Sibongiseni Ngcobo
Finance Operations Manager
Pinetown
Summary
Finance professional with strong background in managing financial operations and driving efficiency. Known for enhancing team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Expertise in financial analysis, budgeting, and process optimization. Recognized for reliability, problem-solving skills, and leadership abilities.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Operations Manager
CONLOG
01.2025 - Current
- Provided commercial support and insights to finance and customer teams internally and to principals and customers externally.
- Increased efficiency of financial operations by implementing new software tools and automating manual processes.
- Optimized cash flow management through diligent monitoring of incoming funds and strategic allocation of resources.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement strategic initiatives that drove business growth.
- Reduced costs by identifying areas for improvement in spending and negotiating favorable vendor contracts.
- Completion of a 13-week cashflow forecast with updated inputs by COB each Friday. Achieve accuracy targets for cashflows of > 90%.
- Analyze financial and operational data to identify efficiencies and cost-saving opportunities
- Conduct costing, margin, and profitability analysis across products, operations, and business units
- Calculate and provide accurate pricing information for the annual price negotiations.
- Together with the Commercial team, review customer pricing contracts and manage the annual pricing negotiations and formula-based adjustments and agree pricing with customers.
- Involvement in sales demand forecasting, sensitivity analysis and provide meaningful analysis on sales variance reports in support of sales teams - local and international.
- Review results of the budgeting and sales forecasting processes, including volume and distribution revenue analysis.
- Support the customer team in reviewing and signing off revenue.
- Provide insight and interpret the impact of key revenue drivers on profitability.
- Supported debtor management by resolving customer overdue balances.
- Delivered Board Pack with performance commentary against budget, revised forecast, and prior year.
- Report directly to: Chief Finance Officer
Finance Controller : Operations
CONLOG
11.2021 - 12.2024
- Support all Business HODs by analyzing operational activities, including data analytics for cost drivers and prior years' trends ensuring that leadership makes informed decisions.
- Month end costing activities and produce direct variable costs reports analyzing movement in costs.
- Verify the accuracy of information prepared and ensure it is correctly processed.
- Provide support and assistance to staff to ensure costing policies are adhered to Management accounting
- Prepare the company’s Annual Financial Plan in conjunction with the Financial Director
- Prepared financial planning information within a 5-year horizon to facilitate business decision-making and risk management. This included sales figures, pricing, P&L, balance sheet, finished goods inventory planning, and production planning.
- Prepare quarterly budget reviews and assist departments with their budget preparation within established guidelines.
- Prepare management reports as and when required including variance reports, budget reviews and major project progress reports
- Responsible for CAPEX Budgets and managing of actual spending.
- Manage projects cash flow and analyze variances vs. actuals. Prepare cash flow projections for submission to the Global Treasury
- Calculate and update transfer prices between entities in compliance with Conlog’s Transfer pricing guidelines, Distributor Agreements & tax structures.
- Prepare month end analysis of GP and Margins understanding the impact on DVC as well as customer and product mix on the margins.
- Ensure business continuity through compiling stats and scenarios and documenting all assumptions and procedures.
- Represent finance on project committees as required
- Coordinate annual capital budget preparation and long-term asset renewal plans
- Participate in assessing unit rates and useful lives for infrastructure assets
- Monitor integration of work order and asset management systems into general ledger
- Calculate plan hire rates and monitor plant hire recovery activity
- Responsible for financial analysis - local and global reporting - by collating information to analyze and explain variances in sales, costs, and expenses (volume, mix, and price variances).
- The checking of correctness and the integrity of information, thereby ensuring that information is accurate and reliable and providing the business with sound input.
- Provide back-up to Financial Director and act as a second in command in the FD’s absence.
- Assist Financial Director in the review, development, and maintenance of effective finance policies, internal controls, procedures, and protocols.
- Constructively participate as a member of the wider Conlog team
- Continuous review of processes and systems to identify areas of improvement and execute the plan.
