Rufaro Martha Musarurwa
HEAD BILLING AND COLLECTIONS | FINANCE EXECUTIVE
Johannesburg
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Thorough team contributor with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
2027
2027
years of post-secondary education
Work History
HEAD OF BILLING AND COLLECTIONS
Inspired Schools Pty Ltd
5 2023 - Current
- Supervise the accounts receivable team
- Oversee the invoicing process, ensuring accuracy and timelines of customer reconciliations and query resolution.
- Stakeholder engagement Heads of schools and senior management
- Monitor and manage customer accounts , ensuring timely collections and resolution of queries
- Prepare monthly reports and analysis on accounts receivable performance.
- Maintain effective credit and collection policies.
- Implementation of SOP's and ensure compliance
- Establish and enforce internal controls to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures
- Train and upskill staff members
- Ensuring efficient customer service
HEAD ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND FIXED ASSETS
Inspired Schools Pty Ltd
06.2021 - 04.2023
- Supervise the accounts payable team
- Management of fixed assets accounting and monthly reconciliation to ledger
- Reconciliation of allocated general ledger accounts
- Approving of payments and bank beneficiaries
- Ensuring payments are made in line with the company policy and payment terms resulting in effective Cash Flow management
- Ensuring clear intercompany reconciliations monthly.
- Manage vendor master and onboarding process
- Sign off the Accounts Payable staff members recons versus the vendor statements ensure compliantly and contains all entries
- Serve as the primary liaison with suppliers, negotiating payment terms, pricing, and handling query escalations. Additionally, analyze and report on KPIs to the Finance Director and other relevant stakeholders
- Oversee the annual furniture procurement process for all schools in South Australia, ensuring optimal pricing through bulk purchasing.
- Ensuring that GRN Suspense accounts are cleared at month end
- Process foreign currency payments
HEAD OFFICE ACCOUNTANT
Inspired Schools Pty Ltd
12.2016 - 05.2021
- Assisted the Financial Manager in overseeing all aspects of accounting, including accounts payable and receivable, general ledger management, banking, and intercompany accounts for all South African entities, as well as conducting reconciliations and monthly balance sheet reviews.
- Cashbook reconciliation
- Conduct financial analysis as requested by the Financial Manager
- Process general and sub-ledger entries up to the balance sheet for the Head Office, and manage and reconcile credit card expenses
- Review and analyze management accounts for school entities.
- Primary finance liaison between schools and the Head Office
- Uploaded monthly management accounts data onto COGNOS, as well as computing and submitting VAT returns
- Processed supplier credit applications for all schools and assisted with special projects assigned by management
- TASS Finance Global process owner finance (User access, Fee and GL maintenance, query resolution and escalations)
- Bank administrator setting up new accounts, added new users, and managing limits, collections
- Ensure approval of new recipients added to the bank and releasing of payments
ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR
Headache Clinic/ Migraine Research Institute
11.2013 - 11.2016
- Updated general ledger of accounts with current, accurate and industrycompliant data to meet all internal and external audit requirements for the CEO and Management
- Oversaw Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions for organization
- Prepared all documents needed by Auditors for financial year end and overhauled processes for year-end inventory audits to improve accuracy
- Managed payroll operations for team for about 30 employees, which included Employee tax certificates (IRP5), PAYE, SARS, VAT computations, eFiling, SDL, COID, UIF declarations and Employer EMP501 reconciliations, as well as all accounting needs and account updates for the clinic operations
- Managed debt collection on all outstanding debt and oversaw debtor's age analysis by reconciling debtor's accounts
- Supervised junior account clerks (2), as well as assisted submission of annual returns to CIPRO
- Supervised administrative functions for the Cape Town Branch in terms of administration and accounts functions
ACCOUNTS CLERK
Headache Clinic/ Migraine Research Institute
02.2011 - 10.2013
- Oversaw account's office administrative functions - capturing charges, payments, journals, write offs and collection of payments
- Coordinated and communicated with medical aids, authorizations and claims
- Reconciled account information through debt collection of all outstanding debt and processed debit order arrangements
- Managed petty cash and daily banking
- Attended to patient account queries and branch bookings
ACCOUNTS CLERK
Quantum Dynamic Investments
11.2010 - 01.2011
- Supervised daily bookkeeping operations with attention to accounts receivable, accounts payable, banking reconciliation and disbursements
- Involved in debt collection (rentals), attended to rental queries, received and receipted tenant's payment
CREDIT CONTROLLER /ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
Track IT (Pty) Ltd
01.2004 - 12.2008
Education
BCOM HONS - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Unisa
Johannesburg, South AfricaBCOM - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Unisa
01.2016 - 12.2016
O'LEVEL - undefined
ST Killians Mission
01.1999 - 12.1999
Skills
Teamwork and Collaboration
Supervision and leadership
Customer Service
Problem-Solving
Team Management
Flexible and Adaptable
Organization and Time Management
Excellent Communication
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/15/83
- Nationality: South African Permanent Resident
- Driving License: Yes
References
References available upon request
Skills
14 years, 7 years, 12 years, 4 years, 8 years, 4 years, 1 year, 2.5 years, 6 years, 8 years, 12 years, 8 years
Timeline
HEAD ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND FIXED ASSETS
Inspired Schools Pty Ltd
06.2021 - 04.2023
HEAD OFFICE ACCOUNTANT
Inspired Schools Pty Ltd
12.2016 - 05.2021
BCOM - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Unisa
01.2016 - 12.2016
ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR
Headache Clinic/ Migraine Research Institute
11.2013 - 11.2016
ACCOUNTS CLERK
Headache Clinic/ Migraine Research Institute
02.2011 - 10.2013
ACCOUNTS CLERK
Quantum Dynamic Investments
11.2010 - 01.2011
CREDIT CONTROLLER /ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
Track IT (Pty) Ltd
01.2004 - 12.2008
O'LEVEL - undefined
ST Killians Mission
01.1999 - 12.1999
HEAD OF BILLING AND COLLECTIONS
Inspired Schools Pty Ltd
5 2023 - Current
BCOM HONS - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Unisa
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