Accountant

CURRICULUM VITAE OF MELISSA DUKHI

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Surname : Dukhi

First Names : Melissa

Identity Number : 751**********

Languages : English

Own Transport : Yes

Driver’s licence : Yes

Contact Number : 084-***-****

Email Address : ************@*****.***

Notice period : Available immediately

EDUCATION

High School : Northmead Secondary School

Standard Passed : Matric

Year : 1993

Subjects : English

Afrikaans

Maths

Accounting

Economics

Business Economics

Typing

COURSES

DAMELIN COLLEGE 1999

Graduate Certificate in Business Management

Graduate Certificate in Office Administration

COMPUTER SKILLS

Impact / Quick Books / Syspro

Pastel / AccPac / SAP

Sage and various in-house accounting packages (Over 10 year experience)

MS Word / Excel / Powerpoint / Outlook

CAREER HISTORY

Company Name : MONTEAGLE GROUP (PTY) LTD

Position Held : Accounting Clerk

Employment Period : August 2011 to July 2021

Reason for Leaving : Retrenchment – due to Covid-19 pandemic

Duties:

Accounting Function

Performing of all bookkeeping duties

Keeping of financial records updated

Preparing management reports – weekly, monthly, audit

Preparing of vat ledger accounts – for payment to Sars

Bank reconciliation – various bank accounts

Cash Book and General Ledger reconciliation

Capture bank recon receipts & deposits

All these were done on Syspro accounting software program

Accounts payable, receivable and disbursements were processed on Syspro

All petty cash expense vouchers and receipts – reconciled

Capture payments to cash recon journal

Prepare financial statements & debtors listings

Calling on customer for payments/debt collection

Yearly and monthly budgets

Preparing reports for monthly and quarterly board meetings

Management, Corporate & Control accounts & Branch Accounting

Supervision of staff – organizing workflow, monitoring productivity, ensuring staff understand their duties

Interaction with co-workers from various departments

Assisting FM to prepare the lead schedules for year-end audit

Liaise with auditors during the year-end audit by being their major point of contact

Prepare financial statements and income reports

Closing of monthly books – to start the next period

Excellent attention to detail ensuring accuracy and avoiding errors

Over 10 years proven property management experience

Maintain the tenant rent roll schedules

Document management of new leases, renewals, rent reviews and negotiations

Keep, maintain and update detailed monthly status updates on own building classifications

Assist with the compiling of budgets for rentals

Creditors – Full Function

Receive & check copies purchase orders, del notes, receiving orders

Receive invoices & collate with relevant docs ensuring all info correct

Match documents through the system checking for any discrepancies on quantity & price

Ensure that all payments are made timorously for settlement discounts & avoid penalties

Reconciling of supplier statements with all relevant docs attached

Capturing of payment receipts, handling any supplier queries & adjustments

I have held various temporary positions over the past couple of years (2009 to 2011) and has gained excellent experience through various different recruitment agencies.

Company Name : ABI

Position Held : Debtors Clerk

Employment Period : January 2010 to June 2010

Reason for Leaving : Temp assignment

Duties:

Full function including allocation of payments

Risk assessment / ITC checks

Telephonic collections / Queries

Company Name : E'THEKWENI WATER DEPARTMENT

Position Held : Senior Accounts Clerk

Employment Period : November 2009 to January 2010

Reason for Leaving : Temporary assignment

Duties:

Attending to account queries

Reconciliation of accounts /Data capture of new accounts

Company Name : LITTLE ROCK TRADING CC

Position Held : Accounting Clerk

Employment Period : July 2009 to October 2009

Reason for Leaving : Temp Assignment

Duties:

Processing of Cashbook / Opening new Debtors Accounts

Following up on payments due / Capturing of creditors invoices

Reconciliation of accounts

Ensuring payments made timeously for settlement discounts and to avoid penalties

Company Name : UNIVERSAL PRINTING (UNIWEB) H/O

Position Held : Creditors Clerk

Employment Period : April 2009 to June 2009

Reason for Leaving : Temp assignment

Duties:

Full function

Reconciling accounts / Liaising with suppliers

Preparation of account payments / Capturing of payments

Attending to supplier queries and adjustments.

Company Name : UMHLANGA HOSPITAL

Position Held : Office administrator

Employment Period : January 2009 to March 2009

Reason for Leaving : Temp assignment

Duties:

Assisting with medical aid claims / Making appointments / Answering of telephones

Banking / Filing

Company Name : RUMDEL ENGINEERING (PTY) LTD

Position Held : Creditors Clerk

Employment Period : April 2008 to December 2008

Reason for Leaving : Contract expired

Duties:

Responsible for opening of accounts for prospective customers in accordance with the company's credit-policy

Drawing up the hire purchase contracts & collecting the deposits & pmt

Liaise & check all account customers who are unable or refuse to pay their debts on a monthly basis. Receive invoices from various branches, check for all relevant documentation & process onto accounting system.

