As a successful professional with more than 36 years’ experience in the finance industry of which 12.5 years was within government and 24.5 years in the private sector, I am well prepared to surpass all expectations as the next Financial Manager / Accountant / Payroll Manager in an esteemed organization. During my role in government, I worked for the department of finance in the Paymaster General office and in the Fiscal Bookkeeping office for the South African Receiver of Revenue. In this period, I also did my 2-year national service. During my career in the private sector I was part of a venture to amalgamate a few companies into 1 large company. I was also part of a start-up company which was a break away section of the larger company. Later, the start-up company was also bought out by a multinational company which was later bought out by another multinational company. My tasks as Senior Finance / Accounting Manager: • Payroll with experience in Pastel payroll (90 employees) • All aspects of office management including new rental agreements • All finance tasks up to balance sheet using Pastel Partner and SAP • Correspondence and queries with SARS including submission of EMP201, EMP501 and VAT201 • Handling queries and preparing documents for external auditors and internal auditors from head office • Office security and building maintenance • Maintain fixed asset register • Assisting with BBE compliance and applying for BEE certificate • Compiling yearly budgets and reconciling budget with actuals monthly • Managing costs and looking for ways to cut costs • General HR queries (HR was part of my functions before HR Manager was appointed) • Managing Finance manager, HR manager, IT manager, Office manager and cleaning staff • Customer invoicing / Vendor payments • Processing purchase orders • Yearly submission of return to the Compensation Commissioner • Management reporting to local board • Submission of Annual returns, name reservation, change of directors and applying for a new company at CIPC • Applying for SARB approval and submission of foreign payments