BD CREATIVE

Chartered Accountant (SA) / Financial Executive that has gained 19 years professional

working experience across mining and manufacturing Industries. 10 of these years have been in a leadership role. I have a strong appetite for leadership and comfortable in my ability to lead others. Not one to shy away from leadership responsibilities, I easily take command of situations with confidence to take decisions. Gauteng - South Africa

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QUALIFICATIONS

A A D I L N A K O O D A

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP / FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE / CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT (SA) Chartered Accountant (SA)

• QE2 Exam (Nov 2006 – 1st attempt)

• QE1 Exam (March 2006 – 1st attempt)

CTA/BCompt Honours

UNISA - 2005

BCompt

UNISA – 2004

Matric Certificate

Zinniaville Secondary School

HCI Coal Internal:

• 7 habits for Highly Effective Leaders

• Master Emotional Intelligence

• 360 Assessments

Lafarge South Africa Internal:

• Junior Management Programme (Dubai)

• Induction to Group Finance (Paris)

• MDP with GIBS (JHB)

• Meet the group (Malaysia KL)

PricewaterhouseCoopers Internal:

• ABAS 1 & 2(Audit Courses)

• Team Manager 1, 2 & 3

• Ethics Champs

• Yearly IAS & Tax Updates

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

CONTACT

WORK EXPERIENCE

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

HCI Coal (Pty) Ltd and Subsidiaries

April 2013 – Current

Key Functions Delivered:

• Management: Leading the Finance, Marketing and HR Functions that Consists of Financial Managers (3 People), Financial Controlling(2 People), Purchasing(2 People), IT(4 People), Accounts receivable(1 person), Accounts payable(4 Person), HR (5 people) and Monthly Payroll(2 People) effectively and efficiently by setting departmental and individual KPI’s, managing performance, developing and motivating staff, plan, organising and controlling resources efficiently and most importantly as mentor and coach.

• Business Plans: Planning and monitoring of business performance by producing and controlling financial projections as part of Business strategy for Life of Mines. Collate and consolidate the business financial performance, producing adequate reports tracking performance verses budgets in order to make informed decisions at Board and Management level.

• Budgetary and Cost Control: Responsible for producing the Company annual budgets in conjunction with the Business Heads. Re-forecasting quarterly as necessary. Proactively manages the company’s treasury function. Monitor the capital expenditure, acting as a gatekeeper in the approval process for capex sign off.

• Financial Statements: Prepare the monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements on timely basis to report financial profitability status to the Board of Directors. Submit reports to Directors or Board as and when requested. Present the business financials at Management Board and responds to questions with explanations on behalf of the business. Coordinates audit planning meetings with external auditors and responds to all queries.

• Taxation: Computes the company’s tax liability (Royalties Tax, Corporate tax, Provisional, Vat). Liaises with tax authorities on routine and specific tax enquiries Business Development: Works with the Directors on business development proposals, including projections, making recommendations on where to invest. Acts as a representative of the Company as applicable as part of investment discussions.

• Risk Management: Assesses and foresees risks that could affect the Company in near and distant future by implement a Risk Management process for all Operations.

• Internal Control: Ensures that internal controls are in place to regularly monitor and safeguard Company assets.

• Payroll: Oversees the processing and disbursal of salaries and monetary benefits to ensure timely payment to employees across all Operations.

• Human Resources: Develop and implement an HR Strategy in line with the company's strategy. Manage the recruitment of staff and ensure the alignment of human resources structure to organisational goals. Develop, implement and monitor a training and development plan. Implement and manage a performance appraisal system. Manage the development and implementation of HR policies. Represent the company at Bargaining Councils and similar forums

• Marketing: Handling Sales/Marketing of coal to various customers. Contract finalisation, pricing, logistics and contract execution for coal marketing. FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Lafarge South Africa – Gypsum Business Unit (Alrode – JHB East) March 2011 – March 2013(Career Advancement)

Key Functions Delivered:

• Leading the finance Functions that Consists of Financial Managers(3 People), Financial Controlling(3 People), Purchasing(4 People), IT(4 People), Accounts receivable(6 people), Accounts payable(4 People) and Weekly and Monthly Payroll(1 Person) effectively and efficiently by setting departmental and individual KPI’s, managing performance, developing and motivating staff, plan, organising and controlling resources efficiently.

