1. APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT
Mr Johann Visagie
APPLICATION DETAILS:
Years’ Experience: 23
Career Level: Management
Current Monthly Salary: R 30 810 Cost to Company (incl. Pension Medical Aid)
Expected Monthly Salary:
Job Title in CV
R 33 000 (Negotiable)
Accounts Payable Manager / Financial Accountant
Preferred Areas: Johannesburg / Eastern Suburbs / Northern Suburbs
Transport: Own
Notice Period: Immediately Available
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO POSITION APPLYING FOR:
- Implementation of Financial Strategy
- Management of Group Accounts Payable Department – Book Value R500 Million
- Responsible for all Group Foreign Exchange Transactions – Book Value R300 Million
- Responsible Weekly and Monthly Group Cash Flow Forecasting
- Identify Forecasting Variances
- Monthly Management Reporting
- Monthly Group Consolidations
- Full function Payroll on VIP
- Submission of Statutory Returns
- Annual Budgets reporting
- Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register
- Compiling of Income Statement and Balance Sheet
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Preparation of Auditors Reports
CAREER OBJECTIVES:
- Looking for a position offering challenges, growth, development and reward in a stable
organization.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES / ACHIEVEMENTS:
- I have strong people management skills and have the ability to supervise, coach, evaluate
and develop employees to ensure quality and optimum output levels whilst keeping them
motivated to maintain a good work ethic.
EDUCATION, TRAINING & COMPUTER LITERACY:
Secondary Qualification: Matric (Full Exemption)
School: Sasolburg High School
City/Town: Sasolburg
Year: 1989
Tertiary Qualification1: National Diploma Human Resources
Institution: Vaal Triangle Technikon
City/Town: Vanderbijlpark

2. Year: 1992
Tertiary Qualification2: B.Compt –
Institution: Unisa
City/Town: Pretoria
Year: 2010
Computer Literacy:
- SAP (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Back End Batch Transaction Processing
- Impact Encore
- Pastel V 11
- AS 400
- Excel
- MS Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Standard Bank CATS
- VIP Payroll
- NEDEXEC
- Quick Books
- Connect Direct
- Treasury Management System
- SWIFT
Courses attended:
- Advanced Excel –Courses and Achievements on last page
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Employer 1: Aberdare Cables (Pty) Ltd
Job Function: Group Accounts Payable Manager
City/Town: Elandsfontein
Date: July 2012 to 11 December 2015
Monthly Salary: 30 810 Monthly CTC, incl. Pension & Medical Aid
Duties:
- Implementation of Aberdare Financial Strategy
- Implement/maintain good Internal Departmental Controls. Maintain Corporate Governance by
assisting other departments as required
- Supervise portfolio of Supplier Accounts to ensure all Suppliers are paid accurately and on
due date according to agreed terms.
- To build and maintain credible Supplier Relationships and manage exceeded credit limits.
- To co-ordinate flow of information with Procurement, Operations and other relevant areas of
business in terms of Risk Minimization, and Maximization of Payment Terms, increasing
Profits through Management of Settlement Discounts.
- Timeously inform Procurement of any changes to Master data
- Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly Cash Flow Forecasts for the group reporting to Powertech on
a weekly basis and ensuring parameters are met.
- Ensure smooth functioning of the 30-Day day and Cashbook Creditors department.
- Assist staff with queries regarding the requisition / ordering / receipt and invoicing process
- Supervise, coach, evaluate and develop Accounts Payable Clerks and Cashbook Clerks in
the proper handling of claims, disputes, vendor application to ensure quality and optimum
output levels.
- Review and Authorization of all Creditors Reconciliations
- Timeously review debit balances with reasons and act accordingly
- Review & Report on Age Analysis

