Natalie Laxton has over fifteen years of Facilitaion and Consulting experience and has a wide range of practical skills to offer.
· Academy of Learning - Bookkeeping course to trial balance - Completed June 1992.
· Bookkeeping diploma - Completed July 1993.
· DOS Version 5 course - Completed 1994
· Nixdorf sales processing course - Completed June 1990
· Basic SCO UNIX course - Completed June 1995
· Impact Systems administrator course - completed June 1995
· Currently studying for the National Diploma in Information Systems through Technikon RSA (correspondence). Subjects passed up to now:
1. Information Systems I
2. Information Systems II
3. Information Technology Skills I
4. Accounting Skills I
5. Systems Software I – Hardware Concepts and Network Concepts.
6. Information Systems III ( which consists of two modules: Database Management and Project Management).
7. Installation Management III
8. Development Software 1 – Programming Concepts
9. Project Management Diploma
10. Certified Project Manager (USA)
· I have registered and am studying the following subjects this year: Cost and Management Accounting; Development Software I – Cobol Development and Systems Software II
· Project management Diploma - Completed August 1993.
· Impact report writing course - Completed September 1996.
· St John’s ambulance first aid course.
· Microsoft Excel Course – Completed October 1997.\
· ICDL Qualilication in IT (Internationally recognoised)
· Busy with BComm (info Systems)
· Impact Encore V4 training completed at Syspro for:
· Accounts payable
· Accounts receivable
· Cash Book
· General ledger
· Purchase orders
· Inventory
· Sales orders
· WIP
· BOM
· Systems Admin
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1990 - 1992 NIXDORF SYSTEM
My responsibilities included:
· Processing and balancing of cashbook (payments and deposits)
· Processing of debtors and creditors through the Nixdorf system, printing statements for debtors, cheques and remittance advice’s for creditors. Balancing both debtors and creditors control accounts daily and monthly.
· Maintenance of the general ledger. Addition of new accounts, closing all system modules monthly, closing the general ledger quarterly and annually, ensuring all control accounts balanced, working with and balancing inter-company accounts, printing trial balances and providing information for auditing purposes.
· Costing - maintenance of costs annually.
· Performing daily backups.
· Processing of wages, balancing wages weekly, printing of payslips weekly, printing IRP’s yearly.
1993 - JULY 1995
My responsibilities included:
· Using Universe and UNIX to set-up users, printers, maintain print jobs, maintain disk spaces.
· Liasing with all departments and trouble shooting, problem solving. Liasing with the support company to assist in solving program problems.
· Performing daily updates (day ends) for debtors, creditors, cashbook, inventory. Distributing daily information to relevant departments.
· Performing monthly updates (month ends) and ensuring all control accounts balanced. Distributing this information to relevant departments as well as printing monthly reports i.e. debtors turnover reports, sales analysis, trial balance.
· Performing daily and monthly backups.
· Report writing for users requests, using the database in jobtrak.
· Handling all mainframe hardware problems and Liasing with IBM support.
· Assisting with stock take procedures and updating stock take after the Financial director had signed off the variance reports.
JULY 1995 – April 1997
It was decided in July of 1994 to implement a new computer system as the Jobtrak system was not meeting the company’s changing needs. I was involved with providing all information to the computer auditor necessary to choose the relevant system.
This included providing all current documentation and procedures from all departments and explaining how all departments functioned globally and interactively.
I was appointed as part of the project team to implement the Impact System.
My tasks included:
· Liasing with finance and our support company to set-up the new general ledger coding, ledger accounts, control accounts relevant to each module such as debtors, creditor and inventory.
· Liasing with materials handling management and Procurement to set-up the new warehouses, stock codes, optimising of logistics, bar-coding, stock take procedures, stationery formats, reporting required.
· Liasing with the sales department and finance to set-up a new debtors database, reporting, stationery formats, control accounts.
· Liasing with creditors/finance to set-up the new creditors database, reporting, stationery formats, control accounts.
· I went on a SCO UNIX course and a systems administration course in June 1995. to ensure a smooth transition when “going live” on the 1st July 1995. After “going live” on Impact in July 1995, responsibilities have included:
· Daily and monthly backups.
