SKHANYISO K VILANE
PAYROLL ACCOUNTANT
PROFILE
I am proficient in payroll management, accounts payable process, financial reporting, taxation
compliance, and risk management. Skilled in analyzing complex financial data, ensuring regulatory
adherence, optimizing payment workflows, and mitigating financial risks. Seeking expertise in
accounting, taxation, financial operations, and risk assessment to drive efficiency and contribute to
organizational success in a dynamic role.
WORK EXPERIENCES
Payroll Accountant - Zutari Pty Ltd | November 2024 – Current
- Accurately calculating employees’ wages, salaries and other compensations.
- Managing updates related to new hires, terminations, salary changes, and other changes
- Handling deductions for taxes, benefits, retirement contributions, garnishments and other employee
authorized deductions.
- Facilitating payments to external parties such health insurance providers, retirement plan
administrators and other benefit providers.
- Ensuring that payment processes comply with relevant labor and tax laws and regulations by
accurately filing tax returns and other statutory reports.
- Preparing and submitting necessary payroll returns to necessary bodies.
- Assisting with a leave journal.
- Preparing payroll for processing and payment
- Preparing payroll journal to upload to ERP.
- Preparing general ledger reconciliations for payroll-related accounts.
- Ensuring adherence with group policies and procedures.
Accounts Payable Clerk - Zutari (PTY) Ltd | September 2023 – October 2024
- Accurate capture of creditor and travel invoices.
- Management of subcontractor invoices and payments.
- Manual computation and entry of all subsistence claims, advances, and travel allowances.
- Reconciliation of creditor statements with accounts payable.
- Preparation of payment batches for creditors.
- Execution of credit control measures.
- Administration of customer accounts.
- Rigorous examination and processing of claims.
- Monitoring outstanding advances and processing thereof.
- Support in audit preparation.
- Adherence to internal controls and company policies.
- General duties within the creditors department.
- Oversight of the accounts payable ledger.
- Maintenance of vendor details and setup of new vendor bank details
Accounts Payable Administrator - Anglo American (GSS) |Sept 2022 - Sept 2023
- Precise OCR/indexing of documents.
- Adherence to SLA requirements for invoice processing, including three-way matching and SARS
compliance.
- Resolution of GWB-related queries.
- Review of weekly payment proposals.
- Management of overdue creditors, debit balances, and potential duplicate reports.
- Addressing customer and vendor inquiries.
Accounts Assistant - Launch Technologies | June 2022 - September 2023
- Establishment and validation of customer accounts using Sage Pastel Partner.
- Processing of tax invoices, credit, and debit notes.
- Maintenance of digital records on Monday.com cloud.
- Compilation of sales reports via Sage Pastel Partner.
- Recording company expenses for managerial approval.
- Management of courier expenses and record-keeping on Monday.com cloud.
- Reconciliation of banking transactions with company financials.
EDUCATION
Foundations of Financial Management (Short Course) - IQ Academy | Enrolled
Postgraduate Diploma In Taxation (Part time) - University of the Witwatersrand | Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
Majoring in - South African Tax Law, Interpretation of Tax Statutes, International Tax Treaties and
Principles of International Taxation
Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting – University of the Witwatersrand | Feb 2017 - Dec 2020
Majoring in - Auditing, Financial Accounting, Taxation and Management Accounting and Finance
CERTIFICATES & TRAINING
Goldman Sachs Risk Job Simulation – Forage | January 2025
- Completed a job simulation involving risk assessment and management for Goldman Sachs’ risk team.
- Conducted individual credit risk analysis using quantified financial data, enhancing skills in personal
finance evaluation.
- Applied critical thinking and quantitative analysis to real estate scenarios, interpreting data to assess
financial implications.
- developed and recommended risk mitigation strategies, demonstrating practical application of
financial principles and market understanding.
Standard Bank Risk Management Job Simulation – Forage | January 2025
- Completed a job simulation acting as a junior risk manager for standard bank.
- Analysed existing internal documentation (policies and procedures) to understand existing risk
mitigation practices and ascertain where weaknesses exist.
- comprehensively documented the existing risk mitigation practices (risks and corresponding controls)
via a risk control matrix.
- Communicated a summary of identified risk mitigation weaknesses and proposed improvements via
PowerPoint check (and professional email to bank executives)
Yes4Youth Work Readiness Training – Yes4Youth Programme | Sep 2022 - Sep 2023
Developed Skills:
- Self-awareness
- Workplace readiness
- Financial literacy
- Time management
- Corporate effectiveness
- Safety and digital literacy
SOFTWARE PROFECIENCY
- Sage Pastel
- SAP ERP & SAP 411
- Marval
- BST
- Vantagepoint
- Motodata
- Microsoft Office Suite
- ServiceNow (SNOW)
- NuQ payroll
- Power BI
