CURRICULUM VITAE
Santie Bouwer
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name: Philistia Malinda Bouwer (Known as Santie)
Address: ** ******** ****, ********** *******, Centurion
Email Address: *********@*****.***
Cell Nr.: +27-82-894-****
Profession/Specialization: Finance / Debtors / Creditors / Reception / Project
Management / Project Administration / Scheduling / Events planning & Coordination
Languages:: Afrikaans and English (Second Language)
SKILLS:
Organizational skills
Time Management
Problem solving
Communication
Flexible
Leadership
Initiative
Self-motivated
Team Player
Diversity appreciation
Project management and Administration
Leadership skills
IT skills - Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Ariba (SAP), DMS, OneBST, VIR
Career Summary / Professional Profile
I am a professional presentable worker and have strong Financial / Project Management / Administrations skills. These skills include normal day to day tasks such as sending and replying to emails and phone calls (internal and external clients), report writing, database updating, and record keeping of events, updating of project files, controlling budgets on projects, debtors and creditors, reconciliations, debtor collections. I have set myself a challenge on debtor’s collections and have brought down the collections to < 2% outstanding payments, which was a huge improvement of what it used to be before I took over. I have been extensively involved in Forecasting / projections and managing projects timelines and schedules.
I have excellent communication skills as well as excellent client relations e.g. liaising with Internal as well as External clients and suppliers. I am a team player, self-starter, dedicated, loyal and a hardworking person. I am an energetic person, performs at my best under pressure and set my own goals and normally exceeds them.
I do believe that I would be a great asset to any company / firm whom would be willing to make use of my services.
Key Competencies
Generate and submission of invoices and statements to clients timeously
Monitor unbilled Work in Progress (WIP) and do billing if possible
Invoice the unbilled WIP timeously
Check the WIP on the project ensuring invoice keeps track with the WIP, get reasons if not on track from Technical Directors and Project Leaders.
Managing the Age analysis / collections as close as possible to 60 days
Regular follow up on age-analysis with clients
Liaise with clients ensuring timeous payment of invoices
Expense claim submissions and ensuring timeous payments
Loading of contractor and consultant invoices on VIR (creditors)
Updating of Debtor Management system
Load applications for Vendors on VMS system.
Keep a register of all projects with project details with regular update during execution of project
Scheduling of Project Managers Area Project Program which includes all Distribution and Electrification as well as Control Technology projects.
Determination of Resource requirements for Project Manager’s area for all projects.
Update individual projects projections and reschedule when necessary.
Controls, monitor and reports of Project Manager’s project status
Updating MS Project schedules and Cost Control sheets on regular basis
Setting up and managing the 2 Rolling Plan & Month report consolidations.
Allocate Resources to all projects scheduled for current year.
Creation and maintenance as well as updating of Database on Excel with all project information per project per month, with links, graphs and pivot tables on Revenue, physicals etc.
Resource Time management on Acutime system as well as training
Wedding and Events planning and management – in my private capacity.
Intern Real Estate Agent with Property Plus Investments on a part-time basis
Employment Summary:
Aurecon SA Project Finance Administrator
Apr 2013 - Current
Reason for leaving : Retrenchment – effective 31 July 2019, however can start earlier if required and have been successful in obtaining a position.
Netgroup SA (merged with Aurecon)
Project Administrator
/Scheduler
Apr 2008 - March 2013
Reason for leaving : Merger with Aurecon
Eskom Finance / Project
Administrator / Scheduler
Feb 1987 – Apr 2008
Reason for leaving : Received a better offer from Netgroup
Emporium Bakery Assistant Financial Accountant
Jan 1978 – Aug 1986
Reason for leaving : Pregnancy
Qualifications
Certificates obtained:
1.BST – drawing report - analyzing, statements etc.
2.Project Management
3.Basic Accounting – Pretoria Technicon
4.Ms Projects
5.Ms Excel Advanced
6.Ms Word
7.Ms PowerPoint
8.Events Management and Planning
9.Time Management
References : Available on request
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