Jakobus Nel

508 Kay Street Menlopark Pretoria 0081 SOUTH AFRICA P.O. Box 771 Silverton 0127 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: - Fax: - Email:-www.sdsolutionssa.co.za CURRICULUM VITAE Koot NEL PERSONAL DETAILS Name Jakobus Adriaan Nel Date of Birth 15 September 1958 Nationality South African Citizen ID Number - Address: 508 Kay Street Menlopark Pretoria 0081 Tel: +27 - Contact Details: Cell:+27 - E-Mail:- SUMMARY I am a highly motivated self driven individual with many years experience in various fields. I have the ability to handle complex assignments, can work as part of a team or individually. SKILLS Financial and Business Management Personal Cash Flow Control Predicting Future Trends Attention to Detail Management Accounts Supervisory Skills Communication Skills Budget Preparation Decision making Good IT Knowledge Reg. No. 2013/069821/07 Directors: S.S. Mokoena, J.A. Nel, M.S. Qwalela Financial Forecasts Managing Budgets Presentation Skills Economic Awareness Effective Delegation Problem Solving Preparing Financial Statements Conflict Resolution Analytical Mind Interpreting Financial Data High Levels of Integrity Auditing Negotiating Strategic Thinking Data management Business Process Development CAREER 1983 - 1986 I started my career an auditor’s firm, Brink, Roos and Du Toit in Welkom as an audit clerk and was promoted in 1985 to Senior Audit Clerk. By the end of 1985 I completed my articles. I was then asked to start a new office for Brink, Roos and Du Toit in Ficksburg. 1987 to June 1988 I had to establish an office from scratch. The only customer I had was Sentra Oes Crop Insurance. When I left at the end of June 1988, the office had 60 customers varying from farmers to small businesses on its books. July 1988 to February 2002 I started with Eskom in Pietermaritzburg. I initially started of as the Management Accountant for two years, mainly accountable for preparing budgets, monthly variance reporting and costing. In 1990 I was promoted to the Regional Management Team, accountable for Business Planning and Information Technology Departments. My main tasks were managing people and setting strategic direction for the Region with inputs from other departments. In 1992 I was appointed as the Customer Services Manager, where the main accountabilities were pricing, customer supply contracts, sales and revenue forecasting, office management and the establishing of Customer Service standards to be followed by the districts. I trained the regions staff in customer service attitudes and service standards. In 1996 I was mainly involved at Head Office( Meggawatt Park) as part of the team accountable for redesigning Eskom’s Customer Service Processes that they are currently using throughout Eskom. In 1997 I was appointed as the Regional Revenue Protection Manger for Kwa Zulu Natal Region. My main areas of accountability were prepayment meter audits, conventional meter audits, replacement of faulty meters and removal of tampered meters, revenue loss management, feeder balancing and customer data quality. I also managed various projects from proprietary meter replacements, GPS co-ordinate collection for customers and pole numbering pilots. March 2002 – August 2007 I joined the Netgroup, a Consulting Engineering Company in Pretoria. I was the manager of one of the companies, Botsebi Engineering Services. We had to tender for government and municipal contracts to perform any electrical work. Our main focus was project management September 2007 to February 2016 A black partner and myself bought Botsebi Engineering from the Netgroup. We worked mainly on revenue protection contracts for the municipalities. These contracts ranged in the finance sector of the municipalities in areas like revenue enhancement, cost of supply studies, credit control, debtor management, prepaid management, policies, procedures and bylaws, financial management and management accounting, reporting and management information to base decisions on., asset management, data management, reading and billing process evaluation and improvement and lastly I was involved in revenue realisation opportunities for metros and smaller municipalities to survive in the current economic climate. Botsebi managed the prepaid customers of Emfuleni Municipality for 13 years. This contract included 1 st line maintenance to the pole top, meter replacements, meter audits, meter removals, tamper notices and disconnections. The revenue in the time of the contract improved form a small amount to monthly banking over R 5 mil. The meters that purchased improved from 40% to 95%. October 2013 to current date At SDS we were involved in a revenue enhancement project for Anglo America, project lead by the DBSA for Rustenburg, Thabazimbi and Mogalakwena Municipalities. SDS also provided Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality with a Revenue Realisation Framework. We prepared a proposed Industrial Tariff for Madibeng Municipality. We have assisted Madibeng Municipality with a Tariff dispute. SDS is currently doing the Cost of Supply study for Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and assisting them with the tariff application for the 2020/2021 financial year. EMPLOYMENT RECORD       1983 –1986 –Brink,Roos and Du Toit Auditors in Welkom. 1987 to June 1988- Brink, Roos and Du Toit in Ficksburg July 1988 to February 2002 – Eskom March 2002 to August 2007 – Netgroup September 2007 to February 2016 – Botsebi Engineering Services 2013 to current date Director of Service Delivery Solutions EDUCATION      Matric Certificate 1976: B. Comm (Stellenbosch) (1979 - 1981). B. Comm. Honours (Economics) (Stellenbosch) (1982) B. Compt (Unisa-) B. Compt (Honours) CTA ( Certificate in Accounting)(Unisa) 1986 COMPUTER SKILLS  Ms Office Professional 2010 including Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Project Management, Publisher, Outlook and One Page  Internet Explorer and Google Chrome  Dropbox  SQL  Pastel Accounting  Pastel Payroll  Powermap Client Desk  Powermap Dispatch  Workflow  Visual Basic 8 (basic application)