PROFILE
A highly motivated an experienced
finance professional with over 17 years
finance experience. Currently looking
to resume my professional career after
dedicating the past year to my family
and completing my N6 Part- Time
studies. I have worked within the
professional service industry, (Hygiene)
and my biggest achievement in my
career was to have been part of the
change and transformation in Admin
and Finance, of a R2m worth
company to a R70m medium sized
company. I have a keen interest in
financial controls and processes, cost
saving practices, budget
management, combined with
analysing and producing high quality
management reports to tight
deadlines.
CONTACT
PHONE:
EMAIL:
adc32z@r.postjobfree.com
ADDRESS
2 Bell close, Riverton Estate,
Elsies River, 7490
KAREN
JACOBS
EDUCATION
Northlink College- Tygerberg Campus 2019, NQF Level 6 Course completion – Financial Management N5 & N6
With 8 subject distinctions
IAC (Institute of Accounting and Commerce) Correspondence studies 2005-2007
Partial completion Financial Accounting N4 & N5
C.A.D. Training Centre 2000
Accounts Administration
Portland Senior Secondary School 1995 – 1998
Matric 1998
WORK EXPERIENCE
Cannon Hygiene S.A. (Pty) Ltd – Financial Manager
Jan 2008 – Oct 2018
(OCS Group Limited UK sold Cannon Hygiene Internationally) Maximizing profits through cash flow management (AR & AP), cost control, communicating measurements for decision making purposes to branch heads, directors and International Group finance. Producing accurate & timely monthly management accounts and managing a finance team of 4 as well as Indirectly Managing x4 AR Managers at branch level with a proven debtors days ‘figure of 34. Liaising with Auditors.
Cannon Hygiene S.A. (Pty) Ltd. – Financial Assistant (assisted by an external Auditor once a month, PJ bookkeeping services) Aug 2003 – Sept 2007 (Maternity leave Oct – Dec 2007) Job Promotion
Recording and processing of purchase invoices in line with finance controls requiring a 3 way match, general ledger entries, cash book entries, inter-branch transactions, SARS, Fixed assets, VAT, Revenue, balance sheet reconciliations and Producing accurate & timely monthly Management accounts. Working with all departments and providing support to Management.
Cannon Hygiene S.A. (Pty) Ltd. – Debtors Controller Mar 2001 – July 2003
Job Promotion
Managing a debtor’s book to the value of R2.6m through keeping track of outstanding debt, plan course and action to recover debt. Handle customer queries and complaints. Identifying gaps in the systems and recommending possible solutions.
Updated: 24.01.2020
IDENTITY NUMBER
810-***-**** 082
NATIONALITY
South African
MARITAL STATUS
Married
DEPENDENTS
Two (Aged 12 & 19)
RELIGION
Christian
HEALTH
Excellent
LANGUAGES
Afrikaans & English
HOBBIES
Reading, Cooking, Travelling,
Swimming & Playing Board games
with family and friends.
SKILLS
Supervising employees and financial tasks.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong behavioural connection with values of service, relationships and teamwork.
Strong financial numeracy and analytical skills.
Well structured, self-motivated, detail orientated and organized. Able to work on own initiative as well as in a team. Computer literacy – MS Office, Windows and other Internet tools. Excel skills - at an advanced level – part of N6 syllabus. Experience working on Pastel Partner, Pastel Evolution Fixed Assets, Sage X3 ERP and a custom made CRM system for Debt collecting. Knowledge of Pastel Payroll – part of N6 syllabus. REFERENCES
Mr. Tobie Müller
ex. Director of Cannon Hygiene S.A. (Pty) Ltd.
Now employed at SA Vloerweelde CC. Branch Manager
Contact: (021-***-**** or 082-***-****
Mrs. Lisa van Romburgh
Previous Admin Manager of Cannon Hygiene Parow
Now employed at Jetvac SA, Branch Manager
Contact: (022-***-**** or 079-***-****
Mr. Stian Theron
Auditor and Partner of PZ van der Merwe Inc. Bellville Previous Auditor of Cannon Hygiene S.A. (Pty) Ltd. Contact: (021-***-**** or 083-***-****