PROFILE:
-Currently I am a Freelance Business Manager (CFO/COO/CIO) and Business Transformation Consultant
-In the market, (local & global), for Interim or Part Time roles, open to a Remote / Hybrid work-style
- Based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
WORKING JOURNEY:
- 23 years' experience in manufacturing / retail / distribution companies
- Major Group experience (Hudaco, Anglo American, Steinhoff, Altron) (various Senior Finance, FP&A, Controller, CFO, CIO & COO roles)
- Interim Management and Consulting business for the last 11 years
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor Accounting Science (Majors: Accountancy, Auditing & Taxation), MBA (Business Finance), SAICA AGA(SA) (Articles KPMG), NQF 9
(Henley Executive MBA – University of Reading, United Kingdom), (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants - Membership No: 30663517)
MBA Dissertation: Leveraging off Furniture Lifestyles:
Equities Research and Shareholder Value Analysis evaluation (free cashflow method) of the Furniture Manufacturing and Retail Industry in South Africa – from a risk investment perspective
AREA'S OF COMPETENCE AND EXPERTISE:
•Ability to work across all business disciplines, with Finance as the core; extensive experience in strategic & change management, including business turnaround and business transformation
*Perm / Interim CFO, Interim CEO / COO, including Operations (non-technical) business management.
*Finance Business Partner / Finance & Operations / Commercial & Financial Controller / FP&A roles
*CIO experience for a group of 8 companies, including SAP FI/CO implementation, super-user & SAP BPC
•Qlikview reporting, Project Managed designed & implementation through Syspro ERP
•Project managed a SAGE CRM implementation
•Costing & Production Efficiency review/enhancement
•Shared Services; Service Level Agreement creation and management (Finance, IT, Payroll, HR, Treasury)
•M&A, Due Diligence, Investment Analysis and Structured Investment Deals / Management Buy Out, experience
•Business & Strategic modelling roles
•Review & Alignment of strategic initiatives, (analysis /choice / implementation)
•Extensive commodity, forex hedging and treasury management experience
•Business analysis, processes and flowchart creation, review and enhancement (detailed & hands-on)
•Chairman and Trustee of a Provident Fund
Skills: (ATS Management Score)
Financial Skills: (80%)
Business CFO, Group Financial Management, Business Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Group Financial Reporting, Cost Control, Budgeting, Cashflow Analysis & Reporting, Forecasting, Forex and Commodity Hedging, Treasury Management, Interim Business Management(CFO/COO), C-Level Board & Investor Presentations, Annual Audit, Year-end Audit Packs & IFRS Reporting, Provisional & Annual Tax Computations, Group Consolidations, Foreign Reporting, M&A – Due Diligence, Transfer Pricing, Shared Services & SLA creation.
IT Skills: (10%)
Business CIO, MS Office, MS (Projects, Visio, VBA), ERP, CRM, SAP, SAGE, Syspro, Microsoft BI, Agile, BPM
Other Business Skills: (10%)
Business COO, Business Strategy, Strategy Assessment & Alignment, Business modelling, Business Transformation , Digital Transformation, Project Management, Import / Export management