Prince Monyepabe
CURRICULUM VITAE
JOHANNESBURG
Summary
Billing Specialist handles 251-500 invoices per month with 98-99% invoice accuracy across intercompany billing, client retainers, and job closures in agency production finance. The role also supports accurate WIP accounts, accrued income, deferred income, and prepaid expense controls to keep records clean. Precise reconciliations and approval checks support reliable month-end reporting and tighter billing accuracy.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Accounts
Ogilvy South Africa
02.2023 - Current
- Process billing of intercompany transactions and client retainers
- Manage job closures and reconciliations according to established procedures
- Approve PQs and maintain accurate financial records
- Balanced work in progress accounts while monitoring financial positions to ensure accuracy and integrity.
- Handle accrued income and deferred income transactions
- Maintained prepaid expenses and calculated provisions to uphold financial accuracy.
- • Capture supplier invoices that relate to Items to be billed, ensuring that it balances every month end. • Billing of all client invoices & credit notes daily across all business units. • Maintain a minimal WIP throughout the month. • Approve all PQ’s on a daily basis across all business units. • Conducted extensive reconciliations of jobs daily, aiming to close as many as possible before month end. • Arrange, prepare and host monthly WIP meeting for every client – include CS and possibly the production department. • Maintain all Fee/Retainer jobs. • Balance WIP every Monday and action the Final month end recon. • Monitor Morse system on a weekly basis, ensuring all the entries have exported. Liaise with relevant department on errors if needed. • Train and assist all Ogilvy departments Workbook system (Finance related functionalities). • Assist CS or action any month end adjustments needed by the Financial Controller. • Capture approved expense claims on WB. • Pull reports of timesheets for any client. • Open & manage the house jobs when necessary – increase/decrease budgets requested by the FM’s. • Distribute any client PO’s to the relevant CS person. • General electronic filing, ensuring all documents are named and attached correctly. • Audit requests: collating information for various audits (Internal & External audits).
Creditors Clerk
VMLY&R
10.2021 - 03.2022
- Captured supplier invoices and chased outstanding statements to ensure timely payments
- Prepare and load payments into banking systems
- Reconcile credit card transactions and journal PAYE entries
- Reconciled credit card transactions and journaled PAYE entries for accurate financial reporting
- Process monthly accruals and pull daily bank statements
- Resolved supplier queries and sent remittances with proof of payment to maintain positive relationships
Creditors Control
Iron Mountain
03.2021 - 09.2021
- Billed clients for rental boxes, ensuring accuracy and timely invoicing
- Distributed invoices, credit notes, and statements to customers, supporting prompt payments
- Resolved queries on statements and invoices through various channels, maintaining customer satisfaction
- Resolve queries on statements and invoices through various channels
- Maintain positive customer relationships and service levels
Bookkeeper
Offlimit Communication
06.2019 - 03.2020
- Calculate and process promoter payments including client and company rates
- Checked petty cash reconciliations and expense claims for accuracy, ensuring compliance with company policies
- Prepared cost estimate reports and reconciled supplier invoices to maintain budget integrity
- Verified promoter log sheets against claimed payment amounts to ensure accurate financial reporting
- Check petty cash reconciliations and expense claims for accuracy
- Maintain accurate financial records and documentation
Invoice Controller
FCB Africa
08.2017 - 05.2019
- Processed billings for South African Tourism, managing invoice accuracy and timeliness
- Process supplier invoices on system and chase timely submissions
- Name and categorize supplier invoices related to cost estimates
- Closed jobs on schedule, verifying variances to ensure budget adherence
- Close jobs on schedule and check for positive or negative variances
- Processed monthly media shop transactions, capturing forex gains or losses for financial reporting
Debtors Clerk
Wunderman
05.2017 - 07.2017
- Chased payments from clients, increasing collection rates through timely outstanding invoice reports
- Send bi-weekly statements to clients for payment processing
- Process allocations upon receipt of payments and remittances
- Sent bi-weekly statements to clients, facilitating prompt payment processing
- Load new vendors and clients on MS Dynamics NAV system
- Prepared monthly age analysis reports for management, providing insights on receivables status
Billing Administrator and Creditor's Clerk
The Jupiter Drawing Room
03.2008 - 12.2016
- Captured overhead invoices and credit notes with accuracy to ensure financial integrity
- Received and authorized supplier statements promptly to maintain vendor relationships
- Process allocations on system and liaise with suppliers on queries
- Processed allocations on system and resolved supplier queries to facilitate timely payments
- Maintain PAYE spreadsheets for models and freelancers
- Manage job closures and ensure positive or negative variance checks
Education
Diploma - Business Administration, Accounting and Information Systems
PC Training And Business College
Gauteng South Africa 01-2007
Senior Certificate -
Mokwatedi Secondary School
Polokwane01-2005
Skills
Advanced reconciliation and report writing
Accounts receivable processing
Accounts payable processing
WIP reconciliation
Accruals and prepayments
Month-end close
MS Excel
SOX compliance
DECLARATION
I, hereby declare that the information provided in this CV is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Production Accounts
Ogilvy South Africa
02.2023 - Current
Creditors Clerk
VMLY&R
10.2021 - 03.2022
Creditors Control
Iron Mountain
03.2021 - 09.2021
Bookkeeper
Offlimit Communication
06.2019 - 03.2020
Invoice Controller
FCB Africa
08.2017 - 05.2019
Debtors Clerk
Wunderman
05.2017 - 07.2017
Billing Administrator and Creditor's Clerk
The Jupiter Drawing Room
03.2008 - 12.2016
Diploma - Business Administration, Accounting and Information Systems
PC Training And Business College
Senior Certificate -
Mokwatedi Secondary School