1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Mr. Mpumelelo N Thongola Contacts: +267 3610310
P O Box 11 Cell: +267 72307377
Kanye email:mpumelelo.thongola@puma-energy.com
AIMS
To become a self motivated professional accountant who upholds ACCA principles of
professional ethics with a view to maintain good corporate image, add value through self
organization and efficiency. Furthermore, to contribute to the development of our country
both professionally and academically to achieve vision 2016: To help those who have
committed their life to helping people affected by the HIV/AIDS through provision of
accounting services and advice.
Personal aptitudes
• Computer literate: Ms Word, Ms Excel (spreadsheet), sage application software,
Accpac, MDA accounting, Ellipse accounting software, Syspro Accounting software,
Pastel, Sunsystems, Navision and internet and mail use.
• Good interpersonal relations and achievement of work targets.
• Analytical and diagnostic thinking.
• Proactive and initiative; Leadership skills
• Strong team spirit attained through audit teams and assignments.
• Strong commitment to quality and high accuracy level (performs well with numbers
math and hence strong comprehension of Financial and corporate reporting.
• Compassionate and considerate.
Work experience
February 2012 to date
Puma Energy Botswana
Position Held: Stock Accountant
As the Stocks Accountant I am mainly responsible for the following duties on a monthly basis:
• To account for product purchase and all stock movements within the company and also
make sure that the costing of each product is correct for both bulk fuels and lubricants
both packed and bulk lubricants.
• Comply with Government regulations (levies, customs, excise duties, tax) Compute and
process journals on these and perform reconciliations at month end.
• Ensure completion of slate audits and facilitate with the auditors and regulator to make
sure that they are completed on time.
• Manage stock levels in coordination with the Logistics department
• In charge of accounting and reconciliation of stock movements with other oil
companies
• Perform the analysis of gross proceeds, cost of sales and gross margin with respect to
the price regulation mechanism.

2. • Manage the slate balance with the Government on a monthly basis
• Compile daily mass balance, that is the throughput analysis.
• Manage stock movements are accounted for in all remote locations by being in
constant communication with the each remote location site and administration
manager
• Manage and facilitate all month end stock counts and also carry out spot counts to
make sure that our stocks are in good condition.
• Perform a report on slow moving stocks on a monthly basis.
• Assist the financial controller with the daily reporting of margins in terms of how our
stock is performing and in its valuation.
• Work directly with the Finance Manager in providing month end reports on stocks to
the regional office and also deal with any queries raised by the regional financial
controller on stock reports.
• Work with the Operations Manager on operational issue in relation to stock, with more
emphasis on the management of stock, gains and losses of fuels and investigations on
the causes and provide recommendations on how they could be resolved.
• Work closely with the commercial manager in relation to lubrication business aspect by
insuring that our stock is well received in our system and also in our respective
locations by checking work done by the site administrators and also review slow
moving stocks that may need to be sold off to other businesses that may have need for
the products not moving in the current market.
7th of January 2008 to January 2012
Ernst and Young Botswana
Position held: Audit Senior
Engagements:
1) Botswana Life Insurance Limited
2) Discovery Metals Limited
3) Engen Botswana
4) Orange Botswana
5) African Copper Mine
6) Botswana Telecommunications
7) Botsnet
8) Khumo Property Asset Management
9) NBFIRA
10) BONASO
Experienced earned
• Performing audit procedures for statutory audits for a wide variety of clients in
different industries and sectors as shown in the listed clients above.
• Auditing Expenses; Account receivables; account payables; noncurrent assets; Cash
and bank, Payroll & Directors emoluments, Revenue and Cost of sales, inventory, VAT
and Leases. These section audits were done under audits of Retail industry; Service
industry; Manufacturing and Non Government Organisations. I had the opportunity of
compiling the financial statements for Discovery Metals and Khumo Property Asset
Management.

3. • A weeks training on Ernst and Young audit methodology and Gamx which is the current
Ernst and Young audit software/tool. This training included planning and completing an
audit engagement.
• The first six months of working at Ernst and Young was as an intern and was then later
on confirmed as a permanent member of staff on the 1st
of June 2008.
• I have been the working as the Supervisor on the Khumo audit for the past two years
and during all that time we managed to finish the audit before the deadline given to us.
I was responsible for the planning of the audit up to the finalization of the audit. One of
the major duties I was tasked with was to make sure the team was working within the
budget and that they were meeting the objectives as per the audit strategy. I was also
responsible for doing the audited financial statements.
• I have done a half year review for Discovery Metals Limited on my own without the
supervision of the manager as I was responsible doing the field work and then the half
year financial results and other related deliverables that the parent company needed
to be achieved. In the execution of these results I was being reviewed by the Senior
Manager and the Partner on the job.
• Training on Microsoft word and excel basic and intermediate
• Training on time and stress management; Company secretarial and Taxation.
• Major clients includes: African Copper Mining, Engen Botswana, Botswana
Telecommunications Corporations, Orange Botswana and Botswana Life Insurance
Limited.
Generally, the experienced earned at Ernst and Young gave me an insight of how the real
accounting environment and systems operate; controls setup and evaluation. It developed my
analytical and diagnostic thinking skills and professional skepticism that I should have when I
approach an audit. Furthermore, it developed my professional behavior, attitude and good
client relations.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
ACCA Finalist
Papers (Professional level)
To be completed ACCA
1. Advanced Audit and Assurance
2. Advanced Performance Management
Completed within the professional level
3. Corporate Reporting
4. Business Analysis
5. Professional Accountant
Fundamentals level
1. Audit and Assurance

4. 2. Financial Reporting
3. Financial Management and Control
4. Business Taxation (BW)
5. Business and Corporate Law (BW)
6. Information Systems
Association of accounting Technician
Botswana Accountancy College
June 2002 to December 2004
Level four (technician stage) • Drafting financial statements
• Management of costs and enhancement of value
• Planning and allocating resources
• Managing account ting systems
• Implementing audit procedures
• Evaluating current and proposed activities
• Operating a cash management and control system
Level three (intermediate
stage)
• Maintaining financial records and preparing accounts
• Preparing reports and returns
• Using information technology (spreadsheet)
• Recording cost information
Level two (foundation stage) • Working with in formation technology (sage)
• Preparing ledger balances and the initial trial balance
• Supplying information for management control
• Maintaining a healthy, safe and secure workplace
• Recording income and receipt
• Making and recording payments
• Achieving personal effectiveness
OTHER ACHIVEMENTS
1) NEW MANAGERS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
I enrolled and attended a course facilitated by USB on management skills for which I
was third in the class and in the group presentation we became second. The course
focused on a lot things with some being on project management, emotional
intelligence, people management.
2) HIV/AIDS TRAINING (2002)
I attended a course on how to live with HIV/AIDS infected and affected people. The
training was based on to accept a person suffering from HIV and on how to help them
live with it and also those around them.
3) Staff Champion for the Botswana Life Audit (2008)

5. I was chosen as the best achieving staff member during the audit of Botswana Life
Insurance Limited within my first year of audit.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
1999 to 2001
New Era Secondary School
IGCSE
1997 to 1998
Solusi Secondary School
ZJC
1990 to 1996
Motsatsing Primary School
PSLE
REFEREES
• Miss Tobile Lemo (Financial Controller)
Puma Energy Botswana
Tel: 72893515/3610398
• Miss Mpoi Sedie (Senior Audit Manager)
Ernst and Young Botswana
Tel:72892335 /3610319
• Mr. Shereni Mazengera (Finance Manager)
Puma Energy Botswana
Tel: 72900088/3610319