Financial manager
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Personal Profile
Full Name
Petrus Jacobus Voges (Jaco)
Date of Birth
ID Number
Nationality
South African
Languages
English, Afrikaans
Computer Literacy
Microsoft Office Suite, Sage Business Cloud Accounting, Omni Accounts, Xero, SAP, KERRIDGE (K8), Sage/Pastel Accounting, SYSPRO, MFG PRO, QuickBooks, VIP Payroll, Donkerhoek, PaySpace, Sage/Pastel Payroll, Cognos-Reporting, Oracle Essbase Analysis, Oracle Hyperion Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting, IDU Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting.
Education and Career Development
Degree in Financial Information Systems, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa, 1999
Major subjects included Financial Accounting 4, Financial Management 4, and Financial Information Systems 4
National Diploma in Financial Information Systems, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 1994
Major subjects included Financial Accounting 3, Internal Auditing 3, Information Systems 3, and Taxation
National Senior Certificate, Bellville High School, South Africa, 1991
Career Profile
Group Accountant, Thornlands Group, Swellendam, South Africa, October 2020 – Current (Transport, Farm and Packhouse)
Responsibilities:
Responsible for oversight of day-to-day finance and accounting operations
Manage the finance team (Accountant, Debtors and Creditors)
Prepare financials to trial balance
Process cashbook for 8 entities
Oversee weekly wages. Import and release
Prepare and verify monthly payrolls
Preparation and submission of statutory returns, VAT201, Diesel Rebates, EMP201, ETI claims
Prepare and review all monthly balance sheet reconciliations (10 entities)
Handling the group insurance
Intergroup invoicing and payments. Loan account reconciliation.
Personal Profile
I am a career-driven, assertive, and dependable Financial Management Professional, who offers an advanced understanding of my chosen profession and a versatile skillset developed through valuable industry-related practice. With an admirable and proven track record, I excel in resolving challenges with well thought through strategies, proven to exceed set objectives and enhance service delivery.
Key Strengths and Competencies
Time management and prioritisation
Analytical thinking
Loyal and dependable team player
Excellent communication skills
Goal-orientated
Strong business acumen
Flexibility
Effective decision-making skills
Natural leadership abilities
Calmness and humility
Sociable and optimistic
Focused and professional
Experience with diverse teams
Strong work ethic and integrity
Multi-cultural work experience
Kindly note that references, academic records, and certificates may be produced upon request.
Mr. Jaco Voges
Financial Management Professional
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Career Profile
Preparation of monthly diesel rates to customers
Fixed asset register maintenance
Cash flow analysis and cash management
Verify weekly and monthly bank payments
Petty cash and weekly cash sales
Preparing annual audit packs and liaison with external auditors
Financial Manager, Infanta 4x4 & Kattedraai, Swellendam, South Africa, October 2019 – September 2020 (Manufacture Off-Road caravans ; Transport)
Responsibilities:
Manage the day-to-day financial and administration function
Preparation of management accounts, budgets, forecasts and variance analysis. Weekly Cash Flows.
Review all monthly balance sheet reconciliations
Oversee debtors, creditors and procurement
Inventory accounting and monthly stock takes
Purchase foreign currency, spot, or forward contracts, import & exports
Preparation statutory returns
Notable Achievements:
Implementation of a new ERP system, Omni Accounts. Finance /Job Costing/Inventory. Ensure smooth implementation, testing and training on the tool.
Financial Manager, FGW Generators & AJ Power SA, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2008 – December 2018 (Subsidiary of AJ Power, Northern Ireland. Design & manufacturer of diesel generators)
Responsibilities:
Manage the day-to-day financial and administration function, while ensuring that the company accounting complies with IFRS.
Financial reporting for two entities to Northern Ireland, cash flow analysis and cash management.
Purchase of foreign currency, spot or forward contracts, and verifying and releasing bank transfers.
Preparation and submission of statutory returns, VAT201, PAYE, SDL, UIF.
Preparation of management accounts, budgets, forecasts and variance checking.
BEE strategy and implementation.