- Report directly to: Finance Director
- Reason for Leaving: Promoted
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Nampak Divfood
06.2019 - 10.2021
- Responsible for the following plants: Mobeni, Westmead, Dundee and Jetpack.
- Provide timeous and meaningful reports to Divisional Head Office
- Analysis of Sales GP’s – including price, volume, mix variances
- Produce final set of accounts monthly.
- Analysis of PPV’s with the view to correct for future periods
- Report on variances to budget and compare to previous period including reviewing and analyzing of overheads.
- Monthly, six monthly and year end reporting
- Assist auditors during annual audit
- Forecasting (weekly and monthly)
- Provide shared service centre with financial reporting information and verify accuracy
- Compile annual operating budget.
- Inventory Reval – raw materials (update costs, roll up, and calculate reval, process journals)
- Provide management with timeous and meaningful reports.
- Analyze variances against budgets and targets
- Update departmental managers on financial performance, variances and trends
- Monitor stock accuracy, ageing, and flag if necessary
- Creating and maintaining the plants costing module for finished goods and components (Bill of Materials), raw materials, spares and consumables
- Compile income statement comparison and report any variances.
- Compile forecast of income statements and compare against budgets and previous forecasts
- Maintain systems of internal control and enforce authorization procedures.
- Running of weekly and monthly integrity reports, and ensuring corrective action is taken by the relevant departments
- Review of manual delivery note register & procedures followed by the plant on an ad hoc basis when conducting plant visits and ensuring processing is complete where necessary
- Completion of accounting procedures, i.e. running of manufacturing journals for closed works orders, analysis of variances and ensuring corrective action is taken where necessary.
- Analyze material usage (spoilage) per works order and process journals where substitution took place.
- Coordinate stock write off in Q.A and Finished Goods locations and ensure company procedure and policy are followed when stock has to be scrapped.
- Post stock counts and communicate stock take variances across locations as well as assist with investigations to understand the variances and suggest corrective actions to minimize stock count variances.
- Trouble shooting, Monitor and ensure adherence to internal control procedures.
- Manage purchasing activities including approval of requisitions.
- Communicate with service providers and resolving queries and complaints.
- Ensuring optimal processes are followed by factory personnel for the production and sales process and make recommendations to head office where adjustments need to be made
- Approve stock-take adjustments as well as managing purchasing activities including approval of requisitions.
- Report directly to: Commercial Manager
- Achievements: Promoted to Regional Accountant.
- Reasons for leaving: Head hunted by Conlog
- Reduced operational costs by identifying inefficiencies in workflows and implementing process improvements.
- Strengthened internal controls by conducting regular audits and recommending policy updates as needed.
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
NCS RESINS (PTY) LTD
07.2018 - 05.2019
- Ensure all Expected Costs captured into the system is 100 % accurate
- Perform a Product re-costing process in the system for all manufactured products
- Ensure all costs are same in all warehouses
- Responsible for the calculation of standard costs – revaluations
- Compare closing stocks and opening stocks for the new month and prepare Revaluation Journal.
- Check Landed Costs reports daily for all imported stock receipts and check for any errors-
- Review Production variances daily and review with the Production Manager at least weekly.
- Check all postings to the GL is correct
- Ensure daily Production Reports matches to month-end reports (Volume/Variances etc.)
- Ensure BOM recovery are correctly accounted for the month.
- Check batch sheets are correctly captured and all issues are accounted for.
- Review Recovery Rates regularly and make recommendation to senior management.
- Produce Summary variances report for the management pack.
- Record and report on all Non-Conformance.
- Record and report on drainings.
- Record and report on Electricity and Water usages.
- Ensure all other utilities(gas) are correctly recorded and reported
- Ensure perpetual stock counts are conducted weekly
- Plan and manage Quarterly stock counts and report on results
- Ensure stock count procedures is followed by ALL
- Ensure all stock adjustments follow an approval process
- Perform the duty of auditor at quarterly stock counts
- Review Fixed Costs for all Production Departments
- Ensure all expenses are recorded in the month
- Discuss Overs/Unders with the Production Manager Monthly
- Assist with budgets for the Production Departments
- Ensure all Stock Related reports are performed accurately and on time for the Management Pack
- Month end closing of Inventory Module
- Perform allocated balance sheet recons within specified time i.e. -Stock/Consumables
- Ensure ALL change control documents are in place and are properly adhered t
- Stats A quarterly submissions-Manufacturing
- Report directly to: Financial Manager
- Reason to leave: Head hunted by Nampak.
