1. 14 Springbok Street
Hotazel, South Africa
JANINE STRYDOM
(PMP)
(B.CO M )
+27 78 458 6871
Janineb.strydom@gmail.com
Id number: 8308180094087
EMPLOYMENT
Finance Analyst / Accountant
MMT Mine South32, Mn. SA Jan 2016 – Present
My current role is to support the Finance Lead and the Operations Leadership team on the mine, in embedding
financial discipline and providing sound financial management advice.
My core functional accountabilities include:
• To support operations with financial processes that affect Internal Reporting, Capital Reporting, Cost
Reporting, Planning, Analysis and Budgeting and Forecasting.
• To enable effective management decision making through accurate and timely reporting, month-end
requirements and analysis.
• Execution and co-ordination of
· month-end cost reports (outlining Sales, production costs and inventory levels/ values,
· accruals,
· analysis of variances
· presentation packs to management
· Annual budgeting for the mine
• Continuously track and report on Operational Key Value Drivers of the mining processes.
• Reconciliations of Balance Sheet accounts affected by Costing processes and accruals.
• Tracking and reporting of cost and productivity initiatives at operational level.
• Data inputs on SAP throughout the month as required.
• Check and verify cost center and asset detail for capitalisation purposes.
• Updates / changes to Master data on SAP that affects costing processes and transactions.
2. Project Control Specialist South32, Mn SA Oct 2011-Dec 2015
The Mamatwan Mine CAPEX portfolio is a Sustaining portfolio and do not include any Growth projects. Projects
and Programs vary in value and complexity but drive Compliance, Risk Reduction, Sustainability or Improvement
on Mamatwan Mine. All projects originate from a Capital Strategy that supports the overall Mine Strategy year
on year.
I had two team members reporting to me directly and I was responsible for servicing seven Project managers
and two Project Leads within the PMO office.
My core functional accountabilities included:
• Utilizing project services standards and practices for the provision of project services for a projectprogram
of projects within the portfolio.
• Develop and implement the scheduling, planning, estimating, cost control, information/document
management and risk assessment process to ensure the optimum delivery of the program of projects,
standalone project or project area.
• Identify and implement Project Services improvement initiatives.
• Provide project services expertise and support to other functions - as required.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of project services consultants.
• Monitor work undertaken by project services consultants.
• Identify and implement Project Services improvement initiatives.
Project Services include the following activities from project initiation until project closure:
1. Planning, Scheduling & Project Reporting
Scope management
Evaluate whether defined deliverables exist to determine inclusion & exclusion
Evaluate whether quality and risk are taken into account
Project deliverables
Evaluate whether deliverables correspond with WBS and support project goal
Work breakdown / Cost breakdown structures
Direct and evaluate WBS development according to class estimate guidelines
Direct and assist in Numbering applied
Reconcile whether all project documents reference the correct numbering / classification
Schedule management
Provide planning and scheduling expertise and support
Facilitate the Basis of Estimate write up for schedule estimates and contingency provisions
Validate schedule updates
Facilitate schedule compression requests
Validate milestone and gating dates
Construct and maintain a portfolio integrated schedule
Schedule forecasting
Build in formulas to determine planned future progress
Corrective action
Progress measurement / reporting
Prepare methodology to measure progress
Apply EVM to schedule
3. Analyse performance and report progress to management and stakeholders
Develop reports
2. Earned Value Analysis & Management
Monthly EVM graphs & calculations
3. Cost Engineering & Estimating
Estimating
Provide cost estimating expertise and support
Facilitate the Basis of estimate write up for each individual project
Validate that Cost estimation are done in accordance to GLD specifications and the corresponding
project phase requirements
Cost management
Validate the FYF recorded against schedule progress
Validate that the contingency applicable are relevant and a basis of calculation exist that refer to Risk
register
Review Cost estimates with Project team that was provided by external sources
Review Contractor pricing compared to the budget value
Integrate verified cost and estimates into the project budgets, estimates and Schedules
Cost control
Implement the appropriate cost control regime for the portfolio and Individual projects given scope and
complexity
Ensure project costs are accurately recorded in 1 SAP
Request financial updates on 1 SAP from finance
Support PMO with the relevant requested data from 1 SAP
Request WBS master data creation from Finance
Drive the timeous capitalisation of projects
Ensure that PMO cost centre are expensed to Overhead & administration cost account (supply Finance
with relevant detail)
Commitment management
Cost forecasting
Report on actuals vs planned
Provide explanations on cost variances
Ensure that IM system are updated with relevant forecast
4. Change Management & Controls
Change control
Validate that project information is archived timeously
Develop & implement a change control process
Audit compliance to the procedure for each project
5. Risk and Delay Claims
Risk Assessment & management
Provide risk management expertise and support to the PMO and sub-functions
Assist in identification, assessment and quantification of project and portfolio risk
4. Validate that risk registers are relevant and updated
Advise on Mitigation and avoidance strategies
Review contractor risk plans and advise on integration of that into the overall plan
Validate change requests
Delay Claims Quantification
Schedule Analysis
6. Quality Assurance
Provide project services expertise to PMO and sub-functions according to GLD’s, SOP’s and Mn SA
Project management framework
Ensure consistent methodologies and reporting of project metrics
Ensure transparent and visible data / records of performance against project objectives and KPI’s
Maintain the quality assurance plan by conducting Quality control audits
Drive organisational, cultural and innovation changes within the PMO
Validate that project documents and baseline plans are updated with change requests approved
Specialist Investment
Management: Finance
BHP Billiton, Mn. SA May 2010 – September 2011
The Finance Investment Specialist is a key position in assisting the Hotazel Manganese Mines management team
with the approval, governance execution, management of projects and close-out of all projects to be capitalised
as per IFRS on the company asset register. Duties included the following:
• Close relationship with Project Managers to assist with all financial and commercial requirements/issues.
