Sanam Daya - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT: FINANCIAL PLANNING, REPORTING, AND ANALYTICS, Self Employed - Entrepreneur

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Work Background

Dr S Dulabh, Maxillo-Facial & Oral SurgeonMedical Practice & Finance Manager

Oct. 2017Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaSkills, duties and policies I have developed in this role: - Developed and implemented policies to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and best practices. - Trained staff in both main and satellite practices, ensuring consistent service and adherence to standards. - Set up software and systems in both practices to streamline administrative tasks and improve efficiency. - Created best practices and policies to reduce the outstanding debtors’ book and improve cash flow. - Worked with the doctor to identify solutions for reducing appointment waiting times and minimizing bad debt, aligning with medical aid policies. - Analyzed revenue from medical aid plans to optimize income potential. - Completed bi-monthly invoice-based VAT reports, ensuring timely and accurate submissions. - Conducted weekly reconciliations and delegated follow-ups to relevant staff at both practices. - Maintained an open-door policy to guide and mentor staff professionally and personally, leading by example. - Assisted staff in resolving patient or medical fund inquiries, ensuring prompt resolutions and excellent care. - Mentored staff on calculating co-payments based on medical aid authorizations, ensuring accuracy and compliance. - Developed a digital version of patient information and consent forms using Microsoft Forms, streamlining workflows. - Streamlined practice processes with To-Do lists and OneNote, ensuring key tasks were prioritized and completed, resulting in improved patient intake and increased revenue. - Collaborated with the doctor to develop tailored strategies for managing patient care, addressing individual case scenarios, and responding to patient queries. - Ensured seamless communication by standardizing the flow of important information and updates across the practice, facilitating timely, consistent, and high-quality interactions with patients and staff on a daily and weekly basis.

Primedia GroupGroup Bookkeeper

Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2017Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaI had accepted this role as a temporary position in order to fill the duties of a staff member on maternity leave. Primary role as Group Bookkeeper was to prepare accurate, reliable information for the Group Financial Manager for them to complete their reporting. Furthermore, I was tasked to ensure quality control of all source documents received in the finance department before processing. 1. Ensure adequate functioning of head office finance by: • Maintaining sound audit trail • Completing GL recons for Group Financial accountant (monthly) • Compiling supporting documentation for all creditors payments ensuring it is accurate, authorised and complete as well as submitting to Group Financial Accountant timeously for review • Processing of source documents (e.g. invoices, credit notes, payments) • Processing of the cash books • Processing month-end journals • Processing customer invoices and debtor statements • Liaising with divisions and Maintaining inter-company confirmations 2. Other responsibilities included: • Compiling the daily cash report and submitting it to Group Management Accountant • Completion of all VAT submissions • Maintaining the fixed asset register for head office • Processing and maintaining the Forex petty cash • Compiling and submitting monthly Staff deduction schedule to Payroll supervisor • Compiling, Correcting and Maintaining B/S recons support: Prepayments, Lease Smoothing re-calculations, SETA disbursements, Accruals • Tax Exercise to correct historic errors – Rental and Overseas Travel VAT • Ad-hoc enquiries and assistance to cost center owners • Involved with Forecasting discussions with cost center owners • Producing monthly Cost Centre Report 20

Standard Bank GroupFinancial Accountant

May. 2015 - Jul. 2016Johannesburg Area, South AfricaExpense control in IT Finance (GIT RUN), Learning and applying IT specific Finance controls, Producing monthly financial packs for the business, improved on reporting substance of the pack and detailed monthly commentary to assist in monitoring; controlling; and highlighting key cost areas in the business for potential cost savings. - Project accounting and recoveries within GIT Run (Turnkey & Hardware). - Hardware asset maintenance - Project and Recovery perspective. - Ensuring acc hygiene & integrity of financial info with overall review of I/S for accuracy & completeness. - Reconciling GL's & comparing spend against plan, annotate any unplanned spend/savings & advise business. Monthly B/S attestations (Assurenet). - Review contracts & align payment structure, investigate what drives the cost behaviour within business: volumes, incidents or services. Detailed schedule prepared & verified w. business units on an on-going bases. - Reporting monthly&annual financial results during planning cycles. Ensuring monthly packs are prepared, incl. accurate commentaries. Improving quality & presentation of management packs. - Validate transfer pricing charges from other business entities, incl. software licences (SAM). - Planning RE’s (Revised Estimates), Budgeting & Forecasting. Ensuring inputs per cost centre are accurate & agreed w. business partners. - Track & monitor all Cost reductions within the business area as well as overspend/unbudgeted items. - Manage business expectations & engagements at all levels. Attend Manco meetings & present sound financial info as required. Respond to queries quickly & efficiently. - Understanding systems & processes – utilising Qlikview for financial analysis & deep dive into any anomalies. Utilising the existing systems & processes to improve the daily & monthly tasks. - Value added proposition delivered to business on an on-going basis. - Adhoc/additional work requested by management from time to time. Sometimes outside scope of work.

