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Pride Guzha CA(SA) MBA
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Cape Town
Summary
Results-oriented professional with extensive leadership experience in high-stakes environments. Skilled in strategic planning, operational optimization, and organizational growth. Known for fostering team collaboration and delivering results under changing conditions. Key strengths include strategic vision and stakeholder management.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Executive Officer
Sizwe Africa IT Group
Johannesburg, South Africa
12.2024 - Current
- Increased company revenue by implementing innovative business strategies and expanding product offerings.
- Managed high-performing teams to successfully execute corporate objectives and drive organizational success.
- Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
- Established key strategic partnerships with industry leaders to enhance business development opportunities.
- I manage a team of over 500 staff members both contract and permanent. Including a sizeable number of internationally recognised OEMs.
Chief Financial Officer
AYO Technology solutions Limited
Cape Town, South Africa
02.2022 - 11.2024
- Executing the company's financial strategy
- Monitoring the control systems designed to preserve AYO's assets and reporting accurate financial results.
- Developing plans for growth to increase company profit while also reducing expenditure.
- Identifying investment opportunities and managing mergers and acquisitions
- Managing accounting procedures
- Ensuring maintaining effective relationship and co-ordination with key stakeholders including related entities.
- Finalize annual financial statements/ periodic financial statements (where required), get them audited from External Auditors and place them before the Board of Directors for consideration and approval.
- Creating business value through technology, ensuring the tech systems and procedures lead to outcomes in line with institution goals. Ensuring availability of timely and reliable information in the organization through technology/digital platforms.
- Perform any other task assigned by the CEO/Board.
- Identifying investment opportunities and managing mergers and acquisitions
- Supporting the development and implementation the financial policies, procedures, and systems.
- Leading the roll out of operations policies and training of staff in the policies.
- Supporting the Chief Finance Officer in monitoring the risk register and operations.
- Supporting development of annual operations plan and monitoring thereof
- Integrating any new acquisitions into the Group systems and reporting processes.
Group Financial Manager
AYO Technology solutions Limited
CAPE TOWN
03.2022 - 02.2023
- Monitoring the control systems designed to preserve AYO's assets and reporting accurate financial results.
- Review financial transactions, integrity of data on the ledger management.
- Supporting the development and implementation the financial policies, procedures, and systems.
- Leading the roll out of operations policies and training of staff in the policies.
- Supporting the Chief Finance Officer in monitoring the risk register and operations.
- Supporting development of annual operations plan and monitoring thereof
- Integrating any new acquisitions into the Group systems and reporting processes.
- Ensuring the issuing timely, accurate, and complete financial statements for all levels, including Board of Directors, executive, and management.
- Assist in issuing timely, accurate, and complete financial statements for all levels, including Board of Directors, executive, and management.
- Monitoring adherence to authority limits and delegation of authority and ensuring proper documentation thereof.
- Ensuring proper procurement function, office management and facilities management, including development and implementation of procurement policies and procedures
- Providing financial accounting and management support service to the organisation
- Coordinate budget planning processes and financial reporting.
- Prepare the year-end financial processes and the consolidated year-end financial statements, submit to the Chief Financial Officer.
- Support the year end audit by developing the audit timetable and responding to audit queries.
- Lead the preparation of the audit file and coordination within AYO team
- Any other work allocated by the Chief Executive or Finances Director in support of AYO's objectives
- AYO Technology solutions Limited is a listed entity on the Johannesburg stock exchange “JSE” is a technology investment company with interests in disruptive technologies that advance life, business & economics.
Group Projects Accountant
AYO Technology solutions Limited
04.2020 - 03.2022
- Implementing operational efficiencies, cost saving initiatives and Group wide policies and procedures;
- Liaising with the subsidiary companies' operational management and executives, understand the operational activities of the subsidiary entities, keeping relevant Group stakeholders updated and informed with regards to operational matters within the AYO Group subsidiaries;
- Identifying significant risks from the operational entities.
- Responsible for the execution or implementation of any operational projects identified by the Operational executives of AYO or/and the relevant subsidiary company's executives; Good governance offering.
- Implementation, monitoring and review of processes and controls that are current best practices related to transaction processing, reporting, performance improvement measures at underlying subsidiary entities and AYO Company respectively.
- Monitoring and analysis of budgets at underlying subsidiary entities and AYO Company respectively; and
- Integrating any new acquisitions into the Group systems and reporting processes.
- Preparation of variance analysis of monthly management reports.
- Preparation of operational reports which are to be included as part of monthly management reports; and
- Preparation of financial operating report packs for the bi-weekly Operational Committee (“OpsCo”) meetings.
- Preparation of interim and year-end CaseWare files for the interim SENS and year end audited financial statements
Group Financial Accountant
AYO Technology Solutions Limited
07.2018 - 03.2020
- Responsible for Group consolidations of annual financial statements and interim results with a balance sheet of more than 5 billion Rands with multi-currencies.
