Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Extracurricularexperience
Keycompetences
Phone
Professionaldevelopmenttraining
Personal Information
References
Certification
Jogging, Social responsibility and reading articles and newspapers.
Languages
Timeline
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THABO MOPELI

THABO MOPELI

Maseru, Cathedral Area

Summary

Experienced General Accountant successful at cultivating effective working relationships at all levels while driving improvements to budget administration, expense tracking and forecasting of future financial needs. Proven track record of performing work ethically while maintaining integrity of all financial data.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Bursar (School Senior accountant)

Mabathoana High School
08.2019 - Current

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • RSL tax processing.
  • Income and expenses allocation in the system.
  • Procurement
  • Monitoring, implementing of accounting controls.
  • Ensuring all transactions are accurate and authorised.
  • Maintaining information back up.
  • Financial statement preparation and presentation.
  • Variance analysis.
  • Debtors and creditors control.
  • Project development and management
  • Bank reconciliation
  • cash banking
  • Updated general ledger with latest entries.
  • Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
  • Completed year-end closing processes with controllers and external auditors.
  • Handled month-end and year-end end finances by managing and reporting fixed assets and other data.

Accountant

Africa Aluminium (Pty) Ltd
12.2018 - 08.2019

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Creating customers invoices, goods received notes and Suppliers Invoices
  • Preparing cash book
  • Researching and developing internal controls.
  • Training new staff and approving their work.
  • Dealing with certain issues where clients are concerned to keep them certified.
  • Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
  • Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
  • Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
  • Evaluated and improved financial records to make important business decisions.

Accountant Trainee

Machabeng International College
01.2018 - 07.2018

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Bank reconciliation.
  • Assets register maintenance and depreciation preparations.
  • Ensuring department activities are aligned with management budget.
  • Preparing of vouchers and attaching relevant documents.
  • Cash banking
  • Recieving cash
  • counting Stock and updating Inventory account
  • Expenses recording
  • Interacted with clients and obtained cost and budget information to draft and manage accounts.
  • Measured revenues, automated accounting systems and internal controls to evaluate financial data and transactions.
  • Demonstrated commercial awareness and time management skills through work on budget and task organization.

Education

Chartered Accounting (CA) -

Self study through ACCA/LIA joined examination scheme

General Accounting (GA) -

Centre for Accounting Studies
01.2017

Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) -

Centre for Accounting Studies
01.2012

COSC -

Sacred Heart High School
01.2010

PSLE -

Peka English Medium Primary School
01.2005

Skills

  • Tax law expertise
  • Financial statement review
  • GAAP proficiency
  • Expertise in Sage 50c Pastel and Microsoft Office Suite
  • Communication skills
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • Initiative and self-motivation
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Time management and organization
  • Active listening
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Professionalism

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of five people in the transition of current public school to private school.
  • Supervised team of two staff members.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Auditors approved Fairly presenting Financial statements prepared by me for five years.

Affiliations

Lesotho Institute of Accountants, General Accountant Membership, 2023

Extracurricularexperience

2024, Helping students not having enough but needing Mathematics extra classes for free., Volunteering at Machabeng College, in accounts office., Helping the school with Charity processes (buying groceries and delivering to the homes of candidates in need.

Keycompetences

Sage 50c Pastel, Performance Management., Strategic Business Reporting, Financial Management Audit and Assurance, Management Information, Maintaining, Accountant in Business, Accounting, Cooperate and Business Law (Lesotho), Taxation (Lesotho) Managing People and Systems, Communication skills., Teamwork and collaboration., Critical thinking and problem-solving., Flexibility and adaptability., Initiative and self-motivation., Emotional intelligence., Time management and organization., Active listening., Creativity and innovation., Professionalism., Microsoft Office Suite

Phone

+26657836259, +26658059675

Professionaldevelopmenttraining

  • Sage 50c Pastel
  • Computer Business Solution (CBS) (2016)

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07/07/90
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Mosotho

References

  • Sister Bathilda Heqoa, Mabathoana High School, Principal, Mabathoanahighschool533@gmail.com, +26659586757
  • Potlaki Petros Moseli, Lesotho Evangelical Church(Peka,Leribe), Priest, +26659547339
  • Mrs Maipato kolane, Machabeng International College, Accountant, mkolane@machcoll.co.ls, +26656568441

Certification

General Accountant Lesotho institute of Accountant membership(LIA Membership)

Jogging, Social responsibility and reading articles and newspapers.

Once in a week I jog for 45 minutes.

Volunteering on high school candidates who can not afford private classes with free Mathematics tutoring when they are in need of help.

Buying food for high school children in need.

Languages

Sesotho
Native language
English
Advanced
C1

Timeline

Bursar (School Senior accountant)

Mabathoana High School
08.2019 - Current

Accountant

Africa Aluminium (Pty) Ltd
12.2018 - 08.2019

Accountant Trainee

Machabeng International College
01.2018 - 07.2018

Chartered Accounting (CA) -

Self study through ACCA/LIA joined examination scheme

General Accounting (GA) -

Centre for Accounting Studies

Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) -

Centre for Accounting Studies

COSC -

Sacred Heart High School

PSLE -

Peka English Medium Primary School
THABO MOPELI