ALLEN BHEKANI ZULU

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name : Allen Bhekani Zulu

Date of Birth : 09/10/1976

Identity Number : 761***-****-** 5

Driver’s license : Code 10 Drivers License

Location : 173, TheGreatermans, 220 Commissioner Street, JHB, 2000

E-mail Address : adxbi9@r.postjobfree.com

Cell No : 073-***-****

Spouse : 076-***-**** Sebenzile

Other number : 082-***-**** Linda (sister)

EDUCATION

Completed in 11/1998 Bachelor of Commerce Financial Management

University of Zululand

Completed in 12/1994 High School Education (Grade 12/Matric)

Mlokothwa High School

Nongoma, South Africa (KwaZulu Natal).

Subjects passed Zulu;

English;

Biology;

Afrikaans;

Accounting;

Mathematics; and

Physical Science

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:Please note most of my assignments are through Kelly Group

IDC : Loans Administrator/ Accounts Payable 01.06.2022 to date

Duties :

Ensuring the timely resolution of client queries and IMC issues.

Preparation of necessary journals in order to clear GL accounts.

Perform ad-hoc reconciliations and other tasks as and when requested.

Perform ad-hoc corrections of accounts as and when required.

Pro-active performance of housekeeping issues such as clearing credits on client accounts

Provide good standard of customer service to both internal and external clients. Exceed customer expectations. This may include meeting with external clients from time to time.

Contribute to team, be willing to do more and assist others, have a sense of urgency. Partake in work groups for different strategies, when required.

Understand and interpret agreements and other legal documentation and correctly apply the data and changes in the SAP system.

Manage allocated portfolios and be accountable for quality of information of portfolio

Wesbank Accounts Payable Administrator 30.12.2021 t0 29.05.2022

Full Creditors Functions

Life Healthcare Group Accounts Payable Clerk 11.08.2020-29.06.2021

Provide Finance Support manager with feedback to supplier’s status of accounts Teamwork, cooperation and willingness to assist peers Ad

Hoc duties, including filling

Reason for leaving Temp assignment ended

Air Liquide Accounts Payable Controller 28.10.2019 to 30.07.2020

Duties Full Creditors Functions

Timeous monthly processing of invoices to meet monthly deadlines

To ensure that all documents are accumulated and received prior to payment being made

To ensure that all invoices are processed into SAP and Dynamic Navision

To maintain database of all utilities (energy and water) services providers nationally (contact info, account info, banking details, AL branch person responsible, payment date requirements etc.) and ensure the vendor details are managed accordingly and paid.

All invoices are processed according to AP policies

Query Resolutions:

Maintain communication between suppliers and internal customers

Ensure all queries are resolved in a timely manner and provide time feedback to stakeholders

Reconciliation Vendor and GL:

To reconcile all active vendors accounts (local, foreign, onetime, personnel and other)

Follow up on reconciling items with suppliers, procurement and cost centre holders

Clear out long outstanding items on reconciliations, no item should be left to be older than 60 days

Ensure accuracy of Creditors reconciliation based on new template reconciling to GL and Supplier

Payments:

Follow all Treasury policies regarding submission of payments for approval

Take out FEC contracts in support of foreign purchase activities according to the Treasury holding policies.

Follow through payment process all creditors, send remittances and clear payment on ERP SYSTEMS

Accurate loading EFT payments on banking system, ensuring that payments are not duplicated

Ensure that correct banking details are used when loading payments

Ensure that payments are submitted and released on time as per Treasury payment cycle.

Month-end Duties:

Preparing of monthly Accruals accurately for expenses for invoice not received.

Filling of supporting documents:

Ensure that all documents are filed in a systematic order to allow ease of retrieving of documents.

Ad-hoc:

Participate and add value in any projects undertaken by group

Carry out any other duties related to the department that may be tasked by Accounts Payable Manager

Massmart Holdings Accounts Payable Controller 04.03.2019 to 29.07.2019

Duties Forex Duties

Locking of International Beneficiaries with the Bank’s Beneficiary locking division.

Checking if the Outward Payments do not need any Reserve Bank Approval for Exchange Control purposes.

Outward Payments need a foreign Cover to be able to be processed appropriately with Exchange control approval from SARB.

Outwards Payments docs need to be sent to the bank 2 days before the actual value date of the payment for sighting purposes.

Outward Payments for Odd Currencies are usually released a day before the actual value date and Major currencies on the value date.

Inward Payments have to be dealt to Rand before they can reflect on the Client’s bank statement and a cover has to be booked.

Outwards Payments have to be monitor all the time to make sure they are released on time before cut-off time.

