Poovan Archary is a South African citizen seeking an operations manager, business consultant, or ERP project manager position. He has 10 years of experience implementing and customizing ERP systems for various companies. His education includes a diploma in financial accounts and a current BCompt degree. He is analytical, logical, and excels at problem-solving. References are available from his various consulting roles.

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Poovan Archary
P.O. Box 3060, Cresta, 2118, Johannesburg, South Africa
South African
English & Afrikaans
Mobile: 084 729 6866
poovan@gmail.com
About Me  I am interested in exploring opportunities that enable me to use
my skills and expertise that I have acquired over the last 10
years. I am interested in positions such as Operations Manager,
Business Consultant/Analyst and ERP/IT Projects Manager
 My long term goal is to be given the opportunity to manage the
operations of a business that will allow me to use these skills
and expertise to add value to this role. I am responsible
and extremely hard working,
 I see myself as a being logical and analytical and one of my key
strengths is problem solving in my line of work. I always think
out of the box and look at all scenarios and risks before deciding
on any solution.
Education
High School:
Ryland’s High School Std 10 / Grade 12 (Completed 1993)
Subjects passed:
English History
Afrikaans Accounting
Mathematics Business Economics
Tertiary Education
Varsity College
C.A.D. Training
UNISA
Diploma in Financial Accounts – Advanced Bookkeeping - 1998
Diploma in Pastel Ver. 5 – 1999
BCompt Degree - Current
1st
Year
Introduction to the Economic and Management Environment 1 A/B
Accounts 1A - Accounting concepts, principles and procedures
Accounts 1B - Accounting reporting
Business management 1A/B
Economics 1A/B
Commercial law 1A/B
Accounting Systems Development and Management
Introductory Financial Mathematics
2nd
Year
Accounting 2A - Financial Accounting for Companies & Close
Corporations.
Accounting 2B - Partnerships, Group Statements, Financial Analysis &
the valuation of financial securities.

2. Accounting 2C – Cost Accounting and Control
Taxation 2A – The Taxation of Individuals and Companies
Taxation 2B - Estates, trusts and insolvencies
Taxation 2C – Taxation of Business income
Commercial Law 2A/B
Practical Accounting Data Processing
Career
Company Kuphela IT Solutions - Gauteng
Date September 2008 – Present
Position Director – Consultant (Own Business)
Responsibilities
 Similar responsibilities to working at Kerridge
 Consulting to Kerridge Commercial Systems as well as to
clients who use the software.
 Developed, implemented and enhanced a system solution for
CAT Rental systems (part of the Barloworld Group). This
consisted of 17 branches and 85 cost centers. The solution
entailed developing new modules as per CAT’s business
processes and outcomes required.
 Consulted to Federated Timbers (now known as Builders Trade
Depot, part of the Massmart group) with over 80 branches and
subsidiaries.
 Consulted to Eurolux and enhanced their current business
processes.
 Created business process documentation, manuals of new
solutions that were implemented and ongoing enhancements to
the system
 Partnered up with Savino Del Bene to offer a new bond store
solution to Eurolux who import 90% of their products.
Accomplishments Developed new solution for CAT Rental Systems which was
based on a plant hire module. This implementation was
successful and is now being used worldwide by Kerridge
Commercial Systems, as well as few prospective clients in SA.
Enhanced all the above customers systems and implemented a
CRM module to assist with proper customer relations. Motovac
(Botswana) – Implemented over 20 branches. Stafix Electrical
Fencing, Africoach Bus parts and spares, Eurolux.
Company Kerridge Commercial Systems - Gauteng
Date August 2004 – August 2008
Position Lead Business Consultant
Responsibilities
 Implementing a fully integrated accounting and POS system to
existing and new clients
 Understanding clients business processes in order to improve
them on the system
 Preparation of System Specs (Specs for modification in a
program).

