Shivara Padachy
SENIOR MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Secunda
Summary
Highly skilled and motivated Senior Management Accountant with 13 years experience in management accounting, 2 years in asset accounting. Demonstrated expertise in Financial analysis, reporting and process improvement. A dedicated self- starter with an exponential learning curve. Proven ability to analyze financial data and provide actionable insights to support decision making. Seeking to contribute to a dynamic financial team and grow within a challenging environment.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
2019
2019
years of post-secondary education
Work History
SENIOR MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Sasol
05.2016 - Current
- Responsible for yearly budgets and quarterly forecasts for Fixed and Variable Cost
- Reporting actual spent for Variable and Fixed cost against budget and forecast
- Reporting on budget versus actual spent for Statutory Shutdowns
- Detail Price/Volume/Efficiency reporting for raw materials and major utilities
- Variance Analysis for Fixed and Variable Cost
- Presenting the monthly cost results to Senior Management
- Reviewing accounting information and performing account hygiene on a monthly basis
- Responsible for highlighting overdue purchase orders to the Cost Centre owners & Supply Chain ensuring that KPI Targets are achieved
- Responsible for the Overhead Calculation on a semi-annual basis
- Responsible for the Shutdown Capitalisation calculation of Labour
- Responsible for assigned duties on month end, half-year and year end
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Sasol Solvents
06.2012 - 05.2016
- Responsible for yearly budgets and quarterly forecasts for Fixed and Variable Cost
- Reporting actual spent for Variable and Fixed cost against budget and forecast
- Reporting on budget versus actual spent for Statutory Shutdowns
- Detail Price/Volume/Efficiency reporting for raw materials and major utilities
- Variance Analysis for Fixed and Variable Cost
- Presenting the monthly cost results to Senior Management
- Reviewing accounting information and performing account hygiene on a monthly basis
- Responsible for highlighting overdue purchase orders to the Cost Centre owners & Supply Chain ensuring that KPI Targets are achieved
- Responsible for the Overhead Calculation on a semi-annual basis
- Responsible for the Shutdown Capitalisation calculation of Labour
- Responsible for assigned duties on month end, half-year and year end
- Asset reconciliations
- Creating WBS's for Renewals and Capital projects
- Cost controlling of Capital projects.
SENIOR TRAINEE ACCOUNTANT
KPMG
01.2010 - 04.2011
- Auditing Energy and Natural Resource clients
- Auditing Creditors, Debtors, Product to cash, Fixed assets and Payroll
- Identification of errors/fraud in financial statements by obtaining the necessary audit evidence
- Performed audits on statutory returns, stock counts and fixed asset
- Tested internal controls and performed substantive procedures
Education
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA - Financial Accounting
University of South Africa(Unisa)
CIMA DIPLOMA IN - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
CIMA
BCOM - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
University of Pretoria
Skills
- Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Financial Budgeting & Forecasting
- Accounting Systems
- Advanced Excel
- SAP
- Power BI
- Accounting Standards
- IFRS
- Problem Solving
- Teamwork
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Decision Making
Timeline
SENIOR MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Sasol
05.2016 - Current
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Sasol Solvents
06.2012 - 05.2016
SENIOR TRAINEE ACCOUNTANT
KPMG
01.2010 - 04.2011
CIMA DIPLOMA IN - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
CIMA
BCOM - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
University of Pretoria
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA - Financial Accounting
University of South Africa(Unisa)
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