Shanice Manilall

• Simplified financial data presentation to non-financial colleagues, facilitating informed decision-making throughout the organization.
• Implemented a comprehensive fixed asset tracking system that improved overall accuracy and depreciation calculations.
• Managed tax compliance tasks, filing accurate returns on time to avoid penalties or interest charges.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of relevant accounting standards, ensuring full compliance with GAAP guidelines at all times.
• Identified cost-saving opportunities through thorough budget analysis and expense tracking.
• Assisted in the successful integration of acquired businesses'' financial systems into existing platforms during mergers and acquisitions.
• Leveraged advanced Excel skills to automate routine tasks, freeing up time for more value-added activities such as variance analysis and strategic planning support.
• Increased financial accuracy by streamlining the accounts receivable and payable processes.
• Analyzed financial data to identify trends and provided actionable insights for management, leading to improved business performance.
• Assisted in annual audit preparations, ensuring a smooth process with no major discrepancies found.
• Improved cash flow management with timely invoicing and efficient collections practices.
• Managed relationships with external auditors effectively ensuring positive outcomes during annual audits.
• Developed a robust forecasting model that accurately projected revenue trends and guided budgetary adjustments as needed.
• Mitigated impacts on financial accounting and business operations by working proactively to identify and resolve strategic concerns.
• Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.
• Developed financial models to assess and analyze financial performance of clients.

• Oversee the Debtors Department
• Oversee the Profit for the company
• Invoice projects according to approved SO and client deposits paid (daily)
• Ensure invoices are issued in the correct period
• Ensure invoices are processed with the correct accounting requirements
• Process credit notes when requested and return stock to inventory
• Provide monthly reporting on credit notes processed
• Sync inventory system with accounting system to upload invoices to be issued
  to clients
• Edit invoices in XERO and allocate sales to correct income statement account,
  client tracking and cost centre & send to clients
• Update online tracker with COS per Job as well as calculate GP% on hardware
  per Job
• Raise invoices on the content tracker (Daily/weekly/monthly)
• Ensure P&L allocations are correct
• Ensure all monthly operational fees are billed accurately and in the correct
  period.
• Ensure all business development Trackers agrees to actual figures for the
  month
• Send profit & Loss per client to Business Development team & attend to queries.
• Ensure that invoices correspond to the SO in terms of values and stock items
• Ensure that correct stock is booked out on projects
• Ensure that projects are recorded in the correct period
  Ensure that stock sold is treated with the correct accounting procedures when
  sold, for example straight sales, rentals, and finance lease etc.
• Ensure that projects are processed with the correct cost of sales figures and
  synchronized to XERO
• Assign COS Journals from DEAR to projects in XERO
• Prepare monthly reconciliations on the Cost of Sales control accounts
  between DEAR and XERO
• Overseeing timing of month end stock movement
• Cost of sales to be captured in the correct period
• Stock to be received in the correct period
• Process invoices according to approved quotes/SO's received
• Ensure that invoices are billed with the correct accounting procedures, to the
  correct revenue account, client tracking and cost centre
• Record billing procedure on printed SO's for Project Tray
• Change status of approved quotes on DEAR & SharePoint
• Process deposit invoices and follow up on deposit payments
• Keeping record of deposit invoices (deposit tracker)
• Send schedule to Business Development Executives weekly
• Compile monthly Balance sheet schedules.
• Process monthly accounting journals
• Assist CFO with annual Audit preparation and external auditor queries
• Reconcile petty cash monthly
• Process all fixed asset purchases to appropriated fixed asset account with
  correct VAT and in the correct period
• Assign fixed asset type and depreciation start dates to all new purchases
  Register all new fixed assets to the FAR
• Run depreciation monthly
• Any non-generalizable duties passed from CFO
• Deal with any issues from any department that pops up that you can assist with

As the financial manager at Leather Gallery my responsibilities include managing the

financial activities, analysing economic stability, and providing financial information to enable budgeting and investment decisions.

• Preparing financial reports for the owners and managers monthly which include cash flow statements, profit and loss, and balance sheet.
• Preparation, planning, and liaison with external auditors at year end.
• Managing internal audit process to evaluate internal controls, corporate governance, and accounting processes.
• Analysing existing budgets and trends, assessing, and planning for future needs, and setting opening budgets that align with the needs of the company for the coming fiscal year.
• Producing annual financial statements which includes balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, and statement of cash flows.
• Submit SARS returns indicating income, expenses, and other pertinent tax information.
• Manage SARS audits by providing the supporting documents as requested and liaising with the SARS official.
• Manage the smooth running of the finance department which includes financial planning, reporting, and controls.
• Execute the monthly payroll with various submissions to external parties and submission of EMP201and EMP501 returns, Processing of IRP5s
• Managing cash flow by monitoring, analysing, and optimising the income and expenditures.
• Managing international payments by booking forex rates. Ensuring best possible rate for each foreign transaction.
• Opening of accounts, maintaining database and record all payments for creditors department.
• Management of a team of four
• Management Accounting
• Costing of various products in the manufacturing line.

• Preparing the monthly profit and loss, and balance sheet reports
• Tax reporting and inventory processing
• Collecting and analysing data, which is then used in the preparation of weekly and monthly estimates
• Advising on estimates for project funding
• Creating KPI reports
• Preparing weekly cash flow statements, and controlling expenditure and cash flow
• Assisting with the preparation of year-end accounts and statutory accounts
• Responding to financial inquiries by gathering and interpreting data
• Conducting internal audits such as wage reviews
• Examining financial records to check for accuracy
• Managing and training staff when necessary

• Monitor system of controls, procedures, and forms for the recording of fixed assets.
• Recommend to management any updates to accounting policies related to fixed assets.
• Record fixed asset acquisitions and disposals in the accounting system.
• Track the compilation of project costs into fixed asset accounts, and close out those accounts once the related projects have been completed.
• Reconcile the balance in the fixed asset subsidiary ledger to the summary-level account in the general ledger.
• Calculate depreciation for all fixed assets.
• Review and update the detailed schedule of fixed assets and accumulated depreciation.
• Identify and investigate any obsolete assets.
• Conduct periodic impairment reviews for intangible assets.
• Conduct periodic physical inventory counts of fixed assets.
• Recommend to management whether fixed assets should be disposed of.
• Conduct analyses related to fixed assets as requested by management.
• Prepare audit schedules relating to fixed assets, and assist the auditors in their inquiries.
• Track company expenditures for fixed assets in comparison to the capital budget and management.

• Management and allocation of stock
• Marketing and Sales
• Management of imports
• Costing of goods
• Bank Reconciliations
• Day to day operations

• My responsibilities included store promotions for South African brands such as Lipton and Pringles
• Actively engaging with customers.
• Answer questions to generate interest in products.
• Setting up and cleaning up counters at the beginning and end of the work day.

• Record day to day financial transactions and complete the posting process.
• Verify that transactions are recorded in the correct day book, suppliers ledger, customer ledger and general ledger.
• Bring the books to the trial balance stage.
• Perform partial checks of the posting process.
• Complete tax submissions.
• Processing of invoices, purchase orders, goods received notes and credit notes.

• Prepare and post receipts, deposits, purchase orders, invoices, refunds, and other standard bookkeeping tasks.
• Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Review and process reimbursements.
• Prepare, track, and reconcile ledgers and budgets.
• Prepare and submit payroll.
• Create financial and inventory reports.