Thabiso Monare
Data Analyst
Germiston,Gauteng
Summary
- Experienced as a Cost Accountant,Junior Business Analyst with over 15 years of successful experience in problem solving,reporting and analysis. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in FMCG and Financal industries. Strengths in Analysis,critical thinking and communication backed by training in Business and Data Analysis.
- Enthusiastic Business and Data Analyst graduate eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of analysis and critical thinking and solution driven. Motivated to learn, grow and excel.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
8
8
Certificates
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Consultant
Lecel Technologies
Germiston, Gauteng
12.2015 - Current
- Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes and operational specifications.
- Analyzed financial reporting systems and project schedules to proactively address potential problems.
- Produced quality standards, checklists, report templates and processes.
- Managed risk, investigated solutions and established project recovery plans.
- Planned, executed and controlled assigned projects, ensuring work performed complied with contractual requirements.
Procurement Coordinator
Lecel Technologies
Germiston, Gauteng
12.2015 - Current
- Identified new and more cost-effective suppliers through participation in industry networking events, purchasing advantageous packages and cutting costs.
- Procured critical parts and assemblies to develop and coordinate sourcing requirements.
- Researched new vendors and partners to obtain most cost-effective pricing for goods.
Business Intelligence
African Sales Company
Midrand, Gauteng
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Collating data from different sources and producing sales report.
- Created new reports to improve efficiency
- Collected data from wide-ranging sources.
- Responded to specific BI requests from Demand Planners personnel, creating data reports with requested information in easily understandable formats.
- Reviewed files, records and other documents to obtain business information and key data informing responses to development requests.
- Researched and compiled tailored monthly analytics and reports for all senior management with Advanced MS Excel.
Purchasing Co Coordinator
African Sales Company
Midrand, Gauteng
11.2014 - 11.2015
- Knowledge of fine fragrance and cosmetic brands.
- Maintaining optimal stock levels to ensure timely availability of products.
- Using electronic inventory tracking to scan and reconcile inventory.
- Minimising exposure to obsolete and excess stock.
- Putting forward recommendations for operational policy, procedures and goals.
- Creating and maintaining spreadsheets to report and analyse data.
- Coordinating the shipment of goods to the warehouse.
- Accurately submission of monthly orders to overseas and local suppliers.
- Conducting regular checks on stale orders and eliminating stale orders.
- Correctly utilizing of supplier ordering system.
- Managing import shipments with logistical forwarding agents.
- Managing the insurance and supplier claims process.
- Ensuring most cost effective transport of goods from supplier to warehouse.
- Handling general queries with suppliers and forwarding agents.
- Providing forwarding agents with supplier documents for import clearance purposes.
- Checking of and signing off all clearing instructions.
- Created purchase orders and had each signed by Brand Managers and Senior Demand Planner.
- Monitored all purchase requisitions and handled adjustments with vendors.
- Contacted each vendor and recorded information regarding price, availability, and quality of products.
- Verified delivery of correct materials amounts to production pallets at right time.
- Implemented policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste.
- Maintained consistent email communication with warehouse and suppliers to confirm and track orders and verify price revisions on purchase orders.
- Tracked inventory shipments and prepared spreadsheets detailing item information.
- Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
- Maintained focus and organization to regularly complete tasks with precision, timeliness and flexibility to accommodate fluctuating assignments and emerging business trends.
- Handled customs clearances and documentation to deliver goods in compliance with laws and regulations.
- Adjusted procedures as needed to maximize department effectiveness.
- Computed and created purchase orders in Syspro to monitor stock levels, verify purchase requisitions and expedite customer orders.
- Maintained complete documentation and records of all purchasing activities.
Logistics Coordinator
Monare Logistics
Germiston, Gauteng
03.2010 - 10.2015
- Sourcing of logistics contracts for truck owners.
- Working out Rate loads for current and prospective clients.
- Organized transportation for purchased and delivery of materials needed for various contracts.
