Clerk Cost Accountant

Resume

Personal Details

Name Veronique Jansen

Address ** *** ***** *****, ******** Road, Parkdene, Boksburg, Gauteng, SA

Telephone (027-**-***-**** Mobile

Email ***************@*****.***

Education

●2001 Jan- April Bookkeeping diploma.

●2001 April – 2007 CIS intermediate qualification achieved, subjects including Communications, Commercial and Corporate Law, Information Systems, Financial Accounting 1, Economics, Organisation and the Human Resource, Principles of Marketing. I chose not to continue with the CIS as I converted my studies to CIMA.

●2007- Current CIMA I have passed 3 subjects thus far, these being Financial Accounting and Management Accounting and Business Economics,

●1999 South African Matriculation with University exemption. Subjects studied were English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Physical Science, Biology and Accountancy.

Computer Skills

Excel Advanced

Word Intermediate

PowerPoint Intermediate

SAP Intermediate

JDE Advanced

Sage Intermediate

Oracle Intermediate

Syspro 6.1 Advanced

Lotus Notes Intermediate

Internet and Outlook competent

Employment Summary

October 2021 to Current

Mannys Hardware Supplies/CMS

Cost Accountant

Responsibilities

For Owner of the company

Opening and maintaining all expenses for Festivals and Functions

Analyzing expenses and recommending any corrective action needed

For CCTV:-

Manages CCTV Managers diary and set up appointments

Receive quotes from reps and process on Pastel for CCTV measure distance for cabling purposes to calculate amount needed assist with site design and confirmation of correct stock confirmation of stock quantity and advise on any corrections need to be made with regards to qty and product used

Follow up on quotes and payments

Stock control (picks stock and allocate to jobs)

Make bookings for technician installations Confirm when customer is available ensure all stock is available book technician complete pack

Create and capture job cards Contact Management on Pastel print and send out to technician close on Pastel when done Capture on spreadsheet

Client list update with costing and income and debtors payments

Prepare pack for signature before installation booked including pictures of sites Print site drawings insert placement of cameras Do Job Quotation ensure rep checklist is correct and complete Get bracket drawing approved if bracket is required Invoice once approved prepare pack for signature book technician for installation

Complete pack once installation is complete including pictures Print final installation pictures Attach completion checklist request Offsite account to be created get completed pack signed off by Technical, Control Room, Willem, Gerrit and Mr Manny

Preparing Proposals for prospective clients Assist rep with site drawings and mapping of cameras insert quotation onto proposal insert quotation onto proposal calculate Sapor rate and insert onto proposal Print and bind

Drawings for installations and proposals on Google Maps including legends and camera positions draw symbols on Word for camera placements, NVR/DVR Palcements, POE Switch placement

Quotations for stock to be ordered Source quotations as requested get approval load Purchase order order stock follow up on stock

Monitoring and updating Camera Pole list

Paperwork to create new Offsite accounts on Pastel

Monthly expense list for CCTV

ADHOC as requested

Robbie Admin:-

Radio register Book in and out PTT Radios

Technical Admin:-

Drill Register Book in and out Drills and drill batteries charge drill batteries

Technician Pack Print site drawing print technician check list compile pack with job card and site drawing and check list

Costing for Technicians – as per spreadsheet sent by Daleen

Admin:-

Costing on Paramedics

Costing for Casa de Madeira

Costing for Portugese Forum

Costing for Static Sites

Creditors Workshop and Mannys

Printing triplicate of site drawings in colour file in files for Gerrit, CCTV Office and Control Room

Issuing of documentation for stock/consumables used by Douglas and Joe Receive signed quotation write out stock requisition Make a copy of quotation capture on expense spreadsheet

Claude Admin:-

Monthly expense list for Claude

Claude Expenses Capture invoices sent by Claude

Printing triplicate of site drawings in colour file in files for Gerrit, CCTV Office and Control Room

Issuing of documentation for stock/consumables used by Claude Receive signed quotation write out stock requisition Make a copy of quotation capture on expense spreadsheet