3. - Responsible for addressing queries relating to Staff and Internal customers
- Timeously review Payments-On-Hold and resolution thereof
- Upload of ALL Payment BatchesAuthorization & Releases, from SAP into CATS (Standard
Bank) for all Creditors and Cashbook Payments
- Manage Vendor Payments
- Review to ensure that Payment Run have been released
- Ensure Travel/Advance accounts are kept current
- Total Control of Group FOREX Exposure - Imports section and FOREX Foreign Exchange in
respect of Group exposure, including Exchange Rates Monitoring and Effective ALL Forward
Cover Import Commitments (Across the entire group).
- Capturing of all Foreign Payments through Central Treasury Management System for
payment on due date.
- Confirmation & Authorization to Effect utilisation of Forward Exchange Contracts (FEC) and
ultimately payment of Foreign Suppliers
- Processing of all Foreign and ZAR (South African Rand) equivalent invoices in SAP and
processing Payments to Treasury Division for all Forward FECs and payments on a weekly
basis, clearing the control account and keeping statement balance at zero.
- Posting of FOREX P&L (Foreign Exchange) Profits and Losses into General Ledger.
- Reconciliation of all Foreign Exchange Creditors and passing of all Consignment Stock
Journals monthly.
- Produce ALL Management reports, Schedules, Graphs, inter alia, pertaining to the 30-Day,
Foreign and Cashbook sections WeeklyBi-WeeklyMonthly to aid management in tracking
and decision making.
- Forex GR/IR clearing accounts on a weekly basis.
- Processing and reconciliation of largest 30-Day Copper Account (R103 Million), keeping it
clear and current whilst uploading in SAP to CATS (Standard Bank) for payment.
- Processing and reconciliation of Clearing Agent Account and uploading thereof into SAP and
Batch Transactions into CATS (Standard Bank) for payment on a monthly basis.
- Monitor and update of SAP and CATS (Standard Bank) Master Files Information as per Group
Policy focusing on Fraud Prevention and Payment Terms.
- Half- year end and year end Accruals, Pre-payments and Goods-In-Transit entries.
Liaising with internal and external auditors on all aspects of the AP department.
Reason for leaving: Company Stability/Take over
Employer 2: Petechia Trading
City/Town: Edenvale
Date: August 2006 to July 2012
Position: Managing Member
Monthly Salary: R20000
Duties:
Full accounting function including:
- Income statement
- Trial Balance
- Balance sheet
- Stock reconciliation
- Full Debtors function
- Full Creditors function
- VAT
- PAYE
- Provisional tax
Reason for leaving: Career growth
Employer 3: Tower Group (Pty)Ltd

4. City/Town: Rosebank
Date: May 2004 to July 2006
Position: Financial Accountant
Monthly Salary: R24000
Duties:
- Monthly Management Reporting for 4 branches reporting to MD.
- Monthly Group Consolidations
- Reconciliation and Reporting of DailyWeekly Sales Figures.
- Annual and Monthly Variance Reporting
- Annual Budgets
- Branch Audits
- Financial Year-End Reporting/ execution and liaison with external auditors
- Monthly Cash Flow Projections
- Monthly/weekly cost of Sales Schedules
- Monthly and weekly GP calculations ( Gross Profit )
- Full Cashbook function- Bank Reconciliation of 4 bank accounts
- ReviewAuthorizationRelease of weekly employees Salaries on CATS. (180 employees).
- Authorized Cheque Signatory
- Maintenance and Reconciliation of ALL Balance Sheet Accounts including Fixed Assets
- Full General Ledger function / Journals / Trial Balance / Income Statement / Balance Sheet
Provisions, Accruals, Depreciation, Interest, and all other Sundry Journals.
- Salaries function on VIP payroll 46 employees and GL Journal.
- Salaries journal from Pastel to VIP and Control Accounts.
- Annual IRP 5’s and EMP 501 Reconciliation.
- Calculation and payment of Monthly Commissions for Sales Consultants
- Extensive liaison with banks re facilities and implementations.
- Administration of Provident fund and Medical aid
- Review and Authorization of Credit Applications
- Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register including additions, disposals, and depreciations
- Calculation and payment of all Statutory Returns- VAT, PAYE, SDL, OID
- Full Creditors function – R200K processing / payment and reconciliation
- Review / reconciliation of debtors accounts – R6 Million (ZAR) Book Value
- Writing and implementation of financial procedures
- Reconciliation and confirmation and payment of all inter-company accounts
- Annual insurance reviews
- Financial related administration issues as assigned.
- Management of financial department and 3 employees
Reason for leaving: Starting own business
Employer 4: RS Components SA
City/Town: Kyalami
Date: June 2001 to April 2004
Position: Financial Accountant
Monthly Salary: R18000
Duties:
Management reporting
- Preparation of the monthly management accounts (known as the rolling forecast)
- Completion and assistance with various operating company (Opco- local) and group reporting
requirements including: - weekly sales reports, monthly treasury reports, quarterly and
biannually – tax, audit and internal control reports
- Assistance with the completion of the annual statutory audit
- Assistance with the completion of group internal audits
Completion of statutory returns

