CURRICULUM VITAE – HAROLD JOHN PILLAY

(Please treat this Curriculum Vita as PRIVATE and CONFIDENTIAL)

CONTACT

Residential Address 8 Springvale Road

Pietermaritzburg

3201

Postal Address Same as above

Telephone Number 083-***-**** / 078-****-***

Email: adhqh6@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL DATA

First Names Harold John

Surname Pillay

Date of Birth 5th January 1973

Identity Number 730**********

Place of Birth Pietermaritzburg

Sex Male

Marital Status Married

Dependants: 1 daughter (21 years of age)

Nationality South African Citizen

Language Proficiency English: Excellent

Afrikaans: Good

IsiZulu: Fair

Health Excellent

Licence Code 10 (Unendorsed)

Hobbies Reading, Bible Study and playing guitar

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Last School Attended Heather Secondary School

(Pietermaritzburg) : 1990

Highest Standard Passed Matric

Computer Literate Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Pastel (brief), E-mail, Accpak & Spread sheets

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Name of Firm Department of Health

Position Held: Admin Clerk

Period: 1995-2002 (left to pursue business opportunity)

Duties: Expenditure /Loss Control

Name of Firm ITEC Copiers and Printers

Position Held: Office Manager / Book-keeper / Stores Clerk

Period: February 2009- September 2009

Duties: Customer Relations, Tender Applications, Debt Collection

Assist with Stock Take

Debtors Clerk & Creditors Clerk

Prepare VAT schedules, reconcile bank statement

Name of Firm DCB Auto Electrical cc

Position Held: Debtors and Creditors Clerk

Period: 3 months contract (February – April 2010)

Duties: prepare debtors statements, call in account queries creditors processing and reconciliations, receipting, petty cash,

General office and admin, filing

Assist with stock take

Name of Firm Dunlop Industrial Products (Pty) Ltd

Position Held: Creditors Clerk

Period: 01/09/2010 – 31/05/2018

Duties: Attending to the receipt and processing of creditors invoices.

Attend to various telephonic and email queries from suppliers.

Attend to and assist with queries from managers and supervisors.

Reconcile creditors accounts monthly as per supplier statement and prepare for payment.

Attend on completion of new credit applications from suppliers and completion of supplier master files, check and verify company details to load onto supplier data base.

Control and maintain invoices not processed timeously.

Draw electronic cheque payments.

Assist Financial Accountant, prepare and complete month end financials for higher management.

Prepare and process various Accrual schedules. (expenses not incurred in the month)

Prepare and process various general ledger journal entries.

Assist with adhoc duties for assistant accountant and financial accountant.

Assist staff members.

Preparing petty cash request slips when necessary.

Attend to receipt cash from staff occasionally when purchasing items from the plant.

Assist after hours with urgent work as and when required.

Rotation of stock cards on a monthly basis, control & issue.

Attend to recover over payments and refunds.

Balance inter-company (Dunlop Groups) g/l accounts and reconcile for the Financial Accountant

Draw all month end reports for Accountant

Monthly Stock Audit, check and advise

Control of all pass outs from factory, record all details of everything leaving the factory and complete record of same coming in.

File month end recons and prepare for new month.

Promoted on 02/06/2018 to Financial Administrator

Period: 02/06/2018 – 29/08/2019

(Retrenched on 29/08/2019)

Duties added to above duties are as follows: Control and oversee Foreign Creditors.

Process foreign suppliers invoices Process shipment invoices

Reconcile and draw payment.

Control Consignment Stock usage, process usage invoices, reconcile and prepare payment.

Check and sign off on creditors reconciliations, assist with cash flow.

Control all month end reports and balance sub systems.

Process payments from bank statements for local and foreign, EURO, USD and ZAR.

Upon finalisation of Trial Balance, prepare and reconcile all general ledger accounts.

Monitor Debtors balances and report thereon.

Monitor Creditors balances and report thereon.

Assist creditors department.

Skills

Data entry skills along with a knack for numbers.

Hands on experience with spread sheets.

Proficiency in English and MS Office.

Good computer and numerical literacy.

Customer service orientation and negotiation skills.

High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

Ability to work under pressure

Meeting deadlines

Job characteristics

Strong attention to detail.

Pro-active and able to use initiative.

Accurate.

Strong administrative skills, well organised.

Positive go-getter.

Flexible.

Team player

Able to work overtime when required.

References:

Mr GV. Naicker (Financial Manager) 083-***-****

Mrs P. Pillay (Financial Accountant) 084-***-****

(Prepared to travel out of Pietermaritzburg)

BRIEF PERSONAL PROFILE & PERSONALITY TRAITS:

I consider myself as a sincere and dedicated individual who is driven by desire to succeed. I have over the years in my employment and community structures demonstrated responsibility and commitment to all duties assigned to me. I maintain that when assigned a task it is my obligation to give it my best. I can work independently and enjoy working equally in a team as I have long comprehended that synergy is an important ingredient for absolute success. My honesty and commitment to duty enables me to be very persuasive when the situation commands convincing. I have excellent communication skills and interact easily with folk of all walks of life and mix easily with diverse groups. I am a good listener and non-judgemental. I welcome challenges as every challenge addressed strengthens one’s resolve and creative energy for the next. Similarly, I am ready to experience failure and accept that we grow from our mistakes and this fashions one to become a sturdy leader.

DECLARATION

I solemnly declare that the information contained herein is correct in every aspect.

Harold John Pillay

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