Self Employed

•Empower Accounting professionals by enhancing their communication and writing skills in Business English as a second language.
•Level up their language proficiency, building confidence and establishing lasting relationships with English-speaking stakeholders and finance professionals.
•Follow a structured approach in the English program to achieve specific goals.
•Focus on developing confidence and fluency in the English language.
•Enhance vocabulary for discussing financial topics and engaging effectively with colleagues and stakeholders.
•Prepare clients for various real-life situations such as meetings and presentations in an English-speaking environment.
•Practice writing skills to ensure proficiency and adaptability in professional contexts.

Business English Coach for Accounting Professionals

Langu

● Evaluating students’ English CEFR levels
● Designing lesson plans tailored to students’ needs based on needs analysis
● Teaching English Vocabulary to beginner levels
● Improving students’ pronunciation through continuous practice
● Strengthening students’ understanding of English Grammar
● Facilitating and teaching receptive skills: Listening and Reading
● Facilitating and teaching productive skills: Speaking and Writing
● Effectively managing the classroom
● Using Resources effectively when Teaching English as a Foreign Language
● Develop a good working relationship with students to create an environment conducive
to learning

English Second Language Teacher

Private

● Designing lesson plans suitable for students’ needs based on needs analysis
● Subjects taught: English, Mathematics, Afrikaans
● Improving students’ grades in assessments of various subjects
● Facilitating and teaching receptive skills: Listening and Reading
● Facilitating and teaching productive skills: Speaking and Writing
● Establishing and improving students’ grasp of Mathematics
● Designing innovative ways to test concepts previously taught
● Develop a good working relationship with students to create an environment conducive
to learning

Dynamic Tutor

Ascendis Health

Delivering an accurate and high-quality reporting to inform weekly cash flow for both local and forex payments. Weekly ensuring intercompany accounts are balanced and all charges from a head office level is charged to the relevant business. Reviewing of the creditor’s reconciliation and daily payments. Ensuring deadlines are met with accurate, precise reports. Reconciliation of all head office bank accounts, including forex bank accounts. To ensure all Balance sheet ERP accounts are reconciled and reported on the reporting system.
	Refined the bank reconciliation process.
	Formed strong relationships with major customers; enhanced the customer experience.
	Successfully implemented processes to ensure reporting is completed with the necessary timeframe.

Accountant

City & Suburbs Realty

Preparation of monthly management accounts and ensuring the monthly owner’s statements are prepared and sent to owners. Accurately billing tenants for monthly charges, municipal accounts, adhoc cost, etc. Ensuring tenant statements are accurate. Reconciliations of GL accounts. Effectively resolving queries between tenants and owners. Ensuring filing system is kept up to date and petty cash is reconciled daily.

Rand Merchant Bank

Delivered comprehensive financial guidance across various support functions. Critically appraised financial procedures. Controlled all financial, regulatory, and compliance requirements. Analyzed balance sheet and cash flow, presented data to emphasize key drivers and variances. Reviewed statistics, developed financial forecasts and budgets. Generated reports, including management account reporting. Posted journals, including accruals and pre-payments. Analyzed general ledger, identified and resolved anomalies. Reconciled bank accounts and statements. Supported the year end audit process. Consolidated and reported IT costs.
	Provided oversight across several functions, including RMB Cost, Client Engagement, IT and Coverage, Finance, MIS, Human Capital, Project Management, Change Management, Data Management and Chief Risk; achieved results on time and within budget.
	Collaborated with stakeholders, shared ideas and best practice; improved the ability to meet financial and business targets.


	Partnered with multiple business areas, offered solutions and recommended improvements to meet the Support Budget Timeline; amended SLA recoveries in line with budgetary changes.
	Successfully automated IT reporting; reduced timescales required to deliver stakeholder reports from 2 weeks to 3 days.
	Managed internal costs for Corporate Banking; effectively managed banking requirements valued at R500M.
	Received award nomination for the automation of correct allocation of internal cost; improved efficiency and profitability.

Financial Manager

Safmarine

Redirections of shipments and liaising with clients -- both external and internal.
Submitting manifest for customs purposes
Ensuring the shipments details are of a high standard to ensure correct deliveries and billing to customers
Issuing Arrival Notifications

Voyage controller

Allocating and auditing of revenue, and managing 45% of the Safmarine Johannesburg Import cash portfolio. 
Liaising and meeting directly with clients to resolve outstanding freight accounts.

