Van Den Financial Administrator
Resume:
SUREKA RAMBUGGAN
adoqak@r.postjobfree.com
** ******** ********, *********, *** 21, Randburg
Surname: Rambuggan
First Name: Sureka
Nationality Indian
Languages English, Afrikaans and Hindi
Date of Birth 1972-05-01
Age: 49
SYNOPSIS
I am an experienced professional with a successful career in banking, business development and administration. I have NQ Level 4 in Banking. I started my banking career in 1 February 1990 till 28 February 2007. From 1ST April 2010 till 31 Jan 2013 worked on temporary assignments for First National Bank. I am FAIS and FICA compliant. From 29 April 2014, Accounts Payable Specialist with Uti/DSV. From 29 Dec 2016 till 08 August 2018 Cash Management Specialist
EDUCATION
Topaz Secondary – Matric 1989
Qualification: Senior Certificate Matric
English
Afrikaans
Biology
History
Accounting
Business Economics
Post Matric courses and qualifications
Bookkeeping and Pastel Diploma – Quest Computer School
Module 1 18th August 2017, Module 2 9th December 2017, Module 3 23th February 2018
Institution School of Therapy Lenasia (18th International with City & Guilds)
19 December 2009. Qualification: Hot Stone Therapy Level 1, Level 2, Level 3
Computer Literacy:
Hogan, CRM Siebel, Oracle, Excalibur, CIS – First National Bank
MS Office – MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Internet - Uti/DSV / Pastel Premier - SICPA
Courses
Investments
One Account
Business and Individual Mandates
Conflict Management
Security and Fraud
Service Consultant
In-House Training
E-Bucks, Investment Product House
Instant Accounting Merchant Services
PayPal
CRM Siebel Workflow
Account Opening
Upgrading of Business Accounts
Other
Hot Stone Therapy
WORK EXPERIENCE
SICPA SA
Type of Industry: Manufacturing – 01 July 2019 - 30th September 2020
1.Sales Administration
Review all customer invoices prepared by the Sales Administrator for accuracy.
Monitor the customer orders, tracking. Schedule for accuracy, unfulfilled orders, and batch
Tracking and control.
Process store transfers, job cards and requisitions.
Prepare and issue customer specific reports.
Prepare selling price calculations for OVI, OVMI and Photonitor.Prepare delivery notes and labels
for OVI, OVMI and Photoinitator. Capture quarterly price lists on the ERP system.
2. Local and Foreign Petty Cash
Responsible for issuing, reconciling and safeguarding of local and foreign petty cash.
Prepare and submit documents for foreign cash purchases.
Revalue the foreign petty cash on a monthly basis.
3. Office Administration
Responsible for local stock, services and stationery purchases.
Purchase and control office groceries.
Responsible for the office consumable and stationery stores.
Maintains a list of all access cards and gate remotes issued to employees.
Update the electronic building access system with the employee/card changes.
Arrange catering for meetings.
Update noticeboards with personnel and other data.
Update internal extension list and communicating changes to staff.
Obtain quotations for office equipment and maintenance thereof.
Responsible for ensuring office is tidy and clean and delegating cleaning duties to
the office cleaner.
Act – ad – liaison on with cell service provider (upgrades, queries, and changes) for the cell
phone business account.
4. Receptionist
Responsible for answering incoming phone calls, either directing the calls or taking messages.
Responsible for receiving packages and arranging with couriers for the collection of packages.
Responsible for greeting visitors and directing them appropriately.
Notify relevant parties of guest arrival.
Preparing refreshments for visitors.
5.Compliance
Prepare the monthly, quarterly and annual ISO statistics.
Compile the BNEI reports.
Complete the monthly statistics South African questionnaire.
6. General
Act as backup for the Sales Administrator.
Take part in the quarterly stock take.
Prepare ado documents requested by Group Finance.
Reason for leaving: Retrenched by company
UTI/DSV Shared Services Johannesburg
Type of Industry: Logistics – April 2014 – August 2018
Cash Management Specialist – Jan 2017 to 08 August 2018
Duties
Bank Clearance
5300 Vendors and Book value of R30 + million.
Worked in collaboration with team(credit controllers)
Track unknown incoming deposits
Reason for leaving: Retrenched by company
Accounts Payable Specialist April 2014- Dec 2016
Prepping and processing for 23 entities which include Netherlands, Belgium, France, South Africa Freight Forwarding, Germany, etc.
Previous Duties
Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
Sort and distribute incoming mail
Respond to all vendor queries
Reconcile vendor statements, research and correct discrepancies
Assist in month end closing using Pivot Tables.
Maintain files and documentation with company policy and accepted accounting
practices.
Prepare and process Weekly Payments (check, wire)
Ability to collaborate with Manufacturing and Outsourcing Departments.
Assist with other general accounting tasks and projects as assigned.
Check Purchase Orders are matching with invoices, if not contact person responsible for matching PO’s.
Working on Oracle, to check if invoices were processed, Excel to reconcile vendor statements and DMS to view invoices.
01 June 2016 UTI merged with DSV
First National Bank Brand Johannesburg
Type of Industry: Banking Institution
Financial Administrator February 2012 - January 2013
Check if invoices.have been received is correct for reconciliation.
Allocate invoices
Financial admin experience
Filing of invoices
Recon done on Excel
Reason for leaving Temporary Assignment Company did not renew contract
First National Bank - Commercial Johannesburg
Service Specialist – Business Banker Level, September 2010 - August 2011
Issuing of business cards
Upgrading Business Accounts according to their personal profiles.
Working on Siebel.
Inbound and Outbound calls.
Account Opening
Assisting clients with Business Credit Card, Business Loans and Business
Overdraft Applications, Switch to FNB.
Business Mandates
Cross selling business products.
