Charllote Mogaramedi Dhladhla
Country Sales Organization Controller
Pretoria
Summary
Experienced Business/ Financial Controller with over 13 years of experience in Information Technology and Manufacturing. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Currently I am a Power Tools country sales organization controller focusing specifically after Southern Africa countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Mauritius, Madagascar, DRC etc. My portfolio includes month end closing, budgeting, forecasting, stock reporting, transfer price, headcount utilization and CO module trainings. I thrive in dynamic work environments and love to deal with complex and diverse business situations, strive for efficiency and enjoy daily challenges offered to me. As part of my career and personal objectives, I plan on studying MBA and qualifying as a SAP consultant in the near future to improve my knowledge.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Country Financial Controller
Robert Bosch Pty Ltd
Midrand
07.2018 - Current
- Month-End closing - Reviewing and analysis of Profit and loss statement during month end and making corrective actions. Monthly meeting with Power Tools management to discuss the P&L of each business units, variance analysis of actuals against forecast and business planning. Reporting on receivables especially over-due accounts and together with Country Sales Director and Central Finance deciding which bad debts to provide for and also hand to legal.
- Business planning and forecasting - sales reporting including rolling 6 months forecast for in-country reporting according to the reporting time-table. Profit and loss statements by business unit including forecast revisions for central finance for a division in 2 African legal entities (South Africa, Angola) according to the reporting timetable. Business planning and Year-end estimations for a division by business unit in 2 African legal entities. Scenario planning for the next 5 years in order to track the profitability.
- Business Partner to Country Business Directors in South African and Angola in all result related topics, official reporting for local and corporate office relating to one division.
- Transfer price simulation and documentation, CO/transfer price master data maintenance and uploads in SAP (P13 and POE), BI@PT Key user and special reports.
- Management of South Africa Power Tools and Angola Power Tools balance sheets
- Return on Sales (ROS) tracking – ensuring that expected results are achieved especially by implementing cost optimization if any risks arises
- Quarterly SAPT (South Africa power tools) and ANPT (Angola power tools) business reviews with Country sales Director and VP PT(Power Tools) Africa
- Monthly management meeting with Robert Bosch South Africa GM to discuss PT performance pertaining to profit and loss, tracking projects, headcount utilization etc.
- Year-End closing and audits including the execution of the CIVS (Inventory valuation program)
Senior Financial Controller
Internet Solution (a division of Dimension Data)
Bryanston
08.2015 - 06.2018
- Management of two direct reports
- Managing day to day basis of the operations, ensuring that all service requests logged are processed and feedback is given back to business
- Sorting out escalations from the business and suppliers. Follow up with team on queries and getting involved when necessary
- Assisting with mid and year end auditing by providing necessary documents for the selected samples and detailed reasoning
- Month-End closing - variance analysis on actuals vs forecast vs budget. Reporting to management and ensuring that all reports are a true reflection of the business and profitability analysis.
- Budgeting and forecasting - Monthly analysis on forecasting and yearly budgeting process in Infor system. Variance analysis to actuals and reporting to management on the development.
- Supplier invoices sign-off for payments
- Preparing management reporting that gets presented to Finance Executive monthly which gives analysis on the variances for the monthly compared to previous months, forecast and budgets
Finance and Quality Consultant
T-Systems Pty Ltd
Midrand
06.2014 - 07.2015
- Analysis and management of Financials. Month-end – reviewing variance between Actuals vs forecast and Year-end closure – providing proof to auditors when details are needed using signed contracts or project plans. Forecasting (monthly analysis to budget) process in BPC by capturing, reviewing and reporting at the end and reporting to local and international management. Improvement of financial systems and procedures by implementing excel worksheet that is user-friendly. Review of Intervate Actuals against Business case with SAP information – give red flags where required and had to also report to Steerco for the development.
- Business Analysis - Risk Management – active communication of financial risks & opportunities with information gathered from systems such as SAP and BPC. Development of business scenarios with local Management using contract details such as end date of the contract and beginning of new ones. Commercial input in to the project management cycle and monitoring utilization of resources on projects. Implementation of business changes and corrective actions in SAP for any of the cost centres or work breakdown structures (WBS)
Financial Controller Team Leader
T-Systems Pty Ltd
Midrand
03.2010 - 02.2013
- Management of two Financial controllers
- Management of financials ensuring detailed profit and loss reviews on business units. Overseeing profitability of the running projects and improvements of financial systems and procedures.
