Independent Consultant
Independent Consultant
Total years of experience :22 years, 0 Months
• Company secretarial support including compilation of appropriate resolutions and assistance with CIPC submissions
• Bookkeeping, Accounting & Tax services
• Business plans & proposals including financial modelling
• Advisement and assistance for staffing requirements and suitable structure
• Mentoring and coaching for BEE requirements
• Preparation and review of business valuations
Oversight of 6 entities located in South Africa, Zambia, Mauritius & UK
•Monthly, quarterly and annual multi-currency consolidated reporting on
•group position to board level
•Variance and cost analysis against budgeted and
•forecasted numbers
•Preparation and review of management accounts.
•Preparation and presentation of board finance packs
•Preparation and presentation of all budgets
•Responsible for all secretarial requirements and filings in all markets
•Monitoring of all taxes and statutory returns
•Design & implement appropriate internal controls
•Treasury, cashflow control and main liaison with bankers
•Preparation of year-end audit files
•Liaising with external auditors
•Drafting of statutory IFRS financial statements
Oversight of 16 entities covering 14 countries
•Monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated reporting on Africa group position to exco level
•Foreign Currency Consolidations
•Analysis and reporting in consolidated and segmented formats
•Review of financials for all countries within division for preparation of consolidated reports
•Submission of results and liaising with group reporting (France)
•Presentation of results at monthly manco meetings
•Variance and cost analysis against budgeted and forecasted numbers
•Review of income statements, balance sheets and reconciliations of head office accountants for all countries
•Ultimately responsible for all GL’s within the division
•Monitoring of all taxes and statutory returns
•Responsible for all capex and opex budgets
•Ensure compliance with group internal controls and introduce additional measures for identified gaps
•Co-ordinating subsidiary audits, liaising with external auditors both in SA and countries
•Preparation and review of year-end audit files
•Drafting of statutory IFRS financial statements
• Overall responsibility of country accounts, ledgers & financial reporting
• Supervision of country accountants
• Revenue recons
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Direct & indirect taxes
• Ensuring compliance to group procedures & policies
• Preparation of audit files
• Preparation & presentation of country budgets
• Continuous review & analysis of subsidiary performance against targets
• Management of all asset registers
• Transfer of asset registers to asset management system from manual records and ensure continued use of system
• Preparation & presentation of Capex budgets for Rest of Africa Division
• Monitoring of Capex spend and reporting thereon
• Assessment and administration of Capex request submissions
• Full bookkeeping functions incl cashbooks, debtors & creditors
• Payroll preparation and submission
• Review and sign off of recons
• Monthly statutory returns (VAT, PAYE, UIF, etc)
• Attending to finance related customer queries where necessary
• Stock management & control
• Supervision of finance/admin team
• Cashbooks, creditors and reconciliations
• Monthly statutory returns (VAT, PAYE, UIF, etc)
• Stock management & control
• Asset management & control
• Monthly bookkeeping for assigned clients
• Monthly statutory returns for assigned clients (VAT, PAYE, UIF, etc)
• Assisting in preparation of client management accounts
• Assisting senior staff with provisional taxes
• Preparation of various reconciliations
Registered as Professional Accountant (SA) with association. Equivalent to a postgrad/honours degree and recognised at NQF level 8
IFRS Certificate