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PHILLA KEKANA

Randburg

Summary

I am interested in joining your team as it has the ideal culture in which to pursue my goal of becoming a strategic business leader and thinker. In this respect, I believe that my experience in collections call centre; IT Support, finance, and administrative functions; sense of ownership and responsibility; my pursuit for achievement, and success would be an asset to your team. In addition, I bring a wealth of other essential skills and qualities that I have developed through studying and various work experience such as how to act as the first point of telephone contact for a customer, quickly understanding a caller’s point of view, to empathise with them, be able to respond and adapt to their need and eager to learn new skills. As a committed, well-motivated individual, who enjoys working in a team I can assure you of the fact that I will be ready for any challenge that comes across my way. Work achievements Customer service Stress Management Team player Time Management Attention to detail Verbal and written communication Analytical Flexible Accurately updating customer records with information. Problem Solving Answering any queries efficiently and quickly processing information. Ability to work with minimum supervision in a busy environment Able to do repetitive tasks accurately over long periods of time

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Service Desk Analyst

PriceWaterhouse Coopers
11.2018 - Current
  • Ensure Service Desk Phone and Messaging system is attended to in a timely manner
  • Logging Incidents/Requests via our ITSM application providing accurate resolution as required
  • Resolve 1st line support issues in accordance with SLA's
  • Ensure the Service Desk delivers a professional and consistent level of service that provides resolutions within agreed deadlines
  • Promote an environment where the business receives outstanding client service
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key staff and managers in the business and in other teams within IT
  • Undertake service analysis, proactive service monitoring or project activities as assigned
  • Identify repeat incidents and contribute to provision of comprehensive Known Error Records and Solutions articles as support tools for other Service Desk staff
  • Work collaboratively with other Service Desks and support teams
  • Assist with Service Desk documentation review and revision.

Product Analyst

PriceWaterhouse Coopers
05.2018 - 11.2018
  • To ensure OPE Administrators delivers a professional and consistent level of service that provides resolutions within the 24-hour turnaround time
  • To ensure a file deployed is according to the OPE request and the data integrity is 100% accurate with regards to:
  • Creating the A&C engagement according to necessary options
  • Roll forward or deploy a new Aura file according to roll forward or new file requirements
  • Create the Paperfile in the correct office and under the correct file owner as per the request form
  • Comply with additional comments the user has included in the request form
  • To ensure that once the file is deployed or an OPE request is attended, the ITSM application is updated and the OPE requestor is notified
  • If the form is completed incorrectly, to provide the user with the correct guidance to correct the request
  • Handling of One Point of entry tickets logged in ServiceNow
  • Identify repeat incidents and make sure they are closed with the correct referencing
  • Closed the OPE request if the requestor is not responding to your messages within 4 days
  • To continuously capture all information done on the ITSM so that it can be accessible when needed
  • This will assist Apps Ops to wrap up the call when not available.

Finance Administrator

United Fibre Cement Company
01.2013 - 04.2016
  • Retrenchment
  • Process credit cards statements and petty cash into batched section on Sage Pastel
  • (Daily banking/Bank Admin) Upload the transactions on the bank statement process onto OMNI into batched section daily and reconciling
  • Clear out files annually, once the auditors have finalized their audit, keep current records (Mar to Feb) in office, previous year to be batched and sent to Warehouse for safekeeping
  • Send customer statements from 27th of each month
  • Answer calls and take messages for anyone who is not in the office
  • Contact suppliers for statements by the 15th of each month
  • Follow up and follow through with all customers to make sure that they have processed payment
  • Prepare invoices for payment
  • Prepare stock count sheets at month end and assist with stock counts
  • Make sure all deliveries are invoiced out
  • Assist and verify documents to be send for tender applications
  • Keep record of Licensees on server and send all documentation to Agrément SA for verification and acceptance process
  • Follow up payment with clients, load invoices on supplier accounts
  • Assist management with any ad hoc projects

Finance officer

South African Airways
12.2010 - 08.2011
  • Maternity Cover (Non-renewable contract)
  • Reconcile GSA sales to SAP R/3 and clear GSA sales accounts periodically (as outlined in the GSA agreement)
  • Reconcile credit card clearing accounts and conduct follow up on credit card charge backs and clearing thereof
  • Preparing and balancing of cash sales reports
  • Monthly close-off of accounts receivables
  • Preparation and processing of journals
  • Preparation of month-end reconciliation
  • Processing of books of prime entry through SAP3 system
  • Preparation and processing of refunds submitted by GSA
  • Assist and support all ad hoc duties as determined by Africa Finance Management

