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With over ten years of experience in building and maintaining financial modules, as well as collating data into functional reports and dashboards to enable leaders to make informed decisions. Not only am I an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and conscientious person, I am also well-organized and innovative. I excel in coordinating activities, resources, people, and timeframes to ensure the ideal outcome for the task at hand. In the fast-paced environments where we find ourselves daily, I pride myself on staying focused and target-driven. I’m passionate about engaging with stakeholders and collaborating with all work levels to bring about the desired outcomes of a project or business goal.

Manager: Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management 04/2018 to Present Dark Fibre Africa – Pretoria, South Africa

Established the Revenue Assurance (RA) function and supporting capabilities. Led a team of analysts to prevent revenue leakage and recover costs. Supported executive management with data-driven decision-making and medium- to long-term financial modelling and strategic planning. Using the Quickbase low-code development platform, solved the bulk of the team’s information-management challenges in an agile way without incurring costs and the time delays of procuring specialized resources needed for development.

Put the RA system in place by developing the database, reports, and dashboards that combine data from multiple internal sources to support functional analysts. Delivered quality action-driven dashboards to support functional and cross-functional decision making, including day-to-day operations, reporting on business performance against targets, and steering business decisions. Created the ten-year business module that tracks and manages contracts. Raised performance in sales, management, and operations by identifying and targeting areas in need of improvement. Managed regular process updates to reduce inefficiencies and enhance scheduling across production calendars and programmes. Oversaw continuous development of tools and workflows to manage critical business processes.

Business Improvement Manager 10/2017 to 03/2018 Dark Fibre Africa – Pretoria, South Africa
Implemented several improvement initiatives to digitalize processes and improve information management. Business analysis work on enterprise projects. Business architecture work in support of designing and implementing a new Revenue Assurance function.

Manager: Active Network Service Activation 04/2014 to 09/2017 Dark Fibre Africa – Pretoria, South Africa
Coordinating the Technical department’s delivery of the core network. Developed the processes, life cycle, and programme management the Layer 2 product implementations and reporting for the Technical department. Created business management statistics, tracking the business case against actuals and managing inventory.

Senior Business Analyst 09/2011 to 03/2014 Dark Fibre Africa – Pretoria, South Africa
Managed the IT department. Analyzed user requirements, mapped processes, and created system requirements from user requirements. Managed development of these systems, tested the systems , and offered training and support on the systems.

Baccalaureus Commercii: Specializing in Informatics 12/2005 University of Pretoria – Pretoria

Major coursework completed: Accounting, Financial Management, System Analysis and Development

Relevant coursework completed: Calculus, Tax and Labour Law

High School Diploma 12/2001 Afrikaans Hoër Meisie Skool – Pretoria

Relevant Coursework Completed: All subjects on Higher Grade, (* for Distinctions): Afrikaans, English, Mathematics *, Accounting*, Home Economics, Computer Studies*, Biblical Studies, Additional Mathematics

Elected to leadership for hostel students

Member of softball first team for 2 years, Tennis first team for 3 years and netball second team 2 years