· Running balancing functions, journals and distribution reports for debtors, creditors, cashbook, inventory, orders and bill of materials. Distributing the information to the relevant departments and ensuring control accounts balance.
· Performing the month end procedures on all modules and cost implosions at month end. Printing all relevant reports and distributing these to the relevant departments.
· Performing system functions such as adding new users, changing passwords, controlling operator access levels, checking diskspace, doing shutdowns.
· Liasing with the users and troubleshooting, reporting program problems to the support company and liasing between the support company and the users on problems experienced.
· Reporting hardware problems to the support company.
· Providing financial information to the auditors at year end.
· Report writing for users requests, using the report writer in Impact.
· Daily balancing of the Pin-Point management information system to the debtors control account, which provides senior management with information on sales, debtors and budgeting. Setting up templates to suit users requests and assisting with report requests on the management information system.
May 1997 to 2 April 2004
Reason for leaving: Relocated to Natal
I was extremely fortunate to apply for a Systems Administrator position at Verimark Holdings in April 1997 and started my term of employment at Verimark on the 2 May 1997. It has been an exciting and fulfilling position for the last five and a half years.
My Job Function has included the following responsibilities:
· Managing an 80 User site
Servers:
I have been responsible for managing and maintaining the Servers which include a Unix Server, a Windows NT Server, a Sequel Server and a RAS(Remote Access Server). Management includes maintaining the data, monitoring Systems Performance, Daily Backups, Adding and maintaining of groups, permissions, access levels.
Local and Wide Area Network:
This function has included monitoring the Network traffic, ensuring that all Routers are functioning properly, logging calls with Telkom when lines go down, ensuring accessibility to all Servers for all Users, logging calls with the Networking Support Company when faults are experienced on the Network.
The Wide Area Network includes Branches in Cape Town, Durban and Midrand connecting to Sandton.
Main skills are focused on network traffic management.
Printers:
I have maintained Dot Matrix, Line and Laser Printers within Verimark.
Systems enhancements and e-commerce:
I have been involved with the architecture and design of the Verimark website which was developed jointly with M-Web. Business processes were analysed within Verimark to ensure an efficient and effective web order fulfilment system.
I maintain this website in conjunction with marketing.
See www.verimark.co.za
Have implemented a daily file transfer protocol of the Verimark stock file to enable correct pricing in the Verimark distribution network.
Have been involved with the design and implementation of a Verimark Franchise website to achieve more effective logistics systems.
Designed a MIS to assist with the profitability analysis as well as commission calculations.
Designed a stock report based on sales figures from the MIS system to assist with stock ordering, calculate average number of stock days and thereby increasing the companies working capital management.
Helpdesk Support:
I have supported 80 Users on:
o Impact Encore V4
o All financial and distribution modules in terms of
· Set-up of modules done by myself
· Training on modules
· Problem solving
· Trouble shooting
· Process analysis using flow charts, pert charts and other relevant techniques
· Implementation of revised process through a structured Project Management approach
· Connectivity via a RAS (Remote access server) for over 72 franchisees nationwide to place sales orders on-line, query their accounts and inventory levels
· Assisting with Stocktake Procedures and confirming Stocktakes once approved by the Financial Director
· Performing Month Ends and Year Ends
· Daily and Monthly Balancing of all Modules on Impact Encore – Control Records to General Ledger
o Microsoft Office Products that I have supported.
· Excel
· Powerpoint
· Word
· Outlook
· MS Project
Key Skills (Strengths)
· Process and Systems Analysis skills
· Project Management Approach using Project Management Skills
· Training skills – have lectured Project Management at Damelin Randburg, in-house training at Verimark on Encore and Microsoft Products, training of Verimark Franchisees nationwide.
· Accounting skills
· People skills
Upgraded Encore V4 to Syspro V6-SQL – ATTENDED ALL RELEVANT TRAINING (SQL INSTALLATION TRAINING; ALL SYSPRO V6 TRAINING)
2 April 2004 to Date
DTS CC
Academic and Admin manager
MY INTERESTS:
I enjoy reading, windsurfing, scuba diving and the Internet.