• Lead and direct the entire budgeting exercise for the BU (from assumptions to MD Sign-off) with the relevant stakeholders from Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement, Sales, BU SG&A, Head Office SG&A and Finance.

BD CREATIVE

Strategic Business Planning

Financial Management, Planning,

Forecasting & Analysis

Relationship Management

Financial Reporting & Administration

Problem Solving, Query & Conflict

Resolution

Performance Management & Analysis

Budget Management, Planning &

Administration

Cost & Cashflow Management

Operations Management

Process Improvement

Strategy Development

Crisis & Change Management

Risk Management

System Management

Contract Management & Negotiation

Asset Management

Leadership & Development

Admin & Office Management

HR & Labour Relations

Recruitment & Selection

Project Management

Taxation Management

Payroll Management

Audit Management

Cost Accounting

Information Management

General Ledger Manager

Strategic Planning

Analytical Thinking

SKILLS

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Ongoing review and implementing of the BU’s Accounting Policies and Financial Administration procedures and Processes within the scope of International Accounting Standards (IAS), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Lafarge Group and Gypsum Divisional financial policies and procedures.

• Deliver monthly financial results, approve monthly financial reports and review performance and position verse budget, previous year, previous month with MD and EXCO team.

• Leading meetings to review company’s cash position on a monthly basis and take full responsibility for cash flow optimization.

• Manage capex process from feasibility study through board approval and then to capitalisation.

• Leading credit control committee and attend meetings with key customers. FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Lafarge South Africa – Readymix Concrete Business Unit (Cape Town & Longmeadow JHB) March 2008 – February 2011(Promoted)

Key Functions Delivered:

• Communicate guidelines to operational people (short/mid-term strategic and operational guidelines) and on the other hand transmit assessment elements to the Business Unit Manager.

• Approve the monthly accounts prior to issue to Business Unit Manager and Area Managers and ensures that Divisional reporting is done accurately on a monthly basis.

• Manage area budgets in consultation with area managers in accordance with the division’s deadlines.

• Maintain strong control management within the local BU in accordance with Lafarge standards and best practices.

• Convince, train and help operational people to understand and follow Lafarge procedures in terms of target exercises, budget, Forecasts, reporting and following up on action plans.

• Manage Inventory, fixed assets and other Balance sheet accounts in liaising with operations.

• Assist the Business Unit Manager as and when required and be the link with Business Units, Division and shares services in terms of control, policies and procedures.

• Investigate and implement saving action plans to achieve Excellence 2010 targets. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

Lafarge South Africa – Head Office (Woodmead, JHB) June 2005 – February 2008(Promoted)

Key Functions Delivered:

• Maintained financial record and the integrity thereof to ensure compliance to statutory and group accounting standards, IFRS & SOX rules.

• Preparation of Annual Financial statements for BEE companies for reporting to stakeholders.

• Finalising of month end figures for reporting to Paris via HFM.

• Prepare consolidation entries on Acquisition or Merger of other businesses.

• Assist Group Financial Manager with month end and year end consolidation entries.

• Ensured the integrity of all automatic system generated accounting entries and their related control accounts and sub-system ledgers, mainly for Current and Non-Current assets

• Review the quality and accuracy of all balance sheet reconciliations and income statement analysis to ensure appropriate corrective actions take place.

• Manage journal entries required for closure of general ledger.

• Ensure reasonability of data processed in terms of International Financial Reporting Standards

(IFRS) and Company policies, investigating and reporting apparent anomalies.

• Compiling of fixed asset register from scratch to comply with requirements of IAS 16. i.e. Component approach, residual values and yearly impairment testing.

• Responsible for calculating Tax values of Fixed assets in accordance with Income tax act and the calculation of temporary differences for deferred tax calculation.

• Responsible for submitting Monthly VAT 201 forms after verifying and reconciling Input Vat and Output vat respectively to tax invoices and Turnover figures. COST ACCOUNTANT & FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Lafarge South Africa – Cement Business Unit (Lichtenburg – North West) June 2004 – May 2005(Promoted)

AUDIT SENIOR / ACCOUNTANT 3

PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc (Mafikeng)

Jan 2000 – May 2004

ALL REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST

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