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Masana Rikhotso

@masanarikhotso

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I am a Data Analyst based in South Africa. I am a data and finance expert with an MBA.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I am open to working in data and finance roles but I am looking forward to the prospect of working in completely new roles and learning something new. I am a lifelong learner and enjoy challenges.

I have worked at the biggest banks in the country as a finance and cost expert who uses data to drive more effective business decisions. In my first role, I was responsible for creating financial models using SQL and Excel that enabled bank executives to determine the most profitable withdrawal devices (ATMs), including the most optimal pairing combinations.

I have been responsible for creating financial models that helped the tech cost centre to recover for the services it offered. From 0% recovery to over 80%. During this time, I also automated month-end reports from being a 3 day task to 15 minutes on PowerBI. I was also instrumental in driving the adoption of BI (Business intelligence) tools and techniques.

Recently, I have driven BI adoption and assisted the finance teams to move numerous manual reports onto Tableau to drive enhanced decision-making through better data analysis.

Experience

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Consultant – Data Analyst

Current

TransUnion

Jan 2022 - Present (2 years 4 months)

Moving finance towards BI tools and data analytics, leading change management in the finance function, creating value through visualization

Report visualisation & automation using Microsoft Excel Tableau Tableau Prep Oracle Hyperion OneStream Driving BI adoption by creating resources on Confluence and videos on Camtasia Change management and facilitating trainings through Microsoft Teams Automating dashboards using Tableau & Tableau Prep

Cost Accounting Manager

First National Bank

Jul 2018 - Nov 2020 (2 years 4 months)

Development of new cost models and upgrading of current financial models, generate costing reports, offer insights to business and ensure recovery for all 20 Cost Centres

Financial accounting & costing Financial Modelling & Activity based costing using SQL Advanced Microsoft Excel Oracle Hyperion Financial and operational reporting Budgeting and forecasting using Oracle Hyperion Database structure design and data extraction principles using SQL & Oracle Hyperion Data Visualisation through Power BI and Qlikview dashboards and reports

Management Accountant

Telesure Investment Holdings

Nov 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 2 months)

Development of new cost models and upgrading of current financial models, automating Finance function from legacy systems

Financial Modelling & Activity based costing using SQL Advanced Microsoft Excel techniques Financial and operational reporting Budgeting and forecasting Data Visualisation using Power BI dashboards

Analyst

Capitec Bank

Aug 2016 - Jul 2018 (1 year 11 months)

Manage the development and maintenance of various cost models across multiple dimensions of products, channels, client groups and transaction types, provide activity-based costing support to the business through cost and profitability calculations

Financial Accounting Activity based costing Financial and operational reporting Budgeting Database structure design and data extraction principles using SQL