- Implemented cost allocation methodologies for better understanding departmental expenses and driving accountability within the organization.
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
ASPEN PHARMACARE
07.2016 - 07.2018
- Analyse all closed orders with emphasis on Recoveries by analysing each order comparing costed BOM against the actual production order costing, highlight any variances and reasons, prepare and post necessary journals for corrections e.g. cost of sales, provisions, debtors suspense, capex etc.
- Analyse all closed orders’ material usage variances by comparing costed BOM against actual production order costing, calculate yields, variances on issues and receipts, materials substitution etc. and prepare and post necessary journals for correction.
- Prepare month end recoveries misses report with comparisons to Actual recoveries vs Budget vs OPP vs Forecast, get reasons from factory and prepare actions plans to improve factory OTIF
- Conduct BOM audits, Tests, ensure accuracy, and investigate significant deviations.
- Analyse routings, commitment list and load profiles to ensure reduction in unplanned overtime, down time and stoppages as well as improving efficiencies.
- Analyse all factory Direct and Indirect costs (Central Services such as QC, Engineering, HR, QA) etc. and find reasons for variances to budget and forecast and facilitate action plans to mitigate overspending in future.
- Analyse Labour & Overheads costs (Incl. analysis of manning levels, routings, manpower and throughputs on the lines) and explain variances
- Support Group Product Upgrade team with conducting feasibility studies on costings, what ifs scenarios, financials as per company policy for all new products and developments.
- Calculate and analyse Standard Cost Estimates (Recovery rates) for products during Budget and Forecast periods
- Check and approve payment batches from Creditors
- Stock Control including monthly stock takes, produce stock take variance reports as well as SRA (stock record accuracy reports)
- Prepare provisions for stock write-offs while still facilitating the preparation and approval of documentation required prior to disposal of expired/damaged/obsolete/discontinued and scrapped materials.
- Attend daily production meetings with an aim of understanding previous day’s production with main focus on manufacturing failures, deviations raised, problem batches and any on-going investigations and any other risk to the business and raise provisions for possible write off.
- Preparation of monthly balance sheet accounts reconciliations.
- Preparation of Direct labour costs Budgets by cost center by work center per shift for all shift patterns.
- Preparation of Indirect labour and support staff Budgets by cost centre, preparation of Variable & Fixed Costs Budgets including production costs, depreciation, administration, maintenance by Cost Centre.
- Capitalise or expense the projects costs on completion, prepare a monthly schedule summary.
- Reconciling balance sheet accounts and expense accounts.
- Prepare month-end tasks, processing of Journals and weekly/monthly reporting of costs.
- Suggest, support and implement improvement measures, including developing KPI’s for best practice in all areas and tracking results to drive improvements (e.g. product profitability, waste percentage, material usage, packaging & freight costs, machine capacity & productivity.)
- Actively participate in plant meetings and walk-throughs with focus on production and costs issues
- Report directly to: Facility Accountant
- Reason to leave: To relocate back to KZN.
- Improved production efficiency by implementing cost-saving measures in the accounting process.
- Reduced discrepancies in budget tracking, analyzing production costs and forecasting expenses.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
Production Accountant- CONTRACT
UNILEVER
05.2015 - 06.2016
- Steer Business Performance and provide support to key stakeholders, focal point on business waste.
- Ensure BOM accuracy and investigate significant deviations.
- Analyze Labour & Overheads costs (Incl. analysis of manning levels, manpower and throughputs on the lines) and explain variances
- Developed customized financial models to support decision-making processes in various production stages.
