COMMUNICATION

The ability to communicate effectively at all levels, using oral, written

and presentational skills

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Attributable Goal Achieved? How I achieved it Engagement Rating PM QPRT
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1. Negotiate successfully? Yes • Successfully negotiated with a utility company to reduce the bill of a KFC Effective
company under administration as the utility company failed to invoice on performer
time.

2. Use available resources
to present information
formally to a group?
Yes • Attended training on presentation skills and presented to a group on the KFC Effective
disadvantages of borrowing more than the company can afford. performer
• Prepared supplier reconciliations and dashboard to present status of
creditors
• Assistance with the preparation of monthly management accounts to show
the performance of the company

3. Question the views of Yes • Had different views regarding my performance with my manager and ERF N/A
more senior members of reached an agreement that he had to back up his point of view with
the organisation? evidence

4. Demonstrate good Yes • Compiling information from different departments and consolidating it to Debswana Pending
report-writing skills? prepare a monthly performance report to the shareholders (MPR)

5. Use persuasion to Yes • Conversing telephonically with the client explaining the reason for ADA Pending
change another's point of reclassifying director's salary from directors emoluments to cost of sales,
view, whilst which was distorting the GP margin as it was previously classified as cost of
demonstrating an sales.
understanding of their
views?
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6. Share information and Yes
knowledge that helped
others succeed?
Negotiate successfully?
• Liaising with the Deal department in the sale of a client in liquidation by KFC Pending
providing them with the accounting records that we were keeping in the
accounting side of the process. Successfully negotiated with a utility
company to reduce the bill of a company under administration as the utility
company failed to invoice on time.

7. Show an appreciation Yes • I had a confrontation with one of the suppliers regarding their pre- KFC Effective
of both sides of an liquidation invoices owed. They demanded payment for their goods and a performer
argument? Use available ruling was made that they will not be paid. They were so frustrated and did
resources to present not want to listen to me. I re-directed them to assistant liquidator to give
information formally to a them a professional answer and consolation their frustration was well
group? understood

8. Appreciate the point at Yes • While preparing financial statements using a software that I was not too ADA Pending
which assistance is familiar with, I encountered problems and immediately asked for assistance
required? from experienced co-workers

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 TEAM WORKING

The ability to operate successfully as a member or leader of a team

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Attributable Goal Achieved? How I achieved it Engagement Rating PM QPRT
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1. Successfully manage a
project involving others?
Yes • Been assigned to lead KFC team with the preparation of monthly KFC Effective
management accounts and day to day running of the finance team to performer
ensure that the business operates smoothly, no services stopped due to
none payments and any other issues. As it was the norm before, no
suppliers stopped services while I was in charge and we met the reporting
deadline 80% of the time.

2. Use your authority to Yes • In my assignment as a team leader for KFC team, I had to divide the KFC Effective
set and prioritise tasks for unfinished tasks among the members and ensure that they are completed Performer
others? before the deadline if all the necessary resources are available.

3. Demonstrate an Yes • In order to avoid putting too much pressure on the team members, each KFC Effective
understanding of the was given a specific task to finish and then move on to the next task. Performer
impact of pressure on
others?

4. Allocate resources in Yes • Prepared a detailed budget for the preparation of Annual Financial ADA Pending
order to make a project Statements
work?

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5. Show that you valued Yes • Prepared minutes from the meeting that I attended, before distributing I Debswana Effective
the contribution of other asked my team mate to review the minutes for grammar and vocabulary performer
team members? and further check in case I left anything out.

6. Use a team structure to Yes • In order to achieve the objectives of reporting management accounts on KFC Effective
meet performance time, the work was divided among each and everyone of the team performer
objectives? members and the deliverable dates were communicated on time.

7. Share your knowledge Yes
for the benefit of others?
• In the KFC team, all the difficult tasks that the team could not complete KFC Effective
were escalated to me like supplier reconciliations. After figuring out the performer
problem I will sit with the team member and show them how I did it and
half way through the engagement they were able to perform most of those
reconciliations without my input.

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 Decision making

The ability to gather and interpret data, in order to make good

decisions

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1. Analyse and use data in Yes KFC Effective

order to predict future performer
outcomes?

2. Decide between two or Yes KFC Effective

more strategic outcomes? performer

3. Evaluate risk in order to Yes ERF N/A

ensure that data was
reliable and control was
maintained?

4. Stand your ground and Yes Debswana Pending

maintain your position
under pressure?

5. Use software to Yes • Download costs from an accounting software (SAP) as raw data export Debswana Effective
manipulate data in order them to excel, from excel I divide them into 8 major costs being; electricity, performer
to make it more fuel, mining contract, tyres, business expenses and production consumables
understandable? to make it more understandable and readable.

