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André le Grange (born February 27, 1984) is the son of Trevor le Grange and Rothea le Grange and younger brother to Etienne le Grange.

He is a Qualified Accountant through SAIPA with up to 7 years’ post article experience in various sized organisations. He also aims to complete CIMA by the end of 2016.

He is reliable, eager and hands on. He is also organized, proactive and results driven, good with communication (both written and verbal).

Previously, André assisted with business planning, financial forecasting, variance analysis and reporting of revenues, expenses and headcount for multiple regions. At previous employers he continuously sought ways to improve existing reporting to fit with evolving requests from senior management by creating reports and evaluating the report effectiveness and efficiency. He has worked with accounting and business teams to report results and explain results and variances if required.

André has a goal of continuously growing (both professionally and personally) and improve knowledge.

In 2002 he completed high school as the Top Student. At the end of 2008, he graduated from University of South Africa (UNISA) with a distinction in accounting and obtaining his B.Compt Degree.

André has experience ranging from Auditing to Banking, Manufacturing to Tolling and now Telecoms: Currently he is employed in the Telecommunications Industry at Cell C as a Senior Financial Reporting Analyst.
 * 1) Practical Experience - Completing his Articles as a Trainee Accountant for 5 years at a small audit firm (Peter Miller and Associates) with approximately 10 clerks by compiling financial statements, with various accounting functions and auditing through SAICA standards
 * 2) As a temporary Consolidations Accountant at FirstRand Bank Ltd.
 * 3) Beige Holdings Ltd Group – duties from Accountant to Financial Manager. Here he was transferred where the group needed his knowledge, skill and experience.
 * 4) Astrapak Group being based at East Rand Plastics as a Management Accountant (Being retrenched after the company suffered a devastating fire). East Rand Plastics has since been sold to Transpaco.
 * 5) As a Management Accountant at Bakwena N1N4 Toll Road.

He has advanced excel and word skills. He is great with computers and technology and it is a passion to stay up to date with technology. He is also not afraid to learn new things and is quite eager to learn new software. Over the past few years he has worked on Pastel, SYRPRO, Accpac, Alchemist and Hyperion (although be it very little). I have limited SAP Business One and Oracle knowledge.

Education & Qualifications

 * Global Chartered Management Accountant, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, To complete (End 2016)
 * Professional Accountant, South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA), 2012
 * BCompt – Financial Accounting Degree, University of South Africa (UNISA), 2008
 * Articles (Trainee Accountant), South African Institute of Chartered Accountants(SAICA), 2008
 * Matric (Grade 12),Brakpan Technical High School,2002

Work Experience

 * 2014 - Present, Cell C Service Provider, Senior Financial Reporting Analyst
 * 2014 - 2014, Bakwena N1N4 Toll Road, Management Accountant
 * 2011 - 2014, East Rand Plastics, Management Accountant
 * 2010 - 2011, Beige Holdings, Financial Manager
 * 2009 - 2009, First Rand Bank, Temporary Consolidation Accountant
 * 2008 - 2010, Slabathi Seals and Services, Senior Accountant
 * 2003 - 2008, Peter Miller and Associates, Trainee Accountant