- Monitored and reported on transportation costs and properly filed shipping documents.
- Optimized compliance with regulations related to shipment of coal, chrome, and goods.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Cost Accountant
Supply Chain Services
Jet Park, Gauteng
11.2009 - 02.2010
- Reconciliation of supplier invoices and purchase orders of goods and services.
- Reconciling of hours worked with automated logging system reports
- Designing of new reports for weekly, monthly wages paid and reconciliation thereof.
- Analyzed and weekly reconciliation for all 200 of SCS employees salaries and overtime
- Assisted with month-end closing procedures, journal entry review, balance sheet analysis and monthly management report preparation.
- Calculated labor and overhead rates, annually updating costs.
- Calculated payroll deductions by accurately using BEGET Software and processed payroll to meet preset requirements.
- Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation.
- Submitted weekly reports on payroll activities.
- Collaborated with human resources personnel to accurately and efficiently track leave time.
- Verified and submitted timekeeping information for accurate and efficient payroll processing.
- Performed calculations in overtime, vacation and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
Inventory Analyst
Afrox
Selby, Gauteng
11.2008 - 02.2009
- Analyzing and Reporting on daily,weekly inventory movements for 15 Afrox PPE distribution stores.
- Have been responsible for establishing the best inventory measures including tracking, reporting, and root cause analysis.
- Input data in ACCPAC to create updated status reports for quick reference of SOH and variances.
- Reporting on issues of inventory supply,damages, and losses with Distribution Stores and Regional Managers
- Weekly Inventory reconciliation of SOH,replenishments,losses on ACCPAC and distribution stores.
- Monthly cost tracking and identification of incorrect pricing.
- Ensuring that data integrity checks and variations reports are checked and done weekly.
- Ensuring that inventory shrinkage is kept at an absolute minimum.
- Analyzed weekly and monthly patterns to forecast business needs, reducing inventory costs
- Improved cycle count discrepancy rates by 10% through process improvements and maintaining high levels of data integrity.
- Optimized execution of supply chain by forecasting, scheduling orders and balancing inventory levels for distribution stores
- Supported reporting, accounting and recordkeeping staff with accurate updates regarding shipment information.
- Maintained up-to-date price lists to accurately calculate shipping, shortage and other costs.
- Conducted research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes.
- Monitored inventory to maintain sufficient supply levels to meet business and customer needs.
- Addressed internal supply problems head-on and developed creative solutions to prevent delays and missed targets.
Inventory Accountant
Cashbuild
Johannesburg, Gauteng
12.2007 - 02.2008
- Administering of financial information relating to inventory on all 247 Cashbuild stores in South Africa Inventory reconciliation between General Ledger and sub ledgers (Great Plains system and Pegasus system).
- Reporting on obsolescence stock (26 & 52 weeks’ cycle) and redundant stock at 25 100% monthly.
- Able to effectively manage internal inventory control processes and appropriately handle exceptions.
- Maintaining month end files and year end files for auditing to reconcile inventories and coordinate annual physical inventory procedures.
- Reporting on monthly shrinkage for all stores.
- Reporting on physical monthly stock counts versus system count.
- Ensuring reconciliations are carried out for all accounts as appropriate in the Trial Balance.
- Inventory Reconciliation on all 8 GL inventory accounts Improving MIS using MS Access and Excel reporting.
- Researched and solved problems regarding discrepancies of actual vs.
- Recorded number.
Inventory Controller
Kumnandi Food Company
Johannesburg, Gauteng
09.2007 - 12.2007
- Ensuring that stock, sales and associated accounts are correctly reported.
- Reporting on all stock movements, sales on all 59 KFC stores owned by Kumnandi.
- Responsible for developing and implementing inventory control procedures and coordinating and managing physical cycle counts.
- Involved in the assessment of procedures conducted to drive continual improvement and maintain best in class status.
