Nkomo T Z

Responsible for company financial strategy, project fundraising and company secretarial duties; secured funding commitments and led project costing and tender documentation efforts.

Co-founded and led company strategy and operations, managed five departmental managers, provided consultancy to clients, and grew the business to achieve GMP and ISO 9001 certifications and R18m annual revenue by 2019.

Managed Business Performance Office and implemented Activity Based Management, delivering accurate activity costs and driving savings across a ~R2bn expense budget while providing analytical decision support to Exco.

Provided analytical decision support to commercial teams, developed financial and planning models, improved reporting tools and semi-automated inventory reporting to reduce cycle time from 4 days to under 1 day.

Managed business planning and analysis for East & Southern Africa clusters, conducted investment and capital project evaluations, developed KPIs and region-wide decision-support tools, and led training workshops across affiliates.

Handled business planning and analysis for the Southern Africa cluster, delivering planning cycles, variance reviews and investment appraisals to support regional management decision-making.

Lectured and tutored Financial Management, Management Accounting and Accounting, prepared study materials and coached students for examinations.

Performed bookkeeping, debtor and creditor management, and provided client support for payroll software.

Enrolled in MSc Finance & Accounting program.

Qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants with professional management accounting qualification.

Completed a Bachelor of Business Studies (Honours) with a major in Finance.

Completed Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.