Tell me about a time you found an error that no one else had caught.
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Thandiwe Nkosi
Financial Manager · CA(SA) — sample profile
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Financial manager with eleven years in FMCG and retail, currently responsible for a R400m annual budget across four business units. Known for rebuilding reporting processes that people actually use — most recently cutting the group month-end close from fourteen working days to five.
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You reduced month-end close from fourteen days to five. What was the hardest part?
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How do you handle it when your analysis says one thing and a senior stakeholder wants another?
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Experience
Financial Manager
Mar 2021 — PresentKalahari Foods Group · Johannesburg
- Reduced group month-end close from 14 working days to 5 by consolidating four ledgers onto a single chart of accounts.
- Led the finance workstream of an ERP migration covering 340 users, delivered on schedule and 8% under budget.
- Built the working-capital model that supported a R95m facility renegotiation, improving terms by 140 basis points.
Senior Management Accountant
Jan 2018 — Feb 2021Meridian Retail Holdings · Cape Town
- Owned budgeting and forecasting for 62 stores with combined turnover of R1.2bn.
- Introduced a store-level contribution model that identified 11 loss-making sites, 8 of which returned to profit within a year.
Audit Senior
Feb 2015 — Dec 2017Deloitte South Africa · Johannesburg
- Completed articles across manufacturing, retail and public sector engagements.
Education
CA(SA)
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting
University of Cape Town
BCom Accounting
University of Cape Town
Skills
- IFRS
- Financial modelling
- Budgeting & forecasting
- SAP S/4HANA
- Working capital management
- Team leadership
- Power BI
Interview transcript
Tell me about a time you found an error that no one else had caught.
I pulled eighteen months of data and the pattern held. The branch was using write-offs to absorb a receiving error that had never been fixed.
You reduced month-end close from fourteen days to five. What was the hardest part?
Honestly, the hardest part wasn't the accounting. Every business unit had built its own workarounds, and each one was somebody's job.
How do you handle it when your analysis says one thing and a senior stakeholder wants another?
I try to separate the number from the decision. My job is making sure the number is right and that everyone understands it. The decision is often not mine.
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