About Lerato Dorah
I am an enthusiastic Accounting & Finance professional with a passion for assisting organizations reach finance excellence through improving the finance function, promoting process automation, strengthening controls and simplifying the reporting function to improve the decision-making process for the entire organization and thereby improving and transforming business operations.
I am a team player and believe in a people first approach.
Key selling points
✨Financial reporting & compliance: End -to- end experience in the finance function from transaction initiation, consolidation up until the reporting, forecasting, planning and decision-making part of the finance roles
✨Financial planning & analysis: Budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning experience. Including recurring working capital and cash management processes. Financial modelling experience and financial performance management, tracking KPIs, and presenting insights to senior leadership.
✨CSRD & Intergrated reporting: Part of the CFO Led sustainability team at EY and supporting in redefining the role of the CFO in the context of the new sustainability requirements
✨Group Consolidation having managed the consolidation of financial statements for multiple global entities, ensuring alignment with group accounting policies and compliance with IFRS standards in my role as a group consolidation and reporting manager at Lumileds Holding B.V.
✨Financial Reporting expert: Intergrated reporting, IFRS & US Gaap experience
✨Internal controls: I have extensive internal control experience (including Sox experience)
✨Process improvement: In my various roles within industry and as a consultant at EY I led various Process Improvement initiatives to streamline the financial reporting and consolidation processes through automation and system improvements.
✨External Audit: 5 years external audit experience at EY, having audited multinationals including US listed companies and fortune 500 companies
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Amsterdam (up to 50km)
Experience
- EYManagerAugust 2022 - September 2024 (2 years and 1 month)NetherlandsManager in the EY CFO consulting division at EY. I currently lead projects in operating model design, reporting excellence, FP&A process improvement (Financial planning, analysis, reporting, and P&L management including cost allocation optimization and margin analysis)
- EYSenior ConsultantAugust 2021 - August 2022 (1 year)Amsterdam, NetherlandsFinance and accounting expert helping CFO's protect and transform their organisations by improving the finance function and using the latest technologies to promote transformation and finance excellence
- Tsebo Solutions GroupDivisional Finance Manager - Cleaning and HygieneApril 2020 - May 2021 (1 year and 1 month)Johannesburg, South AfricaFinance business partner responsible for the monthly and weekly forecasting, budgeting process and the recurring working capital and cash management processes. Supporting the business with costings and capital requirements and approvals. Managing 5 divisions and responsible for the monthly month end close and management reporting and variance analysis. Also responsible for the annual audit, tax calculations, balance sheet reconciliations and monthly vat returns.
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Education
- Bachelor of AccountingUNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND2012Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance
- Higher Diploma in accountancyUniversity of the witwatersrand2012Post graduate financial accounting, management accoutning and Finance qualification
Certifications
- Chartered accountantSAICA2015