General Ledger Finance Analyst

Lerato Kagiso Motsusi

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Mobile: 084-***-****

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

Personal Information

• Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa

• Date of Birth: 13 October 1989

• Sex: Female

Summary

Motivated, adaptable and responsible Finance Analyst/Accountant with 14 years experience in various finance functions. Areas of expertise include financial analysis, problem solving and general ledger preparation, reconciliation preparation and review. Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills. Professional Experience

December 2022 – Current Life Healthcare Inland Laundry Clayville, South Africa Admin Controller

• Review and approve in SAP all vendor purchase orders for all operating costs to run the laundry site.

• Ensure completeness of the laundry monthly trial balance.

• Prepare and process all month end accruals, provisions and expense variance analysis.

• Prepare and present the monthly management report financials to senior management.

• Prepare monthly and annual budgets and prior year analysis.

• Record, track and report on the monthly laundry and hospital linen stock movements.

• Co-ordinate and manage the process of condemned linen from the laundry site.

• Prepare, procure and track all new linen purchases based on 27 hospital’s par level versus linen losses.

• Check and approve all the salaries against time sheets to make sure all staff payments are correct.

• Manage and review the tasks of the Admin Assistant. May 2018 – September 2020 DSV – Shared services Edenvale, South Africa Accountant – Shared services – Payroll

• Ensure completeness and accuracy of payroll data files received from payroll department.

• Prepare and upload monthly and weekly payroll journals for all business entities in SAP.

• Process and confirm all standard provisions and ad hoc payroll journals and adjustments in SAP.

• Prepare and process all accruals related to contract labour workers.

• Follow up on the status of all employee loans and process amortization journals.

• Prepare payroll reconciliations to compare payroll data to general ledger journals and trial balance.

• Prepare the monthly payroll related Balance Sheet reconciliations and advise on risks and/or opportunities.

• Respond to and address general ledger queries raised by the Controllers.

• Monthly general ledger reconciliations review and follow up on outstanding items.

• Interact with external vendors to resolve issues and ensure we receive statements on time. March 2017 – April 2018 Lufthansa German Airlines Hyde Park, South Africa Finance Expert

• Responsible for finance for Southern Africa Cargo and Passenger flights under multiple cost centres.

• Provide business support within a worldwide shared services organization.

• Prepare annual and quarterly forecasts with variance explanations.

• Prepare future forecasted cash flows for Cargo and Passenger business units.

• Receive and scan all local invoices to payment centre in Poland.

• Check and approve all invoices for payments as delegated by internal customers.

• Communicate with internal and external customers to reduce operational costs.

• Resolve all issues as final point of escalation for account reconciliation.

• Prepare journal entries for monthly accruals.

• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to resolve complex cases. May 2016 – January 2017 General Electric Midrand, South Africa Finance Analyst - Global Operations Properties

• Responsible for all facility finance at sites in Germany, Central Europe & Hungary.

• Prepared all allocation tables to charge out all facility cost to all tenants.

• Planning and budgeting for future periods for facility costs.

• Resolved all tenant’s queries at all sites related to facility charges.

• Work with operations teams to keep track of all tenant changes at each site.

• Support operations in driving efficient space utilisation and costs reduction for each site. June 2013 – April 2016 General Electric

Finance Management Programme - 4 Rotations

Rotation 1: Financial Analysis – Oil & Gas Edenvale, South Africa

• Tracked and updated accounts receivables tracker weekly.

• Tested all invoices at the end of each quarter to meet the required revenue recognition criteria.

• Performed necessary journal entries and closing tasks required in order to complete month end close. Rotation 2: Accounts payable – Global Operations Finance Nairobi, Kenya

• Ensured accounts payable costs were captured accurately in the region.

• Established trend on cost and pushed for cost outs on avoidable costs.

• Supported accounts payable leader in identifying simplification initiatives. Rotation 3: Finance Analysis – Global Supply Chain – Healthcare Uppsala, Sweden

• Improved the existing weekly reports for the warehouse metrics.

• Consolidated key metrics from all reports into one simple report.

• Worked with other finance teams to build a model that calculates and allocates the site’s annual rent cost. Rotation 4: Financial Analysis – Commercial Finance Midrand, South Africa

• Maintained and updated regional deal pipeline file.

• Drove implementation of tracking key deals from identification and definition to close.

• Prepared quarter and year-to-date performance analysis and presentations for Sub Sahara Africa. June 2012 – May 2013 General Electric Midrand, South Africa Finance Trainee – Accounts Payable reporting – Oil & Gas

• Tracked and analysed account payable metrics for Sub Saharan Africa.

• Supported region objective of reducing accounts receivable >180 days by 50%. January 2012 – May 2012 Angor Property Specialists Bryanston, South Africa Financial Controller

• Prepared monthly levy statements for each unit in body corporate complexes.

• Resolved client queries about levy statements.

• Prepared monthly financial reports for the Board of Directors of each body corporate. Professional Development & Projects

Bright Learn Bootcamp – Actively Learning

• Currently enrolled in a data analytics bootcamp focused on SQL, Python, and Power BI.

• Developed hands-on projects in data cleaning, analysis, and visualization using SQL, Python, and Power BI.

• Published project work and code on GitHub to showcase practical applications and technical skills. Education

November 2011 University of Johannesburg

Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Honours) Financial Management November 2010 University of Johannesburg

Bachelor of Commerce Degree Financial Management

December 2007 St. Catherine’s Convent

Grade 12

Key skills & competencies

• Microsoft Office

• SAP

• OneStream

• Team player

• Organised

• Attention to detail

• Effective communicator

• Focused

• Proactive

• Microsoft Office

• SAP

• SQL – Snowflake,BigQuery, Data Bricks

• Python – Googl Colab, Data Bricks

• Visualisations – PowerBI, Google Looker Studio

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