- Ordering & issuing of new equipment and spare parts for machinery at restaurants.
- Designing new reports (MIS) for sales, cost of sales and monthly stock counts.
- Able to reconcile inventories and coordinate annual physical inventory procedures.
- Ensuring stock counts are executed by restaurants on a monthly basis and investigating variances and losses.
- Reconciling inventories and coordinating annual physical inventory procedures.
- Preparation of warehouse and restaurant monthly sales and stock counts.
- Posting monthly stock figures(SOH,Damages,Losses into General Ledger and sub ledgers.
- Effectively managing internal inventory control processes and appropriately handling exceptions.
- Enforcing new process flows for stock movements at Kumnandi Food Company restaurants and warehouse.
- Responsible for Debtors book -new equipment, and spare parts sales to other KFC stores outside Kumnandi Food Company franchise.
- Invoicing for equipment sales and collection of outstanding amounts.
- Implement systems & tools that will ensure highest inventory accuracy is maintained to support the business and ensuring that all warehouse / distribution inventory processes are correctly documented and that teams are trained accordingly.
- Audited and corrected discrepancies in inventory numbers.
- Completed in a month, stock inventories to identify and address issues negatively impacting controls.
- Worked with supervisors and team members to understand supply needs and bring levels within desired tolerances.
Cost Accountant
Tourvest Duty Free, Tambo Intl
Johannesburg, Gauteng
11.2006 - 08.2007
- Ensuring stock movement and sales are reported accurately controlled correctly on all sales points.
- Have lead and directed regular efforts to verify inventory Maintenance of stock ledgers to ensure that costs are fairly stated in terms of GAAP.
- Processing of Good Received Vouchers,damages and not received documents to suppliers.
- Ensuring stock counts are executed by warehouses on a monthly basis and investigating variances and losses.
- Control and reporting on GIT (Goods in transit).
- Master data corrections /clean-up and data integrity checks.
- Processing of final sales, cost of sales and in-flight loss figures.
- Preparation of stock listing, reports and reconciliations.
- Preparation of listing fee worksheets (stock items).
- Ensure inventory data integrity checks and variation reports are done at all times.
- Reporting on weekly sales projections per flight company.
- Supervision of staff incl data captures.
- Responsible for Investigating & identify root causes of inventory discrepancies in receiving & dispatch processes and develop corrective actions to eliminate recurrence.
Stock Controller
Nu Metro Theatres
Johannesburg, Gauteng
07.2004 - 10.2006
- Reporting on daily and weekly confectionery sales,SOH,variances,damages and losses for 27 Nu Metro Theatres in South Africa
- Responsible for ensuring adequate inventory levels of materials and products in accordance with inventory cycles.
- Have been responsible for establishing the best inventory measures including tracking, reporting, and root cause analysis.
- Management reporting on cost and inventory movements.
- Continually assisting all cinema managers to identify and understand key projects, initiatives, and workloads.
- Yearly and ad hoc stock count co-ordination.
- Compiling and analyzing data on prices from competitors and different promotional products.
- Providing cinema sites with system support on the new confectionery system functionality.
- Resolving telephonic system queries, escalating unsolved queries to IT help desk and logging errors.
- Responsible for sending out food & beverage promotional merchandise to cinemas & liaising with cinemas that correct product items have been received for promotions.
- Providing MIS on most business areas incl warehouse.
- Analyzing monthly actual sales in comparison to expected sales.
- Reporting on monthly deduction authorities against staff members responsible for stock theft.
- Ensuring that inventory shrinkage is kept to an absolute minimum by implementing proper controls.
- Maintained inventory and ordered new supplies to meet expected needs.
- Rotated stock correctly to prevent out-of-date products and removed aging items from main shelving to build special promotional displays.
- Collaborated with backroom and receiving team, working night shifts to support inventory fulfillment goals.
- Performed inventory control, such as counting and stocking merchandise.
- Changed sales floor signs to show current pricing and support product promotions.
