Natascha Birrell

Natascha Birrell Personal details Gender: Female Nationality: South African Languages: English and Afrikaans Health: Excellent Dependants: 1 Drivers Licence: Code EB Address: Deerness, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: - Email: - Availability: Immediately What I would contribute to your business Your company will benefit from my skill and knowledge as I am an extremely loyal, hardworking person who copes well under pressure. I am deadline driven. When a crisis hits, I will be the one to call on to go the extra mile. If overtime is needed to get the job done, then I will do whatever it takes. I am good at finding the best solution when problems arise. Academic Qualifications 1997 Matriculated Pionier High, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal 2013 FET Certificate: Bookkeeping - Damelin 2018 Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Management Accounting - UNISA Work Experience Company: Lona Group (May ’15 – Oct 2024) Position held: Payroll Supervisor / Payroll Manager Responsibilities: Leave Calculations, Importing of Payroll Batches, Processing of Payroll (+- 18 branches), Capturing Deductions, Confirmation of Employment, Capturing of Garnishing Orders, Payroll Queries, Extracting ACB Payment Files, Extracting weekly/monthly reports, Reconciliation of Provident and Pension Fund, Printing Payslips, Rolling over to a new period on Payroll System, Managing the Full Payroll Function, Monthly UIF Submission, Monthly EMP201 Submission, EMP501 Submission (mid-year and annual), Maintaining the Sage VIP System, Annual COIDA Reconciliation, Reporting to Public Investment Corporation, Providing Sage VIP System support, Preparing Annual Payroll Budgets. Reason for leaving: Resigned to start my own business. Company: Building Supply Group (May ’15 – May ‘17) Position held: Group Payroll Supervisor Responsibilities: Leave Calculations, Importing of Payroll Batches, Processing of Payroll (+- 18 branches), Capturing Deductions, Confirmation of Employment, Capturing of Garnishing Orders, Payroll Queries, Extracting ACB Payment Files, Extracting weekly/monthly reports, Reconciliation of Provident Fund, Printing Payslips, Rolling over to a new period on Payroll System, Managing the Full Payroll Function, Monthly UIF Submission, Monthly EMP201 Submission, EMP501 Submission (mid-year and annual), Maintaining the Sage VIP System, Supervising Wage Administrator. Reason for leaving: Better opportunity Company: Dust 2 Shine (Oct ’14 – Feb ’15) Position held: Finance and Operations Manager Responsibilities: Full Payroll Function, UIF Submission, Advertising, Team Management. Reason for leaving: Moved to Cape town Company: Express Employment Professionals (Jul ’06 – Sept ’14) Position held: Payroll Administrator (Jan ’12 – Sept ’14) Responsibilities: Leave Calculations, Importing of Payroll Batches, Processing of Payroll (+2500 associates), Capturing Deductions, Confirmation of Employment, Capturing of Garnishing Orders, Reconciliation and payment of Garnishing Orders, Reconciliation and payment of MIBCO, Reconciliation and payment of Unions, Payroll Queries, Extracting weekly/monthly reports, Printing Payslips, Writing out of Cheques for Wages, Rolling over to a new period on Payroll System, Full Payroll Function Reason for leaving: Left to run my own company Position held: Junior Financial Assistant (Jul ’09 – Dec ’11) Responsibilities: Creating of Purchase Orders, Petty Cash Reconciliation and distribution, Reconciliation of Creditors Accounts, Capturing of Creditors Invoices, Payment of Creditors, Creditors Queries, General Leger Reconciliations, Allocation of payments made to Creditors, Month end Reconciliations, Assisting in Payroll and Debtors Invoicing Reason for leaving: Promotion to another department Position held: Debtors Clerk (Jan ’07 – Jun ’08) Responsibilities: Capturing of Bank Statements, Allocation of payments, Reconciliation of Debtors Accounts, Sending out of Age Analysis, Sending out of Debtors Statements, Debtors Queries, Debtors Invoicing, Calculating Debtors Days Reason for leaving: Promotion to another department Position held: Admin Assistant (Jul ’06 – Dec ’06) Responsibilities: Garnishing Orders: Queries, Reconciliation, Payment Bargaining Councils: Queries, Reconciliation, Payment   Road Freight Bargaining Council Motor Industry Bargaining Council Union Deductions: Queries, Reconciliation, Payment Reconciliation and payment of Advance and loan deductions Assisting in Payroll function Reason for leaving: Promotion to another department Applicable Soft Skills According to the Gallup Strength Centre, I have the following strengths:       RESTORATIVE: I am able to see where systems and procedures are broken or fall short and can actively fix them. RESPONSIBILITY: I can be counted upon. I get done what I say I will get done. I meet my deadlines. CONNECTEDNESS: I am a team player and see the importance of everyone’s contribution to the company and its goals. ACHIEVER: I always strive to outperform myself and learn from experiences in order to excel in the future. ADAPTABILITY: I work well under pressure and can think on my feet. CONSISTENCY: I believe in consistent procedures and systems that are efficient. Only change them if they don’t work. Certificates & Courses 2006 Softline VIP Premier 2012 Excel Intermediate Workshop 2013 Excel on Steroids 2013 Separate Payslip Workshop Systems and programmes Microsoft Outlook Pastel Evolution Microsoft Excel VIP Premier Microsoft Word VIP People Pastel Partner Hobbies and pastimes Travelling, Sport, Technology. References on request