Finance – Revenue Controller (Accounts Receivable)

Specializing in bookings & quotes
Management of all export shipments for the Middle east, Far east, Australia and New Zealand trades
Monitoring stack dates, vessel departures and the recociling of bookings made within the various trades

Export Customer service agent

Data quality
Data capturing
Data monitoring
Internal audit of regional reports

Documentation Clerk

🎯I Help Accountants Elevate & Advance Their English Communication Skills | 12 Years Accounting Experience & Certified English Teacher | Let's Connect!

Let me share a bit of my story with you. 

After over a decade in the banking, pharma, and shipping industries, I felt a calling beyond the numbers. 

This led me to the world of teaching, where I've been passionately helping accountants like you excel in the language of finance. 📊🌐

If you have any of the following challenges:

🌐 Collaboration with International Teams:
-Limited ability to seamlessly communicate with global teams or clients.
-Hindered project coordination due to language barriers.

💬 Participation in Global Meetings:
-Challenges actively engaging in discussions conducted in English.
-Fear of missing out on key insights and decisions during meetings.

📞 Effective Communication with English-Speaking Clients:
-Limited ability to convey complex financial information to English-speaking clients.
-Struggling to build strong client relationships due to language barriers.

📝 Writing Comprehensive Reports in English:
-Difficulty articulating complex financial analyses in written English.
-Challenges in creating clear and coherent reports for stakeholders.

Working with me, together we can achieve the following in just a few months:

🌐 Collaboration with International Teams:
-Improved understanding of team members' ideas and contributions.
-Enhanced ability to express thoughts clearly in English.
-Increased project efficiency through improved communication.

💬 Participation in Global Meetings:
-Increased contribution to discussions with valuable insights.
Improved comprehension of meeting content and decisions.
Enhanced ability to express opinions confidently during meetings.

📞 Effective Communication with English-Speaking Clients:
-Clear understanding of client needs and expectations.
-Improved conveyance of complex financial information in a comprehensible manner.
-Strengthened client trust through articulate communication.

📝 Writing Comprehensive Reports in English:
-Reports are easily understood by a global audience.
-Enhanced clarity and coherence in articulating financial analyses.
-Improved conveyance of insights and recommendations in written form.

Ready to break language barriers, elevate your finance game, and shape the narrative of every business decision? 🚀💼 Let's connect! 

Drop me a DM, and let's start this transformative journey together. 📩✨

Nancy Ambrose

ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs

ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs is the largest exclusively small business focused CDFI in the state of Georgia, providing capital, coaching, and connections to underserved entrepreneurs.

Chief Financial Officer

Wharton Online

I led a session on "Navigating Change and Uncertainty with Confidence" for the  Wharton Online FP&A Certificate program in partnership with Wall Street Prep. 

For FP&A professionals, dealing with uncertainty is a certainty. They are often required to build models, make projections, and facilitate decisions despite limited data, guidance, and time, all amidst a volatile business landscape. My session leverages the Rumsfeld Matrix and proven techniques to help participants identify and address known and unknown factors, build resilience, and thrive through change and uncertainty.

Guest Faculty | Online Course Instructor

The Diary of a CFO Podcast

Whether you’re part of a finance team, aspiring to the C-suite, or just looking to get budgets approved faster, this podcast is for you.

In each edition, I share my reflections on various leadership topics, along with wisdom from other business leaders, to help you lead any organization with confidence. 

For topic and guest suggestions, as well as sponsorship requests, send an email to Ask@thediaryofacfo.com

Podcast Host

Low Income Investment Fund

The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is a national nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), with $2 billion in assets under management. Our mission is to mobilize capital and partners to achieve opportunity, racial equity, and well-being for people and communities.

As VP of Finance and Accounting, I oversaw both the FP&A and Accounting functions at LIIF. It involved ensuring compliance and financial reporting for the parent company, three fully consolidated entities and 60+ New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) LLCs. I actively participated in Finance and Committee meetings, including the preparation of materials for the Board of Directors.

Key Accomplishments:
●	Was promoted within 3 months at the company
●	Successfully led annual financial audits, as well as our single audit and SEFA efforts, within a few months of being onboarded.
●	Established a regular cadence of monthly reporting and quarterly budget variance meetings across the organization.

Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller

Responsible for leading overall financial accounting, financial reporting, tax, compliance, and accounting operations. Providing technical guidance on complex accounting standards, i.e., ASC 606 revenue recognition and ASC 842 lease accounting.

Vice President, Corporate Controller

ACM Chemistries, Inc.

ACM Chemistries is a chemical manufacturer of color and performance enhancing admixture products for machine-made concrete products.

Reporting to the President/Chief Executive Officer, I was a member of the Senior Leadership Team, providing leadership and financial expertise for company-wide strategic planning and execution.

Led all financial and fiscal responsibilities of the company, leading the budgeting process.

Including all aspects of accounting and finance activities, outside Finance & HR relationships with banks, insurance partners, 401k administrators and auditors.

Managed financial and cash flow planning to ensure availability of funds as needed, while monitoring compliance with debt covenants and financial control processes.

Implemented various process improvements and systems enhancements within my department to improve productivity and customer service to internal and external customers.

Vice President, Finance & Accounting

Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim is family-owned pharmaceutical manufacturing company headquartered in Germany revenue of $22B+in total sales – $8B+ in US – and over 52K employees worldwide.

In this role, I led  FP&A for four business units’ gross-to-net results, with $120M worth of marketing programs.

Key Accomplishments:
•	Reduced variance between actuals and accruals from 5% to less than 1% by implementing a cross-functional forecast process within the first year in the role.
•	Led several cross-functional team collaborations to develop a proactive process to reduce variances in the future.

Associate Director of Finance, Gross-to-Net FP&A, Livestock & Equine 

I led FP&A and had full P&L responsibility for two business units, including monthly forecasts, annual budgets and long term forecasts submissions to GBS. 

Key Accomplishments:
• Streamlined input of budgeted sales data by designing a TM1 template that enabled $1.8B of sales to be uploaded across five business divisions in a seamless, standardized way within the first 6 months in the role.
• Enhanced reporting packages sent to business units by adding new KPIs to monitor and  improve strategic initiatives.

Senior Finance Manager, Swine & Poultry Controlling/FP&A

Intralot

Intralot, Inc. is a software technology company that also manufactures lottery vending machines.

As Controller, I was responsible for accounting and finance functions, pertaining to financial reporting, FP&A, internal and external audits.

Key Accomplishments:
• Successfully led a team of five direct and 10 indirect reports and supervised all accounting and finance functions including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Tax, and Treasury.
• Built the FP&A function from the ground up and made the team scalable to support growth.

Corporate Controller

I was the liaison between the US accounting department and our parent company’s accounting team. I also coordinated month-end close and financial consolidations of the US entity and its subsidiaries.

Key Accomplishments:
• Reduced month-end close time nearly 50% – from 11 to 6 business days.
• Spearheaded the Cognos TM1 system implementation for FP&A, as well as other system upgrades.

Accounting Manager

Staff Accountant/Senior Accountant

Audit Assurance

Donald Skalr and Associates

Tax Associate

Your Finance Progression + Resilience Partner | Helping New Hires and Managers' Transitions in Finance Teams | VP of Finance | Keynote Speaker | 40 Under 40 CPA Practice Advisor

Most finance functions are built to report, not to lead. That creates blind spots for CEOs, delays decisions for boards, and leaves CFOs without a pipeline of ready successors.

I’ve spent 15 years leading finance teams and now serve as CFO. No matter the industry, the pattern is the same: strategy stays at the CFO and sometimes the FP&A level, while the rest of the finance team is stuck in transactions. And, that gap holds everyone back:

- Companies miss early signals,

- CFOs struggle to find successors,

- Financial reporting ends up unreliable or irrelevant for decisions,

- Talented people feel stuck doing work that doesn’t grow them or the business.

What boards and CEOs value isn’t another report. It’s finance leaders who can spot signals early, frame choices clearly, and influence outcomes. 

That’s the standard I’ve led teams by, and it’s what I now teach through Wharton Online, The Diary of a CFO podcast, speaking engagements, and the development programs I’ve created.

If you’re building a pipeline of finance leaders or aiming for the CFO seat yourself, let’s connect.

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Wassia Kamon, CPA, CMA, MBA

Back at my all-time favorite conference:
The AICPA Future of Finance Summit!

I almost didn't make it this year because of work, but I am so glad I did.

