Sharita Chetty
Senior Financial Assistant
Brakpan
Summary
Dynamic, results-oriented professional with extensive expertise in financial and accounting processes, complemented by a strong analytical mindset. Proven track record of delivering accurate financial information across various business functions while driving process improvements to eliminate inefficiencies. Skilled in maintaining and developing financial systems and accounting procedures, ensuring optimal operational performance. Seeking a challenging opportunity to leverage skills and contribute to organizational success.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Senior Financial Assistant
CMC Di Ravenna Group
03.2008 - Current
- Managing the Month-end function by
- - Preparing the Month-end Procedures
- - Ensuring that site managers communicate all related financial information for month end Procedures.
- - Ensuring that all queries to and from sites and Finance Department are attended to.
- Managing the General Ledger function by
- - Posting all journals created by the debtors, creditors and cashbook
- - Debtors reconciliations and receipts
- - Creditors reconciliations and payments
- - Reconciling of Balance Sheet accounts
- - Resolving any issues arising.
- Managing full control of Monthly Expatriate Expenses
- Weekly communication with Human Resources, Tender And Executive Staff
- Overseeing Payroll Reports and reconciliations
- Confirmation/approval for Advances and Loans
- Analyse fuel billing and expenditure
- Petty cash control and expenditure – estimated value per month 500 000.00
- Management of the Accounts Receivable from the Sites
- Ensuring adherence to company policies with debtors and prompting of old debtor follow ups.
- Oversee and manage daily finance functions including timeous recording of transactions, cash management, banking, payroll, receivables, and payables
- Processing and finalizing of service agreement contracts and lease agreements
- Maintain banking relations and approvals with current facilities
- Maintaining bank accounts, managing cash flow and undertaking timely reconciliations
- Processing of all Eft payments
- Requisition and preparations for all sites
- Liaison with the Reserve Bank for all foreign Transactions inward and outward
- Negotiating and booking of rates on Exchange contracts
- Processing and motivations for all foreign loan Applications
- Processing export documents for foreign goods.
- Overall responsibility for claims/adding of assets and vehicles with insurance.
- Report monthly on claims and issues.
- Investigate and follow up on outstanding queries on medical aid
- Responsible for the annual returns to CIPRO for 5 entities and the general maintenance for company changes and information
- Ensuring the accurate and timeous processing of all financial transactions
- Other duties
- Preparing VAT monthly for 5 entities and ensuring timely statutory returns
- Processing of tax clearance certificates
- Preparing and compiling of Emp201 for all sites and ensuring timely statutory returns
- Assisting with the preparation of the Annual Budgets
- Assisting auditors with all queries
Assistant to Brand Financial Executive
Ellerines Holding
08.2005 - 03.2008
- Managing the Month-end function by
- - Preparing the Month-end Procedures
- - Ensuring that branch managers have their monthly Income Statements and Branch general ledgers
- - Ensuring that all queries to and from branch Managers are dealt with
- - Comparing figures between actual and budget
- - Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts
- Managing the full General Ledger function by
- - Posting all journals created by the debtors, creditors and cashbook ledger
- - Creating and posting all month end GL journals
- - Reconciling accounts and then creating and posting all necessary adjustment journals
- - Processing of the Sales Commission and Advertising Accrual
- - Maintaining the full Fixed Assets function
- - Reconciling all Balance Sheet accounts
- - Maintaining the GL Account listing
- - Performing checks on GL feeds and Resolving any issues arising
- Supervision of the full Cashbook function
- Supervision and Management of the Accounts/Debtors Receivable
- Ensuring adherence to company policies with debtors and prompting of old debtor follow ups
- Supervision and Management of the Creditors Administrator
- Ensuring adherence to company creditors policies
- - Insurance Accounting
- Overall responsibility for liason with claims department regarding insurance claims
- Processing and reconciling all insurance claims as per policy
- Investigate and follow up on outstanding queries
- Report monthly on claims and issues around claims
- Ensuring the accurate and timeous processing of all financial transactions
- Other duties
- Monthly Statutory returns
- Assisting with the preparation of the Annual Budgets
- Assisting Marketing Director with Advertising Reconciliation’s and Actual expenditure
- Processing of Monthly Flash and Actual Reports into CPM
- Reconciliation of the Company Vehicle’s Report
- Assisting auditors with their queries
Cash Book Clerk
Ellerines Holdings
08.2003 - 08.2005
- Daily Bank Reconciliation for 25 Branches
- Investigating Shorts and Overs Arising from Branches
- Liasing with Bank with issues arising from the Bank Statement
- Cashflow
- Payments Cashbook
- Receipts Cashbook
- Follow up on any RD Cheques
- Loading of Payments on Cams FNB Systems
Administrator
Ellerine Holdings
08.1998 - 08.2003
- Customer Liaison (Both personally & telephonically)
- Debtors Administration
- Daily Cash Reports
- Daily Banking
- Invoicing
- General Housekeeping
- Receiving of Stock
- Placing of orders for Floor and Sold Stock
- Despatching of goods to Customers
- Stock Take
- Clearing of Financial Transactions from Customers
- Maintaining Staff Registers
Credit Controller
Massmarts - Dions
12.1993 - 08.1998
- Customer Liaison (Both personally & telephonically)
- Assisting customers with new applications
- Queries on accounts
- ITC Checks
- Capturing of data on system
- Receipting and Banking
- Invoicing
- General Housekeeping
Education
Practical Accounting
I C B
01.2007
Basic Bookkeeping
Damelin - Benoni
01.2006
Matric - English, Afrikaans, Business Economics, Computers, Biology, Accounting
William Hill High
01.1995
Skills
Comprehensive financial accounting knowledge
References
- Marius, Nieuwoudt, C F O, (011) 401 – 5000, Ellerine Holdings
- Peter, Guiducci / Giandemo Lini, C F O / Administrative Manager, (011) 616 0910, CMC Di Ravenna SA
Interests
Reading
Accomplishments
- Award for Administrator of the year -2003
- Reconciled all balance sheet accounts between the general ledger and sub-ledgers without force balancing
- Through diplomatic communications with Divisional Managers, I am able to assist all staff concerned, providing high quality service
- Multiskilled, able to help out in all Departments
ATTRIBUTES
- Attention to detail
- Always willing to assist others when needed
- Hard worker
- Fast learner
- Use of methodical approach in solving problem
- Good sense of humour
Timeline
Senior Financial Assistant
CMC Di Ravenna Group
03.2008 - Current
Assistant to Brand Financial Executive
Ellerines Holding
08.2005 - 03.2008
Cash Book Clerk
Ellerines Holdings
08.2003 - 08.2005
Administrator
Ellerine Holdings
08.1998 - 08.2003
Credit Controller
Massmarts - Dions
12.1993 - 08.1998
Basic Bookkeeping
Damelin - Benoni
Matric - English, Afrikaans, Business Economics, Computers, Biology, Accounting
William Hill High
Practical Accounting
I C B