Creating ZOB (internet access) for business clients.
KYC. Assisting with CCD lists.
Reason for leaving: Temporary Assignment Company did not renew contract.
FNB Global Transactional Services Corporate and Investment Banking Johannesburg
Client Services Representative, August - September 2010
First tier resolution of all service requests according to agreed standard Including tracking and following through on service queries to other arrears until fully auctioned and closed.
Co-ordination of all activities for Opening and Closing of DDA Accounts and mandate updates. Ensuring they meet “fit for processing requirements” prior to routing to operations.
Maintaining agreed service standards
Ensuring that all client queries are dealt with in efficient manner and within agreed SLA
Reason for leaving: Temporary Assignment. Company did not renew contract
Norman Bissett and Associates Johannesburg
Type of Industry: Legal Services and Debt Collection
Resolution Agent Jun –Jul 2010
Assist with closure of debtor accounts when requested (adhoc-sequestration, deceased, settled)
Prepare and provide information/correspondence in required format (fax, e-mail or letter)
Settlement letters, handover breakdowns, balance breakdowns, contracts, banking detail. Ensure correspondence is prepared accurate and is as per company standards.
Record actions on Excalibur and add to debtor correspondence log
Liaise with both the company’s clients and debtors with the objective to resolve queries, provide accurate feedback, advising payment profile updates
Effective management of internal and external relationships. Develop and maintain positive working relationship with co-workers and external stakeholders.
Deliver on deadline to ensure accuracy of information. Understand the client business rules prior to auctioning the account
Reason for leaving: Company relocated offices
Firmenich (Pty) Ltd Johannesburg
Type of Industry: Flavours & Fragrances
Finance Assistant, October 2008 – December 2008
Debtors control-book value 50 million for periods 30,60,90 days
Petty cash- R5000 per week
Capturing credit card payments
Printing of statements via the STD Bank internet system reflecting receipt of payments from debtors
Contacting customers telephonically regarding overdue payments
Liaising with our debtors responsible for African countries regarding overdue accounts
Follow up on queries
Relieved on switchboard
Trained Human Resources person on debtors
Reason for leaving: Contract not renewed by company
First National Bank Johannesburg
Customer Service Representative- Commercial, September 2005– Mar 2007
Opening and Closing accounts for business accounts on Hogan
Doing ITC checks on customers and CIPRO for companies
Issuing of ATM, business and cheque cards for customers
Visiting business customers once a month to see how to improve our services to them
Checking business and individual mandates are in order
Assisting on investments, contacting treasury for rates and acting on instructions from diary cards
Relieving on switchboard
Assist customers with cellphone banking and internet banking
Advising customers on bank products
Updating KYC
Sales target driven position
Reason for leaving : Husband company relocated offices.
First Rand Bank (Group Treasury Payments and Swift Services Johannesburg
Customer Service Representative- Commercial, October 2003– August 2005
Updating daily recons on Excel
Checking for funds on Hogan, processing entries on Branch Automation and balancing on Excel.
Receiving instructions from SWIFT department and acting on it
Responsible for balancing of General Ledger and other relevant accounts
Shut down of Branch Automation
Reason for leaving: Company relocated offices
First National Bank Johannesburg
Customer Service Specialist, June 1998- September 2003
I began my time with FNB first as enquiries clerk and then as a DDA Product Specialist and later as customer Service Specialist.
In the various roles I was responsible for a number of important areas of work.
These included:
oVerifying signatures on mandates
oOrdering encoded deposit books for companies
oIssuing cheque books to customers and other branches
oAssisting of tellers
oVerifying signatures and checking for fraud on cheques
oAdvance aspects, authorizing customers who are over their credit limits
oContacting manager for account to override funds
oGenerating and e-mailing statements to customers with reconciled accounts
oCollecting cheques from Central Depot within CAS department.
oSending of fax/e-mail document
Reason for leaving: Growth Purposes. Better opportunities
HBZ Bank Limited Fordsburg
Teller, Jan 1997- September 1997
Taking in deposits and dealing with cash withdrawals
Reason for leaving: Company Restructure
Standard Bank of SA Johannesburg
Foreign Exchange Clerk, February 1990- January 1997
I began banking career with Standard Bank as a Waste Operator, Swift Clerk and then a Foreign Exchange Clerk.
In the various roles I was responsible for a number of important areas of work.
These included:
Attended to signed and verifying signatures
oCompletion of forms of extensions for customer’s shipment documents,
oe.g. waybill, different types of currencies involved.
oAttending to surrenders, check due date for customers and process entries for different currencies with the rates.
oQuoting customers on spot rates and booking rates
oWorking on swops, whereby they want to extend payment after due date
oWorking on MT 196- original instruction of customer, MT 199 – instructions of funds to be forwarded to correct bank, MT 202- Relay message to swift dept.
oMT 206 – Confirmation payment has been processed.
oProviding excellent administrative assistance to the branch.
oWorking on cables and swift department
oPrinting and receiving of messages via swift system, sorting out, relaying to other branches and delivering to various departments
oFiling and keeping daily record of them
Reason for leaving: Growth purposes and better opportunities
References
1. Sicpa SA
Nicolene Van Den Berg
Financial Controller
011 201 -4504
Johannes Petrus Venter
General Manager
011 201 – 4503
2. Uti/DSV
Zeenat Moola
Accounts Payable Team Lead
3.Uti/DSV
Farzana Subrathi
General Ledger Specialist
011 219 – 9358
4.First Rand Banking Group Treasury Payments and Swift Services
Dianne Meas
Payment and Swift Specialist
5.Firmenich (Pty) Ltd-
Charlene Nel
Imports and Exports Controller
011 653 – 0796/ 011-***-****
Please do not hesitate to contact any of my references
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