Thupane TAASO
Accountant
Riversands, Johannesburg
Summary
Seasoned Accounting Support professional with proven skills in managing routine and complex business accounting needs. Familiar with IFRSs, state requirements, and federal regulations. Expert in GAAP with general ledger experience.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Accountant and M&E Officer
Sky Alpha HD (Sound Connect Fund Project)
09.2023 - Current
- Reviewed project employee credentials and approved or rejected account access as appropriate.
- Monitored project costs, developed job cost forecasts, managed cash flow and approved invoices for payment.
- Set up and managed project accounting systems.
- Approved project write-offs for items not available for billing to or collection from customers.
- Reviewed and approved timesheets for project employees.
- Conceived project accounts in company accounting system according to direction from senior accountant.
- Read, escalated and reported invoices for projects of varying size and complexity.
- Eliminated discrepancies by carefully reviewing budgets to prevent overspending and adhere to financial objectives.
- Reported and assessed project profitability to leadership.
- Collaborated with accounting manager to comply with governing bodies and limit regulatory risks.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Authorized and reviewed funds transfers into and out of project accounts.
Management Assistant
Association Of Lesotho Employers & Business
10.2023 - 01.2024
- Conducted thorough research using diverse resources to assist professional staff with routine and special project tasks.
- Delivered top-notch administrative support to office staff, promoting excellence in office operations.
- Prepared and distributed team-based communications to foster collaboration and enhance team morale.
- Oversaw training and onboarding process for all newly hired employees.
- Recorded time allocated to projects and updated master tracking documents.
- Offered technical support and troubleshot issues to enhance office productivity.
- Sorted, opened, and routed mail and deliveries to meet business requirements.
- Created and updated records and files to maintain document compliance.
- Prepared and charted data and metrics for detailed status reports.
- Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages for distribution to office staff.
- Performed wide-ranging administrative, financial and service-related functions.
- Completed daily logs for management review.
- Liaised with member customers for their specific services deliverables.
- Managed data and correspondence to secure information across complex landscapes of organizational departments.
- Followed detailed directions from management to complete daily paperwork and computer data entry.
- Streamlined office operations by effectively monitoring and addressing client correspondence and data communications.
- Planned and coordinated logistics and materials for board meetings, committee meetings, and staff events.
- Drafted common document templates to reduce time spent creating documents from scratch.
- Directed automation of office procedures such as correspondence management, recordkeeping and online communications.
Accounts Clerk
Cooperative Lesotho
08.2020 - 09.2023
- Employ a variety of bookkeeping methods; post, balance and maintain manual and computerized accounting records in accurate and efficient manner.
- Monitor and supervise the efficient collection of revenue and maintain updated customer accounts.
- Assist in preparation of financial reports, summaries of extracts, report creation and generation.
- Reconcile and record receipts, incoming cash, invoices presented for payments and other fiscal transactions.
- Prepare and initiate payments and file payments orders.
- Maintain systematic filing of all financial documents within the cooperative.
- Reconcile cash book and bank accounts on monthly basis, including various reports.
- Ensure filing of tax returns with tax authorities.
- Organize budget documentation and tracked expenses to maintain tight business controls.
- Apply mathematical abilities to calculate and check figures in accounting systems.
- Complete monthly payroll for company employees.
- Consistently maintain professional and courteous behavior, ability to work efficiently and harmoniously with cooperative staff and members in general.
- Apply proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Investigate daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.
- Reconcile account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
Acting Manager
Anglican Training Centre
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Plan and allocate staff shifts and assign tasks. -Attend to all staff welfare duties. -Schedule and chair staff meetings. -Authorise staff leaves and overtime payments. -Authorise cash and online payments. -Seat in ATC Board meetings. -Coordinate and report to the board. -Deal in marketing affairs of the ATC -Oversee purchases of stock from wholesales. -Create and maintain periodic budget and reconcile variables.
Accounts Assistant
Anglican Training Centre
11.2018 - 02.2019
- Preparation of monthly staff payroll and salary schedule. -Prepare cheque payments and cash payments. -Procurement of assets; capital and revenue. -Receipt cash payments and bank payments. -Supervise monthly stock counts and reconciliations thereof. -Record transactions from voucher books to spreadsheet for report generation. -Reconcile records from spreadsheet cash books against bank statements. -Assist in administrative functions, schedules and office running.
Accountant
Bafokeng Chain Stores
07.2016 - 12.2017
- Procure capital assets and revenue inventory. -Distribution of recorded stock to different stores. -Collecting and recording cash from daily sales. -Monthly inventory counts and reconciliations. -Preparation of staff payrolls. -Attend to preliminary staff affairs. -Generate periodic reports -Ensure customer satisfaction.