- Analyze all closed orders with emphasis on Recoveries by analyzing each order comparing costed BOM against the actual production order costing, highlight any variances and reasons and the prepare and post necessary journals for correction e.g. cost of sales, provisions, debtors suspense, capex etc.
- Analyze all closed orders material usage variances by comparing costed BOM against actual production order costing, calculate yields, variances on issues and receipts, materials substitution etc. and prepare and post necessary journals for correction.
- Create & Execute assessment cycles to allocate overheads to work centres
- Analyse and explain over/under absorption of overheads costs.
- Calculate and analyse Standard Cost Estimates for products during Budget and Forecast periods
- Analyse differences between new and prior year activity rates to determine the driving forces
- Calculate work centre activities based on factory standards
- Calculate and analyse rates from the SAP ABC model to determine reasonableness.
- Ensure sound controls exist over stock management.
- Analyse Margins, Profitability, Trends and break-even analysis
- Support for users of SAP ERP Finance and Costing (FICO) functionality.
- Drive WASTE reduction, investigating and attacking root causes.
- Business Partnering with Category Finance, Plant Operations, Planning and Procurement.
- Identify end user training requirement, conduct necessary training to ensure business processes run smoothly.
- Preparing month end reporting pack packs in line with groups’ requirements and provide detailed working papers that support the validity, accuracy and completeness of financial reports submitted.
- Monthly reporting on inventory balances as well as Work in Progress reports per Slocs.
- Investigating and resolving budget deviations as well compilation of information, calculations, preparation of journals, accruals, and provisions
- Controlling, analysing of Price Variances (PPV and IPV) as well as correct forecasting.
- Manage stock count activities and ensure all procedures and policies are followed during stock take
- Steer Business Performance and provide Decision support to key stakeholders and Supply Chain.
- Drive a cost competitive Supply Chain organisation through Sourcing Unit cost optimisation.
- Review and provide feedback inventory adjustments as well as stock variance.
- Assist in preparing factory Budgets.
- Manage cost of third party production.
- Report directly to: Factory Accountant
Regional Finance Analyst
MEDIA24
10.2013 - 04.2015
- Preparing month end reporting pack packs in line with groups’ requirements and provide detailed working papers that support the validity, accuracy and completeness of financial reports submitted.
- Ensuring all reports are submitted in line with the reporting calendar.
- Monthly review of GRN and Accounts Payable Trial Balance
- Ensure that the company assets are safe through implementation of internal controls.
- Managing and facilitating all costing and system processes for the Branch
- Adherence to control process leading into reporting packs.
- Maintaining the Company Asset Register & capital expenditure approval process
- Assistance in the design and implementation of new control process.
- Ensuring branch adherence to financial control process, take corrective action where necessary.
- Ensuring procurement of goods and services are done through the correct channels and that budget was considered when/before procurement has taken place.
- Preparation of mid-year, year-end tax computation including deferred tax proofs
- Ensuring weekly Ops TO & RO sales data is released on time and is accurate.
- Calculation of sales incentives and sign-off on its accuracy.
- Develop an operations business plan and sales strategy for the territory.
- Weekly and monthly preparation of cash flow analysis for management review
- New Vendor creation and administration of existing Vendors
- Striving for Continuous Business Improvement by constantly evaluating Business Processes and identify how further value could be added.
- Attend to all accounts and financial queries for external customers.
- Approval of Purchase Orders after checking available budget and need analysis
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to drive sales to meet and/ exceed sales targets.
- Increase performance standards within territory through on-going training/mentoring and motivation, merchandising, troubleshooting.
- Cash flow is monitored on a day-to-day basis so that no account exceeds its overdraft limit Ensure achievement of budgeted and agreed financial performance of the territory by focusing on core business drivers; responsible for financial control, reporting on territory finances and performing financial analyses for the territory – Budget of R3m per month.
- Ensure that all receipts are banked daily
- Reconciling, compiling, submitting and payment of VAT as well as annual reconciliation of turnover for Vat purposes
- Build effective, value adding, transparent relationships with all stakeholders (customers, suppliers and contractors) through regular communication, reporting and personal interaction.
