Sicelo Ngema CA(SA)
Sandton
Summary
Dynamic Chartered Accountant with a demonstrated working experience with large listed entities and multi currency environments. Highly passionate about finance and data analysis. Successful at preparing annual financial statements for group companies in accordance with IFRS. Successful at managing budgets, forecasts to ensure organizational goals are met. Work experience in Mining, Oil & Gas, Retail, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Public Sector, Hospitality & Leisure, Cloud Storage Management, Media Entertainment
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Analyst Reporting
Multi-Choice (M-Net Business Unit)
11.2024 - Current
- Prepares monthly reporting pack (including financial performance and variance analyses against plans, forecasts and regional objectives)
- Facilitates the budget and forecast process for the Business Unit
- Consolidates 24 month rolling forecasts of Income Statement and Cash flow statement
- Consults with Shared Services Central Accounting team to resolve Intercompany Disputes
- Responsible for reporting performance of product portfolios, financial forecasting, budgeting, metric analysis, cost controls, ad hoc financial analysis, and general finance support to Head of Finance.
- Responsible for providing financial data and calculations to Shared Services to process accounting entries
- Responsible for notes and commentary for external and statutory reporting
- Proactively partner with the business to identify and evaluate opportunities to improve performance and ensure that change initiatives are implemented
Financial Reporting Accountant
BME a division of Omnia
05.2023 - 10.2024
- Prepared and analyzed group annual financial statements to ensure compliance with IFRS
- Prepared and presented monthly management accounts and variance commentary to management, executives regarding entity's financial standing
- Performed monthly analysis of financial results (volume, profits, balance sheet, expenses) to facilitate decision making
- Supported coordination of the location finance function with the relevant support teams (Corporate tax team, Firm reporting teams, Costing team, Operations Team)
- Identified areas of improvement within internal control, financial and reporting function of designated site and provided detailed action plans
- Collaborated with external auditors and internal audit to facilitate timely completion of annual and mid year audits
- Reviewed income statement and balance sheet against budget with accountable managers on a monthly basis and engaged on areas of under-performance
- Prepared budgets and forecast reports to plan organization operations and resources
Senior Audit Consultant
SA Professional Consultant (Pty) Ltd
02.2022 - 03.2023
- Performed detailed reviews for client journal entries, general ledger accounts, management reports, and schedules used in preparation of financial statements.
- Recommended quality internal controls to help clients produce accurate financial records.
- Successfully led various finance audits for various multinational currency entities reviewing adequacy of prepared financial reports.
- Effectively prepared clients' annual financial statements and ensured that financial records comply with IFRS.
- Improved clients' financial status by analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends and recommending actions to client' management.
- Ensured that client responsibilities are managed effectively and agreed client, best practice, regulatory and statutory deadlines. Interacted effectively with clients management, business process owners, executives to ensure quality preparation of financial records.
- Reviewed and performed quality tax computation of clients' records to ensure compliance with statutory tax regulations
Trainee Accountant
Auditor General of South Africa
02.2019 - 01.2022
- Reviewed clients financial statements to ensure financial records comply with statutory accounting standards.
- Reviewed general ledger accounts, trial balances , journal entries to ensure proper recording to final financial records.
- Prepared budgets for accurate allocation of resources within the audit project.
- Assisted Engagement Partners and Managers with any ad-hoc finance and audit duties as required.
- Prepared quality financial audit reports and management report with detailed management recommendations to audited financial records.
- Performed detailed risks assessment procedures to assess clients internal controls effectiveness.
- Effectively presented audit concerns to Head of Departments, Municipal Managers and Accounting Authorities regarding audited financial statements.
Education
BCom Honors - Accounting
University of South Africa
01.2019
BCom - Accounting
University of the Western Cape
01.2017
Skills
- IFRS Knowledge
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Power Query
- Power Bi
- Communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Attention to details and accuracy
- Team player
- Problem solving skills
- Ability to work under pressure
ERP Systems
SAP S4HANA
SAP BPC
Oracle
Microsoft Dynamics 365
VENA
Pastel
Timeline
Financial Analyst Reporting
Multi-Choice (M-Net Business Unit)
11.2024 - Current
Financial Reporting Accountant
BME a division of Omnia
05.2023 - 10.2024
Senior Audit Consultant
SA Professional Consultant (Pty) Ltd
02.2022 - 03.2023
Trainee Accountant
Auditor General of South Africa
02.2019 - 01.2022
BCom - Accounting
University of the Western Cape
BCom Honors - Accounting
University of South Africa
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