- Maintained strong vendor connections by arranging pricing and delivery structures and managing specific shipment or paperwork concerns.
- Maintained effective team member communication.
- Used hand-held devices and computers to record and monitor inventory levels and completed audits to uncover and address inaccuracies.
- Checked prices and calculated totals for accurate invoice processing.
- Implemented crisis control initiatives to reduce lost time during unanticipated events.
Employee Benefits Administrator
M Cubed Employee
Johannesburg, Gauteng
08.2003 - 12.2003
- Processing Cash Flows on Provident and Pension Funds,consisting of 30 sub funds.
- Running system debtors, paying creditors and doing collections.
- Reconciling bank accounts (30 bank accounts) on cashbook.
- Updating cash book on Accpac for all funds.
- Reconciling Accpac general ledger to Cashbook.
- Preparing audit schedules per fund for auditors.
- Daily processing of EFT payments (Pension / provident withdrawals Accounts receivable-creditors- and payables-debtors on Accpac.
- Working closely with Employee Benefits Managers.
Commissions Administrator
M Cubed Life Investments
Johannesburg, Gauteng
08.2002 - 07.2003
- Processing weekly &monthly commission payments to at least 4000 brokers.
- Extracting & checking broker commission payments details from the core system (Flexcube).
- Importing of bulk payments files into ACCPAC (accounting software) and processing into CATS payments.
- Capturing of new brokers and maintenance of changes from bank details, addresses into our core system and batching this through to unit trust & wrap departments.
- Ensuring all IFA (broker) applications are in line with compliance as stated in the Policy Protection Rules & regulations.
- Attending to external brokers, internal broker consultants and branch queries with regards to commission payments and calculations on new & existing business (top up & portfolio switches).
- Liaison with system developers on enhancements & changes with regards to our broker reporting system & statements.
- Testing of new functionality on ACCPAC and broker reporting system I-Browse.
- Calculated, validated accuracy of and submitted commission payments within specified deadlines.
- Supported processes and met deadlines to drive timely and accurate payments.
Junior Business Analyst
Automated Outsourcing Services
Johannesburg, Gauteng
06.2001 - 07.2002
- Setting up of new users and security parameters in Flexcube system.
- Supporting the SPR -System Problem Resolve process with regard to system functionality - the follow up, & driving the timeous solution of system problems and the sign off.
- Liaising with Programmers and Developers on key system functionalityenhancements.
- Testing and Approval of new system versions,enhancement and new functionality.
- Rendering an advisory service to departmental team leaders on operational system functions & operational policies / procedures.
- Key system functionality documentation and compilation / preparation of training manuals and test packs.
- Training of staff on new system functionalities, enhancements & processes.
- Research on unused functionalities within core system.
- Writing of new reports & enhancing existing reports from core system using SQL & MS Access.
- Ensuring that projects given are completed within the agreed turnaround times.
- Helping the Senior Business Analyst with cost analysis & budgeting.
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
- Built library of models and reusable knowledge-base assets to produce consistent and streamlined business intelligence results.
- Exercised critical thinking to resolve data capture errors in EOD and Pricing reports.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Assisted Client Services departments and consultant staff to improve client satisfaction.
- Assessed impact of current business processes on users and stakeholders and evaluated potential areas for improvement.
- Mapped current business and operational processes and recommended areas for improvement.
- Overhauled operational workflow to launch SPR - System Problem Resolve into new processing platform.
- Optimized system and platform performance capabilities in most efficient, practical way possible.
Team Leader
Automated Outsourcing Services
Johannesburg, Gauteng
02.2000 - 12.2000
- Managed performance reviews for 4 employees, analyzing individual employee achievements and overall trends in workforce execution objectives.
- Implementation and maintenance of new business processes in line with business rules and service level agreements.
- Positioned as go-to person for the operations department staff members, troubleshooting complex administrative and training issues promptly.