- Ensure effective Customer Relations Management in the territory, making changes where appropriate to continually improve customer service, and addressing any escalated or long-standing problems.
- Implement systems to manage processes, procedures within are of responsibility.
- Implement specified administration and control systems in own area of responsibility.
- Managing and staff compliment of three employees.
- Report directly to: Regional Manager.
- Reasons for leaving: I wanted manufacturing environment
Cost & Management Accountant then Promoted to Production Manager later To Factory Manager.
CYCLOCOR KZN (PTY) LTD
11.2011 - 09.2013
- Cost and Management Accountant – 01 Nov 20 to 31 March 2012
- Analyze Daily Production Reports that include production volumes, man hours & machine hours.
- Analyze Labour & Overheads costs (Incl. analysis of manning levels, manpower and throughputs on the lines) and explain variances
- Determine overhead recoveries by incorporating the cost-per-unit overhead estimate to the unit price of each unit produced.
- Assist with capturing of finished production orders Produce the daily, weekly, monthly shift production plans according to the customer orders
- Managing and facilitating all costing and system processes for the Branch
- Analyses changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services provided, to determine effects on costs.
- Submit timeous an accurate operational budget and forecast for review with Managing Director and Group CEO before their presentation to board of directors.
- Maintain and update standard costing, BOMS and report on Standard vs Actual cost
- Provides management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products.
- Evaluate production costs, gains & losses and month-end closing data
- Inventory management and control (Inventory movement, Inventory valuation, and costing, material variances.
- Production Manager- 01 April 2012 to June 2012
- Overall day to day running of the production lines including managing of the supervisors and production planning.
- Responsibly for improvement of Plant Overall Output Efficiency (OEE) as well as Output Reliability (OR) by ensuring plant machine availability, identifying major losses in the manufacturing process for focused improvement.
- Manage stock counts and all stock related issues (cycle count procedure to prevent production stoppage)
- Factory Manager – July 2012 to 27 September 2013
- Overall responsibility to facilitate and manage all aspects of the factory financial, administration, quality control, engineering, warehousing, production, distribution, and sales functions. Implement the performance management across all departments, promote one on one engagement. Manage the grievance and complains processes and chair daily, weekly and monthly production meetings and monthly staff general meetings.
- Implement incentives schemes to boost employee participation, boost morale and ensure effective inter-departmental and internal communication.
- Set goals and deadlines for factory performance standards i.e., KPI’s and review continuously in line with the company policy.
- Implement internal processes, controls and policies i.e., stock control & stock take procedures, Manufacturing process, new product development cycle, Time and attendance policy, Employment policy etc.
- Planning sub-process (production planning, distribution planning, customer service interface and sales planning)
- Driving customer service excellence by personally communicating with customers to ensure a clear understanding of their needs, including level of urgency as well as to keep them updated on a regular basis on the progress of their requirements.
- Demand Management (Forecasting-Planning and Order Management) including Production and Sales forecasting
- Design, create and implement strategies, best practices, and process improvements.
- Liaise with external service providers to mitigate non-compliance with laws such as BCEA and any of our management policies violates authorities or good corporate governance.
- Reported directly to: Group CEO
- Reasons to leave: The Company closed down
Logistics Accountant- Contract
TIGER BRANDS
10.2010 - 03.2011
- Preparation and implementation of weekly and monthly forecast for all DC’s
- Compile expense reports, reconcile against volume sold and against budget for all DC’s.
- Approve and submit month end accruals for all DC’s
- Check and approve non-stock purchase orders for all DC’s
- Attending to customer queries in respect of credit notes and pallets claims
- Review and sign external warehouse claims.
- Review and approve transport rates and adjustments nationally.
- Evaluate service provider’s proposals.
- Prepare and submit Group Scorecard and Logistics Board report.
- Management of stock credit notes and team of 10 people.
- Approval of stock credits and calculation of pallets incentive claims, review stock and sign off.
