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OBJECTIVE
Seek challenging consulting opportunities utilizing my vast experience and excellent analytical skills.
EDUCATION
1974 South Africa/USA
 Bachelor of Business Administration
 SAP General Ledger Functional certification
 Oracle General Ledger / Fixed Assets / Accounts Payable Functional training (on-the-job)
EXPERIENCE
OCT 2007 – Present Morgan Stanley Real Estate/State Street Global Services Atlanta, GA
Oracle Application Functional Super User
Manager/Senior Manager/Assistant Vice President
 Presently managing the FX Derivative Portfolio for a series of international funds in addition to my role in providing business
support/solutions on Oracle related issues and managing the portfolio accounting for two small funds.
 The majority of my time is spent on my Oracle Business support role for the Global users. Transitioned a number Real Estate Funds globally
to the Oracle General Ledger application. Spent time on Oracle assignments which included training new users globally, Singapore; Jersey
(Channel Islands); London, Germany, China, Luxembourg.
 Developed a proprietary application that automated the derivatives reporting process and the interface of the FX derivatives data to the
downstream real estate applications, thus streamlining the process and enabling timely and accurate reporting to the client.
 Was an integral part of the team on the business side that successfully managed the upgrade project of the Oracle applications from Oracle
11i to R12 during 2015
 Managed the portfolio accounting for various Funds during my tenure..
 Successfully implemented the Oracle General Ledger module and other downstream Real Estate applications for a European office Fund.
 Integral part of a team that conducted the proof of concept project to convert a German Fund to the Oracle modules, General Ledger,
payables, fixed assets and supporting downstream applications. The project involved the configuration of the applications to accommodate
the specific requirements of the fund and required researching aspects of the applications not utilized by the existing Funds using the Real
Estate Technology platform.
 Team player in the transition of the Private equity funds and Infrastructure partner Funds to Oracle General Ledger. On boarded new funds
into Oracle financials/Fixed asset module and other downstream real estate applications.
 Instrumental in the design of the private equity reports in Client Reporting, Oracle ADI, development/customizing Oracle
financial/standard reports, and the development of reports using the Brio reporting tool..
 Actively involved in the BUSS group (Business user support system) managing the testing and the deployment of system enhancements into
the production environment and also serving as a point person for all business related issues for all Real Estate Applications (general Ledger
/ Rate of return application / Cash Flow Model, Data Management System that stores the descriptive data).
Feb 2006 – Oct 2007 Morgan Stanley – Global Performance Group. Atlanta, GA
Manager
 Successfully managed Senior Management’s expectations for accurate and timely reporting for the firm’s real estate transaction volume, assets
under management (AUM) and investment cost data.
 Ensured a seamless transition of reporting from quarterly to monthly reporting making information available on a near real time basis to
senior management. The application used was an Access database with Business objects as the reporting tool.
 Ensured data integrity of the database through detailed analytical reviews and continued liaison with the field globally to ensure correct
reporting of complex acquisition deals.
 Actively participated in a major initiative to validate and correct the historical descriptive data in the database ensuring accurate geographic
and property type diversification being reported.
 Successfully accomplished the training of associates ensuring full delegation of my reporting responsibilities enabling me to focus on new
initiatives in the group.
 Continually challenged my teams Business Objects report writing skills and automated reporting wherever necessary.
 Monitored the process to ensure that the team accomplishes an effective and timely review process to ensure prompt reporting while at the
same time having a greater understanding of the investments to assess the accuracy of the data collected. Engaged the team to effectively
utilize the tools available, Investment Committee presentations, Global Real Estate Investment Database, press releases, deal pipeline reports,
etc.
 Supported the successful rollout of the capital transactions database and laid the foundation for the process to interface the capital
transactions database to the Global Performance database (the initiative was in progress prior to my leaving the department)

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2005 – Feb 2006 Morgan Stanley Real Estate – Prime Property Fund Atlanta, GA
Manager
 Supervised three associates
 Responsible for the production of Prime’s quarterly Portfolio management report including the preparation of the flash facts to investors and
the quarterly report to the investors. Using various reporting tools streamlined the data accumulation for these reports and improved overall
analysis and reporting.