3.  Process Flow – Sales man gets clients approval for a Needs and
Gap analysis. I sit down with the project sponsors and
understand their current business processes. I give advice as to
where they could change business processes in order to be more
efficient as well as identify risks to the organization. I
document this and this would form part of the project charter. I
identify risks in the document and what the standard system
would not be able to cater for thus being development work on
the system.
 Customizing the software according to the business review
document.
 Data conversions of existing clients from the old to the new
version and import of data for new clients.
 Balancing the data converted/imported back to their
management accounts, e.g. Debtors/Creditors ageing, Trial
Balance / Balance Sheet and Assets register. Lots of work done
on excel as well as recons
 Get sign off on the financials that was imported
 Training of clients on the Accounting, POS, and Stock and
Management modules of the system.
 Assisting clients on the GO LIVE week with regard to
navigating around the new system.
 Resolving outstanding queries with regard to the system, printer
issues, format stationery and accounts issues.
 Assisting the Accountant with first month end and year end
involving, stock recons, management accounts, printing of
financial reports, journal entries and Asset Register depreciation
process. Vat and sales recons are a big part of the job.
 Assisting the Debtors department with printing of statements,
age analysis, cash postings of payments by customers and
month end roll over of both the SL and PL
 Assisting the Creditors department with Invoice register,
payments to suppliers, age analysis, verifying of suppliers
invoices and general reporting procedures.
 Assisting Stock controllers with stock forecasting, stock ageing,
stock taking including cycle counting,
 Interaction with clients in a BA role, responsible for
establishing and defining user requirements in context of
project requirements.
 Responsible for translating user requirements into functional
and technical requirements for the development teams
 Investigate, interview and extract information from customers
and end users, to understand the business rules, business logic
behind existing line of business systems.
 Ability to analyze business requirements, map business process
and design and develop integrated solutions
 Maintaining a test bed that accurately reflects the clients
production systems
 Be able to understand the problem definition, create the

4. business case to motivate the investment and to clearly show
the benefits to the customer, either financial, efficiencies, cost
savings, etc.
 User requirement sign off with clients - UAT
 Ensure product enhancements & major changes to the product
are kept in step with all future product upgrades and releases
 Ensure the product’s performance meets the clients
expectations
 Achieve project deadlines and budget constraints
 Ensure business outcomes are achieved as per the project
charter and control deviations from this.
 Ongoing reviews of customer’s sites and advising of new
development that could benefit customers.
Accomplishments Assisted with the Bearing Man project (800 users), implemented for
Federated Timbers(600 users), Penny Pinchers (500 users),
Manny’s hardware(30 users), Obex fasteners(20 users), MK
Logistics(4 users), Somerset Timbers(20 users), Paragon
Electrical(60 users). Implemented 40 Tile Africa branches
within 1 month (300 users). Ongoing Bearing Man, Tile Africa
and Federated Timbers retainers, reviewing and simplifying
business processes.
Company Kerridge Commercial Systems - Gauteng
Date August 2004 – March 2005
Position Accounts Analyst – Team Leader – Aug 04 to Oct 05
Responsibilities
 Accounts team support
 Exposure to UNIX operating system.
 Preparation of System Speculations (Specs for modification in a
program).
 Service Level Agreements preparation, (Improved cognizance
on financial software support and training.
 Performing financial period end and exposure to the following
modules Nominal Ledger/VAT//Sales Ledger & Purchase
Ledger. VSB, Point of Sale, Asset Register.
 Writing financial reports on Internal accounting software, on
behalf of clients, as per their request/s.
 Customizing of stationery (sales documents and purchase
documents).
 Analysis & procedural duties such as Backups/Restore, month
end/week and year end and application testing prior to a patch
being implemented.
 Provide back end support of the company package to ensure
that the best possible service is provided to customers at all
times.
 Investigation and reconciliation’s.
 Follow departmental procedures and guidelines when liaising
with customers regarding support issues.
 To work effectively in team environment and communicate
regularly with other team members and leaders.

5.  Day to day operation of a commercial support accounts team.
Assist clients to run their management reports.
 Assist clients reconciling their books when errors occur – e.g.
Sales, Purchases and General Ledger do not balance. Have to
manually reconcile clients books especially Sales Ledger to that
of Nominal Ledger to balance. Have dealt with reconciliations
in the amount of R11m, R5, R3m and other smaller amounts.
 Maintaining SLA and stats levels and training of new staff
members.
Company Blue Star Digital (Pty) Ltd – Gauteng
Date December 2001 – July 2004
Position E-Commerce Consultant / Bookkeeper
Responsibilities
Blue Star Digital (pty) Ltd is a call center outsourcing company for an
international concern. I have been providing customer service and
support to international clients. Our diverse clientele ranges from the
United Sates, Australia, Europe, South America and some Asian
countries.
 Providing efficient customer service and support when dealing
with clients telephonically.
 Responding to e-mails promptly and efficiently.
 Responsible for credit card screening as a fraud control measure
and Risk Management
 Pro-actively send e-mail to clients based on account status and
purchase rejections
 Building a good customer profile and relationship
 Assisting customers with account and refund queries.
 Assisting clients with website navigation, online purchases and
content queries.
 Review Client information on an ongoing basis to prevent
Fraud transactions.
 Process Payments in Dollars, Euro’s and Pounds.
 Problem solving & troubleshooting of systems.
 Building & Maintaining a lasting relationship with 3rd
party
processor, i.e. ACH processing house, acquiring banks.
 Ensure security, reliability, accuracy and integrity of
information.
 Update Daily Cash flow statements, Electronic Funds Transfer.
Daily reconciliations.
 Journal out all payments and printing of Cashin Balances
reports and Journal Audit reports on a daily basis.
 Liaise with customers regarding payments made.
Reason for leaving Seeking better opportunities.

