Kgaowelo M.
Accountant
Notable Highlight
Appointed as an SAP Super User at MC, she saved the company R8 million by independently resolving high-level system issues that had previously stalled with the technical SAP System Team.
Experience Summary
Kgaowelo is a highly accomplished finance and accounting professional with extensive experience managing the full Record-to-Report (R2R) lifecycle across multinational organizations in the professional services and entertainment sectors. She has deep expertise in financial reporting, month-end close, intercompany accounting, forex management, audit coordination, and IFRS compliance across multiple African regions. At MC and Genpact, she managed complex regional finance operations spanning South, East, and Central Africa while driving process optimization through ERP systems including SAP S/4 Hana, Oracle, and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM). Recognized as an SAP Super User, Kgaowelo combines strong technical finance expertise with operational leadership, stakeholder management, and process improvement capabilities to support high-volume multinational finance environments.
Key Achievements
- Kgaowelo was appointed as an SAP Super User and successfully identified and resolved long-standing SAP system issues that resulted in approximately R8 million in company savings. She also designed and implemented SAP-based controls and procedures for managing complex revenue streams, decoder insurance, stock, and subsidy transactions. - She played a key role in the successful migration of regional finance operations from Oracle and Great Plains to SAP across multiple African business units, significantly improving the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of bank reconciliations, reporting workflows, and month-end close processes. - Kgaowelo developed a specialized SAP revaluation variant that automated and standardized the revaluation of multi-currency accounts across various business units, strengthening forex reporting accuracy, improving compliance, and streamlining financial reporting processes across multinational operations.
Skills
Financial Reporting & IFRS Compliance, Record-to-Report (R2R) Management, Month-End & Year-End Close, Intercompany Accounting & Reconciliations, Forex Accounting & Multi-Currency Revaluations, Audit Management & Statutory Compliance, Financial Analysis & Variance Reporting, Budgeting, Forecasting & KPI Reporting, General Ledger & Balance Sheet Reconciliations, Accounts Payable, Procurement & Cash Management, Revenue, Stock & Subsidy Accounting, SOP Development & Process Optimization, ERP Systems Implementation & Support, Team Leadership & Cross-Regional Collaboration, Stakeholder & CFO Engagement, SAP S/4 Hana, SAP SND, Oracle, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Power BI, CaseWare, Sage Evolution, Great Plains, Pastel Partner, BPCS (AS400), Microsoft Office