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CURRICULUM VITAE – JENNY LYNNE BRIGHT (nee POHL)
Personal Details:
Name: Jenny Lynne Bright
Nationality: South African
Health: Excellent
Drivers licence: Code 08 + own car
Reside: Hout Bay
Computer Packages:
Excel, Word, SAP, Hyperion, PowerPoint, Pastel V6.2 & 8, Navision, Online banking (ABSA,
Citibank, Chase, Standard Bank etc), Blackline Reconciliation tool.
Education:
2014 Chartered Management Accountant ACMA,CGMA (CIMA)
2006 Completed CIMA Managerial stage (part time)
Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting
Subjects: Management Accounting Performance Management; Decision Making; Finance &
Tax; Organisation Management; Intergrated Man; Financial Analysis;
1998 Diploma in Marketing Management (IMM)
Damelin College (two years full time, two years part time)
Subjects: Principals of Marketing, Principals of Business Communication, Statistics,
Principals of Economics, Financial Aspects, Principals of Business Management, Principals
of Business Law, Practice of Marketing, Consumer and Buyer Behavior, Marketing
information Systems, Marketing Research, Marketing Communication, Marketing Strategy
1993 Matriculated with University Exemption
Pinelands High School
Subjects passed: English(HG), Afrikaans(HG), Mathematics(HG), Science(HG),
Geography(HG), Art(HG)
B Aggregate
Achievements: Sports House Captain, Western Province Basketball

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Career Progression:
Nov ‘08 to July ‘15
BAKER HUGHES South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town
Last position held: East South West Lead, Enterprise Finance Organisation
Reason for leaving: Closure of Cape Town office due to regional restructure
July ’03 to Oct ‘08
TOTALGAZ SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD, CAPE TOWN
Last position held: Management Accountant
Reason for leaving: No more room for growth in current structure; wanted to work closer to
home
Feb ’00 to Feb ‘03
INTERNATIONAL WATER (UK) LTD, LONDON
Last position held: Assistant Financial Controller
Reason for leaving: Moved back to SA
Feb ’99 to Nov ‘00
ALFRED DUNHILL LTD, LONDON
Inventory Assistant – Temporary assignment
Dec ’98 to Feb ‘99
DORO AUDIOLINE, LONDON
Purchase Ledger Assistant – Temporary assignment
Dec ’96 to Oct ‘98
ANASAZI TRADING (PTY) LTD, CAPE TOWN
Marketing and Finance Assistant – Permanent role
Reason for leaving: Moved to UK for 4½ years

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Work Experience:
BAKER HUGHES, CAPE TOWN
August 2014 to 15 July 2015
East South West Lead (previously IFM role)
 Manage Country Accountants in SA, Moz, Kenya, Ghana
o Ensure Audit requirements met
o Ensure Indirect taxes all paid on time
o Focus on Accounts Payable KPI’s
o Reduce Cash in country
o Ensure all Balance sheet accounts reconciled & approved satisfactorily and follow
up on outstanding issues.
o Maintain internal controls and compliance
 Report to International Finance Manager Africa
 Ad hoc tasks related to regional restructure
 Reason for leaving: Cape Town office closure – all tasks handed off to KL/Dubai teams
Oct 2012 to August 2014
Country Accounting Centre (CAC) Lead for South Africa and frontiers
 Manage team(10): Accounts Payable (4) GL accountants (4) Treasury (1) Payroll admn (1)
 Report to International Finance Manager (IFM) East South and Far West Africa
 Oversee CAC deliverables for 6 countries, similar to GL accountant role below: SA, Moz,
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon
 Maintain internal controls and compliance
 Ad hoc skills training to staff
 Achievements:
o Promoted to manager’s position

