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Savannah Meintjies

Bookkeeper
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Summary

I am a passionate and eccentric young woman looking to make her mark in the corporate world. I have a flair for innovative problem-solving and have diplomatic clear, confident communication styles making me a good team member. I am a self-motivated and goal driven individual who thrives under pressure and enjoys working independently.


Experienced with maintaining accurate financial records and managing comprehensive bookkeeping tasks. Utilizes robust analytical skills to streamline financial operations and ensure regulatory compliance. Track record of fostering team collaboration and achieving consistent, reliable results in financial management.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
4042
4042
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Bookkeeper

Marantec SA
07.2024 - Current
  • Daily financial processing
  • Current bank transactions are processed in cash books and reconciled.
  • General journal entry processing.
  • Inventory journal entry processing.
  • Preparation and submission of payments on banking.
  • Processing of petty cash slips.
  • Reconciliation of Customer accounts/Supplier accounts/General Ledgers/Bank Accounts.
  • Preparing refund requests/Credit note requests.
  • Financial Reporting
  • Daily sales tracking and comparison reporting.
  • Monthly top customer sales reporting.
  • Monthly sales by country reporting.
  • Monthly analysis of debtors and creditors ledger reporting.
  • Exporting/transforming/summarizing Pastel data.
  • Gross Profit analysis & Breakdowns.
  • Trial Balance Tracking.
  • Additional open-ended reporting.
  • Month End and Year End Procedures
  • Foreign currency bank accounts to be revalued.
  • Foreign bank transactions to be processed and reconciled.
  • Call accounts to be posted and reconciled.
  • Pastel period set up.
  • Pastel exchange rates set up.
  • Salary and Wages journals.
  • Provisions journals.
  • AP Forex calculations and posting journals.
  • Asset depreciation journals.
  • Running of year end procedure.
  • Calculation of 2.5% customer sales discounts.
  • Approval and final submission of monthly creditor payment file and payment schedule.
  • Bi-Monthly completion and submission of Value Added Tax.
  • General Duties
  • Maintaining financial records.
  • Maintaining a complete and updated filing system.
  • Assisting in yearly audits.
  • Overseeing tasks performed by DCC.
  • Checking and verifying source documents.
  • Identifying any non-conformities related to financial processes/Systems and processes affecting quality.
  • Improvement and maintenance of internal control systems.
  • Liaising with and assisting IT and Pastel agents.
  • Co-ordinating the company’s quarterly stock take, including allocation of counters, data capture and the highlighting of any discrepancies in either quantity or value.
  • Joint Services Board levies to be calculated and paid monthly and all queries arising from this attended to.
  • Finance department/CEO/Financial Manager ADHOC.
  • Preparation of agenda for financial meetings.

Junior Bookkeeper

Dewhot Waterfall (Pty) Ltd
05.2023 - 06.2024
  • Debtors’ Control
  • Invoicing, Credit notes, debit notes, Sales orders, Quotations
  • Follow up on estimates.
  • Reconciliation of Customer accounts
  • Sending of statements
  • Debt collecting
  • Preparing refund requests/Credit note requests.
  • Logistics Control
  • Booking and quoting of shipments.
  • Shipment queries.
  • Insurance claims
  • Negotiating Rates
  • Creation of Tracking stickers and waybills.
  • Creditors Control
  • Capturing of Bills Shipment queries.
  • Creating Purchase orders.
  • Reconciling supplier accounts.
  • Placing orders with suppliers.
  • Supplier Payment Schedules.
  • Financial/Administrative Reporting
  • Weekly sales and general branch health report.
  • Stock level updates/Stock on Hand
  • Tracking new installer sign-up.
  • Marketing related reporting.
  • Monitoring of sales figures.
  • Reception / Front of House.
  • Maning email queries.
  • Maning office landline.
  • Maning sales cellphone and WhatsApp groups.
  • Assisting walk-in clients.
  • Sales and customer service.
  • Providing relevant product information and assisting clients.
  • Online store sales support.
  • Cold calling.
  • Contacting clients for collections.
  • Resolution of bad reviews/customer issues.
  • AdHoc.
  • Filing (Daily invoicing, attaching waybills to invoices, quotes)
  • Health and Safety Representative
  • Onsite First Aider & FireFighter.
  • Customer Warranty Control
  • Processing client warranty requests.
  • Assisting with warranty queries.
  • Adding products and clients onto the warranty portal
  • Registering resellers on the warranty portal.
  • Monitoring and updating reseller information where needed.
  • Website support on all platforms
  • Online Store (Updating product information and costs, sales, reporting)
  • Warranty portal.
  • Online toolform submissions.
  • Installer suggestion requests.
  • Website Livechat and other Social media queries.