- Ensuring printing of new client,updates of policy documentation meets quality assurance level and done within agreed turnaround times.
- Analyzing system failures and producing incident reports.
- Managed delivery and distribution of all submitted requests to team member.
- Testing of new system versions and functionality.
- Partnered with Operations Manager to train and develop team member skillsets and competencies.
- Created successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts.
- Streamlined operations of multiple lines of business within organization.
- Adjusted job assignments and schedules to keep pace with dynamic business needs, factoring in processes, employee knowledge and customer demands.
- Introduced team contests and goals to enhance productivity and improve employee morale.
- Worked with management team to implement proper division of responsibilities.
- Developed training, task and process guidelines and communicated clear and concise directions to employees.
- Set overall vision and provided team leadership.
- Maintained compliance with company policies, objectives and communication goals.
- Identified individual employee's unique work styles and adapted management methods.
- Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
- Interviewed, hired and trained new employees for Data Capture positions.
- Cross-trained and provided back up for customer service department.
- Participated in cross-functional team-building activities.
- Established open and professional relationships with team members to achieve quick resolutions for various issues.
System Administrator
Automated Outsourcing Services
Johannesburg, Gauteng
03.1999 - 01.2000
- Conducted testing and troubleshooting for Y2K compliant software and Flexcube systems remotely to maintain operational readiness.
- Tested system patches and solutions to fix bugs in existing applications.
- Supporting other business units during the conversion process.
- Carrying out general administration functions.
- Importing and Exporting of unit trust price file from excel into Access and Flexcube computer system.
- Resolved issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.
- Diagnosed and executed resolution for new system issues.
- Standardized job tasks and trained junior team members on new system operation and standards.
- Made recommendations regarding system changes.
Education
Matric -
Pax High School
Polokwane, South Africa 01.1989 - 12.1993
Bachelor of Commerce - Economics
University of South Africa
South Africa 01.2006 - 01.2013
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Collaborated with team of System Developers in the development of I-Browse Reporting Solution.
- Supervised team of 4 staff members.
- Documented and resolved stock losses which led to 10% reduction in inventory losses.
Certification
Life Insurance Proficiency Level 1 2000
Additional Information
- Own Transport Available Driving License Code 8
Timeline
IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate
08-2021
Understanding Agile
11-2020
Entry Certificate in Busines Analysis
10-2020
Business Intelligence
African Sales Company
06.2018 - 08.2018
Project Consultant
Lecel Technologies
12.2015 - Current
Procurement Coordinator
Lecel Technologies
12.2015 - Current
Purchasing Co Coordinator
African Sales Company
11.2014 - 11.2015
Occupational Health and Safety Training
02-2011
Safety Management Training Course
01-2011
Logistics Coordinator
Monare Logistics
03.2010 - 10.2015
Cost Accountant
Supply Chain Services
11.2009 - 02.2010
Inventory Analyst
Afrox
11.2008 - 02.2009
Inventory Accountant
Cashbuild
12.2007 - 02.2008
Inventory Controller
Kumnandi Food Company
09.2007 - 12.2007
Cost Accountant
Tourvest Duty Free, Tambo Intl
11.2006 - 08.2007
Bachelor of Commerce - Economics
University of South Africa
01.2006 - 01.2013
Stock Controller
Nu Metro Theatres
07.2004 - 10.2006
Employee Benefits Administrator
M Cubed Employee
08.2003 - 12.2003
Commissions Administrator
M Cubed Life Investments
08.2002 - 07.2003
Life Insurance Proficiency Level 1 2000
06-2002
Computer System Design 2002
06-2002
Information Modelling
06-2002
Junior Business Analyst
Automated Outsourcing Services
06.2001 - 07.2002
Team Leader
Automated Outsourcing Services
02.2000 - 12.2000
System Administrator
Automated Outsourcing Services
03.1999 - 01.2000
Matric -
Pax High School
01.1989 - 12.1993
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