Anna Catharina Roos
Georginia
Summary
Results-driven finance professional with expertise in accounts receivable management, credit control, and financial reporting. Experienced in managing large debtor portfolios, optimising collections, and implementing credit management strategies. Skilled in legal compliance, audits, and utilising systems like Mosaic and PASTEL to enhance process efficiency. Focused on leveraging financial expertise and team leadership to support organisational goals and foster strong client relationships.
Overview
47
47
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Receivable Manager
Henry Schein
02.2010 - Current
- To oversee and maintain the entire debtors book ± R45,240,000 book, ± 7551 active clients
- To manage the debtors team in order to bring in all due monies timeously.
- Assist with recovery of debt on long overdue accounts by means of letters, Final demands, Pre-legal letters.
- Legal action – deal and handle accounts handed over for legal action
- Co-ordinating communication with lawyers
- To have weekly meetings with the credit control team in order to review accounts.
- Managed monthly meetings with financial management and equipment managers to review accounts, ensuring alignment on outstanding debts.
- Weekly meetings with credit controllers to discuss all orders not released and account statuses
- Approve and check all banking and credit card transactions
- Issue invoices to Financial Institutions to obtain funding for financing of large equipment purchases
- Regular liaison with the CFO on all issues relating to the credit management
- Updated debtors accounts to ensure an accurate history of the account.
- Review of account opening, ITC listing reports – obtain and review
- Monthly payroll input support
- Manage payfast payments and input data to daily banking
- Issue annual marketing invoices
- Managed overall operations and supervision of the team.
- Manage the import of all documentation to a cloud drive.
- BI- Monthly statement run execution
- Manage annual customer verifications obtaining information from the Health Professional council – block expired/suspended clients
- To discuss with management the releasing of orders on doubtful accounts.
- Credit limit reviews
- Assess and manage credit applications
- Facilitated the creation and setup of new client accounts.
- Assist during audit
- Assist FM with reconciliations of debtors' related accounts
- Reported monthly to FM and CFO on status of overdue accounts, providing insights for strategic decision-making.
- Prepare year end audit schedules for bad debts and provisions
- Managed accounts payable and receivables, raising invoices, reconciling accounts and processing cash transactions.
- Processed and allocated incoming payments accurately, maintaining up-to-date account records for customer accounts.
- Applied adjustments, write-offs, and year-end closing entries to keep financial records accurate and compliant.
Creditors Supervisor & Wage Administrator
Bettafresh Prepared Foods
08.2000 - 02.2010
- Bettafresh & Mediterranean Delicacies
- Creditors Verify & Reconcile ± 185 accounts. Verify claims, p.o.d’s and goods received & returned vouchers. Value of 2 books per month R6,500,000.00 (Mosaic system)
- Batch payments
- Capture invoices and debit notes.
- Payments done via EFT transfers (Nedbank Business)
- Cash-book of payments done
- Handle queries – via telephone /meetings held
- Control payment date of creditors – according to payment terms.
- Select payments to be effected.
- Credit applications & EFT line applications
- Issue cheques i.r.o sundry accounts
- Investigate Budget variances
- Ensure that all creditors, expense accounts are captured
- Investigate income statements variances
- Cash flow Request bank statement on daily basis
- Prepare daily cash flow projection for financial director & liase very closely with debtors & bookkeeper
- Keep updated record of all debit orders & cheques issued
- Wages Capture hours from control sheets – 132 employees (VIP payroll system)
- Administrate leave, sick leave, compassionate leave
- Run weekly reports, verify reports, print payslips
- Transfer wage amount to Standard Bank
- Data export stiffie for distribution of wage totals
- Month end reports
- Garnishee orders
- Loan applications
- Deduction reports – prepare recons for provident fund
- IOD cases, reports
- Casual wages on Fridays - ±R44,000.00 ± 200 workers
- Payout of bonuses
- Calculate increases, final wages, resignations
- OTHER Reconcile Nedfleet reports for management, calculate costs, allocate and capture on system. Request new cards, delete and amend.
- Provident Fund: Handle all queries – wage and salary staff. New applications, withdrawal claims, reporting to management. Do monthly recon and liase directly with Investec. Do payments on or before 7th of each month.
- Medical Aid: (Discovery) Handle all queries, new applications, changes, deletions. Liase directly with Discovery. Do monthly recon to balance with Discovery.
- Income statement: Work closely with bookkeeper. Work through income statement each month and identify accounts not reflecting, overstated, identify problem cases.
- Recoverable items: Keep record of all recoverable items from sister’s companies.
- Contact details: BRIAN SACKS (011) 659-2466 Director
- Debbie Marr: (011) 659-2466 Financial Manager
Assistant Director Finance
Public Works Department
07.1987 - 07.1999
- Compiled budget of one billion Rand, including draft estimate, guideline budget (zero basis), and revised estimates based on budget variances for two annual reports.
- Quarterly reports, Monthly reporting to Senior Management.
- These budget inputs compiled for Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Northern Province & North West
- Managed finance department, overseeing 51 staff across salaries, cashier, collections, municipal services, assessment rates, debtors, creditors, and data control.
