JOEL DERERA
Pretoria, South Africa
**********@*****.***
Motivated accounting professional ready to build long-term career with growing team. Focused on maintaining accurate, compliant records and controls responsive to dynamic operating conditions. Detail-oriented and methodical with excellent mathematical skills, GAAP expertise and IFRS knowledge. 07/2018 to Current
GMR FREIGHTS
Accountant
Preparations of Cashbooks - Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa Creditors payments and Reconciliations - Botswana, Swazi and SA Invoicing in Freight ware
Sending POD'S and statements
Fuel reconciliations and Petty cash reconciliations Payroll preparation - Sage Pastel Payroll
Raising of cheques for - Swaziland, Botswana and SA Banking
Supervising of loading of trucks
Capturing of invoices - waybills, printing labels Reports.
02/2017 to 07/2018
RUBISPAN HOLDINGS
Finance Manager
Preparation of financial statements
Preparation of budgets
Preparation of Payroll - Sage Pastel Payroll
Debtors and Creditors reconciliations
Preparation of tax returns
Fixed Assets management
Payroll reconciliations
Invoicing, Creditors processing, Quotations and Purchase Orders. 03/2013 to 06/2016
STAR GROUP SA
Bookkeeper/Accountant
Preparation of Payroll - Sage Pastel Payroll
Debtors and creditors reconciliations
Invoicing - Pastel Evolution
Creditors processing - capturing supplier invoices in Pastel Preparation of payments - Bank transfer and cheque/cash payments Debtors age analysis and liaising with clients for payments Tax computations and preparation of VAT schedules
Clocking machine reconciliations
Payroll reconciliations
Preparation of quotations and purchase orders
Capturing receipts in the cash book/Bank reconciliations 06/2011 to 12/2012
COVERT SECURITY SERVICES
Finance and Administration Manager
I competently carried out several tasks, mentioned below are the main duties: Preparation of financial statements
Administration of company assets
Preparation of payroll (Belina Hr and Paynet)
Preparation of statutory returns
Preparation of budgets
Attending Board Meetings
Tax Computations
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
EXPERIENCE
05/2007 to 05/2011
CHEMCO HOLDINGS
Finance and Administration Manager
Ensuring that records of transactions undertaken by Chemco Holdings are kept in order to prepare financial statements
To produce profit and loss statements, balance sheet, cashflow statement and income statements, monthly, cumulative figures for the preceding months and comparison against budget, current estimate and previous year where applicable
Making the above statements available to the board on or as soon as possible after 5th of each month and also forwarding to the Financial Director of Chemco Holdings and Financial Director of TSL by the 10th of each month
Tracking of stock movements and stock control
Paying regular attention to the asset register and ensuring that it is kept up to date reflecting sale of assets and current assets
Maintenance of investment accounts
To order inputs, track fuel and motor vehicle expenses by staff according to the budget in liaison with the Operations Manager
In charge of departmental fleet
Preparation of payroll (PAYDAY)
Selection and Recruitment
Attending to labour issues
To supervise bookkeepers, Sales Clerk and Accounts Clerks Attending the board meetings monthly
Submission of statutory returns i.e., VAT, QPD's
In charge of finance and administration
04/2002 to 04/2007
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Assistant Accountant
Super user of SAP - Systems application products
Training end users of SAP in all provinces
Management of the budget that is reporting on balances and any variances Preparation of Advance Travelling and Subsistence Travel Expenses Management of Trust Fund Accounts and Retention Funds Preparation of the cashbooks of Trust Funds and Retention Funds 08/1999 to 03/2002
CFI
Cash Book Clerk/Creditors Clerk and Debtors Clerk
Bank reconciliations and balancing
Budget forecasting expertise
Full-cycle accounting
A/P and A/R reconciliations
Effective time management
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Budgeting
Payroll processing
UK GAAP standards
Financial planning
Financial statement analysis
Bookkeeping
Report generation and statistics
Compliance testing knowledge
Financial management
Financial auditing
Accounting and bookkeeping
Computer skills:
Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Excel, Power point, MS Access.
Pastel Evolution.
Peresoft cash book package.
ACCPAC - Accounts receivable and payable.
SAP - Systems Application Products.
Microsoft Business Solutions - NAVISION 4.0
Payday payroll, QuickBooks.
Pastel Payroll.
BCOM ACCOUNTING DEGREE: ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE 2010 ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY, HARARE ZIMBABWE
ICSA DIPLOMA 2005
Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, UK HUMAN RESOURCES DIPLOMA: HUMAN RESOURCES 2005
Zimbabwe Institute of Personal Management, Harare, Zimbabwe BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTS DIPLOMA 1999
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
PITMAN - UK, HARARE ZIMBABWE
REFERENCES: 1. Mr S. Sakala GMR Freights Cell No: 061-***-**** 2. Mr Davidson Chirawu Star Group SA
(Stand 444, Martin Crescent, Edenvale) Tel: 078-***-**** 3. Mr Donald Chipanga 114 Shad Road, Wadeville, Ext 2 Tel: 083-***-****
English & Shona
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