Wesley David Stuart Walker

• Directed financial strategy to optimize organizational growth and profitability.
• Led budgeting process, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Implemented financial forecasting models, enhancing accuracy of revenue predictions.
• Streamlined financial reporting processes, increasing efficiency and reducing turnaround time.
• Mentored finance team in best practices, fostering professional development and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives through financial insights.
• Oversaw compliance with regulatory requirements, ensuring adherence to industry standards and policies.
• Assisted with recruiting, interviewing, and hiring new department employees.
• Facilitated process improvements by automating manual tasks, increasing efficiency within the finance function.
• Streamlined financial processes by implementing efficient budgeting and forecasting systems.
• Successfully managed multiple audits, ensuring accurate financial information was presented to external parties without discrepancies or delays.
• Managed company cash flow by monitoring daily transactions and optimizing working capital.
• Improved financial performance through thorough analysis of company expenditures and revenues.
• Verified compliance of financial policies and accounting procedures against federal regulations.
• Enhanced stakeholder communication by producing clear, concise, and timely financial reports that supported informed decisionmaking.
• Developed strategic plans for day-to-day financial operations.
• Prepared cash flow projections, cost analysis and monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
• Complied with established internal controls and policies.
• Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.
• Contributed to long-term planning discussions by providing insightful analysis on industry trends and competitor performance.

• Commercial finance
• Directed financial forecasting and modeling to support strategic decision-making initiatives.
• Site finance – 31 Ledgers
• Controllership and Statutory reporting (IFRS & US GAAP)
• Commercial deal review, structuring, terms & conditions and negotiation
• Channel Partner support
• Cost control
• Free cash flow forecasting
• Credit exposure management
• Backlog management and fulfillment
• Cash flow generation
• Budgeting, Forecasting and detailed variance analysis
• Weekly / Monthly tracking and management reporting
• Accounting Process refinement and implementation
• Controllership reconciliation
• Financial statement review
• Creation and implementation of LEAN reporting
• Ad hoc analysis and discussions to support business decision making and strategic planning to CEO / Global CFO
• Finance project management
• Direct reports - 10

• Free cash flow forecasting
• Credit exposure management
• Customer negotiations
• Order / Backlog release
• Cash flow generation
• Budgeting
• Variance analysis vs budget
• Weekly / Monthly tracking and management reporting
• Accounting Process refinement and implementation
• Controllership reconciliation
• Conflict / Dispute management
• Financial statement review
• Creation and implementation of LEAN reporting
• Ad hoc analysis and discussions to support business decision making and strategic planning to CEO / CFO
• Finance project management
• Inspire and motivate employees

• Elected company representative of the GE Pension fund, GE Provident fund and chairman of the Dresser International defined benefit Pension fund.
• Ensuring investment strategy in line with fund rules
• Compliant reporting to the Financial Services Board
• Compliance with fund rules
• Approval of employee / beneficiary pay-outs
• Member benefits review

• Responsible for full finance function including FP&A, Controllership and Commercial Finance spreading over 5 management entities (business ledgers) in Angola, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa (incl manufacturing facility) covering 48 African countries in Sub Sahara Africa. Responsible for 10 direct staff. Annual orders $50 Million USD. Reporting in directly into Italy and US HQ.
• In country representative for the US branch – SA Power of Attorney
• Daily support provided the Oil and Gas CEO, CFO and business GM
• Monthly financial reporting to Head Quarters in USA and Italy
• External / Internal Audits
• Strategic planning with CEO
• Black Economic Empowerment Audits
• Financial Planning and Analysis incl. weekly key metrics to key stakeholders
• Annual and Quarterly Budgeting and weekly forecasting (Orders, Sales, CM, Base Cost and Past Dues)
• Controllership
• Commercial Finance including deal negotiation
• Weekly working capital reviews incl. minimum inventory levels and AR Past Dues
• Financial Modelling
• Transfer Pricing
• Cash Flow Forecasting
• ERP maintenance - Syspro
• Balance sheet Foreign Exchange exposure (On and Off-Balance Sheet)
• Weekly analysis on Orders, Sales, Contribution Margin
• Segment reports incl. variance analysis
• Compliance with GE policies and controllership
• VAT/Corporate Income Tax
• Channel Partner / Distributor administration and management
• Global Supply Chain Finance function
• Balance sheet Flux analysis
• Defined Benefit Pension Scheme Chairman
• Know Your Customer including Anti Money Laundering
• Know Your Supplier including Improper Payments review
• Driving simplification initiatives through process review and application of Lean and Fastworks.
• Credit management
• Core responsibilities – Operations
• Weekly publishing of KPI’s (Backlog, Overdue backlog)
• Quality reviews with quality leader
• Process simplification within assembly plant
• On Time Delivery
• Logistics planning – Imports and Exports
• Staff management – 19 employees
• Facility management
• Environmental Health and Safety representative