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BAKER HUGHES cont.
‘09 to Sept 2012
General Ledger Accountant for South Africa & Mozambique & Gabon
 Prepare Month-End journals (accruals, payroll, Expense reports, MTN) – on SAP and HFM;
 Review month-end reports and provide variance explanations
 Maintain statutory Tax Records;
 Ensure statutory returns are completed and paid on time monthly;
 Prepare and/or review balance sheet account reconciliations on Blackline online tool;
 Prepare annual financial statements;
 Ensure BHI policies and procedures are applied consistently across product lines and
countries;
 Liaise with external stakeholders – Dubai Accounting centre, Accenture etc. on outstanding
issues/actions.
 Staff: Managed payroll/VAT/PAYE administrator
 Achievements:
o Selected to attend training in Dubai for new version of HFM rollout. Brought lessons
back to SA and trained staff and all new recruits on HFM, smartview and Essbase
(in excel)
o Promoted to CAC Lead, previously known as SA Finance Manager.
o Travelled to Gabon for successful handover of duties to local staff
Nov 2008 to ‘09
District Accountant for South Africa BOT product line and Sub-Sahara Africa HQ
 District Accountant for South Africa branch (on Navision before implementing SAP)
 Financial Analyst for Sub Sahara Africa Head Quarters (Accounts on SAP)
 Local payroll journals for EG, Angola, Chad, Congo
 Prepare revenue tempo templates for current month
 Intercompany AR & AP monthly balance confirmations
 Intercompany Rebilling and Trade AR management
 Month end: Expat payroll and bonus Accruals
 Month end: Load revenue MPQ (Most Probable Quarter) by product line for all districts
 Month end: Financial MPQ (most probable quarter) for region
 Quarter end: Consolidate all districts’ QTR-packs for FM
 Quarter end: Calculate Management fees to charge to SSA districts and invoice
 Achievement:
o Drastically reduced monthend overtime hours for team of accountants, through
effective training, sharing of HFM report templates, and using mapping tables to
better understand outages that needed clearing on consolidation tool.

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TOTALGAZ SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD, CAPE TOWN
1 March 2004 to Oct 2008
Management Accountant – Permanent Role
 Monthly reporting to French shareholders, Total Outre Mer, Paris (Flash Income statement,
Working capital and Capital expenditure)
 Monthly internal reporting of Management Accounts (IS, Balance sheet, cash flow) and Key
performance indicators (Sales volumes and margins & cost centre budgets vs actuals)
 Manage team: Asset controller, Creditors clerks, Cost accountant, Invoicing clerk & Depot
Controller
 Prepare annual Budget and 5 year forecast (Using Pastel and Excel)
 Audit preparation and IT return
 cost control and planning of investments (building LPG installations for bulk clients)
 Report to Financial Manager
 Achievements:
o Total Project team member: SAP implementation 2007 – travelled to Istanbul,
Turkey for observations. Drew up work flow presentations for every aspect of the
business, allowing for implementation of best practice.
o Improvement of Chart of Accounts GL coding and introduced additional field to be
populated in Pastel for improved output
o Pastel administrator and assisted with implementation and training for Fraxion
(procurement software)
 Reason for leaving: No more room for growth in current structure; wanted to work in
Southern Suburbs
31 July ‘03 to 29 February ‘04
Depot Controller – Temporary to Perm assignment
 Report to Management Accountant
 Reconciliation of Cash Control accounts for 11 depots nation-wide for 2002/3
 Assisting Depot accountants with Pastel processing, matching, corrections
 Monitor daily Sales summary, Cash Ups, Deposit slips and Stock reports received from
Depots
 Updating Cash Up template and Depot procedures
 Daily Cash book processing for colleague on leave
 Liaise with Sales dept re updating Customer records/pricing on Pastel
 Reconciliation of Depot Debtors & cash sales accounts – Report weekly to MD re aging
 Bulk Creditors - process GRNs, invoices and payments for Caltex
 Company Tax Return for 2001 and 2002 & VAT returns
 HSEQ safety audit at Louis Trichardt and Paarden Eiland
 Gave Pastel and Outlook training to new staff at Louis Trichardt
 Correspond with regional municipalities re regional services and establishment levies
 Achievement – promoted to manager’s position

