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Additional
Traveling, learning current society reasoning by reading up on history to fully comprehend
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Melanie Jooste-Adams

Summary

Experienced financial and accounting professional with a strong track record in SMEs, corporate entities, and diverse industries. Proficient in full bookkeeping functions and adept at generating monthly management packs for Senior Management, ensuring compliance with International Accounting Standards. Embracing change and displaying flexibility, constantly seeking opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge to advance career. Currently pursuing part-time CIMA studies to further contribute to the success of organizations.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Intermediate Accountant

Reading New Zealand Ltd
02.2023 - Current

Month end Balance sheet reconciliations

Cash flow reconciliation

Month end journals

Assist with monthly Management Accounts commentary

Running Financial reports for Business units

Completion of Quarterly Statistics


Bookkeeper/Finance Administrator/Office Management

Unisto Seals (Pty) Ltd
11.2015 - 02.2019
  • Unisto Seals (Pty) Ltd, is a Producer of Security Seals with Head Office in Switzerland
  • I was appointed in the Accounting /Finance department and to ensure Costing of products purchased were done; generating Bills of Materials for production process; Purchase Administration, calculating re-order values, inventory management; Bookkeeping function and Office management to ensure all departments tasks were completed on time.

Bookkeeper

Visual Fusion (Pty) Ltd
01.2014 - 07.2015
  • Visual Fusion (Pty) Ltd is a Marketing Agency assisting Clients with Shopper evaluation and shaping consumer behavior
  • My main responsibilities were full Bookkeeping function and creating Management packs for 2 different Entities, working directly with the Financial Manager.

Assistant Accountant

AGL Group
06.2013 - 12.2013
  • AGL Group is a family owned varied of entities
  • My main duties as an Assistant Accounting were processing data for fair presentation of Financial Reports for Management packs working together with Accountant.

Reception/Admin Clerk

Sanlucar SA (Pty) Ltd
08.2012 - 06.2013
  • Sanlucar SA (Pty) Ltd, was a brand-new German/Spanish Fruit growers and exporters owned business that opened for business in 2012
  • I was the third employee to be employed in that year
  • Thus, my main duties were to assist were possible Administrative to achieve the entities objectives at that time frame.

Junior Accountant

The Economist
03.2011 - 11.2011
  • The Economist is a media publishing company, started off in their AP department, processing multicurrency and different set of accounts, then received an opportunity in their Shared Services department as Junior Management Accountant to assist with Business Unit Manager to monitor them with Expenses vs Budget and helping them to understand their expenditure
  • As well as working with Payroll Manager to reconcile payroll ledger accounts.

Education

CIMA Certificate Business Accounting -

Kaplan FTC, London, UK
12.2011

National Diploma, Cost & Management Accounting -

Cape Technikon
12.2004

Skills

  • Flexibility & Empathy
  • Business support
  • Written & Verbal Communications
  • Relationship building
  • Time Management & Recordkeeping
  • General Ledger Management
  • Accounting Software Proficiency

Locations

  • Masterton
  • Work from Home
  • Wellington City

Additional

Travel & Exploring places, Microsoft office, Sage Pastel/Evolution/Payroll, Microsoft Navision & Peoplesoft

Traveling, learning current society reasoning by reading up on history to fully comprehend

Being adventurous and exploring new places and learning on the local environment

To understand the culture, people and social stance to read up on history 

Languages

English
Full Professional
Afrikaans
Full Professional
Spanish
Elementary

Timeline

Intermediate Accountant

Reading New Zealand Ltd
02.2023 - Current

Bookkeeper/Finance Administrator/Office Management

Unisto Seals (Pty) Ltd
11.2015 - 02.2019

Bookkeeper

Visual Fusion (Pty) Ltd
01.2014 - 07.2015

Assistant Accountant

AGL Group
06.2013 - 12.2013

Reception/Admin Clerk

Sanlucar SA (Pty) Ltd
08.2012 - 06.2013

Junior Accountant

The Economist
03.2011 - 11.2011

CIMA Certificate Business Accounting -

Kaplan FTC, London, UK

National Diploma, Cost & Management Accounting -

Cape Technikon
Melanie Jooste-Adams