· Academy of Learning - Bookkeeping course to trial balance - Completed June 1992.
· Bookkeeping diploma - Completed July 1993.
· DOS Version 5 course - Completed 1994
· Nixdorf sales processing course - Completed June 1990
· Basic SCO UNIX course - Completed June 1995
· Impact Systems administrator course - completed June 1995
· Currently studying for the National Diploma in Information Systems through Technikon RSA (correspondence). Subjects passed up to now:
1. Information Systems I
2. Information Systems II
3. Information Technology Skills I
4. Accounting Skills I
5. Systems Software I – Hardware Concepts and Network Concepts.
6. Information Systems III ( which consists of two modules: Database Management and Project Management).
7. Installation Management III
8. Development Software 1 – Programming Concepts
9. Project Management Diploma
10. Certified Project Manager (USA)
· I have registered and am studying the following subjects this year: Cost and Management Accounting; Development Software I – Cobol Development and Systems Software II
· Project management Diploma - Completed August 1993.
· Impact report writing course - Completed September 1996.
· St John’s ambulance first aid course.
· Microsoft Excel Course – Completed October 1997.\
· ICDL Qualilication in IT (Internationally recognoised)
· Busy with BComm (info Systems)
· Impact Encore V4 training completed at Syspro for:
· Accounts payable
· Accounts receivable
· Cash Book
· General ledger
· Purchase orders
· Inventory
· Sales orders
· WIP
· BOM
· Systems Admin
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1990 - 1992 NIXDORF SYSTEM
My responsibilities included:
· Processing and balancing of cashbook (payments and deposits)
· Processing of debtors and creditors through the Nixdorf system, printing statements for debtors, cheques and remittance advice’s for creditors. Balancing both debtors and creditors control accounts daily and monthly.
· Maintenance of the general ledger. Addition of new accounts, closing all system modules monthly, closing the general ledger quarterly and annually, ensuring all control accounts balanced, working with and balancing inter-company accounts, printing trial balances and providing information for auditing purposes.
· Costing - maintenance of costs annually.
· Performing daily backups.
· Processing of wages, balancing wages weekly, printing of payslips weekly, printing IRP’s yearly.
1993 - JULY 1995
My responsibilities included:
· Using Universe and UNIX to set-up users, printers, maintain print jobs, maintain disk spaces.
· Liasing with all departments and trouble shooting, problem solving. Liasing with the support company to assist in solving program problems.
· Performing daily updates (day ends) for debtors, creditors, cashbook, inventory. Distributing daily information to relevant departments.
· Performing monthly updates (month ends) and ensuring all control accounts balanced. Distributing this information to relevant departments as well as printing monthly reports i.e. debtors turnover reports, sales analysis, trial balance.
· Performing daily and monthly backups.
· Report writing for users requests, using the database in jobtrak.
· Handling all mainframe hardware problems and Liasing with IBM support.
· Assisting with stock take procedures and updating stock take after the Financial director had signed off the variance reports.
JULY 1995 – April 1997
It was decided in July of 1994 to implement a new computer system as the Jobtrak system was not meeting the company’s changing needs. I was involved with providing all information to the computer auditor necessary to choose the relevant system.
This included providing all current documentation and procedures from all departments and explaining how all departments functioned globally and interactively.
I was appointed as part of the project team to implement the Impact System.
My tasks included:
· Liasing with finance and our support company to set-up the new general ledger coding, ledger accounts, control accounts relevant to each module such as debtors, creditor and inventory.
· Liasing with materials handling management and Procurement to set-up the new warehouses, stock codes, optimising of logistics, bar-coding, stock take procedures, stationery formats, reporting required.
· Liasing with the sales department and finance to set-up a new debtors database, reporting, stationery formats, control accounts.
· Liasing with creditors/finance to set-up the new creditors database, reporting, stationery formats, control accounts.
· I went on a SCO UNIX course and a systems administration course in June 1995. to ensure a smooth transition when “going live” on the 1st July 1995. After “going live” on Impact in July 1995, responsibilities have included:
· Daily and monthly backups.
