Yolisa Oakes

• Manage creditors Team of 4 staff guiding /leading and motivating team in accomplishing all tasks within tight deadlines ,high volume of work and fast paced environment
• Assisting creditors Team in resolution of complex and aged creditor queries and recons
• Reviewing and signing off of all local and foreign creditors recons and COD payments monthly for the group (4 companies ) /+-500 recons per month/+-20 million
• Review and follow up on all unreceipted PO with different departments within the business
• Update and compilation of training schedules and spreadsheets for EE and BBBEE for the group.
• Compile and maintain group spend report Monthly updating all BBBEE creditor information. Liaise with procurement on outstanding certificates and incorrect affidavits.
• Complete and process all new creditor applications ,liaising with law department /creditors on resolution to T&C queries .
• Conduct regular reviews of Suppliers with procurement (Terms /Rebate Structure / Discounts )
• Monthly calculation and capturing of rebates due for all companies within group
• Review of GRNI accounts/creditor accruals and creditor Ageings every month end before final reporting
• Ensure accurate processing by team and reviewing cost and expense accounts against forecasts
• Formulate policies and procedures and drive automation and application of best practice in the team
• Reconciliation of intricate creditor recons/payments where distribution of costs and recharges between entities is required as well as staff deductions

• Provided comprehensive accounting support to company by managing functions like accounts payable, accounts receivable and business expense processing
• Maintained general ledger by transferring subsidiary account summaries.
• Full Debtors Function - collections / debtor queries
• Cashbook reconciliations - X 10 bank accounts
• Reviewing of creditor recons and loading all payments on the bank -+-50 recons
• Submitting of all foreign creditor payments to the bank and applying for SARB approval
• Monthly journals and reconciliation of Balance sheet accounts -Prepayments / Accruals / Staff Loans / staff advances
• Reconciliations and compiling journals of x 8 Petty cash recons
• Company Credit card reconciliation and compiling journal x 9
• Fixed Assets - Additions /disposals / run monthly depreciation / asset changes and reviews
• Submission of monthly Vat returns and PAYE
• Assisted financial director on cost checks /revenue checks /monthly budgets and forecasts /month end reporting
• Assisting in smooth audits yearly compiling and providing all documentation needed

• Senior Bookkeeper for overboarder branches Swaziland and Zambia
• Full Debtors and Creditors function (invoicing/receipting/reconciling /payments /collections /resolving queries )
• Reconciliation of disbursement accounts and ensuring recoveries reflect in debtor’s book before payment to creditors are made.
• Reconciliation of bank accounts /cashbook
• Balance internal Loan accounts
• Maintain Fixed Asset Register
• Financial Reporting of Trial Balance .Cognos Reporting as well as KPI Reporting
• Submission of foreign entities monthly Vat Returns and PAYE in their respective countries
• Banking
• Compilation of monthly branch statistics for billing of agency commissions to MSC S.A.
• Worked with senior group accountants to prepare financial documents and reports, year-end analysis, budgets, financial records, and financial statements.
• Ability to work under immense pressure ,meeting stringent deadlines in a complex ,challenging industry that is Shipping and Logistics

• Full Credit controller functions for South Africa
• Collections /Receipting and reconciling of debtor accounts /resolving debtor queries
• Liaising with operations staff for credits due /queries
• Reconciliation of all cash sales accounts
• Massive Debtors book value

• Checking and approval of all new accounts
• Liaising with Credit Guarantee daily for insurance limits on new and existing clients
• Compiling reports on customers for insurance (CGIC) to increase limits for growth of sales
• Strictly updating Limits and information so as to minimize company risk.
• Resolving of all queries regarding claims/overcharges/short deliveries /short credits /charge backs
• Implementing of policies and procedures to reduce company risk
• Reviewing of Trade Agreements ensuring discounts are loaded correctly
• Releasing of orders once account status has been checked
• Placing accounts on hold/informing customer of non payment procedure and thereafter handover of accounts to Credit Insurance company
• Staff Purchases and compiling of report for staff deductions
• Reconciling of COD Account daily for spares and services dept
• Compiling monthly claim status report for financial Manager and Head Office in Amsterdam
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Full Debtors and Creditors Function - 2003 -2006

Including :

Banking /reconciliation of COD Accounts

Customer Services - 2002 -2003

• Track and Trace of parcels for customers
• Liaising with UPS branches worldwide on status of shipment deliveries and queries
• Dealing daily with customers and constant problem solving
• General Admin