions processing accurately.
- Assist with any financial administrative duties.
- Sending out customer statements monthly.
- Reconciliation of customer statements.
- Maintain and update outstanding debtors’ reports.
- Issue and process customer invoices and credit notes.
- Perform customer age analysis.
- Assist with stock takes.
- Preparation of periodic management accounts.
- Monitoring of weekly unallocated payments.
- Preparation of audit file and attending to audit deliverables.
- Provide financial insights for strategic decisions.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial data.
- Investigation of variances (Actual vs Budgeted)
- Assist financial manager in the financial management and reconciliation of financial records.
- Managing the accounts charts to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with financial controls.
- Monitoring of internal controls, compliance and policy implementation.
- Monitoring of financial system and ensuring that all transactions are posted.
- Ensure adherence to sound financial principles, practices, standards and regulations
- Preparation of financial statements and any ad hoc reports requested by management.
- Calculation and submission of VAT.
- Manage and maintain fixed assets register.
- Ensure that the accounting system is working efficiently.
- Posting and processing of monthly journals.
- Allocation of debtor’s income.
- Provide cost savings initiatives.
Pension Payroll Graduate
Alexander Forbes
03.2014 - 03.2015
- Administration of multiple pension funds.
- Monthly processing of payroll.
- Prepare asset and liability matching monthly.
- Ensure that the fund data validation is accurately done every month.
- Implementation of yearly increases and ensure bonuses and surpluses are paid on time.
- Issue IRP5 certificates.
- Preparation of tax reconciliation and processing of tax refunds.
- Submission of funds schedules to accounts department for processing.
- Request for dis-investment.
- Preparation of admin reports.
Finance Intern
EOH
03.2012 - 02.2013
- Responsible for all accounts receivable duties.
- Financial statements preparations.
- Contracts administration and management.
- Fixed assets register maintenance.
Education
Bcom - Accounting
University of Venda
01-2010
CIMA Management Level - undefined
CIMA
01-2023
CIMA Operational Level - undefined
CIMA
01-2015
Skills
Cash flow management and forecasting
Managerial accounting, budgeting and forecasting
Accounting systems and financial software utilisation
Financial analysis and reporting
Team management and supervision
Preparation of trial balances and financial reports
Compliance awareness and governance discipline
VAT recon and VAT201 submissions
PAYE recon and EMP201 submissions
Audit support and query resolution
Timeline
Senior Bookkeeper
Electrical Contractor's Association of SA
09.2018 - Current
Bookkeeper
Electrical Contractor's Association of SA
11.2015 - 08.2015
Pension Payroll Graduate
Alexander Forbes
03.2014 - 03.2015
Finance Intern
EOH
03.2012 - 02.2013
CIMA Operational Level - undefined
CIMA
CIMA Management Level - undefined
CIMA
Bcom - Accounting
University of Venda