· Running balancing functions, journals and distribution reports for debtors, creditors, cashbook, inventory, orders and bill of materials. Distributing the information to the relevant departments and ensuring control accounts balance.
· Performing the month end procedures on all modules and cost implosions at month end. Printing all relevant reports and distributing these to the relevant departments.
· Performing system functions such as adding new users, changing passwords, controlling operator access levels, checking diskspace, doing shutdowns.
· Liasing with the users and troubleshooting, reporting program problems to the support company and liasing between the support company and the users on problems experienced.
· Reporting hardware problems to the support company.
· Providing financial information to the auditors at year end.
· Report writing for users requests, using the report writer in Impact.
· Daily balancing of the Pin-Point management information system to the debtors control account, which provides senior management with information on sales, debtors and budgeting. Setting up templates to suit users requests and assisting with report requests on the management information system.
May 1997 to 2 April 2004
Reason for leaving: Relocated to Natal
I was extremely fortunate to apply for a Systems Administrator position at Verimark Holdings in April 1997 and started my term of employment at Verimark on the 2 May 1997. It has been an exciting and fulfilling position for the last five and a half years.
My Job Function has included the following responsibilities:
· Managing an 80 User site
Servers:
I have been responsible for managing and maintaining the Servers which include a Unix Server, a Windows NT Server, a Sequel Server and a RAS(Remote Access Server). Management includes maintaining the data, monitoring Systems Performance, Daily Backups, Adding and maintaining of groups, permissions, access levels.
Local and Wide Area Network:
This function has included monitoring the Network traffic, ensuring that all Routers are functioning properly, logging calls with Telkom when lines go down, ensuring accessibility to all Servers for all Users, logging calls with the Networking Support Company when faults are experienced on the Network.
The Wide Area Network includes Branches in Cape Town, Durban and Midrand connecting to Sandton.
Main skills are focused on network traffic management.
Printers:
I have maintained Dot Matrix, Line and Laser Printers within Verimark.
Systems enhancements and e-commerce:
I have been involved with the architecture and design of the Verimark website which was developed jointly with M-Web. Business processes were analysed within Verimark to ensure an efficient and effective web order fulfilment system.
I maintain this website in conjunction with marketing.
See www.verimark.co.za
Have implemented a daily file transfer protocol of the Verimark stock file to enable correct pricing in the Verimark distribution network.
Have been involved with the design and implementation of a Verimark Franchise website to achieve more effective logistics systems.
Designed a MIS to assist with the profitability analysis as well as commission calculations.
Designed a stock report based on sales figures from the MIS system to assist with stock ordering, calculate average number of stock days and thereby increasing the companies working capital management.
Helpdesk Support:
I have supported 80 Users on:
o Impact Encore V4
o All financial and distribution modules in terms of
· Set-up of modules done by myself
· Training on modules
· Problem solving
· Trouble shooting
· Process analysis using flow charts, pert charts and other relevant techniques
· Implementation of revised process through a structured Project Management approach
· Connectivity via a RAS (Remote access server) for over 72 franchisees nationwide to place sales orders on-line, query their accounts and inventory levels
· Assisting with Stocktake Procedures and confirming Stocktakes once approved by the Financial Director
· Performing Month Ends and Year Ends
· Daily and Monthly Balancing of all Modules on Impact Encore – Control Records to General Ledger
o Microsoft Office Products that I have supported.
· Excel
· Powerpoint
· Word
· Outlook
· MS Project
Key Skills (Strengths)
· Process and Systems Analysis skills
· Project Management Approach using Project Management Skills
· Training skills – have lectured Project Management at Damelin Randburg, in-house training at Verimark on Encore and Microsoft Products, training of Verimark Franchisees nationwide.
· Accounting skills
· People skills
Upgraded Encore V4 to Syspro V6-SQL – ATTENDED ALL RELEVANT TRAINING (SQL INSTALLATION TRAINING; ALL SYSPRO V6 TRAINING)
2 April 2004 to Date
DTS CC
Academic and Admin manager
MY INTERESTS:
I enjoy reading, windsurfing, scuba diving and the Internet.