- Produce financial statements including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, monthly management accounts, variance analysis and commentaries
- Prepare review and analyze general ledger accounts then perform necessary reallocations of expenses.
- Responsible for budget and forecast preparation -DC cost centre management with the book value of R 75m per month.
- Managing and staff compliment of 10 employees.
- Report directly to: National Logistics Manager
Financial Accountant (Contract)
Sedibeng Brewery Pty (LTD)/Heineken SA
10.2009 - 02.2010
- Analysis and preparation of Creditors Reconciliations.
- Perform month end closure procedures (i.e. cost reviews, cost accruals and execution of interfaces and other SAP closure transactions).
- Maintaining the Company Asset Register & capital expenditure approval process.
- Investigating and resolving budget deviations as well compilation of information, calculations, preparation of journals, accruals and provisions
- Reconciling, compiling, submitting and payment of VAT as well as annual reconciliation of turnover for Vat purposes
- Recording accounting transactions in the General Ledger and reconciliation of ledger account balances including intercompany loan
- Management of work in progress account and reports.
- Month end procedure and creditors payment run proposal.
- Analyzing of balance sheet accounts and preparing of necessary journals.
- Assist Planning and Control Manager, Chief Accountant, and Financial Accountant in preparing monthly reports.
- Attend to customers and suppliers’ queries relating payments
- Accounts analysis and reporting of budget deviations.
- Responsible for budget maintenance and DC cost centre management with the book value of R195m per month.
- Position Held: Financial Accountant (Contract)
Owner
SIBONGISENI BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Cc
11.2008 - 08.2009
- This was my own company-
Cost Analyst
RAINBOW CHICKEN FARMS (PTY) LTD
02.2008 - 10.2008
- Monthly reporting on budget deviations for capital expenditure and operating expenses
- Preparing and reviewing of monthly Management Packs and reconciliations
- Generate M-tech ledger interface to finance Anziolite.
- Measuring and reporting performance against budget or targets
- Investigating and resolving budget deviations as well compilation of information, calculations, preparation of journals, accruals and provisions
- Agric performance and regular monitoring and reporting.
- Agric changes to feed specifications and impact on cost of finished goods produced
- Cost containment, analysis of costs with recommendations for future cost savings
- Management and development of 4 Agric Costs Clerks.
- Ad hoc projects and feasibility Studies, including assistance with Capex motivations and future projects.
- Reconciliation of general ledger accounts
- Reporting to: Management Accountant.
- Reasons for Leaving: To manage my own company
Cost Analyst
TOYOTA SOUTH AFRICA MOTORS (PTY) LTD.
11.2005 - 01.2008
- Preparation of monthly reconciliations-follow up and clearing of reconciling items
- Monthly reporting on budget deviations for capital expenditure and operating expenses for the strategic business units
- Monitoring accruals and provision reports
- Prepare and uploading of Cost Centre budget
- Preparation of supporting tax schedules for accounting & taxation packs.
- Assists in support of internal and external audits
- Analysis of department expenses and preparing monthly department expense reports
- Preparing and reviewing of monthly cost statements and reconciliations
- Measuring and reporting performance against budget or targets
- Month end closure, variance analysis, accounts reconciliations and analysis, review of unit level revenue and operating expenses for strategic business units
- Preparing and issuing of weekly cost control reports
- Investigating and resolving budget deviations as well compilation of information, calculations, posting of journals, accruals and provisions.
- Flexing of operating budget according to the actual STD hours for the month.
- Evaluation of Cost Saving Suggestions
- Reasons for Leaving: Personal development and growth
Admin Clerk/Financial Accountant.
STEDONE GROUP.
01.2003 - 10.2005
- Prepare payment certificate and invoices
- Assist with preparation of Financial Statements
- Monthly reporting on budget deviations for capital expenditure and operating expenses
- Prepare monthly variance analysis and month investigating reasons for variances and provide solutions.
