accountant

DEBBIE NUNKUMAR

** ***** ****, ********, ****: 083-***-****, email address: **************@*****.***

ID No: 761*******-***

Personal Statement

I am a seasoned Accountant with 18 years of experience across the Retail, Information Technology, and Distribution, Medical aid, Manufacturing and Service industries. I have experience in corporate financial accounting as well as small business accounting. I am target-driven, pro-active, an excellent leader with dynamic innovative and strategic thinking qualities. I am self-motivated, a good communicator, with above-average administrative skills. I am known for my systematic methods of dealing with any problem by paying attention to detail and I thrive under pressure. My competencies are complemented by my ability to plan and prioritise effectively and adapt to new systems, techniques and methods when required.

Key Skills

Preparing Annual Budget and forecasting trends.

Developing reports for top management, summarizing the business financial position in areas of income, expenses, capital usage and cash flows, and coordinate the preparation of strategic plans, budgets and financial forecast.

Monitoring budgets and comparing them with actual cost and revenues related to production, marketing and capital.

Developing and updating accounting, finance and management policies and procedures.

Preparation of Financial Statements, Financial Reports for internal usage.

Getting control accounts reconciled and sorting out the discrepancies

Handling Bidvest Bank queries for import matters and carrying out all correspondence with the bank

Filing VAT returns, Paye Returns, Emp501 Submission

Remitting foreign currency for import advance & other expenses

Education

Currently studying towards BCom (Unisa 2nd year)

Higher Diploma in Business Management (Damelin)

National Diploma in Business Administration ( ML Sultant Technikon)

Matric AD Lazarus Secondary

Summarised Work Experience

1995-1999 Game Head Office (accounts department) Relocated to Johannesburg

1999-2000 Venture Computer (admin/call centre supervisor) career advancement

2000-2002 Global Payment Technologies (Creditors Clerk) career advancement

2002-2003 Tracenet (Admin Supervisor) Liquidated

2003-2007 Ichoices (Bookkeeper) left due to instability in Company

2007-2009 Steiner Environmental Solutions (Bookkeeper) integrated into Steiner

2009-2013 Bidvest Steiner Hygiene Head Office (Accountant) relocated to KZN

2014- Dec 2014 KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission

2015-August 2016 (Temping) Afripack & Barloworld Transport

Work Experience

April 2014 to December 2014

KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission

Film Funding (Public Entity)

Accountant

Report to the Chief Financial Officer

Responsibilities: Prepare monthly Cash flow, prepare management accounts, prepare journals, process cashbook, process creditors, process purchase orders, Built and maintained fixed asset register, prepared for audits, prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliations, assisted supply chain, register suppliers on pastel, prepare quarterly procurement reports, reconcile petty cash, prepare quarterly performance verification reports, General adhoc functions.

As it was a new public entity, I implemented a lot of processes. Started in April and they were being audited in May. The company did not have a finance department so I created the accounts from scratch. Built their supplier database. Designed templates to be used in the company. Set the accounting package for them. I was the accountant/ office support to all staff.

Packages: Pastel

Reason for Leaving: Contract ended December 2014

Sep 2009 to Jan 2014

Bidvest Steiner Hygiene Pty Ltd (Head Office)

Service & Manufacturing Company

Accountant (Head Office)

Report to the Group Financial Director

Responsibilities: Prepare monthly Flash, prepare management accounts for 3 service companies & 1

Manufacturing company. Preparation of Standard Monthly Journals and balancing of intergroup companies.

Ensure timelines are adhered to. Maintain Fixed Assets Register.

Prepare for internal and external audits.

Statutory returns (VAT/Emp201/Emp501).

Balance Sheet Recons, Year-end Packs, preparation of FEC, Royalty preparation, monthly audits at companies,

Monthly stock takes. Prepare monthly schedules for Group Financial Director.

Reviewing the debtor’s reconciliations and assisting the credit controller.

Supervise and monitor the processing of invoices in the system. Review of both local and foreign creditors

Preparation of payroll. Uploading of payroll file. Reconciling Payroll.

Prepare budgets for the 4 companies, prepare Forecasts.

Review the sustainability reports and submit online annually.

