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Name Marius Greeff
Updated 03 May 2015
Marius Greeff's Resume
Personal Details
Phone Number +27 063 232-9330 | +27 012 667-3372
Email greeffmar@gmail.com
Location Pretoria Metro (South Africa)
Nationality South Africa (ID: 7805165116083)
Age 36 (16 May 1978)
EE/AA Status White Male
Driver's Licence Articulated LightVehicle up to 3,500kg (Since May 1996)
My Next Job
Preferred Chief Financial officer
Gauteng (South Africa)
R1,500,000.00 Per Annum CostTo Company
Not Supplied
PermanentExecutive Level position in the Financial Director (Executive
Management) sector
I was the Head of Finance for Southern Africa Country Group for a top 50
Multinational company.This is equivalentto a ChiefFinancial Officer so I am
looking for a challenging new role
Notice Period: Immediately
Career Summary
Company Position Duration
Novartis AG
Head of Finance Southern Africa
Country Group
Sep 2013 – Jan 2015
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Head Business Planning and Analysis Jun 2010 – Aug 2013
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Head Financial Reporting and
Accounting
Oct 2003 – May 2010
Compendium Inc Audit Article Clerk Jan 2001 – Oct 2003

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Name Marius Greeff
Updated 03 May 2015
Skills
Previous
Expert/Specialist
Financial Analysis 5 to 10 years
Controls testing over 10 years
Business process improvement over 10 years
Business Strategy over 10 years
Strategic Planning 5 to 10 years
CostControl 5 to 10 years
Internal Controls over 10 years
Demand forecasting 5 to 10 years
Revenue forecasting over 10 years
BudgetForecasting over 10 years
Financial Forecasting 5 to 10 years
Cash Flow forecasting over 10 years
Financial Accounting over 10 years
Corporate Finance 5 to 10 years
People management 5 to 10 years
Financial management over 10 years
Financial Reporting over 10 years
Financial Planning 5 to 10 years
Financial Statements 5 to 10 years
Extensive
Executive support 5 to 10 years
New Business development 5 to 10 years
Business Partner Support 5 to 10 years
Partner Management 5 to 10 years
Strategic Partnerships 5 to 10 years
Developmentand implementation ofmarketing plans 5 to 10 years
Internal Control Implementation 5 to 10 years
Inventory Control over 10 years
Taxation 5 to 10 years
Managerial Finance 5 to 10 years
Negotiating skills 5 to 10 years
Solid
License management 5 to 10 years
Licensing negotiations 5 to 10 years
Supply Chain Operations over 10 years
Legal experience 5 to 10 years
Employment
Sep 2013– Jan 2015 Head of Finance Southern Africa Country Group (Novartis AG)
EastRand, Gauteng (South Africa)
R 1,200,000.00 Per Annum CostTo Company
PermanentExecutive Level position in the Financial Director (Executive
Management) sector

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Name Marius Greeff
Updated 03 May 2015
- Set up full Finance Function for newly formed Southern Africa Country Group
- Ownership ofmonthly Financial reporting data
- Ownership ofFinancial controls for Southern Africa
- Part of Executive committee ofSouthern Africa
- Financial guidance on country and productplans
- Pricing control for all countries
- Ensure Financial forecasting is correct
- Ensure Financial Analysis are accurate and reflective of real situation in
Southern Africa
- Deputy to the CEO of Southern Africa Country Group
- Setting up new distribution agreements
- Financial decisions for Southern Africa Country Group
Reason for Leaving: Retrenchmentdue to the restructuring to the whole of
Africa
Jun 2010– Aug 2013 Head Business Planning and Analysis (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
EastRand, Gauteng (South Africa)
R 900,000.00 Per Annum CostTo Company
PermanentManagementLevel position in the Management& CostAccounting
(Accounting) sector
- Preparing budgetfor General medicine and Shared Services.
- In charge of office and site budgets.
- Preparing financial analysis for BD&L deals
- Analysing results and making suggestions based on analysis
- Preparing managementinformation and reports
- Preparing Monthly Business Review for monthly regional call
- Working with marketing on strategy and challenging the strategywere my
analysis notin line with the plan
- Preparing Latestestimates
- Doing monthlyrolling forecast
- Weekly sales reporting to the region
- Part of Pre-Sales & Operational Planning to ensure improvementof
forecasting accuracy.
Reason for Leaving: Promotion to Head of Finance Southern Africa

