Evelyn Sithole

• Manage end-to-end technical vehicle data processing supporting total fleet of 3.4m vehicles.
• Interpret, assess and processed over 3k fleet support agreements into quotation systems achieving optimum balance between commercial opportunity and risk.
• Act as team focal point and centre of excellence for internal customers providing resolutions for data related queries.
• Work closely with Corporate Sales and Risk to ensure accuracy of data supporting pricing proposals.
• Streamlined data processing with automation techniques.
• Executed regular maintenance on databases, in line with risk policy and service level agreements, enhanced overall system performance.
• Translated complex findings into understandable documents, increased company-wide understanding of critical metrics.
• Optimised data systems efficiency through regular system audits and updates.
• Presented analytic findings in a clear manner during team meetings, fostered informed decision making within the organisation.

• Ensured accounting data was accurately maintained, supporting cross-company department finances.
• Supported senior accountants in preparing accurate, up-to-date monthly provisions, accruals and reconciliations.
• Prepared monthly and quarterly financial and management reports
• Completed client account bank reconciliations

Studied towards CIMA qualification

• Processed circa 50 Oil & Gas commodity settlements monthly including margin payments for various legal entities, in multiple currencies, negotiating net settlements due with counterparts.
• Performed daily exchange trade reconciliations, producing reports for distribution on consolidated payment summaries including cash forecasting.
• Processed daily exchange margin call payments with clearing members, reconciled brokerage, exchange including clearing fees for settlement each month.
• Partnered with others across several department to accurately capture trading transactions while ensuring discrepancies were resolved speedily.
• Performed invoice validation, cross-checking payments including receipts to accruals
• Streamlined and automated financial tasks to reduce workload and improve efficiency.

• Extracted and analysed large data sets, preparing monthly and quarterly business reports for management including OPEX, Gross Profit, Profit and Loss, and Budget v Actual reports
• Supported Master Data Management processing requests and performing report enhancements
• Provided support with testing the input data and functionality of a new Finance tool to support the wider business with accurate cost allocations and future reporting of expenditure
• Liaising with Project Managers, performed intercompany Staff Sales reconciliation and ensured project expenditure on fixed assets were accounted for
• Reviewed Sales and OPEX Systems Adjustments/Manufacturing Cost Price, Royalties, Cost apportionments, Cross Border Trade adjustments ensuring consistency as per business plan or actuals
• Processed journal entries and monitored month-end close schedule
• Reviewed Balance Sheet accounts and automated journal entries for reclassification, revaluation of foreign currency and accruals reversals, and performed month end adjustments to revenues and expenses

• Prepared and performed trade allocations of energy commodities using transaction management system, following up on unallocated trades or trades missing instructions
• Performed daily margining reconciliations to identify and remedy discrepancies between the businesses trading management system and the third party's system of record
• Prepared daily Working Capital and Sales Hedging reports, and enhanced and produced reports for reconciling month end settlements
• Ensured all ETD derivatives settlements and brokerage payments were made correctly and on a timely basis
• Maintained a uniform and robust control framework to effectively manage operational risk, specifically ensuring on-going SOX compliance
• Assisted with continuously reviewing current processes and systems and suggest revisions to better fit business requirements

• Run monthly payment runs in a timely manner
• Matched invoices to purchase orders daily to support smooth operation of month end processes.
• Examined financial documents to check totals, verify transaction accuracy, and identify discrepancies.
• Organised physical documentation of financial records in required formats and according to proper bookkeeping principles.