- Responsible for preparation of group budget, periodic financial forecasts, and consolidation
- Work closely with the corporate finance department when they conclude Mergers and Acquisitions, I am responsible for the alignment of the financial information to conform to the group standards as well as consolidating the entities into the group.
- Reported directly to CFO and provided assistance on any matters from the listing regulator Johannesburg Stock Exchange
- Assisted in setting up a new group entity from registration into trading and now the entity has revenue translating into millions of Rands. Was responsible for setting up the finance function of the entity
- Preparation of the group tax recons and the management group wide compliance
Group Tax Accountant
African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited
03.2016 - 06.2018
- Preparing tax provision schedules, returns, payments, reports and maintaining the group's tax database.
- Finding tax solutions to complicated tax issues or errors from incorrect tax filings (ITASDs).
- Identifying legal tax savings and recommendation on ways to improve profits.
- Made sure that the group companies were all tax complain.
- Advised management about the tax impact of the tax liabilities and corporate strategies.
- Coordinated outsourced tax preparation work.
- Prepared annual tax reports.
- Prepared year-end financial statements according to IFRS on Caseware
- Kept up to date with tax changes and industry trends by participating in educational opportunities, participating in professional organisations, keeping up with the professional networks and reading professional publications. t Being appointed as the Head of Western Cape in December 2017.
- JSE listed investment holding company situated in Southern Africa. AEEI's main objective is to empower previously disadvantaged individuals through job creation and maximizing shareholder wealth generation by making strategic investments.
Financial Manager, Education
City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts
01.2015
- Performed monthly supervisory review of Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet
- Attending meetings with management
- Providing sign-off of Balance Sheet and Revenue controls and reconciliations
- Supervised the work of accountants and other Primary Controllers
- Preparing budgets and forecasts
- Prepared and completed the statutory accounts and corporate tax returns in full compliance with legislation and standards i.e., VAT returns, Income tax
- Prepared year-end financial statements on Caseware
- Was an executive committee member and played a key role in motivating key financial decisions made by the board of directors.
- Keeping up to date with accounting changes and developments
Financial Accountant
Doves Group, Cape Town, Financial Services
01.2015
- Month-end activities to close the books and records
- Prepared journal entries under International Financial Reporting Standards
- Compiling valuation reports
- Drafted financial analysis and commentaries
- Project management and budget monitoring of engagements
- Prepared year-end financial statements
- Prepared management accounts
- Preparing budgets and forecasts
Lecturer (Part time)
Damelin College
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Lecturing Management accounting and business management for the ICEB
- Lecturing Accounting for their degree programmes
Trainee Accountant - (Articles)
RAFT INC, Cape Town
- Auditing of companies in various sectors
- Planning, Execution and Completion of audit work
- Contributed to timely completion of financial audits by compiling necessary documentation and providing accurate information.
- Enhanced financial accuracy by diligently reconciling accounts, identifying discrepancies, and resolving issues.
- Developed financial models to assess and analyze financial performance of clients.
Education
Masters in Business Administration -
University of Reading (Henley Business School)
Chartered Accountant CA(SA) -
South African Institute of Chartered Accounting (SAICA)
Post Graduate in Applied Accounting Science - undefined
University of South Africa
Bachelor of Financial Management - Investments
University of South Africa
Skills
Customer relations
Team player
Team leadership
Administrative skills
Problem resolution
Executive support
Workflow planning
Team building
Customer retention
Risk management
Interpersonal skills
Operations management
Summary of expertise, experience, and specialist areas of knowledge
- Financial reporting &Taxation
- Operations management
- Investment opportunity analysis support
- Relationship management
- Fundraising
- Process engineering
Affiliations
- Professional body: South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Details of membership: Chartered Accountant (SA)
- Professional body: Institute of Risk Management South Africa
- Details of membership: Individual Member
Interests
Timeline
Chief Executive Officer
Sizwe Africa IT Group
12.2024 - Current
Group Financial Manager
AYO Technology solutions Limited
03.2022 - 02.2023
Chief Financial Officer
AYO Technology solutions Limited
02.2022 - 11.2024
Group Projects Accountant
AYO Technology solutions Limited
04.2020 - 03.2022
Group Financial Accountant
AYO Technology Solutions Limited
07.2018 - 03.2020
Group Tax Accountant
African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited
03.2016 - 06.2018
Financial Manager, Education
City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts
01.2015
Financial Accountant
Doves Group, Cape Town, Financial Services
01.2015
Lecturer (Part time)
Damelin College
01.2015 - 01.2017
Post Graduate in Applied Accounting Science - undefined
University of South Africa
Trainee Accountant - (Articles)
RAFT INC, Cape Town
Masters in Business Administration -
University of Reading (Henley Business School)
Chartered Accountant CA(SA) -
South African Institute of Chartered Accounting (SAICA)
Bachelor of Financial Management - Investments
University of South Africa