Collections Supervisor/Legal Consultant

Blue Financial Services Pty Ltd/ Kagisano Financial Services
04.2007 - 09.2010
  • Work on collection book 120 days and older
  • Working on in-house system (Excalibur, CMS, and Kagcell Programs) and tracing tools (Compuscan and XDS)
  • Manage a small call centre agent who are responsible for collecting outstanding debt
  • Supervise team of agents to excel in the service delivery
  • Update clients with their queries and to ensure excellent quality service and SLA is met
  • Log calls of all queries and faults through to IT support
  • Liaise with branches and clients related queries through to resolution and routing enquiries to correct departments
  • Compile accurate stats for all the trace report and queries monthly
  • Import files into in-house system, updating and changing of client statuses
  • Communicate with sheriffs regarding summons and jurisdictions
  • Sorting and filing of Section 129 letters and Posting Section 129 letters

Call Centre Agent

Call Centre Nucleus Pty Ltd
10.2006 - 03.2007
  • Resigned (A former boss recruited me to join their company and I was offered a promotion and pay increase)
  • Verify and update data on South African Tourism Website Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by email, or telephone to solicit payment
  • Receive inbound calls from clients and handle their queries Keeping records of collection and status of accounts
  • Capture and updating data on in-house system (Preference Centre, Blueprint and Xion Program)
  • Compiling daily operational reports and statistics
  • Making outbound calls to assist customers with payments on in-house program
  • Co-ordinate of settlement of accounts timeously to meet set recovery targets

Call Centre Agent

Call Wise Pty Ltd TA One Cor
11.2002 - 09.2006
  • Resigned (A former boss recruited me to join their company and I was offered a significant pay increase)
  • Receiving payment and posting amount to customer's account
  • Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by email, or telephone to solicit payment
  • Credit check on ITC and Compuscan systems for clients
  • Keeping records of collection and status of accounts
  • Preparing statements to credit department if customer fails to respond
  • Compiling daily operational reports and statistics
  • Training of new Call Centre Operators
  • Capture and updating data on in-house program
  • General mastering the collection system to appropriately and effectively work the debts assigned to you

Education

Master of Commerce – MANCOSA - undefined

Postgraduate Diploma - Finance and Accounting

Monash SA

Microsoft Excel (Level 2 and 3) – Impact Financial Training Academy - undefined

ITIL 4 Foundation Certificate – Axelos - undefined

Conduct Outcome-based Assessment Skills – ETDP_SETA (Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education - undefined

Bachelor of Accounting Science - Financial Accounting

Debt Recovery Certificate – FASSET/Boston City - undefined

Campus and Business College

Motivate a team Certificate - ITO Focus International - undefined

Diploma - undefined

Call Centre Agent, Damelin Education Group

CERTIFICATE in Practical Spreadsheet Processing; Typewriting; English for Business Communications; Book-keeping and Accounts; Office Procedures – - undefined

ST Pauls Secretarial College

National Senior Certificate - undefined

Mohlabetsi High School

Skills

COMPUTER SKILLSundefined

Timeline

Service Desk Analyst

PriceWaterhouse Coopers
11.2018 - Current

Product Analyst

PriceWaterhouse Coopers
05.2018 - 11.2018

Finance Administrator

United Fibre Cement Company
01.2013 - 04.2016

Finance officer

South African Airways
12.2010 - 08.2011

Collections Supervisor/Legal Consultant

Blue Financial Services Pty Ltd/ Kagisano Financial Services
04.2007 - 09.2010

Call Centre Agent

Call Centre Nucleus Pty Ltd
10.2006 - 03.2007

Call Centre Agent

Call Wise Pty Ltd TA One Cor
11.2002 - 09.2006

Master of Commerce – MANCOSA - undefined

Postgraduate Diploma - Finance and Accounting

Monash SA

Microsoft Excel (Level 2 and 3) – Impact Financial Training Academy - undefined

ITIL 4 Foundation Certificate – Axelos - undefined

Conduct Outcome-based Assessment Skills – ETDP_SETA (Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education - undefined

Bachelor of Accounting Science - Financial Accounting

Debt Recovery Certificate – FASSET/Boston City - undefined

Campus and Business College

Motivate a team Certificate - ITO Focus International - undefined

Diploma - undefined

Call Centre Agent, Damelin Education Group

CERTIFICATE in Practical Spreadsheet Processing; Typewriting; English for Business Communications; Book-keeping and Accounts; Office Procedures – - undefined

ST Pauls Secretarial College

National Senior Certificate - undefined

Mohlabetsi High School
PHILLA KEKANA