Local Payments

Prepare payment requests for approved invoices

Prepare and pay approved cashbook and COD invoices

Load suppliers on Standard Bank online banking

Reconcile Municipal and all utilities accounts

Supply details of Accruals at month-end

Assist Auditors with information on request

Compile monthly, quarterly and annual stats

General financial modelling and analytical tasks

Shipments/ Imports

Collect and process data for international shipment

Liaise with International Vendors with regards, to their banking details

Keep records of customs, warehouse and shipping information

Prepares import/exports documents in according with country’s policies, procedures and guidelines

Calculate tariffs on spreadsheet and price changes

Debtors

Releasing customer orders in line with credit limits

Daily receipting of monies on bank statements

Allocation of money to accounts

Sending of invoices and statements

Follow up on overdue payments

Accounts queries and resolutions

Building solid relationship with internal and external staff making collection easier

PWC Accounts Payable and Procurement Administrator

01.11.2017 to 28.02.2019

Accounts Payable

Paying vendors, capturing invoices, doing recons and sorting out queries

Receive and check invoices

Ensure invoice authorization is in accordance with Company policies and procedures

Capture invoices timeously on Oracle/SAP

Planning payment effectively to ensure that payments are spread to maximize efficiency & cash flow

Making sure all invoices and monthly statements are obtained from the suppliers

Matching invoices to orders, and ensuring that invoice is correct in every aspect

Working according to company required standards and procedures

Reconciling Creditors Accounts daily

Full Creditors function

Adhoc Finance duties like preparing for Financial year end audits

Procurement Side

Full procurement and accounts payable functions on Oracle Cloud

Purchase materials, equipment and related services, and general offices supplies.

Order Management: - Management of P-2-P transactions; Exception management; Non- Catalogue order execution (Free text); ID of late orders, price & quantity variances.

Ensure overall management of request for Quotes process ( e.g Obtain quotes, Evaluate & Award)

Manage Purchase Requests- Train on purchasing procedures and assist end users in initiating requisitions. Resolve all purchasing issues between requester and vendors.

Identification of potential "new" items for coding- Registration of new items on system aligned to contracts.

Identification of commodities and services that should be migrated to contracts.

Managing queries with Accounts Payable- Investigate and resolve supplier payment queries and problems.

Gather data and documents to assist the Master Data Administrator. E.g. B-BBEE Certificates

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Senior Accounts Payable Forex Administrator

08.08.2016 -31.10.2017

Accounts Payable for South Africa and Foreign

Processing invoices onto the accounting system JDE

Timely and accurate reconciling of creditors statements

Generate month Payment request

Payment of Foreign suppliers daily

Load payments onto Citibank

Manage settlement discounts from suppliers

Loading local payments for every Thursday’s payment run

Reconciliation of both foreign and local vendors

Reporting of Intercompany accounts, projected payments and accruals

Preparation of SARS 470 recons to foreign files/Customs

Payments

Preparation of export spits/Foreign supply of goods exported

Attend to creditors queries

Filing of own paper, daily, weekly and monthly

General Admin duties

50 million book value

Reason for leaving Contract ended

DANONE Southern Accounts Payable Administrator 11-01-2016-31/03/16

(Local and Foreign)

Full Creditors Functions on SAP

Full creditors function

Capturing invoices on SAP both local and foreign

Match invoice to purchase order

Distribute invoices to various departments for approvals

Manage GRIR report on daily basis

Supplier’s reconciliation

Interact with various branches in locating purchase order and supplier queries

EFT payments or manual payments via cheques

Sending remittances to suppliers

+-40 million book value

Joburg Property Company : Finance Payable Officer/Finance Administrator

21.02.2014-31.12.2015

Duties Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Administration

Cash Book

Fixed Assets

General Ledger

Petty Cash

Payroll

Reporting

Reason for Leaving Contract Ended

Eskom Senior Accounts Payable Administrator

14.11.2011-31.12.2013

Duties Processing/ matching and reconciling of all accounts.

Daily matching of invoices to authorized purchase order

Communicating with suppliers

Build relationship with brand co-coordinators and external vendors

Meeting deadlines

Vat calculations

On time payments of expense claims on 30 days accounts

Maintain payment on EFT system

Filling and remittances

Reason for Leaving Contract Ended

AFROX LTD * Senior Accounts Payable Administrator/Forex and Local

15.04.2008-07/07/2011

SAP and SYSPRO

Duties * reconciling vendor statements to AP remittance

Ensuring creditors’ days are maximized and where applicable all statements discounts are affected

Supervising credit function for all accounts payables

Monitor credit on existing customers and manage accounts responsibly

Ensure SAP reporting in line with securitization program

ad hoc credit management duties to add value to the treasury end divisional management

Attend to suppliers queries regarding payment aspects; identify causes delaying payments and take necessary corrections

Generate payment lists

Select vendors for payments and run cheques or EFT

Obtain required approvals to finally effect payments

Handle and resolve all other creditors’ queries and liaise with various units

Inter-group reconciliations and confirmation

Vat reconciliation

Ensuring that filing systems are maintained to ensure completeness, validity and accuracy

25 million book value

Reason for Leaving All Finance outsourced to German/Retrenched

Computer Skills: Microsoft suite, ACCPAC, SAP

PASTEL, JD EDWARD, SAP and ORACLE

REFERENCES:

Lisbeth Phora

Accounts Payable Supervisor

Massmart Holdings

adxbi9@r.postjobfree.com

072-***-****

Tyrone Ross_Moss

Financial Manager- Accounts Payable

Life Healthcare

adxbi9@r.postjobfree.com

Tel. 011-***-****

Cell 084-***-****

Jetesh Hargovan

Finance Manager

adxbi9@r.postjobfree.com

PWC

011-***-****

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