Assistant Manager
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Gary Howard
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PERSONAL PARTICULARS
SURNAME: Howard
FIRST NAMES: Gary
IDENTITY NUMBER: 720***-****-***
DATE OF BIRTH: 08 January 1972
NATIONALITY: South African
MARITAL STATUS: Divorced
NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 0
HOME LANGUAGE: English
SPORTS/HOBBIES: Diving, Literature and Art
TRANSPORT: Yes
DRIVER'S LICENCE: Yes
STATE OF HEALTH: Good
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NOTICE PERIOD: Immediately available
CONTACT DETAIL: 076-***-****
EDUCATION
NAME OF SCHOOL: New Forest High School
GRADE COMPLETED: 12
YEAR: 1989
SUBJECTS
English, Afrikaans, Maths, Economics, Geography, Biology OTHER COURSES
• 1996 – UNISA: The Economic and Management Environment in South Africa, Business Law 1.
• 2005 – 2006 IT Tallaght: Business Management (Subjects: Accounting; Economics; Business Law; Information Technology; Business Administration; Business Mathematics)
• 2006 - Irish Times Training: Debt Collection
• 2002 - Diaego (Guinness Ireland): Bar Management COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Microsoft Word:
Microsoft Excel:
Oracle
SAP
Sun Microsystems
Intermediate
Intermediate - Advanced
WORK EXPERIENCEŕ
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Company: Coughlans Gold Loans
Position: Manager
Period of Employment: July 2011 to April 2020
Reason for Leaving: Lockdown
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Management of 3 branches:
o Day to day management of the business (total of 3 branches) o Testing of gold and diamonds
o Management of staff
o Design and Maintenance of all excel spreadsheets to aid with the day to tday running of the business
o Daily accounting duties
o Monthly accounts with Accountant
o Staff Training and Development
o Client Liason
o Liase with National Credit Regulator
o Liase with South African Police Services
o Marketing
o Reconciliation of Ethekwini Rates and Utilities accounts o I re-designed the company logo and all marketing material, including a web site for the company
WORK EXPERIENCE
Company: Jellyfish
Position: Campaign Administrator
Period of Employment: October 2010 – July 2011
Reason for Leaving: Possible retrenchment
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Collate campaign performance data for all campaigns.
• Use third party and in-house tools to create keyword lists for client’s campaigns.
• Review keyword lists to find relevant and targeted keywords for client’s campaigns.
• Convert keyword lists to the correct format for upload to the search engines.
• Perform maintenance tasks on campaigns.
• Restructure existing campaigns to enhance performance.
• Any other reasonable task assigned by the Campaign Manager / Director. Curriculum Vitae of Gary Howard Page 5 03/08/2020
Company: Jo Cools
Position: Manager
Period of Employment: January 2010 – October 2010
Reason for Leaving: Better Prospects
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Supervision of staff
• Management of stock
• Client liasing
• Basic administration
Company: Arnotts Ltd (Dublin, Ireland)
Position: Assistant Accountant
Period of Employment: November 2007- 30 August 2009 Reason for Leaving: Made redundant, returned home to South Africa Main Duties & Responsibilities
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT: OCTOBER 2008 - AUGUST 2009
• Responsible for the finances of Store Concessions
• Balance Sheet Reconciliation
• Profit & Loss Analysis
• Looked after finance at all concession stores e.g. Levi's, Reebok - working on monthly and weekly basis VAT and commission
• Month end accounting:
o Accrual of expenses
o Petty Cash reconciliation
o Nominal Cash reconciliation
o Cashbook.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (CREDITORS): NOVEMBER 2007 - OCTOBER 2008
• Management of Homewares accounts payable
• Ensure correct coding and subsequent entry of invoices
• High volume of supplier account reconciliations including half-year and year end reconciliations. Liaising with external auditors for same
• Dealing with high volume of supplier queries telephonically, by e-mail and in person
• Liaising with Homewares buyers to ensure timely approval of Invoices Company: Campus Oil, County Longford (Ireland)
Position: Accounts Assistant
Period of Employment: 01 July 2007 - 01 September 2007 Reason for Leaving: Temp position
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Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Accounts Payable and Receivable
• Sales of home heating oil and diesel (telephonic sales) Company: Itronics Ltd Dublin Ireland
Position: Various: Accounts Assistant final position Period of Employment: February 2006 – May 2007
Reason for Leaving: Contract work
Main Duties & Responsibilities
ITRONICS LTD. (WEBSITE DIVISION of the IRISH TIMES) ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT/ ACCOUNTS PAYABLE: DECEMBER 2005 - MAY 2006
• Payables for all of Itronics, including Irish Racing Services, Ireland.com and Irish Times Training.
• Expense Claims for Same
• Accounts Receivable: Invoicing for all of the aforementioned companies for Advertising sales, on- line subscription sales, microfilm sales
• Debt Collection
• Bank Reconciliations: Weekly and Monthly
• Overseeing of Irish Times Training accounts receivable. CORPORATE SALES IRELAND.COM: OCTOBER 2006 - NOVEMBER 2006
• Sales of the Irish Times on-line
• Maintenance of current subscription holders and new sales
• Development of customer data base using MS Access
• Maintenance of said database and continuing sales ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT/ ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (PART-TIME): FEBRUARY 2006 - DECEMBER 2006
• Receipt of daily log of Irish Times training Courses booked
• Daily accounting of changes made to bookings
• Invoicing of training undertaken
• Debt collection
• Daily cash receipts
• Month end balancing
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Company: Yahoo UK and Europe Dublin, Ireland
Position: Accounts Assistant: Accounts Payable
Period of Employment: August 2005 - October 2005
Reason for Leaving: Contract
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• All aspects of creditors:
o Receipt of Purchase Orders and Invoices and matching thereof o Coding and inputting
o Weekly payment runs
o Supplier queries
o Staff expense claims
Company: The Long Stone Public House (Dublin Ireland) Position: Bar Manager
Period of Employment: January 2001 - October 2004
Reason for Leaving: Started studying wanted to get out working bars Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Stock Control, Ordering
• Rosters, wages
• Daily cash up and banking
• Customer service and Functions Manager
• Health and Safety
Company: Dover Castle Public House (London, England) Position: Bar Manager
Period of Employment: July 2000 - December 2000
Reason for Leaving: Left to go to Ireland
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Stock Control, Ordering
• Rosters, wages
• Daily cash up and banking
• Customer service and Functions Manager
• Health and Safety
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From November 1997 – July 2000 I held various accounts positions in London: COMPANY POSITION DATES REASON FOR
LEAVING
Pipeline Solutions Group Accounts Assistant Jul 1998 – Jul 2000 Company dissolved BBC (British
Broadcasting Corp)
Accounts Assistant Jan 1998 – Jul 1998 Six month contract AT&T Unisource
Telecommunications
Account Assistant Nov 1997 – Jan 1998 Contract
Company: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Position: Various: Senior Accounts Assistant, Assistant Manager (Cash Office) final position
Period of Employment: 1990 – 1997
Reason for Leaving: Travel overseas
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Assistant Cash Office Supervisor
• Receipt Student fees
• Disbursement of bursaries and loans
• Salaries and wages
• Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
• Expense Claims
• Bank Reconciliations
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