• Worked within the Shared Service based in Johannesburg managing 26 bank accounts and the Order to Cash enterprise standard for 8 industrial businesses and 14 management entities. Responsible for 6 direct report staff.
• Daily support provided to business CFO’s, regional leaders and South Africa site leader
• Manage shared service in absence of site leader
• Managing treasury operations team (26 bank accounts)
• Maintaining business relationships with customers
• Weekly Cash flow forecasting
• Process refinement through simplification initiatives and implementation of controls
• Manage International Inter Company Billing resources
• Manage company Travel and Living, Amex spend
• Build and maintain relationship with various banks
• Inspect and ensure compliance with company policies
• Hiring and coaching of new staff
• Conduct Internal audit on various cycles (Buy 2 Pay and sourcing policy)
• Mentoring and goal setting of staff members
• Assist with IFRS interpretation and application
• Strategic planning for operations team
• Review of cashbook entries and weekly bank reconciliations
• Review of monthly AR age analysis and dispute management
• Bank rationalizations
• Managing on balance sheet foreign exchange exposure
• Bank account signatory on all GE accounts
• Banking platform administrator –Citidirect, Standard Bank and Web cash
• Maintaining all foreign payments comply with Foreign Exchange Controls
• Weekly cash management and interest maximization
• Responsible for all Tender and performance guarantees
• Authorization of finance leg of Purchase Orders in terms of sourcing code
• Foreign Exchange Contract trading and hedging
• Process improvements and new business implementations
• Internal and external audits
• South African Reserve Bank dispensation applications and exchange control compliance
• Notional pooling structures
• Commercial deal structuring and negotiation
• Review of weekly receivables (Total book value 250MM ZAR)
• Client relations with customers
• Debtor factoring (Working Capital Solutions)
• Staff coaching and mentoring
• Raising of customer invoices and credit notes
• Implementation of Enterprise Standards – Order to Cash, Source to Pay and Record to Report

• Successfully closed the books of the Kelman Distributors business as a bubble assignment whilst performing the duties of Treasury Leader in order to resolve and align books in terms of US GAAP.
• Supported the Kelman Finance Manager based in Ireland
• Monthly trial balance for reporting in line with US GAAP
• Preparing and passing of monthly journals
• Sub ledger to General Ledger tie outs
• Inventory counts
• Internal and external audits
• Account reconciliations
• Vat reconciliations
• Fixed Asset review
• Monthly closing calls with business to discuss figures and business plans

• Managed the CEO of BDO South Africa client base. Assumed full responsibility of planning, execution and finalising of full client base including several audits into Africa.
• Reported directly to CEO
• Managing Client Audits
• Managing and planning of trainees
• Client Relationship Management
• Financial and regulatory Advising
• Budgeting and Work In Progress management
• Preparation of financial statements in terms of International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Drafting final audit opinions.
• Review and overall responsibility of audit files.
• Tax Calculations
• Mentoring and coaching of junior staff
• Conflict management
• Customer billings
• Reporting to management on audit findings
• Reporting to other auditors locally and International
• Reporting to audit committee
• Staff mentoring and training
• Responsible for the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility

• Working on external audits for a diversified client base both listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, London AIM, Australia ASX and the private sector. Clients based throughout Africa incl DRC, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
• Management of clients
• Client liaison
• Perform audits in terms of International Auditing Standards
• Preparation of financial statements in terms of International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Review and overall responsibility of audit files.
• Mentoring junior staff

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