Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Training And Development
Developed Abilities
Driver License
References
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Zinhle Grace Ngubane

Cost Accountant
50 Grafton Street, Bluff

Summary

I am aspiring Professional Accountant currently working as a Cost Accountant in an FMCG industry. My values include being a fast learner and always willing to learn, passionate, responsible, a team player, paying attention to detail, accountable, goals and target driven and prioritizing. I have a strong will power and ability to work independently with limited supervision. I do appreciate working with a team and can multi task effectively. My goal is to obtain employment where my academic qualification, skills, knowledge, initiative and abilities will best be used professionally.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Cost Accountant

Premier (Pty) Ltd – Pinetown Bakery
9 2021 - Current
  • Inventory Management Control within the company from receiving of Raw Materials through to dispatching of finished goods
  • Stock take: weekly and monthly (raw materials, finished goods and trays)
  • Ensure that the Bill Of Material (BOM) is correctly captured on the system at the beginning of every month and ensure that any changes made during the month are updated.
  • Balancing of daily production between the production and dispatch departments
  • Ensuring that bread is transferred correctly on the system Microsoft Dynamics (Great Plains)
  • Value Chain reconciliation
  • Monitoring of stock variances (losses and gains) including conversion factors and report on them (variance analysis)
  • Prepare and conduct daily INVOCOMS (daily meeting) to measure performance and come up with corrective measures
  • Work with a finance team which includes a Creditor’s/Cashbook clerk, Debtor’s clerk, Filing clerk and an admin relief clerk
  • Purchasing: requisitions and opening of purchase orders
  • Receiving: Processing of received goods on the system (delivery notes and Invoices)
  • Assist in processing creditors’ recons and ensure payments are within the agreed payment terms
  • Assist in checking the cashier recons and balancing them back to deposit slips collected by CIT
  • Assist with daily and monthly cashbook balancing
  • Reporting on Outsourced labour weekly and monthly
  • Handling of petty cash and performing monthly reconciliation
  • Work closely with the site accountant to prepare weekly and monthly reports including Profit Statement
  • Assisting the Site Accountant in balancing accounts including control/management accounts
  • Manage month-end closing activities efficiently, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting
  • Processing General Journals and Accruals
  • Assisting the Site Accountant with General Ledger Recons
  • Assisting the Site Accountant with budget preparations and Presentation
  • Participate in Fixed asset verification and reconciliations
  • Perform Gap analysis in order to ensure that the Internal Standard Operating Procedures are being adhered to
  • Proving information to internal and external auditor; and assist in resolving audit findings
  • Manage time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within set deadlines

Principal Clerk

EThekwini Municipality
05.2019 - 08.2021
  • Receiving invoices from the service providers (suppliers) and prepare pro-formas and payment vouchers
  • Do a budget check on JDE E1 system and record it on the pro-forma
  • Make copies and prepare a delivery note of the invoices being submitted for payment for document retention
  • Deliver the invoices to the Accounts Payables (AP) department for payment
  • Receive cession documents from suppliers, do the necessary checks, submit to financial officer to sign and submit the cession document to AP department
  • Prepare monthly creditors working papers and reconciliations
  • Assist in the preparation of Annual Financial Statements (AFS) by preparing creditors working papers and reconciliations and preparing commitment certificates including operating lease figures received from the accountants (Mid-term and final)
  • Prepare and submit journal entries (main journals, costing transfers and reversing main journals) monthly and during AFS periods
  • Assist in managing and training Interns within the department
  • Assist project engineers when required in ensuring that the payment process runs smooth
  • Prepare stores requisitions and collect the goods required by the department
  • Assist financial officer with the auditors requests during AFS period and assist in resolving auditors queries.
  • Deal with suppliers over the phone and attend to any queries
  • Attend meetings, attend to emails and perform any other adhoc duties
  • Document maintenance and filing

Trade Recon Clerk

RCL FOODS – Vector Logistics
11.2018 - 04.2019

My key responsibilities included

  • Supplier invoice verification for payment purposes
  • Receiving of supplier statements and preparing the creditor’s reconciliations
  • Preparing for payment based on the agreed payment terms
  • Dealing with supplier queries
  • Attend to auditor’s queries and assist in resolving findings

