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WORK EXPERIENCE:
ABSA Towers East, Johannesburg
Business Partner Finance (Cost Management)

Reporting:
• Compilation of the functional expense report and monthly functional cost management reports for each cluster ( CIB, WIMI, HO &EF) that shows the variances on a month to month biases; Year To Date difference and provide commentary thereon

• Compilation of the monthly Barclay's reports, providing Barclays with monthly cost and employee headcount from Africa perspective

• Monitor financial trends and identify gaps

• Rigorously monitor expenditure against approved budgets for the areas of accountability and put measures in place to address variances. Continuously identify areas for improved efficiency and reduced cost.

• Conduct basic statistical analysis to track performance variances and determine the root causes of errors.

• Provide assistance on the preparation and compilation of the following reports that shows the variances on a month to month biases and Year To Date difference and provide commentary thereon
Management Information System:

• Responsible for updating the organisation mapping structure regarding functional cost and cost centres

• Responsible for compilation of the Employee detail file using MS Access

• Updating the tool used by central finance (Fun plan) for reporting and planning:

South African Revenue Service (SARS) Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa
Chartered Accountant (CA) Trainee February 2012- January 2015

• Large Business Centre Assurance: Financial Services
Conducted company income tax audit of entities in the financial services sector

• Internal Audit: Tax
Conducted an assurance audit on the Tax Objection Process followed by SARS

• Enforcement Audit
Conducted audits of all tax types including VAT, personal and company Income tax and pay as you earn

• Finance: Senior Trainee Financial Analyst
Performed financial analysis for various tenders of various commodities on behalf of SARS and I was responsible for the training of the 2012 first year trainees with regards to financial analysis and the costing of a commodity.

• Operations: finance
Performed budgets and variance reports for divisions within Operations

• Management Accounting
Compilation of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework for the 2013 yearend

• Own Accounts and Revenue Accounting
Complied various reconciliations including petty cash, customs revenue declaration to the bank account and subsistence and travel reconciliation (the general ledger account to the age analysis)

• Procurement
Conducted governance checks on procurement processes and performed commodity profiling

Public Investment Corporation (Secondment) Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa
Junior Fund Valuator and Financial Accountant August 2013-December 2013

• Performed valuation of the loans, fund of funds and equity instruments using Discounted Cash Flow and Earnings Multiples Valuation Techniques

• Prepared the VAT return, provisional tax and assisted in the preparation of the 2014-2015 budget

Abimbola Investment (Pty) Ltd Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa
Co-founder and Director June 2013- Present

• Responsible for ensuring that strategic decisions are taken with regards to investments and compile research on investment opportunities.

• Drafting of the companies documents such as the shareholders and directors agreement

• Evaluating, together with other members, the financial viability of an investment

• Ensuring that the company is accurately registered at the Department of Trade and Industry.