6. Company Flower Foundation – Retirement Villages - Gauteng
Date September 2001 – November 2001
Position Accounts Assistant
Responsibilities  Processing Debtors / Creditors Invoices
 Debt Collection, Payment of Creditors and Banking
 Management of Accounts / Inter-company transfers
 Vat Returns and PAYE payments to Receiver
 Bank Recons, Budget and Variance Accounts
 Reconciling of Cashbook, Maintenance Accounts
 Electronic Funds Transfer, Management of Petty Cash
 Monthly balancing of 13 sets of books
 Monthly Financial Statements – B/S, I/S, T/B
 Inputs in Ledger Accounts, Sales Ledger and Salary Journals.
Weekly and Monthly Cash Flow Statements
 Maintenance of Bank Overdraft – Allocating funds to and from
Investment Accounts
Reason for Leaving Contract Position
Company Automatic Transmission and Engine Services - KZN
Date May 2000 – August 2001
Position Bookkeeper
Responsibilities  Processing Debtors / Creditors Invoices
 Debt Collection, Payment of Creditors and Banking
 Job Costing and Stock Control
 Reconciling of Cashbook, Bank Recons
 Vat Returns and PAYE payments to Receiver
 Wages and Salary Payments
 Monthly Financial Statements – I/S, B/S, T/B
 Maintain a good relationship with Debtors and Creditors
Reason for leaving Re-located to Gauteng
Company Telkom – Cape Town
Date August 1998 – April 2000
Position Customer Service Representative
Responsibilities  Processing orders for new or additional telephone services.
 Liaising with customers relating to queries and complaints
 Providing customers with various services offered
 Provide daily, weekly and monthly stats
 Attend weekly meetings – second in charge of department

7.  Dispatching orders to Technical department and making
appointments with customers.
Reason for Leaving Re-located to KZN
Company Vodacom – Cape Town
Date November 1997 – July 1998
Position Call Centre Representative
Responsibilities  Assisting clients with cell phone queries
 Contacting Service providers relating to queries that clients
have raised.
 Providing customers with various services offered
 Maintain average of 250 calls per day
Reason for Leaving Temp Position
Company Woolworths Financial Services – Cape Town
Date January 1994 – August 1996
Position Admin Clerk / Supervisor
Responsibilities  Stores and customer liaison, Maintenance of system problems.
In- house training of new staff members.
 Processing and Retrieval of sales and credit documents.
 Liaise with customers regarding disputes of purchases on
Accounts. Make sure deadlines are adhered to.
 Updating of Stores Performance reports. Age analysis reports.
Compiling Daily and Weekly stats.
 Compiling Procedures manuals and attend meetings
Reason for Leaving No Promotional Opportunities
GENERAL
Skills and Abilities  Confident, Ambitious, Responsible, Punctual, Honest
 Ability to work independently or in a team. Motivation,
Assertive and Initiative.
 Thrive on working under pressure and dealing with new
challenges on a daily basis.
Computer Skills
Advanced user
 Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP
 Freelance Graphics, Power Point, MS Word
 Lotus, Excel, Pastel, Pastel Payroll, Omicron
 CBS Financial (Telkom), Internet, E-mail, Internet Banking,
Kerridge System

8. Interests  Sports, Finance, Computer
General  Member of action soccer & cricket teams
 Participated in the Executive Health relay
 Served on Christmas Party Committee at Telkom
Leadership Roles  Class Monitor, Captain of School Athletics and soccer team
 Member of a Cultural group
REFERENCES
Company Kerridge Commercial Systems
Name Mr. Trevor Dorasamy
Position Project Manager
Contact number 082 906 9660
Company CAT Rental Systems
Name Miss Susan Grenfell
Position IT Administrator
Contact number 011 – 929 0899 / 082 888 2827
Company Eurolux
Name Mrs. Dohne Nicholson
Position Financial Manager
Contact number 021 – 528 8400 / 082 416 4094
Company Federated Timbers – ADP Client
Name Mr. Vernon Stephens
Position Project Manager
Contact number 031 – 469 1407
Company Bluestar Digital
Name Ms Tessa Gilbert
Position Manager
Contact number 011 – 780 3000
Company Flower Foundation
Name Mr. Denzel Bussey
Position Financial Director
Contact number 011 – 476 4400
Company Telkom
Name Miss Estelle Bullock
Position Supervisor
Contact number 021 – 414 1508

9. Company Automatic Transmission & Engine Services
Name Mr. Sastri Ramiah
Position Chartered Accountant
Contact number 031 – 267 2414

10. Company Automatic Transmission & Engine Services
Name Mr. Sastri Ramiah
Position Chartered Accountant
Contact number 031 – 267 2414