Owner
Iwan JJ van Zyl Accountants
Total years of experience :46 years, 9 Months
-Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial
reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and
procedural standards.
Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment,
reporting or other tax requirements.
Report to clients regarding the finances of establishments
Advise clients in areas such as compensation, the design of accounting and data
processing systems, long-range tax and estate plans.
Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.
Develop, implement, modify, and document record keeping and accounting systems,
making use of current computer technology.
Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare
budgeted costs to actual costs.
Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and
obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the
assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel, and direct their
work activities.
Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, or
maintain solutions to business and financial problems.
Develop business plans and submit to financial institutions
As per current position
Provide internal and external auditing services for businesses or individuals.
Developed new business operation
Formulate, direct and coordinate marketing activities and policies to promote products
and services, working with advertising and promotion managers.
Identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment
objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors.
Direct the hiring, training, or performance evaluations of marketing or sales staff and
oversee their daily activities.
Compile lists describing product or service offerings.
Select fresh produce products and suppliers.
Negotiate with suppliers to market their products
I bought a small business in Dalmada outside Polokwane and started trading with fresh produce (mainly fruit and vegetables). During this time I started buying from the new National Fresh Produce Market in Polokwane and met Mr Johan Kapp from Northern Transvaal Cooperation (NTK), who was in charge of the Fresh Produce Market project. NTK approached me to open an agency on the market for them. I sold the shop and started the agency for NTK.
Specialized in logistics
Warehousing, distribution and marketing FMCG
Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or
customer issues.
Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or
processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.
Direct inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse
activities, safety performance and logistics quality management.
Negotiate with suppliers or customers to improve supply chain efficiency or sustainable.
Direct distribution center operation to ensure achievement of cost, productivity,
accuracy and timeliness objectives.
Negotiate transportation rates and services.
Analyze the financial impact of proposed logistics changes, such as routing, shipping
modes, product volumes and mixes.
Recommend optimal transportation modes, routing, equipment, or frequency.
Plan or implement improvements to internal or external logistics systems or processes.
Create policies or procedures for logistics activities.
Communicate freight transportation information to customers or suppliers, using
transportation management, electronic logistics marketplace, or electronic freight
information systems, to improve efficiency, speed, or quality of transportation
services.
Recommend purchase of new or improved technology, such as automated systems.
Monthly and annual financial reporting
Old Mutual is one of the major life insurance and investing companies in South Africa, specializing in investment, life assurance, asset management, banking, healthcare and general insurance. The client base comprises of individuals, businesses, corporate and institutions.
Being a graduate with financial background, I was inducted directly into a management position. After all the required training was done, I started to market the different products and recruiting representatives to work in my team. During my first month of sales, I was the branch champion with the most sales. In just eight months I had a team of eight qualified representatives.
My duties were as follow:
• Financial planning for clients regarding life assurance and investments
• Built a team of 8 representatives in my team
• Training and planning with representatives
• Budgeting and planning for my team and the branch
• Managing functions on an ongoing basis
At this stage of my career I felt that experience was gained in numerous aspects of business and decided to purchase a company with three partners and resigned.
Sandock Austral was a multi million rand company, in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed JCI Group. The company manufactured different vehicles and armoured vehicles for ARMSCOR, which is still the procurement company of the South African Defence Force.
My duties were as follow:
Prepare, examine, analyze accounting records, financial statements, other financial
reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and
procedural standards.
Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.
Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.
Develop, implement, modify, document record keeping and accounting systems,
making use of current computer technology.
Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare
budgeted costs to actual costs.
Provide internal and external auditing services for businesses or individuals.
Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and
obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
Appraise, evaluate, and inventory real property and equipment, recording information
such as the description, value and location of property.
During this time I was responsible for project costing and monthly reporting to the Directors on the performance of the different projects in the eight divisions of the company. To do this, I had to develop a system using DBASE 4 Plus and Lotus123. From the first month the reports could give an accurate indication of the actual costs versus budgeted cost with projections of final costs and whether additional funds should be budgeted for the projects.
At that stage, the scientists at Mintek did projects for international and local companies in specialised scientific fields.
The valuable experience gained in costing and computer literacy would be very valuable later in my career.
I was in the Logistics Division of the Army and resigned with the rank of Major in 1987.
1977 to 1981 - I was based in Grootfontein, Namibia, the former South West Africa where I became an officer in 1978.
1982 to 1984 - Studied at the Military Academy - University of Stellenbosch and was based in Saldana Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. This was truly an honour being selected as one of thirteen students to complete the degree in Commercial Science, from thousands of applicants.
1985 to 1987 - I was based in Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa and still as an officer, being finally a Major, still in logistics.
The logistics department of the SANDF is mainly responsible for the supply of food, fuel, ammunition, vehicle spares and transport for the troops that are operational and in peace situations.
The 10 years I served in the defence force not only taught me discipline, endurance, organising and people knowledge, but logistics in the whole sense of the word, procurement, warehousing, stock control, order processing and distribution by land, rail and air in very difficult and pressure situations, being operational for most of the years.
I did all the BCompt final year subjects for non degree purposes. It was only to refresh myself with current trends and taxation.