NedbankFinancial Officer

Apr. 2012 - Apr. 2015Sandown, Sandton, South AfricaJob Duties and Competencies at Nedbank Ltd. Expense control in key Card areas (i.e. Plastics, Courier Fees, Statements, Ops Losses, Staff expenses), detailed reporting schedules developed on these key categories during the time that I've taken responsibility of my role, Producing monthly financial packs for the business, improved on reporting substance of the pack and detailed monthly commentary to assist in monitoring; controlling; and improving key cost areas in the business. - Managed expense control for key categories such as plastics, courier fees, and staff expenses. - Produced monthly financial packs and provided strategic analysis of cost drivers. - Facilitated budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance analysis for business units. - Gathering, analysing and reporting accurate, reliable, meaningful and timeous management and financial information in monthly Exco meetings & Reporting Packs. - Engaged with stakeholders through regular meetings and feedback - Formulation of budgets, forecasts and 3 year plans and monitoring and controlling thereof. - Analysing financial performance to budget. - Sound financial control, culture of discipline, ensuring business is kept consistently and timeously informed. - Detailed analysis & cost models developed on key drivers thereby assisting Exco with negotiation discussions with third parties. - Ensured the accuracy of financial transactions and maintained general ledger integrity by ensuring validity of payments, appropriate approval, accurate and timeous preparation & posting. - Monitor and ensure fixed asset verification, headcount verification, debtors and creditors recons and ensure general ledger integrity. - Contributing to the achievement of business financial objectives.

University of the WitwatersrandBusiness Accounting Tutor

Feb. 2011 - Nov. 2011Johannesburg Area, South Africa1. Preparation & Presentation of Class Tutorials. 2. Assistance with subject queries and guidance. 3. Class administration support to subject co-ordinator. 4. Attendance of weekly tutorial meetings. 5. Invigilating on quarterly tests. 6. Testing and marking of weekly class concept tests. 7. Further Reporting to subject co-ordinator for mark administration and satisfactory-performance evaluation by head lecturer and co-ordinator.

AMC CookwareAdministrator

Dec. 2008 - Jan. 2010Johannesburg Area, South AfricaTemporary position during vacation breaks from University in Dec/Jan '08/'09 and Nov/Dec of '09. Duties Included: 1. Assisted Branch manager with administration duties such reporting on orders made by branch consultants. 2. EFT and credit card payment processing of customer purchases. 3. Recording of product receiving, dispatching and transfers. 4. Bank Depositing procedures and Reconciliations. 5. Petty Cash administration and safe-keeping. 6. Branch Support and stock room safeguarding. 7. Liaison between branch manager and branch consultants. 8. Reporting to Head Office in Cape Town pertaining to branch queries and various weekly/monthly data confirmations. 9. Periodic Stock Counts and Reconciliations, as well as thorough follow-ups if any reconciling items are found.

PwCStudent Accountant

Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2008Johannesburg Area, South AfricaInvolved working in a vac-work program of Auditing at two of PWC's clients in the mining industry. Assisted Audit Managers as well as Trainee Accountants with financial reporting research feedback on specific client issues in terms of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) as well as detailed audit tasks. Gained an insightful and invaluable networking experience with and guidance from both Audit Partners and Senior Businessmen alike. Gained exceptional client exposure and business acumen from interacting and communicating with all levels of staff between the two clients I was placed on.