Werner de Jager

Responsibilities

• Managed and maintained control over all financial aspects of NGO and 4 for-profit related entities within 8-person finance department in shared service environment.
• Oversaw and managed all audits (statutory and multiple external donor related) and ensuring related compliance.
• Managed treasury across 34 bank accounts held in 7 different banks, in 3 countries across 4 different currencies.
• Managed liquidity, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash flow, capital expenditure, payroll and compiled monthly financial reporting packs.
• External donor reporting to USAID, UNDP, National Geographic, Norwegian Embassy, Irish Embassy, EU, HHMI, Canadian Embassy, EOW Foundation, OAK Foundation, Japanese Embassy, Portuguese Embassy, etc.
• Oversaw and supported formulation of budgets, subsequent variance reporting and related management.
• Standardization of internal controls across group entities.
• Implemented new for-profit sectors (Coffee, Honey, Cashew, Fisheries, Forestry's and Tourism) into group.

Achievements

• 1 successful company acquisition.
• 3 years unqualified external audit opinions.
• Employment equity shift from 29% woman employed in department at start to 50% at end.

Reason for leaving

• Contract was termed and expired in Aug 2021.
• Increased violence and growing country wide instability due to extremist insurgency in Northern part of Mozambique.

Responsibilities

• Consulted for a substantial implosion project at Bahamar resort and for a construction company.
• Analyzed operational procedures, internal controls, financial accounting and reporting procedures and implemented, optimized and standardized according to client needs.
• Assembled, setup and trained finance department teams with all relevant control systems, chart of accounts and reporting templates.
• Ensured that clients were legally compliant in accordance with local legislation.
• Implemented forecasting modules.

Reason for leaving

• Consultancy was temporary, was offered the position of Associate Director of Finance in Mozambique.

Responsibilities

• Managed and controlled all financial expenditure relating to the construction and development of a 5 star resort including 52 residential units in Belize, Central America.
• Controlled financial inflow from all real estate sales through an escrow agent in Costa Rica, external financing and owner equity contributions.
• Assembled, setup and trained finance department team with al relevant control systems, chart of accounts and reporting templates.
• Ultimately responsible for management of treasury, A/R, A/P, cash flow, Capex, payroll and management accounting.
• Preparation and presentation of monthly financial reporting packs.
• Managed annual external audits and related statutory compliance.

Achievements

• Designed and implemented a macro-based month end and budgeting module.
• Obtained import duty exemption on +90% of imported materials.
• Managed to successfully train, empower and hand over the position to a local resident.
• 3 years unqualified audit opinion.

Reason for leaving

• Resigned in lieu of a corporate takeover and resort construction having neared completion.

Responsibilities

* Managed various business unit's month end ends, financial reporting and budget control in a shared services unit of a duly listed entity (South African and Botswana stock exchanges).

* Prepared monthly and annual group consolidation entries for various business units.

* Managed all financial aspects of a leading product of the group affecting 4 different countries.

* Compiled Annual Financial Statements for various business units in line with IFRS.

Achievements

* Unqualified audit option for all entities under my control.

Reason for leaving

* Resigned from the group after 5 years to pursue an opportunity in Central America in order to grow my professional development and international exposure.

Responsibilities

* Managed and controlled all financial expenditure of 7 subsidiaries involved in hospitality and tourism.

* Managed and controlled treasury across 26 bank accounts held in 3 different currencies.

* Compiled and facilitated annual vocational training levy claims for all group companies in Botswana.

* Compiled and facilitated IDC (Industrial Development Corporation) claims for companies in Botswana.

* Ultimately responsible for management of inventory, A/R, A/P, foreign exchange revaluations, cash flow and Capex execution.

* Implementation of USALI.

* Managed migration and implementation of Tagetik (corporate performance software) including user training.

* Complied and presented monthly financial reporting packs.

* Prepared monthly and annual group consolidation entries for 7 different legal entities as well as Annual Financial Statements in line with IFRS.

* Managed annual external audits and statutory compliance.

Achievement

* 3 years unqualified audit opinion for all 7 entities under my management.

* Regional Tagetik programming champion.

* Managed to successfully train, empower and hand over the position to a local resident.

Reason for leaving

* Moved upwards in the group into a shared services division at head office level.

Responsibilities

* Managed and controlled all financial expenditure of 2 subsidiaries involved in aviation & aircraft maintenance.

* Full administration of payroll of 100+ employees.

* Managed all FEC's (Forward Exchange Contracts).

* Assisted in ICAO compliance for all aircraft (Cessna 206, Cessna 208 & Cessna 210).

* Ultimately responsible for management of inventory, A/R, A/P, foreign exchange revaluations, cash flow and Capex execution.

* Managed and controlled annual stock counts for the aircraft maintenance company.

* Compiled and presented monthly financial reporting packs.

* Prepared monthly and annual group consolidation entries for both entities as well as Annual Financial Statements in line with IFRS.

* Managed annual external audits and statutory compliance.

Achievements

* Created the first DOC model for the aviation segment of the business.

* 2 years unqualified audit option for both entities under my management.

* Managed to successfully train, empower and hand over the position to a local resident.

Reason for leaving

* Moved upwards in the group into the lodging/hospitality segment of the business.

Responsibilities

* Managed the financial reporting components of 3 associated companies (cross border logistics).

Achievements

* Obtained level 2 BBBEE certification for the business.

Reason for leaving

* I resigned as I was offered an opportunity at a multi national group that would extend my experience above just financial reporting.

Responsibilities

* Managed the financial reporting components of a family owned group of companies involved in Pharmaceutical Wholesale, Pharmacies, Construction and Farming.

Achievements

* Assisted in standardising the various companies financial reporting.

Reason for leaving

* Termed non permanent position.

Responsibilities

* Bookkeeping, accounting, external forensic auditing, tax administration, estate management, internal control testing, substantive procedures and general financial services for external clients of auditing firms.