Andries Mostert Admin:-

Andries Mostert Expenses As Per Stock requisition book

Issuing of documentation for stock/consumables used by Andries Receive signed quotation write out stock requisition Make a copy of quotation capture on expense spreadsheet

May 2021 to October 2021

Prima Industrial Holdings

Snr Bookkeeper

RFL: Retrenchment

Responsibilities

●Preparation and submission of quarterly IFRS Reporting Maintain records of financial transactions via the Cash book

●General Ledger analysis to ensure allocations are posted correctly

●Balancing General Ledger and preparing a Trial Balance on a monthly basis

●Preparation of Tax returns

●Ensuring Accounts Payable reconciliations are accurate and complete with all necessary documentation to submit for payment

●Ensuring Accounts Receivable Invoices are accurately and complete with all the necessary documentation to submit to customers

●Assist with Annual P&L and Balance sheet reports and recons

●Assist with creating and monitoring financial budgets

●Ensuring accurate and complete forecasting for procurement and ordering timeously to be updated on a weekly basis

●Ensuring Cash Flow is prepared and updated on a weekly basis

●Creating, implementation and monitoring of BOMs to ensure accurate costings

●Analysis of expenses and suggesting improvements where applicable

●Inventory control via cycle counts on a weekly basis for high value items and full stock take on a monthly basis

●Implement departmental policies in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Procurement

●Closing of periods on Syspro when complete

●Developing Procurement strategies to ensure cost effectiveness and accuracy

●Overseeing the order of stock and ensure comparative pricing and quality is adhered to

●Assist with implementing delivery time tables

●Assist with implementing issuing of stock time tables

●Loading of payments onto the bank

July 2020 to April 2021

Fresenius Medical Care

Accountant (Fixed Term Contract)

Responsibilities

●Managing of Inventory consumption and levels within the clinics

●Balancing the Accounts Receivable Customers with Billing Program

●Compiling and reconciling monthly balance Sheet Recon files – 5 Companies

●Preparation and submission of monthly Flash reporting

●Preparation and submission of quarterly IFRS Reporting

●Preparation and submission of monthly BSC Report

●Preparation and submission of annual Budgets and Forecast

●Income Statement Recon files – 5 Companies

●Updating Income Statements per clinic and indepth analysis per clinic and PV Corporates – 75 clinics and growing

●Preparation of monthly Management Accounts

●Compiling of the monthly Management Accounts

●Preparation and posting of monthly Recurring journals

●Preparation and posting of monthly salary journals

●Preparation and posting of monthly month end journals

●Preparation and submission of monthly IPWIS reporting (Western Cape Waste data submission)

●Assisting clinics over month end with stock take procedures, consumption posting, replenishment and plan treatment activities

●Updating and correcting Purchase orders where the GRN failed

●Updating and correcting Purchase orders to match invoices

●Financial data creation of new vendors

●Namibia debit cards reconciling

●Assisting with Yearly KPMG audits

I am enjoying my experience at Fresenius but it is unfortunately a fixed term contract position and I would prefer the stability of a permanent position

March 2016 to Feb 2018

M-Tec

Cost and Management Accountant

RFL – Relocation to Natal

Responsibilities

●Required to have a knowledge of financial accounting for reporting

●Required to have a knowledge of Manufacturing environment and processes

●In Depth Knowledge of BOM’s ( Bill of material)

●In Depth Knowledge of cost breakdowns, labour allocations and applications in Syspro

●Bi-Annually investigate, calculate and update standard costs on Syspro in respect of bought out materials

●Annually investigate, calculate and update standard costs on Syspro in respect of labour and fixed and variable costs

●Continuously amend standard costs due to new or amended BOM’s to ensure correct costs are reflected in Syspro

●Calculate costs for tendering purposes with information from Syspro and completion of DTI forms required

●Stock takes monthly and stock adjustments if required after investigation

●What if costings

●Preparation of monthly management pack

●Monthly stock valuation reports

●Profitability and Income Statement reporting

●Balancing of Scrap

●Sales analysis

●Consignment stock management

●Transport costings

●Budgets

●Assist with Audits

●All month end reporting for 2 divisions

●Stats SA stock figures monthly

●Price escalations monthly

●Update the cost of new products

●Costing of products for sales purposes

●BOM reviews

●Update Inventory cost and rates

●WIP review and evaluations

●Reconciling stock report to ledger

●Obsolete stock valuations

●Review and investigate sales report variances

●Ensure that all control accounts in the general ledger are reconciled on a weekly basis