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6. Show how data can be Yes • Review of monthly costs with budgeted costs and decide where best to Debswana Effective
used to aid decision- make cuts or increase spending taking into consideration the risks and performer
making? opportunities that lie therein.

7. Demonstrate Yes • The use of share folders to store information so that it will be easily Debswana Effective
understanding of the accessible to different people at the same time performer
need for data back-up
and recovery?

8. Accumulate data to Yes • Prepared monthly management accounts for a company that was in KFC Effective
enable others to make liquidation and these were instrumental in determining the sale price of the performer
decisions? company as the liquidator used the assets in the balance sheet to
determine the net realisable value and sales to project future sales of the
company

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 Consideration

The ability to operate effectively and sustainably while respecting the

views, rights and values of others

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1. Uphold the reputation Yes • Went for secondment and the client was impressed with my work and Debswana Effective
of the organization for extended the contract as they stated that it will only be extended if I meet performer
which you work? their expectation

2. Succeed by considering Yes Effective

issues rather than performer
personalities?

3. Show that you Yes N/A

appreciate the ethics and
culture of your
profession?

4. Identify an ethical Yes Pending

conflict or breach and
report it to an
appropriate person?

5. Show that you Yes Effective

accommodated the performer
views, cultural or
personal circumstances of
others?
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6. Demonstrated an Yes Effective

awareness of social or performer
environmental
responsibility?

7. Demonstrate the Yes Effective

ethical principle of performer
confidentiality?

8. Keep abreast of Yes • Attended training on the new Accounting standards- Revenue, Leases and N/A N/A
professional Financial assets organized by the firm
developments?

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 Adding value

The ability to add value to the organisation

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Attributable Goal Achieved? How I achieved it Engagement Rating PM QPRT
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1. Lead by example and Yes • In order to encourage my team at KFC to meet their deadline, I worked KFC Effective
be a role model? extra hours and weekends with them performer

2. Use creativity to solve a Yes

problem or create an
opportunity?

3. Propose a cost-saving Yes

or revenue –generating
action?

4. Show an understanding Yes Pending

of both internal and
external customer needs?

5. Demonstrate your Yes • Took an advanced excel course online and completed it successfully N/A N/A
commitment to
continuous learning?

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6. Exceed the Yes • Managed to secure an extension for the secondment contract by Debswana Effective
expectations of your performing well to the client's expectation. performer
employer/client?

7. Show independence, Yes Effective

commitment and multi- performer
tasking skills?

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 Technical competence

The ability to seek, learn and use technical information for the good of
the organisation

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1. Solve a complex Yes Effective

technical problem? performer

2. Use technical expertise Yes Effective

to offer useful strategic performer
advice?

3. Show proficiency in a Yes • Used pastel to generate reports and capture data KFC Effective
range of software Performer
applications?

4. Use research tools to Yes Pending

create a positive
outcome?

5. Relate a practical issue Yes • Prepared a balance sheet analysis as per Strategic business management ADA Not yet
to your examination financial analysis module of data analysis out
studies?

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Attributable Goal Achieved? How I achieved it Engagement Rating PM QPRT
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6. Improve your Yes • Used a software called smart view to post journals for more than one Debswana Effective
effectiveness through the month instead of entering them one at a time. performer
use of IT resources?

7. Demonstrate an Yes • Prepared financial statements in accordance with IFRS for SMEs guidelines ADA Not yet out
awareness of regulatory
requirements?

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 Problem Solving

The ability to make recommendations in order to solve problems

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Attributable Goal Achieved? How I achieved it Engagement Rating PM QPRT
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1. Solve a problem in a Yes • Managed to reconcile supplier accounts that were giving the team a KFC Effective
way that exceeded the problem and go an extra mile by working extra hours to complete the work performer
expectations of the
organisation?

2. Make well thought out Yes Effective

recommendations that performer
indicated the best
solution given the existing
constraints?

3. Demonstrate Yes • Chose working late and weekends at KFC to meet the reporting deadlines KFC Effective
prioritization and avoid Performer
procrastination?

4. Use risk/probability Yes

analysis to evaluate
different options?

5. Analyse a problem and Yes • Reconciled the BPC account for KFC and identified that there were some KFC Effective
identify all options? duplicate payments made, and some uncaptured invoices. I then went performer
through the account with the supplier being BPC till we managed to
reconcile it on our books and their books

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Attributable Goal Achieved? How I achieved it Engagement Rating PM QPRT
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6. Use your practical Yes • Assisted the team at KFC with the preparation of supplier reconciliations. KFC Effective
experience to help performer
others?

7. Express a view that was Yes

appreciated by others?

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