• Link between PMO and Finance for all commercial aspects
• Responsible for accurate financial evaluations on new or proposed projects.
• Jointly accountable for project approvals to ensure all projects are timely approved to ensure proper
planning and approvals within the Mn and HMM approval framework.
• Accountable to close projects after completion to ensure projects are timely capitalised (adherence to IFRS
with regard to asset register and depreciation).
• Govern maintenance and updates on the fixed asset register.
• Responsible to ensure timely and accurate capitalisation of asset after completion of project in accordance
with IFRS.
• Jointly accountable for accuracy of monthly and quarterly forecasts and responsible for accurate and timely
submissions of these forecasts on the Capex Financial Reporting model.
• Responsible for project reporting and section reporting on the Capex Financial Reporting model and
compiling and reporting this data on the graphs that is presented on Business Unit Reviews.
• Adherence to monthly, half yearly and year-end time tables. All month-end deadlines must strictly be
adhered to.
• Accurate reporting on actual spend on capital projects and responsible to ensure that there is always
consistency between SAP, PPM and the Capex Financial Reporting model.
• Ensure that all financial data on applications for approval is always accurately and timely completed.
• Always ensure full compliance to the HMM and Mn. Approval Framework, the HMM Capex Policy and IFRS.
• Responsible to ensure SAP is properly maintained to data integrity of expenditure through the SAP system
(SAP Maintenance).
• Jointly accountable for accuracy and completeness of IAR and other approval documentation for submission
to the Mn CSG.
• Awareness towards health, safety and environmental issues. Compliance to all HSE requirements.
5. • Accurate and timely processing of accruals and budget reallocations
• Coordinate the input for the Capex and depreciation budget.
• Continuous KPI measurement and development of team members
Senior Capital Accountant Impala Platinum October 2007 – April 2010
I held the position of senior capital accountant for two large Growth projects on No.14 Shaft of the Rustenburg
Operations. DECLINE PROJECT – R5 Billion, and UG2 DEVOLPMENT – R2 Billion.
My office was situated on site and the projects team consisted of myself, a junior accountant, capturing clerk,
clerk of works, project engineer, project manager, project surveyor, quantity surveyor, project planner, electrical
foreman, mechanical foreman, EPCM contractor and consulting engineers (HATCH AFRICA)
Duties included the following:
• Liaising with team members on daily basis
• Participation in Planning and Scheduling of the mine plan, milestone scheduling, weekly contractor’s
progress meetings, monthly meeting with consulting engineers, procurement and adjudication meetings.
• Allocate costs, escalation and contingency to all planned data
• Responsible for Business planning and reporting for individual projects
• Forecast submission monthly
• Compile Project review graphs for GROWCO: monthly
• Present Project reviews with PM Monthly
• Ensure Material request are captured and correctly allocated to SAP WBS
• Authorise Purchase Requisitions and reservations
• Allocate rolling stock to correct mining area
• Ensure timeous delivery of critical items
• Correspond upcoming tenders to Procurement team
• Compile Board Report on quarterly basis to report project progress and financial status
• Communicate the Change in NPV for project changes considered
• Authorise invoice payments
• Contract management
• Annual reconciliations of project finances
Accounting Clerk JCJ Robbetze & Partners January 2005 -September 2007
I had to collect, classify and record day-to-day financial records and transactions of each specific entity/
client awarded to me by the owner of this accounting firm. Duties included:
• Processing tax invoices, debit notes, credit notes, sales invoices, bank statements and debtors/ creditors
statements with their relevant back-up documentation.
• These financial records were entered into the relevant accounting software used to assist in compiling
financial statements. ( Pastell or Turbocash)
• Obtain a general knowledge of the business and operations of the client
• Familiarise myself with the specific accounting principles and practices of the industry for the specific client
• Ensure that financial data are free of errors and misstatements
• Draft correspondence letters to clients
• Compile and submit VAT calculations for each client to Revenue Service
• Draft Financial Statements in the relevant software program
• Discuss financial advice with firm owner
• Correspond financial advice to clients
6. EDUCATION
B.COM Accounting North West University 2007
Project Management Professional Project Management Institute 2014
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND TOOLS
• Principles of Professional Business Analysis Faculty Training Institute 2012
• MS Projects for Engineers & Technical Prof. EHI 2012
• Cost Engineering for Capital Projects Alliance 2012
• MS Projects (advanced)
• Pastell Accounting
• SAP
• PPM
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• PMI (PMP Number: 1731331)
LANGUAGES
• English: second language (read, write, speak)
• Afrikaans: first language (read, write, speak)
• Setswana: additional language (speak)
7. EDUCATION
B.COM Accounting North West University 2007
Project Management Professional Project Management Institute 2014
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND TOOLS
• Principles of Professional Business Analysis Faculty Training Institute 2012
• MS Projects for Engineers & Technical Prof. EHI 2012
• Cost Engineering for Capital Projects Alliance 2012
• MS Projects (advanced)
• Pastell Accounting
• SAP
• PPM
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• PMI (PMP Number: 1731331)
LANGUAGES
• English: second language (read, write, speak)
• Afrikaans: first language (read, write, speak)
• Setswana: additional language (speak)