THOMAS TAGUMA DHAKI
Port Elizabeth
Summary
A young professional with exceptional accounting, finance, and business management skills also a very sound economics background with 3 years of experience in the accounting & finance field. Cross-functional and results-driven learner and team member who is willing to explore the business world hence displaying skills and harnessing technology to innovate, cost-cut, work smart, and produce the best quality services and overall client satisfaction and long-lasting relationships.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Finance Manager
Eastcape Manufacturers SA Cc
12.2022 - Current
- Tracked and logged expenses, ensuring spending remained within approved budgets.
- Prepared management accounts and budget-holder reports, identifying significant trends and variances.
- Applied technical accounting calculations to review annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
- Identified opportunities for cost-reduction and conducted reviews and evaluations to assess impact and feasibility.
- Tested impact of future budgeting scenarios, pricing changes and other initiatives and proposals to establish feasibility.
- Carried out business modelling and risk assessments to identify potential pitfalls before they happen.
- Arranged and processed accurate and on-time VAT returns to SARS.
- Controlled expenditure, oversaw recordkeeping and monitored compliance with standards.
- Managed accounts payable and receivables, raising invoices, reconciling accounts and processing cash transactions.
- Kept up-to-date with changes in financial regulations and legislation that may impact company or future financial decision-making.
- Monitored expenses, income, budgets and petty cash records and acted upon errors.
Senior Accounting Associate
ITS Group
07.2019 - 11.2022
- Reporting, Measurement, Analysis & Interpretation of Accounting & Financial Statements.
- Processing and capturing of Customer & Supplier Invoices, Bank Statements on Pastel, Sage & Xero
- Reconciliation Of Bank Statements, Creditors & Debtors' Accounts on a monthly basis
- Value Added Tax Reports, Income Tax Calculations & Submissions to the South African Revenue Services.
- Monthly management accounts & Projects analysis reports
- Trial Balance check & Balance Sheets adjustments pre and post Annual Financial Statements preparations.
- Payroll processing & Fixed asset registers maintenance.
- Part time consulting for small business (Monthly management accounts & Budget meetings)
- Passing journals pre and post balance sheet events
Junior Supervisor
Caltex Magnum Motors
06.2018 - 07.2019
- Treasury management (Cash register & Float maintenance)
- Cash-Up reconciliations on a daily basis
- Stock taking & Ordering from suppliers
- Preparation of weekly loss control reporting
- Compliance checks & Shift schedule maintenance
Commercial Loans Officer
JHM Microfinance
05.2017 - 03.2018
- Performing and Market Analysis & Survey
- Business loans application processing
- Collateral security valuation & registering
- Loan disbursement & Debtors management track system
- Issuing recovery reports & Loan book reports to management
Internship (Trainee)
JHM Microfinance
03.2015 - 02.2016
- Marketing of financial products
- Conducting business sites visits
- Market research report writing
- Collection of repayments & Banking
- Pioneering on branch openings in remote areas and facilitating lease agreements
Education
Bachelor of Commerce Honors - Banking & Investment Management
National University of Science and Technology
2017
GCSE Advanced-Levels - Commercial Subjects
St Annes High School
2011
Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Team Oriented
- Good communication skills
- Data Analysis
- Flexibility
- Strategic Planning
- Adaptability
- Budgeting
- Results driven
- VAT returns
- SAGE Accounting
- Cash flow analysis
- Variance analysis
- QuickBooks
- Month-end close management
- Compliance
Certification
- Sage Online
- Xero
- Pastel
- Odyssey Point of Sale
Languages
Xhosa
Intermediate (B1)
Afrikaans
Intermediate (B1)
Timeline
Senior Finance Manager
Eastcape Manufacturers SA Cc
12.2022 - Current
Senior Accounting Associate
ITS Group
07.2019 - 11.2022
Junior Supervisor
Caltex Magnum Motors
06.2018 - 07.2019
Commercial Loans Officer
JHM Microfinance
05.2017 - 03.2018
Internship (Trainee)
JHM Microfinance
03.2015 - 02.2016
GCSE Advanced-Levels - Commercial Subjects
St Annes High School
Bachelor of Commerce Honors - Banking & Investment Management
National University of Science and Technology
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