Dear Hiring Manager Over the past 23 years, I have worked in many different companies and industrial sectors. During this time, I have grown in experience and passion for what I do. I have managed many financial and administrative teams over the years, helping them to develop into valuable assets to their employers. During this time, I have been responsible for analyzing businesses, implementing solutions and improvements, starting up new businesses, due diligences, compiling business proposals, board packs, CEO’s reports, board presentations and risk analysis. I have engaged with everyone from shop floor to executive board level. This entailed working with staff members in training them in every aspect from procedural compliance to financial interpretation and control. I believe that a team is as strong as its weakest link and that pro-active management, teamwork and continuous improvement determines success; and that a company succeeds in the quality of its people; believing too, that active innovative thinking enhances growth, both personal and to the benefit of the company. To me it has always been of utmost importance to develop people through coaching, mentoring and support. This was achieved by the setting of goals, mutually agreed performance indicators and regular reviews and feedback. I firmly believe that communication is key and that great leaders surround themselves with smart people and that there is no sense in appointing smart people if you are going to discard their inputs. My passion and strength lies in cost and management accounting and procedural compliance. This entails analyzing a company’s costing methodologies, their planning and forecasting methods, profit planning, CVP analysis, ERP setup, financial analysis, budgetary control, management reporting and pulling all these areas together to create better visibility and transparency for management to ultimately enable the company to generate more profit. I have a passion for continual improvement, thus always driven to analyze and improve. From my CV, I am a qualified cost and management accountant with Cum Laude B.Com Hons. and M.Com degrees, which enables me to add value over and above financial reporting and control. It provides me with insight into the mechanics that drive the business. For almost all the previous companies, I have spearheaded the change and development of their ERP systems to enhance their product costing, stock management and management reporting in complex environments, giving them better insight into their businesses. In Powertech, I served on the financial executive committee and information technology forum committee, making improvements and contributing to problem solving on a group level. I would greatly appreciate you putting me forward for any suitable opportunities available. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully Warren van Buuren