Full reconciliation on each acc with supplier statements & all relevant docs

Investigate variances & discrepancies. Liaise directly with supplier to resolve reconciliation discrepancies. Process necessary adjustments & queries had to be resolved timeously. All interactions with suppliers had to be carried out courteously & laid down procedures were followed

Payment of suppliers were done twice weekly & as well as monthly

Sending out of remittance advises for amounts which were paid

Suspense recon for each supplier account had to be done

Ensure that all payments are made timeously for settlement discounts & to avoid penalties.

Capturing of payment receipts, handling any supplier queries & adjustments.

Assisted the financial manager with various accounting duties eg. Vat, general ledger, budgets, monthly reports, etc.

Company Name : CENTRE COURT HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD

Position Held : Creditors Clerk/Girl Friday/Administrator

Employment Period : April 2005 to March 2008

Reason for Leaving : Retrenched - Accounting function outsourced

Duties:

Accurately capture all invoices, stamp & process to set procedure

Obtain supplier statements soon after month end

Compare the creditors ledger to the monthly statement

Follow up on outstanding invoices & monthly queries

Accurately update list of review & follow up queries monthly

Payment of suppliers, remittance advice to suppliers for amts paid

File all creditors in the separately files monthly

Bank reconciliation – Cash Book

Maintain & reconcile records of financial transactions (sales, wages & petty cash). Worked on food cost report to check monthly costs

Prepare regular statements showing receipts, payments & balances of acc

Dealing with the business & liquor licence dept for their stores

Registration of companies (PTY Ltd, CC)

Assisting staff with UIF19 forms / All Dept of Labour documentation

Communication with landlords, franchisees, prospective franchisees, contractors, etc. Compile a final cost to date analysis of all capital expenditure invoices for franchisees

Liaising with directors, landlords, franchisees with offer to lease proposals, franchise agreements

Devise a data-base of franchise applications forwarded, received & prepare status report

Devise a data-base of retail properties zoned for franchisees & prepared a status report

Company Name : TANKER SERVICES (Logistics)

Position Held : Invoice Clerk

Employment Period : April 2001 to March 2005

Reason for Leaving : Retrenched - Mobeni and Jacobs Depots merged (Last in First out)

Duties:

Daily invoicing for the largest depot (over R22 mill) pm

Check all documentation is in order before invoicing (check trip sheets from Operations with signed POD’s). Management of trip sheets & reporting of any issues with vehicles.

Invoice according to correct rate sheets, fuel escalation

Collate daily trip sheets. Posting of invoices, large volumes of trip sheets

Reconciling of creditors (Shell/ BP/Engen)

Age analysis - calling on customer for payments

Handling customer queries and complaints. Various other transport & delivery related functions.

Filing, data capturing, typing, etc general admin duties

Company Name : CABLE AFRICA CC

Position Held : Accounts Clerk

Employment Period : April 1999 to March 2001

Reason for Leaving : Directors sold out - company closed

Duties:

Debtors – Full Function

Process account requests for credit applications

Checking applications references, credit ratings & other info

Keep records arrears late payments & prepare routine letters, telephone calls

Prepare statements of overdue accounts & forward these for legal action

Running daily invoices & monthly statements

Handling customer queries & complaints

Capture bank recon receipts & deposits

Capture payments to cash recon journal

Prepare financial statements & debtors listings

Calling on customer for payments/debt collection

Creditors – Full Function

Receive & check copies purchase orders, del notes, receiving orders

Receive invoices & collate with relevant docs ensuring all info correct

Match documents through the system checking for any discrepancies on quantity & price

Ensure that all payments are made timorously for settlement discounts & avoid penalties

Reconciling of supplier statements with all relevant docs attached

Capturing of payment receipts, handling any supplier queries & adjustments

Administration

Management, Corporate & Control accounts & Branch Accounting

Budgets & jobs costing.

Bank reconciliation

Cash Book and General Ledger reconciliation.

Supervising stock room staff, junior admin staff as well as cleaning staffs.

Handling of petty cash.

Wages for weekly staff on clock card system.

Locking & opening of company premises.

Company Name : CCI NATAL (PTY) LTD

Position Held : Admin Assistant/Secretary/Office Support

Employment Period : January 1994 to March 1999

Reason for Leaving : Career advancement

Duties:

Answering of switchboard, attend to visitors

Banking, filing, handling of petty cash

Sort out incoming mail and dispatch outgoing mail

Write business letters, reports, sales quotes, & costing of jobs

Assisting production manager with assigning technicians to sites

Running monthly statements & posting of statements

Undertake other duties such as data capturing, assisting in stores

Casual wages - clock card system

REFERENCES

Monteagle Group (Pty) Ltd

Mr Dave Greer

Tel: 031 – 566 7600 / 082-***-****

Tanker Services – Jacobs

Tel: 031 – 468 3511

Centre Court Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Pano Economou

Tel: 031 – 201 5236

Summit Career Management

Shiela Piskolich

Tel: 031 – 266 6036 / 082-***-****

Sandi Crowther Recruitment

Helen Ward

Tel: 031 – 312 2451 / 083-***-****

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