Review all monthly balance sheet reconciliations, as well as monthly review and recording of payroll, time sheets, employment contracts and holiday records.
Oversee debtors and creditors, and handle fixed asset register maintenance and inventory accounting, while maintaining the general ledger.
Preparing annual audit packs and liaison with external auditors.
Manage Imports and exports.
Company secretarial duties. CIPC
Notable Achievements:
FGW was registered end of 2007 and when I started in February 2008, there were no systems in place. I was implemented the following in the shortest possible time: ERP and Payroll System; Online Banking; International Trade
Services; Auditors Appointment; Personnel Employment.
Career Profile
Treasurer, School Governing Body, Bellville, South Africa, January 2018 – Desember 2019 (Part time)
Responsibilities:
Oversee and advise on school financial matters and provide a quarterly financial report to the SGB.
Monitor monthly expenditure and income against the budget and compile the yearly budget.
Signing off on exemptions from school fees, while liaising with external auditors.
Financial Manager, Gunnebo Industries SA & Wikitex, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 2007 – January 2008
(Swedish Company, designs and manufacture a wide range of lifting components)
Responsibilities:
Supported management in strategic and day to day business decision making, while managing the finance team.
Ensured effective financial procedures and controls to minimise financial risks and ensured that financial statements were IFRS compliant.
Financial reporting to Sweden, cash flow reporting, review of outstanding debtors, and budget and forecasting.
Preparation and submission of statutory returns and payments, while overseeing the Pension Fund (umbrella Fund)
Fixed asset register and inventory accounting, while keeping track of foreign exchange contracts.
Preparation and submission of statutory returns, and payroll management while liaising with auditors.
Notable Achievements:
Implemented a new ERP system, SYSPRO. My role as project manager was to ensure smooth implementation, testing and training on the tool.
Staff Accountant/ Financial Manager, Caterpillar Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2003 – December 2006 (American Company, manufacturer of construction and mining equipment)
Responsibilities:
Ensure that the company accounting complies with IFRS and with company accounting policies and procedures
List actual sales for the month per product line and compare sales with business plan
Capital management
Preparing, Analyzing, and interpreting financial statements
Finalize hours booked and sold for the month on work orders and analyze cost on work orders
Monthly meeting with Plant Manager and factory supervisors
Monthly financial reporting to Belgium/ Geneva
Work on 6sigma projects
Maintaining internal controls according to Sarbanes Oxley
Audit preparation and liaison with external auditors
Fixed asset register maintenance
Stock counts
Manage the group’s payroll and other human resources functions
Verifying and releasing of bank transfers.
Reconcile warranty claims
Notable Achievements:
Caterpillar’s human resources and finance departments worked on two different systems. Human resources used VIP Payroll, and finance used MFG Pro. On a monthly basis, finance received a printout of the salary cost, which was manually processed into the financial system. I implemented a new process, whereby the information was sent by e-mail and imported into the financial system.
Career Profile
Financial Controller, T-Systems SA, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 1999 – October 2003
(T-Systems is part of the Deutsche Telekom group of companies)
Responsibilities:
Preparation, presentation and interpretation of Management reporting
Monthly closing procedures, according to a fixed schedule
Financial Reporting to Germany for 3 legal entities
Assist with yearly budgets and monthly forecasts
Maintaining, verifying and updating of reconciliation’s
Manage provisions and accruals.
Financial Management of Service lines / Business Units
Monitor and Control Company overhead expenses
Control expense claims, creditor invoices and orders.
Liaison with external auditors
Verifying and releasing of bank transfers.
Notable Achievements:
T-Systems completed their yearly budget and monthly forecasting on Excel spreadsheets. We implemented a web-based solution, whereby my role was to ensure smooth implementation, testing and training on the tool.
Financial Assistant, Sanlam, Bellville, South Africa, October 1997 – December 1999 (Outsourced to T-Systems)
Responsibilities:
Financial Management of Service lines / Business Units
Preparation, presentation and interpretation of Management reporting
Teller and ATM Custodian, Standard Bank, Bellville, South Africa, January 1995 – September 1997
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