- Business analysis - actively communicating the risks and opportunities. Development of business scenarios with local management and implementation of business changes and corrective actions.
- Budgeting and Forecasting - alignment with Sales for new revenue generated from order entry using SALSA and CRM and reviewing to ensure alignment. Capturing of budget and forecast workings and calculations in Business Planning Consolidation (BPC) then evaluating and reviewing of the figures to ensure that are aligned to the targets. Presentation of final results including once-off to the Line managers, VP of Systems Integration and international management
- International reporting - project profitability reporting to evaluate all projects whether overruns and underruns. Give measures to mitigate risks on projects, if necessary give advises to cancel contracts with clients or renegotiate rates. Preparation of Rate Card for local employees clustered according to skills matrix. Month-end reporting (monthly analysis of actuals (from SAP) to budget and forecast). Participating in Country and Drumbeat calls with Germany to give a view of monthly figures and additional measures to overachieve on forecast and budget. Reporting TM1 and Flash results to Head Quarters on a monthly basis and doing variance analysis
- Business reporting - Preparation of Business Review packs for local and international management. Analysis of Actuals from SAP to Budget and Forecast – If there are deviations, provide measures to come back to target. Provide additional improvements by using Bad debts or additional billing expected from Change Request Notes (CRNs). Inform management about any risks that are forth coming based on communication from clients and provide solutions on how to mitigate those risks
Senior Financial Controller
T-Systems Pty Ltd
Midrand
01.2009 - 02.2010
- Monthly reporting to Senior Management on performance of the business units
- Supervision of budgeting and forecasting during cycles
- Coordination of risk management process and business reviews
- Registration and approval of new projects (work-breakdown structures) with reviewing the pricing on each project and ensuring profitability in each
- Month-end and year-end closure
- Actuals vs budget analysis/ reporting to local and Systems integration department in T-Systems GmbH
Education
ITIL Foundation Certificate - Information Technology
Axelos Global Best Practice
South Africa 01.2014 - 12.2014
Leadership Development Certificate - Organizational Leadership
Gordon Institute of Business Science
South Africa 01.2013 - 12.2013
BBA - Business Administration
CIDA City Campus
South Africa 02.2006 - 11.2008
Skills
Financial analysis
undefinedAccomplishments
- Offered my first CO Basic training in 2022 within Bosch to colleagues in Sweden, USA, Romania and Germany.
- At Bosch been involved in SAP ERP roll-outs for my countries recently in South Africa and Angola for P13 and POE, responsible for the CO module.
- As part of the management information system improvements, I build a live GL wand Income Statement (Oracle report) for the business units previously managing at Internet Solutions.
- Involved in CO module for SAP ERP roll-out at T-Systems South Africa after acquiring a Arivia.kom. Successfully managing the financial integration (mapping of Cost centre/Work Breakdown structure) of Arivia.kom (SI) merger and TSSA (SI) including the consolidation of all the business units, integrating consolidated reporting and tracking into a single ERP system.
- International reporting to Germany during my years at T-Systems and even participating in the global exchange program in Prague in Czech Republic and Darmstadt in Germany for international exposure.
- As part of management development at T-Systems got awarded for Leadership development program at Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Timeline
Country Financial Controller
Robert Bosch Pty Ltd
07.2018 - Current
Senior Financial Controller
Internet Solution (a division of Dimension Data)
08.2015 - 06.2018
Finance and Quality Consultant
T-Systems Pty Ltd
06.2014 - 07.2015
ITIL Foundation Certificate - Information Technology
Axelos Global Best Practice
01.2014 - 12.2014
Leadership Development Certificate - Organizational Leadership
Gordon Institute of Business Science
01.2013 - 12.2013
Financial Controller Team Leader
T-Systems Pty Ltd
03.2010 - 02.2013
Senior Financial Controller
T-Systems Pty Ltd
01.2009 - 02.2010
BBA - Business Administration
CIDA City Campus
02.2006 - 11.2008
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