- Preparation of presentations and project management reports
- Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures, Liaison at Senior Level with Engineers and Suppliers
- Receive invoices from suppliers and prepare Goods Receipt Note journals
- Daily management of attendance register and preparation of wages
- Preparation of contractors’ payment certificates, management of petty Cash, preparation of Ledger Accounts
- Reasons for Leaving: Growth
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
University of KwaZulu Natal
Durban, South Africa 04.2001 -
Skills
Hubble, Microsoft Excel (Advance), Microsoft Access, Microsoft Project, Microsoft PowerPoint, SAP R3 and S4 Hana, PASTEL,SYSPRO, ACCPAC, ORACLE,JDE, QUERY REPORTS,ANZIOLITE , MTECH,BAAN , SAGE, IMPROMPTU, QlikView, Multidimensional database management system (Essbase), Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 & Oracle Hyperion Financial Management
Strong understanding of SOX and IFRS requirements
Ability to follow- up on all matters pertaining to the job
15 years in manufacturing accounting
Analytic skills coupled with excellent negotiation skills
Accounts receivable
Accomplishments
- Conlog 2023: Cost Savings initiative of R1.9m per annum by sourcing alternate suppliers as well process and cycle time improvement.
- Nampak Rigids (2021): Decided on my own to do a customer recon which identified numerous months where invoicing was not done for scrap collected amounting to R1.6m Implemented a procedure to rectify errors /non-conformance to company policy on Works Order Completions as well as improve stock record accuracy from 35% to 90% in 1 month.
- Nampak Divfood (2020): Initiated a project to allocate stock related adjustment to correct accounts whereas before all transactions were posting into default account and needed to reallocate at the end of the month – a process that would normally take a whole day is now automated. Project member as a finance lead: SharePoint and automation of Stock Recons. Assist in reducing stock take variances by implementing controls in the flow of inventory and ensuring compliance in company policy and processes.
- Aspen Pharmacare (2017): Assist in reducing stock take variances by implementing controls in the flow of inventory and ensuring compliance in company policy and processes.
- NCS Resins (2018): Designed a template to calculate price variances. This template was formulated making it easy to analyse, understand price variances, and prevent them from occurring in future similar transactions. The entire process was semi-automated and only required five mins to prepare compared to almost half a day it used to take.
- Media 24 (2014): Designed a template to control overtime. All necessary approvals were done in that template, and it was stored in SharePoint. This resulted in strict control of overtime as overtime was approved by line mangers, Branch manager, National Manager. Overtime reduced by +- R0.5m monthly- R6.0m annual savings.
- Cyclocor KZN (2012): Finance business partner in the project team that implemented the costing system, manufacturing process and Pastel ERP. Started as a Cost & Management Accountant and was promoted to Production Manager and later promoted to Factory Manager. Successfully led the project to set up a new factory in Ladysmith due to expansion.
Timeline
Finance Operations Manager
CONLOG
01.2025 - Current
Finance Controller : Operations
CONLOG
11.2021 - 12.2024
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Nampak Divfood
06.2019 - 10.2021
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
NCS RESINS (PTY) LTD
07.2018 - 05.2019
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
ASPEN PHARMACARE
07.2016 - 07.2018
Production Accountant- CONTRACT
UNILEVER
05.2015 - 06.2016
Regional Finance Analyst
MEDIA24
10.2013 - 04.2015
Cost & Management Accountant then Promoted to Production Manager later To Factory Manager.
CYCLOCOR KZN (PTY) LTD
11.2011 - 09.2013
Logistics Accountant- Contract
TIGER BRANDS
10.2010 - 03.2011
Financial Accountant (Contract)
Sedibeng Brewery Pty (LTD)/Heineken SA
10.2009 - 02.2010
Owner
SIBONGISENI BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Cc
11.2008 - 08.2009
Cost Analyst
RAINBOW CHICKEN FARMS (PTY) LTD
02.2008 - 10.2008
Cost Analyst
TOYOTA SOUTH AFRICA MOTORS (PTY) LTD.
11.2005 - 01.2008
Admin Clerk/Financial Accountant.
STEDONE GROUP.
01.2003 - 10.2005
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
University of KwaZulu Natal
04.2001 -