Personal Details:

Surname Sam

First Name Fikiswa

Nationality South African

Languages English, Xhosa and Zulu

Date of birth 22 December 1987

Education:

School Sarel Cilliers High School

Completed 2004

Qualification Matric

Tertiary Qualification:

Institution University of South Africa

Completed 2011

Qualification BCom in Financial Management

Institution University of South Africa

Completed 2015

Qualification BCom Honours in Financial Management Computer Literacy:

• SAP R3 (this is the system that I worked on at Dischem)

• Property Administration System (PAS) (this is an in-house property management system that I worked on at Edcon)

• Property Management System (PMS) this is an in-house property management system that I worked on at Edcon)

• MS Projects and Visio (Intermediate)

• MS SharePoint (Intermediate)

• Phoenix (Intermediate) (Financial /Grants management system that I worked on at the National Research Foundation)

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

• Microsoft office 2010

• Open View Service Desk 2008 (this is a Help desk system used to log financial related Calls)

• Palladium (This is a system that I am currently using at SA Construction) Career Progression:

Company Wilderness Safaris

Period March 2017 to Current

Position Creditors Clerk

Company Dischem Head Office

Period March 2015 to March 2017

Position Creditors Clerk

Company Edcon Group Property

Period September 2012 to March 2015

Position Creditors clerk/IT Learner

Company Rio Tinto Mining Company

Period April 2012 to September 2012

Position Creditors clerk/IT Learner

Company National Research Foundation

Period April 2011 to March 2012

Position Intern: Finance officer/Liaison officer

Company Consulta Market Research

Period September 2007 to August 2009

Position Fieldworker/ Supervisor assistant

Company SA Construction

Period July 2020 till current

Position Creditors/ Debtors clerk

Employment History:

Company Wilderness Safaris

Period March 2017 to July 2020

Position Creditors Clerk

Responsibilities As Creditors Clerk

• Processing of supplier invoices (Local and foreign)

• Reconciliation of supplier accounts

• Processing of payments-Loading payments

• Assisting with supplier queries

• Ensuring that suppliers are paid in time

• Remittance payments

• Reconcile all bank accounts

• Uploading payments to online banking

• Produce a complete audit file containing all necessary reconciliations to be handed to auditors for review and audit

• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and income statement

• Prepare and Set up Templates for Management Accounts

• Prepare list of accruals for month end purposes

• Monthly Management accounts Variance Reporting

Reason for leaving :

Salary is not market related

Company Dischem Head Office

Period March 2015 to March 2017

Position Accounts Clerk

Responsibilities As Accounts Clerk

• Capturing petrol and Plant Journals

• Managing outstanding POs per project

• Allocation of Receivables / Payable on a monthly basis

• Procurement

• Preparation of supplier payment packs

• Preparing Payment schedules and valuations

• Creating purchase orders and send out to supplier/ customer

• Creating invoice, send out to supplier/ customer with the POD

• Creating / capturing Credit Notes when needed

• Completing credit applications

• Handling of COD book

• Capturing of supplier invoices

• Reconciliations general ledgers

• Reconciliations creditors book/statements

Company Dischem Head Office

Period March 2015 to March 2017

Position Creditors Clerk

Responsibilities As Creditors Clerk

• Handle the Procter & Gamble account with a book value of over R150m per month and 60 more suppliers

• Balance creditors/Cashbook sub ledger to general ledger monthly

• Reconcile Local and Foreigner creditors to the creditors listing prior to payment

• Ensure that only authorized purchases/ services are paid

• Liaise with the Warehouse on a daily basis to confirm delivery from P&G

• Ensure that goods/ services are received for the payment made

• Ensure invoices are properly authorized in accordance with level of authorities and allocate it to correct supplier and GL accounts on a daily basis

• Unprocessed receiving documents are to be investigated and resolved within 30 days

• Record transaction correctly and in line with acceptable accounting standards

• Accurately process invoices in A/P and post batches daily

• Ensure invoices are VAT compliant and are authorized as per the authorization matrix

• Match and compare supplier’s invoices to an approached order and appropriate receiving documents

• Send Remittance Advices to supplier after completion of the Payment Run

• File invoices after Payment Run

International accounts that she handles:

• Procter & Gamble (they deliver on a daily basis; this account has to be paid within 48Hours

• after delivery for Dischem to be able to deduct the 2.5% Settlements Discount, if not paid within 48Hours we cannot deduct this Discount).