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Name Marius Greeff
Updated 03 May 2015
Oct 2003– May 2010 Head Financial Reporting and Accounting (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
EastRand, Gauteng (South Africa)
R 600,000.00 Per Annum CostTo Company
PermanentManagementLevel position in the Financial accounting
(Accounting) sector
- Responsible for liaison with internal and external auditors and the internal
planning and preparedness for the audits.
- Responsible to complete Annual Financial Statements in accordance with
IFRS– turnover ranging between R800 million and justover R 1 Billion.
- Responsible for Monthly Reporting of 5 Divisions to Swiss head office in 3
working days and off very high quality.
- Responsible for the implementation,adherence and testing ofall financial
controls
- Responsible to ensure comments for SOX reporting for the group is correct
- Responsible for Accounts Payable, Treasury, Accounts Receivable and
Business Process Controls departments
- Responsible to review monthlyBalance sheetrecons.
- Responsible to perform monthlyPayroll recons
- Responsible for quarterlytax calculation
- Responsible for yearly tax return
- Partly responsible to ensure companyinfo is maintained (assisting company
secretary)
- Responsible for the Office and site yearly budget(includes IT,maintenance
general site costs and shared service costs)
- Liaison with external Attorneys for all legal matters
NON ROUTINE RESPONSIBLITIES / PROJECTS
- Project lead for finance team on 2SAPimplementations
- Part of team responsible for the discontinuation ofa business unitand
responsible for the disclosure on the financial statements
- Disposal ofa business unitunder section 45 ofthe tax act (within same group
of companies).Responsible for the disclosure on the Novartis side and helped
the other companywith its disclosure.
- Set up off new Shared Services finance department,doing finance work for all
divisions in Novartis South Africa. – put together new departmentstructure and
ensured a smooth transition
- Team leader for Finance team evaluating new Distribution and Warehousing
partner for the Novartis group as a total. Also performed due diligences on
selected distributors (Contractvalue over R 80 mil)
- Toll road analysis and impacton the business with possible solutions.
- Set up off new Business Process Controls department
Reason for Leaving: Career developmentmoved to other department
Jan 2001– Oct 2003 Audit Article Clerk (Compendium Inc)
Pretoria Metro, Gauteng (South Africa)
R 70,000.00 Per Annum CostTo Company
PermanentJunior Level position in the Auditing (Financial advisory) sector
- Prepared monthlyaccounts for clients
- Audited individuals,companies and trusts
- Prepared Annual Financial Statements
- Reviewed and submitted taxcalculations and schedules to SARS
Reason for Leaving: Completed Articles

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Name Marius Greeff
Updated 03 May 2015
Education
Jan 2015 Courses
Certificate at Various (Company/In-house)
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) – Novartis adapted program (like
a mini MBA)
Novartis – Leading at the frontline program (new managers training program)
Novartis – Managementlevel 1 Advance program (follow on above program)
Novartis – In Control training (Financial Controls,mini SOX)
Labournet - Managing Discipline for Line Managers
Labournet - Initiating DisciplinaryHearings
Meritor Group Benefits Trustee Training
Frontfoot - Transfer pricing workshop
Lexis Nexis –IFRS2 training
Attended 3 day workshop on new companies act
Attended workshop on the new King III Report
Business Planning and Analysis core skills program
Financial Reporting and Accounting core skills program
Partnering Excellence Program (Business Development& Licencing)
Dec 2000 B Com Financial Accounting
Professional Qualification at Potchefstroom university (University)
Financial Accounting,Auditing, Taxation, Managerial accounting,
Languages
Current
Afrikaans–Read,Write, Speak
English–Read,Write,Speak
Achievements
Jan 2015 • Elected to be secretary to the Executive Committee (Novartis)
Jan 2015 • Achieved 3.2 rating on performance appraisal for 3 years in a row (Very High
rating that is not easilyachieved) (Novartis)
Jan 2015 • Nominated byExecutive Committee to be an employer trustee of the Novartis
Provident Fund (Novartis)
Jan 2015 • One of only 25% of Novartis global candidates thatattended the Novartis
Leading atthe frontline program that was nominated to attend the Novartis
Managementlevel one advance training course (Novartis)
Dec 2009 • Deputised for 3 months as CountryChief Financial Officer (Novartis)