5. - Reconciliation and completion of returns in respect of the following statutory charges
- VAT
- PAYE
- UIF
- Skills development levy
- Workmens’ compensation
Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Completion of ALL Balance Sheet Reconciliations monthly in accordance with group
deadlines
Payroll maintenance and management
- Responsible for the maintenance of the VIP payroll system
- Preparing the monthly salaries spreadsheet and processing in VIP
- Preparing the monthly salaries reconciliation and journal for Impact
- Paying salaries monthly via EFT
- Assisting employees with the structuring of packages
Medical aid administration with Discovery Health
- Administration of group life assurance policy, retirement fund and disability insurance with
AON
Accounts Receivable
- Liaise with senior controller regarding account receivable over due’s, debtor and credit note
provisions, the month end control account reconciliation and general ledger AR journals
- Confirm statements sent timeously and reconciliation of debtors control account.
Fixed assets
- Responsible for the maintenance of the Fixed Asset Register
- Responsible for the reconciliation of the Fixed Asset Register to the General Ledger
Stock
- Processing of all stock purchases and reconciling monthly
- Month end stock reconciliation
- Assistance with year-end stock counts
Cashbook reconciliation and petty cash
- Full cash book function
- Prepare a daily cashbook reconciliation
- Monitoring trade counters petty cash records
- Reconciliation and review of Johannesburg head office petty cash
- Perform cash counts on an occasional basis
Preparation of all journals
- Inter-company
- Reconcile and confirm monthly the intercompany balance with group
- Exposure to foreign currency and export/import transactions
Payments
- Ensure all payments are authorised in accordance with the delegation of authority
- Ensure all payments are supported with appropriate documentation
- Ensure all payments are correctly allocated
- Ensure that all cheques are prepared accurately and timeously
- Ensure EFT payments are correctly allocated and authorised
Creditors reconciliations
- Processing of creditors
- Ensure local and overseas creditors accounts are reconciled to supplier statements
- Ensure Nedfleet statements are reconciled to supporting documentation
- Ensure company credit cards are reconciled to supporting documentation
Procedures and controls
- Ensure adherence to group policies and controls to ensure protection of company assets
- Implement recommendations to improve controls made by internal and external auditors

6. - Ensure a culture of continuous improvement is adopted
- Carry out ad-hoc investigations and projects
Staff supervision and control
- Provide guidance to staff in respect of their roles
- On the job training of staff
- Timeous and accurate monthly financial reports
- Few reconciling items on balance sheets reconciliations and fully understood
- Internal/external audit recommendations
Reason for leaving: Better prospects
Employer 5: Aberdare Cables (Pty) Ltd
City/Town: Belgravia
Date: April 1993 to June 2001
Position: Financial Accountant
Monthly Salary: R18000
Duties:
Financial accountant
- Maintenance of General Ledger and Cashbook
- Ensuring all General Ledger entries are passed ensuring all deadlines are met
- Interfacing of Cashbook and Accounts Payable Systems into General Ledger
- Oversee and control of Creditors department, Provisions, Accruals and Pre-payments entries
- Bank Reconciliations (3x bank accounts)
- Monthly Sales and Stock entries into General Ledger
- Reconciliation and review of Balance Sheet
- Intercompany Sales and Charges
- Reconciliation and confirmation of Inter-Company Accounts and Payment thereof
- Analysis of Expense Accounts
- Full Fixed Asset function
- Statutory Returns
- Full Foreign Exchange (FOREX) functions for 2 divisions
- Including – FEC’s, Outward IT’s, FBC’s, LC’s and forging creditors
- Costing of Foreign Exchange Purchases
- Supervision of staff
- Running of General Ledger, Cashbook and Accounts Payable modules
- Assist with annual budget information
- Monthly Management Reporting
- Preparation of Year-End Board Packs
Divisional manager – Accounts Payable
- Ensure smooth functioning of the Accounts Payable department
- Control of Shipping and FOREX departments
- Establishment of FEC contracts , LOC’s (Letters of Credit) and FBC’s
- Revision of Creditors Reconciliations
- Creditors and Cashbook interfaces, monthly Creditors cheques runs, Accruals Creditors
Control Reconciliation
Senior creditors clerk
- Full Creditors function
Reason for leaving: Division closed down
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Christian Names: Johann Jeanne
Surname: Visagie
Birth Date: 08-09-1971
ID Number: 7109085698084

7. Age: 44
Gender: Male
Nationality: South African
Employment equity: White
Marital Status: Married
Health: Excellent
Disabled: No
Residential City/Town: Edenvale
Email Address: johann.visagie01@gmail.com
Cell Phone: 082 952 5090
Languages: English
Afrikaans
CONTACTABLE REFERENCES:
Name: Brian Rohrs (Retired)
Company: Aberdare Cables (Pty)
Position: Group Accounts Payable Manager
Tel: 082 454 1906 / 011 609 0457
Name: Lynne Frost
Company: Tower Group (Pty) Ltd
Position: Managing Director
Tel: 083 252 8883 / 011 325 1973
Name: Brian Andrew
Company: RS Components SA
Position: General Manager
Tel: 082 335 5424 / 011 691 9300
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