Waseela Harris

Financial Admin, Accounting Senior, Finance Manager

Durban, South Africa

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About

I am a finance professional with over 19 years of experience, most recently serving as Senior Financial Accountant at Solly M Sports (Pty) Ltd since March 2026. My background includes roles in financial administration, auditing, and accounting across multiple companies including Bhayat Chartered Accountants and Icon 3 Sixty (Pty) Ltd. My work spans financial management, audit preparation, and compliance using tools such as Caseware, Microsoft Excel, and Word. I have prepared financial statements, managed payroll functions, coordinated audits, and driven financial system improvements. I am skilled in VAT, Income Tax, PAYE, and statutory compliance, and have experience mentoring finance teams and liaising with SARS for audits.

What I'm looking for

Remote accounting and administrative positions

Experience

Solly M Sports (Pty)Ltd

Senior Financial Accountant

Mar 2026 – Present

Responsible for the full finance function for a multi-entity retail and wholesale Group Manage cash flow, working capital, Debtors, Creditors and Banking Facilities Responsible for VAT, Income tax, Paye and Statutory compliance, Liaising with SARS for various audits, Prepare and Co-ordinate annual financial and external audits, Responsible for Payroll function and liaise with HR Manager Lead, Mentor and manage the Finance Team Drive financial systems improvements and internal controls, Responsible for BBBEE reporting as required

Financial ManagementVATPayroll

Solly M Sports (Pty)Ltd

Bhayat Chartered Accountants

Financial Senior

Nov 2024 – Jun 2025

Processing of transactions and Manual Journals, Resolving queries and finding errors in Accounts and transactions, Reconciliation of Tax and Vat to the General Ledger, Review of Payroll slips and Vat Returns, Importation and entering of Trial Balances onto Draftworx, Client Setup, Rollover and Drafting of Financial Statements on Draftworx, Review the work of Accounting and Administration Staff

Trial BalanceDraftworxReconciliation

Bhayat Chartered Accountants

Financial Administrator

Apr 2017 – Nov 2023

Preparation of Management and Cash Flow Forecast and Budgets, Processing of approved Cash flow payments and loading of payments to banking, Preparation and submission of Downloads to Bank for Debtors Invoice Discounting, Processing of Month end Journals, Reviewing and loading Deal sheets for Commission Agents, Design of Internal Controls, Composing Audit Packs for Year-end audits, Processing of Invoices for Creditors, Preparation of Creditors Reconciliations, Reviewing of files prepared by Creditors Clerk, Review the work of Accounting and Administration Staff. Compiling schedules indicating operations of company from Actual to Budgeted Standards and investigation of fluctuations.

BudgetingInternal ControlsAudit Preparation

Icon 3 Sixty (Pty) Ltd

Assistant Financial Manager

Mar 2015 – Sep 2016

Preparation of Management and Cash Flow Forecast and Budgets, Design of Internal Controls, Preparation of Caseware Financial Statements. Composing Audit Packs for Year-end audits, Ensure compliance of Accounting Staff to IFRS and SARS regulations. Review the work of Accounting and Administration Staff. Verify the Wages and Salaries of employees to VIP Import. Drawing up of Agreements and Research of applicable Laws and Regulations. Compiling schedules indicating operations of company from Actual to Budgeted Standards and investigation of fluctuations.

CasewareIFRSFinancial Statements

Froggie Footwear

Senior

Oct 2012 – Feb 2015

Conduct of testing, preparation of files from planning to finalization on Caseware and Microsoft Excel and Word for External and Internal Audits. Intermediate duties in handling of audits and delegation of duties. Composing of taxes and Capital Gains Tax, Reconciliation of Value added tax. Conduct of Internal Audits and verification of the sufficiency of test of controls.

CasewareInternal AuditsCapital Gains Tax

Nkonki KZN

Moore Stephens CJL

Audit clerk

Jan 2007 – Feb 2009

Audit junior, conducting testing and preparing of financial statements on Caseware and Excel for the following sectors – Body Corporates, Close Corporations, Share Blocks and Companies

CasewareAudit TestingFinancial Statements

Moore Stephens CJL

Education

University of Kwa – Zulu Natal

University of Kwa – Zulu Natal

Bachelor of Accounting Degree

2005
UNISA

UNISA

Post-Graduate Diploma · Accounting Sciences

2010
Ridge Park College

Ridge Park College

Matric Exemption

2002 – 2002

Certifications

FASSET Funded Work Readiness Programme

Guarantee Trust Corporate Support Services (Pty) Ltd

2011 – No expiry

Skills

Financial ReportingManagement AccountingTaxationDraftworxReconciliationTrial BalanceInternal ControlsCash Flow ManagementBudgetingFinancial ManagementStatutory CompliancePAYEIncome TaxVATPayrollAudit PreparationFinancial StatementsMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelCaseware

Languages

English (Native or bilingual proficiency)