- Oversaw management of suspense accounts to ensure accurate financial tracking.
- Liaised with state attorney and institutions such as Master of the Supreme Court, pensions, deeds office, home affairs, and SAPD for collections of debtors state guarantee debt.
- Committee member of: Tenders, Land Affairs, Management, Economy, Accommodation & Lettings.
- Various Administrative duties.
- PMIS
- Salary perks: Housing subsidy
- Medical Aid - 2/3 subsidised
- Pension & 13th cheque.
- Reason for Leaving: Severance Package, better offer
Accountant
Justice Department
10.1985 - 06.1987
- Audit Inspections - (Gauteng) Checked Petty Cash & all Financial documentation Application of systems & Batch control.
- Internal Audit Control Audited all processed transactions & batches
- Subsistence claims Checked all advances & claims submitted - to establish whether regulations were followed.
- Data Control - Whole of SA Transactions (batches) were received from all the Magistrates, Supreme Court offices to be captured. This was then sent back with the batch validation reports.
- Batch validation control & distribution Whole of SA
- Systems Control
- Reason for Leaving: Transferred to Public Works on request due to the far distances travelled daily.
Accountant
Public Works
10.1979 - 05.1986
- Verified captured transactions (creditors payments, salaries, costing, stock, journals, receipts & deposits). Managed cheque runs for salaries & creditors and balanced these, processed IRP 5 runs and printed certificates.
- Oversaw calculation of accounts received for municipal services and assessment rates and facilitated payments. Produced batch validation reports and reconciliations, addressed claims and queries.
- Creditors Payment of Tenderers, Contractors, Garden & Cleaning Services, Maintenance services, Rental Office Accommodation, Direct Purchases. Batch validation reports, Claims, Rebates Journal entries
- Suspense & Ledger accounts Suspense accounts (Receipts, claims, salaries, Damages, Telephone, Journal, Rental overpaid, 20% Housing deposits). Subsistence claims & Advances, Bill of exchange and Deposits.
- Budget inputs & Manpower estimates Budget inputs - Request, combine & calculate these inputs. Calculate manpower estimates for budget purposes
- Executed full function payment and calculation of approximately 1200 wages and 260 salaries from time-cards and other records. Calculated leave without pay, salary increases, adjustments, promotions, and processed new appointments and resignations. Managed contributions for medical aid, employment tax, pensions, and insurance, calculated and issued IRP 5 certificates, and resolved queries.
- Reason for Leaving: Promoted to Justice Department.
Education
VIP GT Tax principles -
01-2002
Budget Seminar -
01-1997
Stress Management -
01-1995
Time & Self Management -
01-1995
Basic Zulu - Diploma -
01-1995
MS DOS -
01-1994
Loss Control -
01-1994
Persal : Practise - Cum Laude
01-1993
Basic DOS - Basics -
01-1993
Junior Management -
01-1992
Persal : Basic (Salaries) - Cum Laude
01-1992
Seminar - Financial Management -
01-1991
Instructors Seminar -
01-1990
High school attended - Matric
Newcastle High
01-1977
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Excel skills
- Financial reporting
- Accounts reconciliation
- Account reconciliation
- Billing procedures
- Customer engagement
- Credit management
- Financial analysis
- Audit procedures
- Auditing experience
- NAV - Navision
- Pastel version 14
- VIP Payroll system
- Nedbank Business EFT system
- AS400 system
- Receivable administration
- Billing knowledge
- Customer service
- Client communication
- Customer engagement
- Service orientation
- Service excellence
- Team management
- Team Leadership
- Leadership skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Relationship building
- Relationship-building
- Active listening
- Time management
- Time efficiency
- Time optimisation
- Deadline focused
- Self-motivation
- Stress management
- Active listening
- Deadline focused
- Time optimisation
- Receivable administration
- Service orientation
- Audit procedures
- Interpersonal skills
- Office suite mastery
Custom
- Home improvement
- Paint Techniques
- Reading
- Music
Personal Information
ID Number: 5912040019086
Languages
Afrikaans
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Accomplishments
- Recognised by management for 1996 Merit Award delivering outstanding overall performance Public Works Department.
- Recognised by management for 2023 Ethics Award.
- Recognised by management for 2024 Teddy Philson Awards - in recognition of staff members who consistently embody the company values
Timeline
Accounts Receivable Manager
Henry Schein
02.2010 - Current
Creditors Supervisor & Wage Administrator
Bettafresh Prepared Foods
08.2000 - 02.2010
Assistant Director Finance
Public Works Department
07.1987 - 07.1999
Accountant
Justice Department
10.1985 - 06.1987
Accountant
Public Works
10.1979 - 05.1986
VIP GT Tax principles -
Budget Seminar -
Stress Management -
Time & Self Management -
Basic Zulu - Diploma -
MS DOS -
Loss Control -
Persal : Practise - Cum Laude
Basic DOS - Basics -
Junior Management -
Persal : Basic (Salaries) - Cum Laude
Seminar - Financial Management -
Instructors Seminar -
High school attended - Matric
Newcastle High