●Bank accounts and Investment accounts

●Systems: to maintain, monitor and improve accounting and computer systems

●Intercompany Journals

●Statutory Returns and Year - end financials

●Assist in preparing working papers and file year end documentation throughout the year

●Implement and maintain financial control systems and procedures

●Debtors Statements and Debtors Sales Analysis

●Bank Recon Daily and bank capturing onto the system daily

●Cash Flow daily

●General Ledger and Financial reporting: Accurate, relevant and timeous reporting of the daily, weekly and monthly accounts

I have learnt a lot at M-Tec but I felt the need to seek a new venture, as a family we moved down to Natal.

Jan 2015 to November 2015

Oryx Energies

National Inventory Controller

RFL - Retrenched

Responsibilities

●Manage and ensure compliance with the comprehensive Stock Management Manual with respective JDE Processes

●Train employees on the Stock Management system, including processes and procedures.

●Ensure accuracy of stock issuing for invoicing.

●Compile periodic (weekly/ monthly) Stock Analysis reports on KPI’s (volumes, losses/gains, etc.).

●Custodian of automated Stock Management (receiving through issuing) system via JDE for all users.

●Controls Stock Management processes and procedures including scheduling physical counts.

●Responsible for accuracy and timing of stock reporting.

●Develop, co-ordinate and monitor effective stock ordering and control programmes and

processes throughout the Company.

●Create a comprehensive Stock management manual covering respective JDE processes.

●Ensure all Stock movement is accounted for. Where discrepancies or variances arise, investigate and resolve and obtain authorisation to write off if required.

●Create monthly Demand Forecasting vs Actual reports. Scrutinise for consistency, and account for variances.

●Ensure that all JDE open sales and purchase transaction are monitored daily and make sure that those that are out of kpi’s tolerance are investigated and closed out, with the relevant area e.g. depots or supply and logistics etc

●Monitor all virtual depots stock regularly, these locations should have zero stock.

●On a regular basis draw a loss / gain report on transport to check that the losses/gains are within the agreed targets and if not speak logistics team for further investigation.

●On regularly basis check all locations to ensure that there are no zero pricing transactions reflected

●Compile management information report which includes stock losses & gains as well as sales volumes. The report is distributed to relevant leadership team members.

●Compile JDE open transaction report and submit to management weekly

●Ensure month end plans including black out period dates is well communicated to the relevant teams in advance to ensure smooth month end close.

●Where necessary assist all depots stock controllers including supply and logistics with stock management as and when required.

My achievements at Oryx Energies is that I turned around the stock levels from big variances on a monthly basis to a level variance.

March 2014 to December 2014 – Temp assignment

Cobra Watertech – Krugersdorp

Cost Accountant

RFL – Fixed term contract

Responsibilities

●Daily Margins update

●Updating prices on AS400

●Capturing of import documents

●Verification of month end expenses

●Stock takes monthly

●Updating of BOM’s on Mapics

●Capturing of Works Orders on SAGE

●Daily Stock verification and release

●Printing of picking slips

●Verify Stock on system correct including monthly stock takes

●Stock production statistics captured and sent to Head office

●Monitor wheat balances production vs system

●Raise orders as necessary

●Open new jobs monthly

●Assist with implementation of new statistics

●Monitor waste in and out of the site

●Balance and manage On Hold stocks

●Ensure stocks produced balance daily

November 2011 to April 2013

Multotec

Assistant Cost Accountant

RFL - Retrenched

Multotec is a South African organisation with German shareholding. Its core business is the supply of products and services to the mining, mineral beneficiation and power generation industries. The group comprises four main operating entities, each with its own product range and associated services, namely Multotec Manufacturing, Multotec Process Equipment, Multotec Wear Linings, and Multotec Rubber. Based in Johannesburg, with branches nationwide.

