January 2001 to July 2004
Joined PwC Ceres in South Africa, as a trainee accountant spending most of my time doing the following:
- Auditing trusts and companies;
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Compiling financial statements;
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Completing VAT (Value Added Tax) and Income Tax returns; and
- Selling and implementing Softline Pastel's accounting packages to clients.
August 2004 to April 2005
I joined PwC in the United States of America on a secondment basis. I was seconded to the PwC office in the New York Metro in the position of Senior Associate.
During this period I spent most of my time on the Sarbanes Oxley and year-end audit of Merck & Co Incorporate, the second largest Pharmaceutical Company in the world at that stage with a $38 Billion turnover. For a period of two months I also lead the audit team for the Continuum Health Plan of New York, which at that stage had a $98 Million turnover.
May 2005 to October 2005
I returned to PwC South Africa (Ceres) in the position of Senior Accountant responsible for the co-ordination of the accounting team comprising of 12 members. My responsibilities were mainly to manage the team and to perform management functions such as:
- Tracking work-in-progress vs. budget for the team
- Reviewing client deliverables to ensure high quality
- Improve the efficiency of the team through standardising work practices
- Coaching and mentoring the team members
- Engaging with clients
November 2005 to January 2006
I rejoined PwC United States of America and was seconded to PwC in Detroit in the position of Senior Associate for the Sarbanes Oxley audit at Marathon Oil Company. The third largest Oil Company in the world at that stage with a $63 Billion turnover.
February 2006 to December 2007
I returned to PwC Assurance South Africa and joined the Moorreesburg office in the position of Assistant Manager responsible for the management of the accounting team comprising of 7 members and assisting with management functions such as:
- Tracking work-in-process v. budget
- Tax planning for clients
- Reviewing client files to ensure high quality
January 2008 to August 2013
I joined PwC Advisory South Africa (Century City office) where I was responsible for middle market business development and delivering management consulting solutions. My key responsibilities were:
< internal focus
- Identify and pursue business opportunities for both Advisory and Assurance in the Western Cape Region.
- Managing the Advisory delivery teams on business improvement projects.
- Driving the overall design and development of the National Mybusiness@PwC practice management portal.
Client Focus
- Facilitation of business strategy design and execution interventions.
- Facilitation of ERP and other business technology selection processes.
- Business process and system alignment to optimise the return on investment made in technology.
- Developing and implementing People Performance Management systems and processes to support business strategy execution.
September 2013 to Current
I started my journey with Grovation on 1 September 2014 and become the managing director in January 2014. My key focus areas are:
- Business Strategy Development
- Strategic Technology Enablement
- Business Improvement
- Finance Function Improvement
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