 Deployed the effective use of the Brio reporting tool to associates in the group.
 Responsible for the data integrity checks for the NCREIF property index and the US open-ended index issued by Investment Property
Databank.
 Led the project restating the unleveraged returns dating back to January 2000. This enabled the Fund to prepare a more meaningful
attribution analysis (against NPI) while also accurately responding to client and consultant requests for information.
 Designed in Microsoft Access a fund model used to evaluate the impact of several significant acquisitions during the year and to better
understand various key metrics within the existing portfolio. In addition, worked regularly throughout the year on several other ad hoc
modeling and analysis projects for portfolio management.
 Instrumental in developing the quarterly Investment Management package used by Portfolio Management to review property performance
with Investment Management.
 Played a vital role in the RFP (request for proposal) and RFI (request for information) process for the fund, serving as the point person and
the reviewer for all requests for financial and performance information on the Fund and ensuring we meet the high volume of requests from
both existing investors and potential investors accurately and timely.
2001- 2004 Morgan Stanley Real Estate – General Account and other Commingled Funds Atlanta, GA
Manager
 Responsible for monthly and quarterly reporting for the Funds.
 Instrumental in the development of an interface system (translating Oracle financials data to the clients’ chart of accounts and interfacing to
their General Ledger). Worked diligently with IT in developing and testing the interface, as this was a critical deliverable for the client prior to
the conversion to Oracle from the PARS General Ledger (Portfolio accounting and reporting application)
 In addition to the deployment of the interface rules provided specifications for various reports enabling the analytical review of the interfaced
data.
 Consistently worked with automating reporting requirements for the Fund. Programmed various Brio reports to facilitate the quarterly
reporting requirements, thereby ensuring the consistency and accuracy of the information.
1997 - 2001 Consultant – Various Clients Atlanta, GA
Immigrated to the United States from South Africa during 1997 and worked as a consultant on ad hoc projects for various clients including Lend
Lease. This served as the groundwork for finally coming on board fulltime at Lend Lease as an Associate working on the General Account Fund.
During this period I obtained functional certification in SAP general ledger module and conducted training classes..
1997 and Prior Various Positions in South Africa South Africa
 Worked for Pick ‘n Pay retailers (Pty) Ltd, a leading retail chain in South Africa for a period of 12 years. Held a position of Chief Accountant
and my duties spanned over areas of Sales Promotion/ Advertising, Merchandising, People Management, Consumerism and finally
Administration as my primary responsibility.
 Responsible for comprehensive fiscal planning, budgeting and financial analysis. Participated in strategic management decisions to ensure the
continued profitability of the trading unit and supervised financial administrative functions, including accounts payable, treasury, data
processing, general ledger, Point of sale, Merchandise Receiving, expense control and developed and maintained all internal control systems.
 The highlight of my career in Pick ‘n Pay was being twice awarded the coveted “executive of the year’ award in recognition of the highest
level of professionalism in the execution of my responsibilities.
 Prior to Pick ‘n Pay worked as an Internal Auditor at a competing retailer – OK Bazaars Ltd
 Started my accounting career at Arthur Andersen where I worked for a period of five years. Progressed to Audit Senior and focused on Retail
clients.

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SKILLS
Technical Skills
 Advanced Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Brio, Business Objects,
 Applications/Systems: Oracle GL, Oracle Payables, Oracle Fixed Assets, ICMS (Integrated Cash Management system), LLaser
(propriety performance return model, time weighted returns (TWR) and internal rate of return (IRR)), Data Management System
(DMS), Argus (Real Estate Asset Management Model); Chatham-Direct– Derivatives Trading Ledger, SAP General Ledger Functional
certification.
Business Skills
 Effective team member with strong management skills
 Exceptional diligence, and communication skills
 Ability to multi-task projects and work independently
 Strong analytical and problem-solving skills