Dear Hiring Manager, I have over 12 years of professional financial accounting experience, I have developed a high level of proficiency in all aspects of Accounting including cost and management accounting and expertise. I have hands on knowledge and experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, project management, performance management, financial accounting and product/divisional profitability analysis. As the Finance Manager at Kohler Africa, I am responsible for the Kitchen and Bath Division for the whole of Sub Saharan Africa region. I am responsible for ensuring stakeholders are aware of their financial position on an on-going basis and have all the information necessary to make meaningful financial decisions. I am responsible for Financial Planning and Analysis, Financial reporting, Budget Controller as well as the day to day finance duties for the whole region. This experience has been invaluable in allowing me to develop my financial and accounting expertise, as well as my management skills. In the 12 years working experience I have gathered, it is spread through diverse industries, which has helped me to develop skills to easy adapt to whatever work environment I might get into. Kohler is a multi-cultural company and I have been coping very well. I pride myself on my highly developed communication skills and ability to build effective relationships across the whole region. I have a strong ability to lead teams as well as highly developed skills in detailed analysis and problem solving, and I am keen to make most of these abilities in this role. I have solid education in finance and I am a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA, CGMA) and am a member of the professional development through courses run by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) In addition to my accounting and management abilities, I possess excellent technical skills and proficient in essential computer software, including SAP, MS Dynamics, Pastel Accounting, Pastel Evolution, SAP . Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. I believe I would be a great fit in any organisation, and given an opportunity in any organisation, i would give it a 100%