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Financial Management:

• Monthly accounting processing, reviewing accounting data, increase financial efficiency by streamlining and automating financial reporting to shareholders, for 3 intercompanies.
• Enhanced financial reporting accuracy by implementing advanced software solutions (Sage Intacct, Salesforce, Zoho), leading to more informed decision-making processes.
• Prepare monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations
• Streamlined month-end close processes, reducing time spent on manual tasks and improving data accuracy.
• Enhanced budget management by implementing expense tracking and cost reduction strategies.
• Optimizing cash flow management, with diligent monitoring of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Monthly journal entries processing and close off of the month
• Banking processes - managing 6 bank accounts and maintaining relationships with banking managers
• Petty cash: management, reconciliation and month-end journals

Team Collaboration:

• Set goals and objectives for the finance department, as well as guide, manage and oversee junior finance staff
• Work closely with cross-functional teams for strategic business planning and growth initiatives (Sales team, Creative team, Development team, and Exco)

HR Management :

• Monthly processing and maintenance of payroll for 3 companies
• Monthly integration of payroll into accounting system
• Administration of company medical aid fund
• Managing employees' entry and exit onto the state unemployment insurance fund
• Ensuring that all employees are registered with the tax agency (Sars) for income tax
• Processing any exiting employees, resignations, retrenchments

Tax and Statutory Compliance:

• Companies & Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) annual returns submissions and payments remitted timeously
• Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) – ensuring annual compliance is in place and documents are in place
• Workmen's Compensation (COID) – annual returns submissions, payments remitted timeously and compliance documents in place at all times
• Ensuring compliance with local, state, federal tax (SARS) regulations; timely filing of all required documents and payments - mitigating potential penalties or fines (VAT returns and payments, Employee tax returns and payments , Company tax returns and payments) - 3 companies
• Sars tax and Vat audits: liaise with Sars and appointed tax specialist to finalize audits

Company Audits:

• Preparation of accounting data for yearly company audit / review
• Liaising and assisting auditors during the audit process
• Ensure signed off Annual Financial Statements are produced for all entities on time

BEE Compliance:

• Ensuring that the main company maintains a constant Level 1 BEE status (strict tracking of BEE spend in all areas each year, in line with BEE current codes)

Financial Management:

• Update and maintenance of accounting records
• Reviewing of accounting data and producing of financial reports for shareholders, as well as producing simplified financial data presentation to non-financial directors, in order to facilitate informed decision-making.
• Leveraging advanced Excel skills to automate routine tasks, freeing up time for more value-added activities such as variance analysis and strategic planning support.
• Increase financial accuracy by streamlining the accounts receivable and payable processes.
• Track business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy.
• Improved cash flow management with timely invoicing and efficient collections practices.
• Reduced month-end closing time by optimizing the reconciliation process for bank and credit card accounts. Smooth monthly journal entries processing and close off of the month.
• Ensuring compliance with state tax revenue service (Sars), and all other statutory bodies (CIPC, COID, UIF)
• Assisting in annual audit preparations, supporting the auditors during the audit, and ensuring a smooth process with no major discrepancies found.
• Streamlined payroll processing through automation improvements resulting in reduced errors and increased efficiency.
• Optimized company budgets: reviewing, monitoring and tracking variances
• Create and maintain relationships with auditors and tax specialists ensuring that current regulations are abided by.
• Banking processes - 3 bank accounts

• Implementing and managing systems and strategies to ensure product delivery to the client timeously, reduce wastage and manage costs effectively.
• Collaborating with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
• Overseeing demand planning, purchasing, and logistics, while monitoring and tracking supplier performance to enforce adherence to quality standards
• Improving, standardizing and documenting planning and scheduling processes.
• Field trips - mining site visits, conducting product sample testing
• Managing the supply chain process, from suppliers to the end client
• Assisting in managing client's Logistics processes to uplift shipments from our company's depot to port
• Reporting on budgets, expenditure and consignments.

• Full accounting processing function
• Leveraged advanced Excel skills to automate routine tasks, freeing up time for more value-added activities such as variance analysis and strategic planning support.
• Annual budgets and tight cash flow monitoring
• Monthly reporting packs to directors
• Debtors & Creditors function including keeping tight deadlines on invoicing project milestones and managing debtors'
• Accounts to Balance Sheet for 3 companies and handling intercompany transactions
• Monthly Bank / fuel card reconciliation journals (10 bank accounts)
• Monthly payroll processing for freelance workers, as well as permanent staff (2 monthly payroll runs)
• Audit preparation and assisting auditors throughout the audit process
• BEE applications and preparation of requirements, according to prevailing codes
• Tax and statutory compliance maintenance (Vat, Paye, Uif, Sdl)
• Maintenance of equipment and assets lease agreements
• Assisting with upkeep of the asset register
• General office management