Junior Bookkeeper

Leaderquip Auto Services
01.2020 - 04.2023
  • Debtors Control
  • Invoicing, Credit notes, debit notes, Sales orders, Quotations
  • Posting of payments, discounts & credits in cash books and journals
  • Contact and Collection of payments from Debtors
  • Sending of monthly statements
  • Creditors Control
  • Purchase orders, Supplier invoices, Return and Debits
  • Ordering of all equipment/spares from various suppliers
  • Reconciliation of supplier accounts
  • Signing off supplier payments.
  • Procurement of equipment from suppliers.
  • Customer/supplier invoicing.
  • General administration and filing
  • Basic Bookkeeping duties
  • Journal and cash book entries
  • Processing of payments, payslips.
  • Stock Control.
  • Capturing of stock
  • Costing
  • Stock adjustments.
  • Logistics Control
  • Booking and quoting of shipments.
  • Shipment queries.

Optical Assistant

Specsavers
08.2017 - 11.2019

Bartender and Gambling Assistant

The Pub With No Name

Event Bartender

Durban July 2018

Head Promoter

32GI

Head Promoter

Superman Energy Drinks

Other Work

Howler

Education

Diploma - Financial Accounting

ICB
Online
12-2026

National Certificate - Bookkeeping

ICB
Online
06-2022

Matric -

Queensburgh High School
Durban
12.2016

Skills

  • MS Office (Excel;Word;Powerpoint)

  • MS Outlook

  • Adobe

  • Pastel V12

  • Pastel V19

  • QuickBooks

  • WordPress

  • Bank reconciliation

  • Audit support

  • Financial reporting

  • General ledger management

    • Accounts Payable/Receivable

Certifications And Achievements

  • Health and Safety Representative
  • First Aider
  • Fire Fighter

Technology And Skills

  • MS Office and MS Outlook
  • GAAP
  • Calico
  • Adobe
  • Pastel V12
  • Pastel V19
  • Business Literacy
  • Payroll monthly SARS returns
  • Bookkeeping to trial balance
  • QuickBooks Desktop
  • WordPress
  • Outlook
  • P-Touch Editor 5.4 (Labels)

Other Work Summary

  • Specsavers, Optical Assistant, 08/01/17, 11/30/19
  • The Pub With No Name, Bartender and Gambling Assistant
  • 32GI, Head Promoter
  • Superman Energy Drinks, Head Promoter
  • Howler, Event Bartender, 07/01/18, 07/31/18

Introduction

My name is Savannah Meintjies, I am a passionate and driven young woman, looking to put my accounting skill set and positive traits to good use and grow my career in the corporate environment.

Timeline

Senior Bookkeeper

Marantec SA
07.2024 - Current

Junior Bookkeeper

Dewhot Waterfall (Pty) Ltd
05.2023 - 06.2024

Junior Bookkeeper

Leaderquip Auto Services
01.2020 - 04.2023

Optical Assistant

Specsavers
08.2017 - 11.2019

Bartender and Gambling Assistant

The Pub With No Name

Event Bartender

Durban July 2018

Head Promoter

32GI

Head Promoter

Superman Energy Drinks

Other Work

Howler

Diploma - Financial Accounting

ICB

National Certificate - Bookkeeping

ICB

Matric -

Queensburgh High School

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