Accountant Assistant / Value Chain Clerk

Premier (Pty) Ltd – Pinetown Bakery
04.2013 - 12.2017
  • Inventory Management Control within the company from receiving of Raw Materials through to dispatching of finished goods
  • Stock take: weekly and monthly (raw materials, finished goods and trays)
  • Ensure that the Bill Of Material (BOM) is correctly captured on the system at the beginning of every month and ensure that any changes made during the month are updated.
  • Balancing of daily production between the production and dispatch departments
  • Ensuring that bread is transferred correctly on the system Microsoft Dynamics (Great Plains)
  • Value Chain reconciliation
  • Monitoring of stock variances (losses and gains) including conversion factors and report on them (variance analysis)
  • Prepare and conduct daily INVOCOMS (daily meeting) to measure performance and come up with corrective measures
  • Work with a finance team which includes a Creditor’s/Cashbook clerk, Debtor’s clerk, Filing clerk and an admin relief clerk
  • Purchasing: requisitions and opening of purchase orders
  • Receiving: Processing of received goods on the system (delivery notes and Invoices)
  • Assist in processing creditors’ recons and ensure payments are within the agreed payment terms
  • Assist in checking the cashier recons and balancing them back to deposit slips collected by CIT
  • Assist with daily and monthly cashbook balancing
  • Reporting on Outsourced labour weekly and monthly
  • Handling of petty cash and performing monthly reconciliation
  • Work closely with the site accountant to prepare weekly and monthly reports including Profit Statement
  • Assisting the Site Accountant in balancing accounts including control/management accounts
  • Manage month-end closing activities efficiently, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting
  • Processing General Journals and Accruals
  • Assisting the Site Accountant with General Ledger Recons
  • Assisting the Site Accountant with budget preparations and Presentation
  • Participate in Fixed asset verification and reconciliations
  • Perform Gap analysis in order to ensure that the Internal Standard Operating Procedures are being adhered to
  • Proving information to internal and external auditor; and assist in resolving audit findings
  • Manage time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within set deadlines

Reconciling Clerk

Premier (Pty) Ltd – Pinetown Bakery
12.2009 - 03.2013
  • Driver Reconciliation process as per the standard operating procedures, Ensure customer orders are executed
  • Ensure that valid proof of delivery is returned to site in order to ensure that the customers have an obligation to pay the company
  • Investigate outstanding proof of delivery for account customers to eliminate comebacks
  • Ensure that cash is banked by the drivers accordingly for cash on delivery customers
  • Reasons for order exceptions provided to Route Controller/Supervisor
  • Monitor Crate movement on the Drivers routes and ensure accuracy to the stock dispatched
  • Ensure Service levels to all different departments with the company
  • Attending and conducting INVOCOMS (daily meetings)
  • Information sharing as per company policies and procedures
  • Information feedback to relevant department as per standard operating procedures
  • Performance gaps identified and reported to supervisor and/Route Controller

Call Centre Agent – Outstanding Returns Dept

South African Revenue Service
01.2008 - 12.2009
  • Tracing of taxpayers public officers and trustees for submission of outstanding returns and payments
  • Tracing of VAT vendors, Employee Tax and PAYE for submission of outstanding returns and payments
  • Interacting with taxpayers via telephone in order to assist in arranging for the submission of outstanding returns and payments
  • Assist taxpayers telephonically with all queries regarding outstanding returns to ensure timeous submission and also to make necessary payment arrangements with taxpayers
  • General administration.

Education

Bachelor of Accounting Science - Financial Accounting

University of South Africa (UNISA)
Durban
01.2016 - 05.2021

Matric -

Sithengile Senior Seconday School
Durban
01.2000 - 12.2004

Skills

  • Problem-Solving

  • Bookkeeping and Reconciliation

  • Audit Support

  • Report Preparation

  • Inventory Assessment

  • Accounting Management Assessment

  • Internal Controls

  • Budgeting and Forecasting

  • Stock Valuation

Training And Development

  • Performance Management Training
  • Budget capture training
  • Driver Test – Touch Key
  • Health and Safety Representative
  • Simplicity Training
  • Climate Creation Workshop
  • Consumer Protection Act

Developed Abilities

  • MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • E-mail & Internet
  • Microsoft Dynamics (Great Plains) ERP System
  • Share Point
  • Pastel
  • Oracle (JDE E1)

Driver License

Code C1

References

  • Mr. Navin Singh, Financial Officer, EThekwini Municipality, 031 311 8627, 083 303 0432, navin.singh@durban.gov.za
  • Theresa Naidoo, Site Accountant, Premier FMCG Pinetown Bakery, 031 702 9941, 082 498 9924, theresa.naidoo@premierfmcg.com

Timeline

Principal Clerk

EThekwini Municipality
05.2019 - 08.2021

Trade Recon Clerk

RCL FOODS – Vector Logistics
11.2018 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Accounting Science - Financial Accounting

University of South Africa (UNISA)
01.2016 - 05.2021

Accountant Assistant / Value Chain Clerk

Premier (Pty) Ltd – Pinetown Bakery
04.2013 - 12.2017

Reconciling Clerk

Premier (Pty) Ltd – Pinetown Bakery
12.2009 - 03.2013

Call Centre Agent – Outstanding Returns Dept

South African Revenue Service
01.2008 - 12.2009

Matric -

Sithengile Senior Seconday School
01.2000 - 12.2004

Cost Accountant

Premier (Pty) Ltd – Pinetown Bakery
9 2021 - Current
Zinhle Grace NgubaneCost Accountant