Storekeeper
Independent Electoral Commission
12.2014 - 05.2015
- Produce stock inventory requisition form to national warehouse
- Receive and record inventory from national warehouse.
- Label inventory with tags as necessary in warehouse.
- Maintain accurate warehouse storage management controls.
- Take periodic inventory counts.
- Confirm correct and accurate orders; quantity and quality checks. -Manage office supplies and make orders.
- Formulate control measures with superiors
- Dispatch inventory subsequent to requisitions from constituencies.
- Maintain accurate buffer levels and file requisition as necessary.
- Received, merchandised and arranged all warehouse items for visual display.
- Documented shipping and receiving records to confirm receipt of orders.
- Ordered goods from national warehouse to maintain store merchandise levels.
- Oversaw warehouse staff by providing instructions and leading daily activities.
- Maintained constituent clients satisfaction with quick and professional handling of product returns.
- Tagged merchandise and neatly stocked on shelves and display areas.
- Stocked storerooms and adjusted minimum and maximum par levels in inventory system.
- Filled orders by gathering merchandise specified in requisitions.
- Received product shipments and organized in stockroom storage area.
- Communicated with constituents to discuss order discrepancies, and returned damaged merchandise or incorrect orders.
- Arranged products on shelves and in cabinets to maximize space utilization by sequential arrangements.
Education
Certified Accountant Technician -
Centre For Accounting Studies
Maseru, Lesotho 04.2001 -
IGCSE -
Machabeng College
Maseru, Lesotho 04.2009 - 07.2011
Junior Certificate - undefined
Sacred Heart High School
Leribe, Lesotho 01.2006 - 12.2008
PSLE - undefined
St. Cyprians English Medium Primary School
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho 01.1999 - 12.2005
Skills
Customer SatisfactionClient Management skillsSage Pastel accounting softwareMicrosoft OfficeSafety-conscious attitude to workOffice Administration
Bank Reconciliation
Cash Flow Management
Purchase Order Management
Budget Preparation
Payroll Administration
Bookkeeping
Cost Accounting
Journal Entries
Data Entry
Customer Service
Account Reconciliation
Invoicing and Billing
Administrative Support
Data Analysis
Regulatory Compliance
General Ledger Entries
Budget Forecasting
Auditing Procedures
Internal Controls Implementation
Cash Flow Analysis
Staff Management
Accounts Payable
Financial Management
Payment Processing
Financial Statements Expertise
MS Office
Attention to Detail
Fund Accounting
Accounts Receivable
Month-End Reports
Accounts Payable and Receivable
Financial Reporting
Personal Information
Age: 30 years old
References
- Mr. Tello Leballo, Director & Co-Founder: Sky Alpha HD
(+266) 62123565 tello@skyalphahd.com
- Adv. Hlalele T'solo, Director Industrial: ALEB
(+266) 58415131 adnhlalele@gmail.com
- Mr Thabo Shale, CEO: Cooperative Lesotho
(+266) 58912637 tbobomm639@gmail.com
- Rev. Stephen Manyabeane, Manager: Anglican Training Centre
(+266) 58165823 chaplain943@gmail.com
- Mr. Rethabile Ramoreki, Senior Accountant: Anglican Training Centre
(+266) 58837623 rramoreki@yahoo.com
- Ms. Thakane Kokome, Business Owner: Bafokeng Chain Stores
(+266) 58769716
- Ms. Mpati Setlaeea, District Electoral Officer: Independent Electoral Commission
(+266) 58712391/59336871
Timeline
Management Assistant
Association Of Lesotho Employers & Business
10.2023 - 01.2024
Project Accountant and M&E Officer
Sky Alpha HD (Sound Connect Fund Project)
09.2023 - Current
Accounts Clerk
Cooperative Lesotho
08.2020 - 09.2023
Acting Manager
Anglican Training Centre
03.2019 - 03.2020
Accounts Assistant
Anglican Training Centre
11.2018 - 02.2019
Accountant
Bafokeng Chain Stores
07.2016 - 12.2017
Storekeeper
Independent Electoral Commission
12.2014 - 05.2015
IGCSE -
Machabeng College
04.2009 - 07.2011
Junior Certificate - undefined
Sacred Heart High School
01.2006 - 12.2008
Certified Accountant Technician -
Centre For Accounting Studies
04.2001 -
PSLE - undefined
St. Cyprians English Medium Primary School
01.1999 - 12.2005