As a leader, you cannot pour out of an empty cup, especially in this environment.

I'm glad I was able to attend the session on Mergers and Acquisitions presented by the amazing Katherine Lok, CPA, CMA, CPA(N.D.), CGMA 

I'm super excited for reconnecting with some of my favorite finance folks, Tom Hood, CPA,CGMA,CITP , Kelly Lorenz and the Finance Sisterhood!

Stacey Mahajan, CPA,CGMA,CITP, Carrie Kruse, CPA, CGMA , Janice Stucke CPA 

More to come!

CFO in the trenches | Speaking & writing about leading high-performing finance teams | Wharton Guest Faculty on navigating uncertainty | Host of The Diary of a CFO podcast

Mark Johnson has helped CEOs pick CFOs for two decades.

In this conversation, he breaks down how the role has changed and what boards and CEOs now look for in a modern finance leader.

When I asked him what differentiates today’s standout CFOs,

He said: 

✅ IQ - still matters to get you in the door.

✅ EQ - emotional intelligence to build trust and win hearts

✅ SQ - social intelligence for authentic connections

✅ AQ - adversity quotient for resilience when things go sideways

We also discussed how:
 
✔️ Your resume won’t differentiate you anymore.
 
AI can make everyone look “perfect on paper.”

✔️ First-time CFOs get hired because someone believes in them.

✔️ CFO to CEO pathways are more possible than ever.

This is such an insightful episode.

🎧 Listen now on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube

I’ve never heard someone break down the path to the modern CFO role this clearly. 

Between IQ, EQ, SQ and AQ, which one do you think is most important for effective leadership?

View newsletter: The Diary of a CFO Recap

When CFOs leave, CEOs don’t stress about the numbers. They stress about who’s left to keep the business steady. Mark Johnson has watched this play out

Open article: What CEOs Want from Today’s CFO, with Executive Recruiter, Mark Johnson by Wassia Kamon, CPA, CMA, MBA • 2 min read

What CEOs Want from Today’s CFO, with Executive Recruiter, Mark Johnson

Be honest. Which owl are you right now?
Howdy on the left or Howdy on the right?

This was the first slide of my presentation yesterday at the AICPA Future of Finance Summit. 

And to no surprise, most of the room identified with Howdy on the right.

Because 2025 has been A LOT. And we're not even done yet!?!

We've all felt the weight of the uncertainty.

And it's been a pressure that didn't care whether you were a man or a woman, a staff accountant or a CFO, working at a big company or a small one, in private industry, public accounting, or nonprofit.

Uncertainty has been the great equalizer this year.

That's why I'm incredibly grateful I had the opportunity to lead the Women in Finance Leadership workshop on the topic of Ready, Reset, Grow.

The part that resonated most with people was my concept of a reset.

- A break gives you rest.
- A reset gives you clarity and alignment.

- A break helps you catch your breath while you're running.
- A reset helps you figure out if you're still running in the right direction.

Once we went through the full process of Ready and Reset, it was powerful to watch the whole room come together and share ideas on how we could grow together.

To everyone who was in that room, thank you so much for showing up and participating.

Big thanks to Kelly Lorenz and her wonderful team for this opportunity.

If you want the slides or more reset ideas, here's the link:

https://lnkd.in/eQGe5jUr

Now tell me ⤵️ 

Howdy left or Howdy right?

I’ve been an American Greed fan for years, so interviewing someone who actually worked on cases featured on the show was surreal!

In this episode, I sat down with attorney and risk expert Natalia Greene, Esq., CFE  who spent over 20 years defending accounting firms in fraud and embezzlement cases.

And let me tell you, the stories were wild!!!

We covered :

✅ The wildest embezzlement schemes she’s seen in 20+ years of litigation

✅ Why accountants often get blamed first when fraud is uncovered

✅ How scope creep silently increases your legal exposure

✅  The insurance policy every fractional CFO or firm owner needs (but few ever buy)

And so much more...

Here are the highlights of our conversation ⤵️ 

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P.S:.Let me know if you are also a fan of fraud cases.

Natalia Greene, Esq., CFE spent over 20 years defending accounting firms in high‑stakes litigation, including cases that ended up on American Greed. I

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Real Fraud Stories and Legal Protection for Your Fractional CFO Firm with Attorney Natalia Greene

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