Prepare quarterly Risk reports for the 3 companies.

Prepared Insurance Declarations annually.

Manage staff (3) direct (8) indirect

Prepare performance appraisals for staff

Packages: Great Plains, Psiber, Fihrst, FRX Report designer

Reason for Leaving: Relocating to KZN

Achievements

Implemented controls in place and trained staff so that the Head Office could run efficiently, therefor all

Intercompany and intergroup balanced at year end. Audits ran smoothly.

Sept 2007 to July 2009

Steiner Environmental Solutions

Service Industry (Pest Control Company)

Bookkeeper Head Office

Responsibilities: Management accounts 9 Branches –books to balance sheet, Cashbook

Balance Sheet Recons, Budgets, Year -end Packs, Inter-branch current a/c balancing, Inter-company current a/c balancing and managed the Head Office for the MD.

Staff that reported to me: Creditors Clerk/Bookkeeper/Credit control Supervisor/PA to the MD

Packages: Great Plains & Active where

Reason for leaving: company integrated with Bidvest Steiner Hygiene

Achievements

Cleaned up their accounts therefore the Year End in June ran smooth.

I created a good support structure for the branches.

I won Employee of the year

Aug 2003 to Aug 2007

I choices (Pty) Ltd

Financial Providers

Bookkeeper

Responsibilities: Creditors, Debtors, Cashbook, Loading og Payments on Standard Bank, basic admin duties

Assisted Financial Manager with Management a/c’s

Books up to TB

Responsible for 3 companies and 6 branches

Balancing of Intercompany current a/c’s

Achievements

Brought Debtors from 180 to 30 days. Created a better system. Cleaned up accounts which resulted in a good audit report from auditors.

May 2003 to Jul 2003

Petter Trading

Trade

Bookkeeper

Responsibilities: Balancing of inter-company a/c’s, assisted Financial department with clean-up, assisted FM with Management a/c’s, analysing Financials, Controlled petty cash/Sorted out Creditors

Assisted with Debtors

Reason for Leaving: Contract

June 2002 to April 2003

Tracenet

Distribution

Admin Supervisor

Responsibilities : Managed total operations of credit card department. Supervised fifteen staff.

Oversee capturing and processing of cards. Control flow of credit cards from suppliers to national banks. Control the destroying of active credit cards. Manage and prioritize workflow. Daily balancing of cards. Analysis & reports: Daily card discrepancies, monthly activity report

Reason for leaving: Company liquidated

April 2000 to May 2002

Global Payment Technologies

Admin Supervisor/Creditors Clerk

Responsibilities : New contract development, contract invoicing. Create and co-ordinate service schedule. Oversee call centre, monitor response time on calls. Handling of sales & technical quotations.

Account queries, assisted with preparation of annual budgets. Co-ordinated technical conferences and meetings. Handle telephonic queries

Process creditors for 2 companies, process journals, petty cash processing, bank reconciliations.

HR function- salaries for 80 staff

Reason for leaving: Career Advancement

Achievements

Improved the Call Centre, developed good relations with technicians. Better turnaround times on calls. I created good relations with corporate clients. I brought in new Business/contracts. Always met deadlines

May 1999 to March 2000

Venture Computer

Admin/Call centre Supervisor

Responsibilities : Supervise staff, monitor response times on calls, build client relations, supervise front desk

Reason for leaving: Career advancement

Achievements

Built close relations with corporate clients. I always met deadlines. I created a good relationship with technicians. Response times always met.

Jan 1995 to march 1999

Game Head Office (Durban)

Accounts Assistance/Game Card Consultant

Responsibilities : Assisted Financial Manager, balancing of Vouchers. Game Card Consultant, opened game card accounts, handled queries.

Reason for leaving: Career advancement (relocated to Johannesburg)

Achievements

I always met deadlines. I built good relationships with customers. Brought in new business.

References

KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission

Lizzie Nachito (FM) 031-***-**** (082-***-****)

Kea Bogatsu (CFO) 031-***-**** (082-***-****)

Bidvest Steiner

Trevor Scruse (CFO) 082-***-****

Steiner Environmental Solutions

Guida Van der Merve (FM) 082-***-****

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