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INTERNATIONAL WATER (UK) LTD, LONDON
December 2000 – 28 February 2003
Assistant Financial Controller – Permanent role
 Recruitment, training, supervision of permanent Accounts Payable team: 2 Purchase
Ledger Clerks and 1 Cashbook Assistant as well as ad hoc temping staff
 Administration of SUN SYSTEMS – code creation/database maintenance etc.
 Review reconciliation of cashbooks for 39 bank accounts held in London and Amsterdam;
in currencies GBP EUR USD PHP SGD AUD on a monthly basis
 Accruals and Prepayments
 Recon of Intercompany loan accounts on a monthly basis (+- 30 companies within group)
 Co-ordination between HR & the payroll bureau to ensure monthly payroll processing
 Set up payment to employees (+-40) via BACS (UK) & Citibank offline (foreign payments)
 Preparation of monthly Salary journal and reconciliation of all payroll related accounts
 Oversee preparation of P11d’s - yearly statement of employees’ taxable benefits
 Quarterly preparation and submission of the VAT return to customs and excise
 Ad Hoc duties such as Management Accounts analysis and preparing Cash Flow Forecasts
 Achievement - Improved procedures for Staff Expense claims to ensure more accurate info
available for reporting
 Reason for leaving: Moved back to SA
February 2000 - November 2000
Accounts Assistant – Temp to Permanent
 Accounts Payable: batching & coding invoices – GBP & Foreign - +- 300pm
 Prepare manual and computerised cheque runs
 Reconcile supplier accounts and handle all supplier queries
 Process staff expense claims and timesheets
 Input monthly accruals, salary and cashbook journals into SUN
 Supervise temporary staff member and delegate monthend tasks
 Deal with various issues relating to projects abroad and their complex coding structures
 Achievement – promoted to manager’s position
ALFRED DUNHILL LTD, LONDON
Mid February 1999 - November 1999
Inventory Assistant – Temporary assignment
 Maintain purchase control accounts by all product categories monthly
 Reconcile invoice matching to General Ledger and investigate missing payments
 Clear manually paid items from report and investigate system errors
 Enter all DOE and corrective journals at month end
 Reconcile Supplier return accounts

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DORO AUDIOLINE, LONDON
December 1998 – Mid February 1999
Purchase Ledger Assistant – Temporary assignment
 Reference and process invoice batches
 Obtain authorization from appropriate line management
 Weekly cheque and BACS runs
 Process staff expense claims
 Investigate discrepancies and liaise with suppliers
 Process and allocate payments
 Reconcile supplier statements to purchase ledger balances
 Volume of work: 600 invoices per month
 Ad hoc duties for 3 week relocation period in Birmingham
ANASAZI TRADING (PTY) LTD, CAPE TOWN
December 1996 – October 1998
Marketing and Finance Assistant – Permanent role
 Reconcile cashbook to statement on a monthly basis
 Reconcile USD supplier account
 Set up procedures for purchase ledger department
 Processing invoices, payment runs & Staff Expense claims
 Monthly cash flow report & petty cash management
 Quarterly sales forecast
 Liaising with Accounting firm from Trial Balance stage
 Track stock quantities ordered, shipped and cleared from bond storage
 Marketing: Adapting of US client brochure for SA market
Quarterly newsletter for clients and suppliers
Press releases and correspondence
Coordinating and tracking in-salon promotions
 Reason for leaving: Moved to UK

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References:
Jared Bland, International Finance Manager, Africa, Baker Hughes
Email: Jared.Bland@Bakerhughes.com
Maryam Baker, Middle East and Africa Intercompany & AP Process Lead, Baker Hughes
Email: Maryam.Baker@Bakerhughes.com
Richard Moorhouse, National Operations Manager, Totalgaz Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
Email: Richard.Moorhouse@totalgaz.co.za
Written reference available.
Malcolm Rimmer, Financial Controller, International Water (UK) Ltd, London
Written reference available.
Catherine Crowley, Director, African Bush Products, Inc
Previously Managing Director, Anasazi Trading (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town
Written reference available