• Their products include, Pamper, Pregnancy Tester, PremCare and all these are in high demand (and ordered daily, Dischem has 100 stores that needs these products)

• The Vicks account, the same trading terms apply

• Duracell

• CJ Sales Distributors, this is paid in a Foreign currency (Dollar)

• On a daily basis she has to Liaise with these suppliers to see if there are deliveries made, and request updated statements Reason for leaving Looking for more experience

Company Edcon Group Property

Period September 2012 to March 2015

Position Creditors clerk/IT Learner

Responsibilities As Creditors Clerk/IT Leaner

• Reconcile Creditors statement on General Ledger/Online Optical

• Accountability for landlord’s accounts

• Provide support for internal and external audits

• Effective and efficient general creditor’s administration including but not limited to capture and reconciliation of creditor’s invoices and accounts and the assistance with all creditors’ queries.

• Process of invoices and payments for Landlords accurately and correctly in accordance to Edcon Group

• Complete the creditors’ account reconciliations and follow through on the month end statement

• Ensure complete compliance with Edcon Group financial policies and procedures

• Deal with leases / loading of Renewals and cancellation

• Update New agreements and addendums on system

• Complete year-end Turnovers for all landlords Include Payments.

• Ensure that all utilities are paid on time.

• Calculate yearly Assessments Rates on individual landlord

• Deal with all queries / store maintenance

Reason for leaving More responsibility and development Company Rio Tinto Mining

Period April 2012 to September 2012

Position Creditors Clerk / IT Learner

Responsibilities As Creditors Administrator

• Directorate: IS&T- Application

• Distribute IT Distributing IT service desk queries on OVSD

• Accurately capture invoices in the accounting systems in order to effect payment on time and accurately

• Ensure invoices are properly authorized in accordance with levels of authority and allocate it

• Check & match invoices against orders database

• Accurately process invoices in Accounts Payable and post batches daily

• Payment of Invoices

• Send Remittance Advices to supplier after completion of the Payment Run

• File Invoices after Payment Run

• Accurately prepare Monthly reconciliations of Creditors Accounts Statements against the A/P

• Accurately reconcile G/L and Creditors Accounts on a Monthly basis to make sure that accounts are correctly balanced

Reason for leaving Better Opportunity

Company National Research Foundation

Period April 2011 March 2012

Position Finance Office / Liaison Officer

Responsibilities As Finance Officer / Liaison Officer

• Administration of the granting processes according to the project activity plan

• Reconciles ledgers and allocations of costs to internal cost centers through journals and ledgers on a monthly basis

• Tracking and reporting on Grant finance

• Reporting of expenditure claims for all core cost centers.

• Processing of industry payments and monthly releases, taking back of funds to facilitate reallocation and reduction of unspent funds

• Follow-up on outstanding releases and claims on Phoenix

• Liaise with Researchers/External stakeholders

• Perform year-end processes including carry-forward process

• Dealing with day-to-day queries from internal and external customers

Reason for leaving Improved job security

Company Consulta Market Research

Period September 2007 to August 2009

Position Fieldworker/ Supervisor assistant

Responsibilities As Fieldworker/ Supervisor assistant

• Manage resources internally and externally for fieldwork execution

• Carry out quality control checks

• Check scripts

• Prepare fieldwork costs for market research proposals

• Monitor and supervise fieldwork

• Attend relevant training sessions

• Ensure the projects are running to the agreed timeline and budget

• Actively contribute to the company and share team experiences

• Handle client and colleague enquiries competently

• Communicate relevant information accurately and in a timely manner

• Conducting face-to-face interviews with customers Reason for leaving Move back to finance

Company National Research Foundation

Period April 2011 to March 2012

Position Intern: Finance officer/Liaison officer

Responsibilities As Intern – Finance Officer / Liaison Officer

• Directorate: Institutional Capacity Development

• Programmes: Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme

• Administration of the granting processes according to the project activity plan

• Reconcile ledgers and allocations of costs to internal cost centers through journals and ledgers on a monthly basis

• Track expenses and process expense claims

• Track and report on Grant finance

• Report expenditure claims for all core cost centers.

• Process industry payments and monthly releases, taking back of funds to facilitate reallocation and reduction of unspent funds

• Follow-up on outstanding releases and claims on Phoenix

• Liaise with Researchers/External stakeholders

• Perform year-end processes including carry-forward process

• Deal with day-to-day queries from internal and external customers Reason for leaving Internship

References

Mrs Azelle Vreij, Finance Manager: SA Construction, CPT, 021 905 103 adjea4@r.postjobfree.com

Ms Mand Lewis, Creditors Supervisor, Wilderness Safaris, JHB 011-***-****,

adjea4@r.postjobfree.com

Mrs Litshani, Supervisor: Dischem Pharmacies, JHB, 011-***-**** Cell: +27-84-421-****

adjea4@r.postjobfree.com

Current income package:

R15000 per month (Contract till May 2021

Notice period: 1 week

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