Responsibilities:

●Work successfully with senior management and costing and finance team.

●Have run year end WACC updates for 2 branches.

●Involved in assisting of year end stock takes.

●JDE literate.

●Do weekly reporting on variances and disputes on Sales vs COS.

●Created new code allocations using drawings.

●Aid in preparation of yearly budgets.

●Assist with internal and external audits

●Co-ordinate and monitor effective stock movement and stock takes on a weekly basis

●Ensure no stock is written off without correct paperwork and authorisation

●Volume of stock, forecast vs actual monitored on a daily and weekly basis

●Ensure accuracy of stock on a daily and weekly basis

In summary I was part of a team of accountants who oversee the Multotec Process Equipment and play an active role in monitoring costs and stocks. My achievements at Multotec was successfully correcting routings and rates on the BOM’s

January 2003 to October 2011

Aberdare Cables (a subsidiary of the Altron group)

Senior Cost Analyst

RFL – Career growth opportunity

Aberdare Cables are one of South Africa’s largest cable manufacturers with factories in Portugal and Spain and a sales office in China. The company exports cable to China and Australia and to Africa with the main market being in South Africa.

Responsibilities:

●Work successfully with senior management and costing and finance team.

●Have run costing department for 2 large plants alone and coped well, this included investigating and reporting on cost of sales variances, inventory variances, creating and maintaining BOM’s, stock recons, processing stock adjustments and all other costing duties.

●Involved in co-ordination, auditing and reporting of stock takes.

●SAP literate on costing programs.

●Manage 2 junior employees.

●Do all month end reporting for costing requirements relayed to senior managers and executives.

●Control variances on stock accounts and control stock movements.

●Report and analyse WIP and Unrealized costs on SAP.

●Prepare quotes for cable that has been designed.

●Aid in preparation of forecasts and yearly budgets.

●Assist with internal and external audits

●Co-ordinate and monitor effective stock movement

●Ensure no stock is written off without correct paperwork and authorisation

●Volume of stock, forecast vs actual monitored on a daily and weekly basis

●Ensure accuracy of stock on a daily and weekly basis

In summary I was part of a team of accountants who oversee the Gauteng Division which consists of 3 different sites and played an active role in monitoring costs and stocks.

A significant cost of the product of our business is the Copper that goes into our cable, as such we were expected to remain abreast of the various world indicators impacting on the copper market and the various mines that supply our company with our raw material requirements.

Prior to relocating to the costing department in 2005 to take up the above position I was based at our wages department where I started working as a wage clerk.

Whilst in the position of Wage Clerk my role was to ensure that the clock cards were accurate, and the information was captured onto the system timeously and accurately.

I was involved with payroll related recons and returns.

March 2001 to December 2002

On Tap Plumbing supplies

RFL – Relocated to JHB

On Tap is a plumbing supply company that was small when I started with only about 5 outlets that sold plumbing supplies to the public as well as plumbers in the area.

Responsibilities:

●Creditors clerk

●Reconciliation of supplier accounts, filing of statement and preparation of cheques

●Assisted on switchboard and on the sales counter when required

January 1998 to December 2000

Els Amics restaurant

RFL – Permanent position aquired

Responsibilities:

●Waitress

●Bar tender

Achievements in my career:

●Successfully converted from creditor’s clerk to wage clerk with only internal training offered.

●While in the wages department helped convert the wages program to SAP application.

●Successfully converted form wages clerk to cost analyst with no formal training given.

●Promoted from cost analyst to senior cost analyst and did all reporting and analysis alone when Cost Manager resigned with no formal training given.

●I am an individual that pays attention to detail and follows through when I begin a project. I have a passion for costing and the product that I am working with. I feel it is essential that stock be controlled from entry into the company until such time as it arrives at its destination as it is important to the business. It is one of the main assets a business has and as such a business would not be able to function without stock control. I am strong in this area as I do not mind getting my hands dirty and onto the ground level to ensure that stock control is accurate and in place.

References

Tjaart Roos

Cost Accountant – Aberdare Cable

Tel: (027-**-***-****

Mrs Margaret Fourie

Deputy Costin Manager

Tel: (027-**-***-****

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