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Please give us a brief overview of
what your work entails.
I am responsible for managing
the financial affairs of the HOA
and Country Club operations. I am
analytical and skilled in managing
finances accurately and expeditiously.
My job involves financial analysis,
budgets, cash flow forecasts,
management of financial statements,
risk analysis and management of
reports to realise efficiency and
productivity.
Please give a short summary
of your qualification/s and past
work experience.
I did my undergraduate studies at
University of Pretoria, majoring in
financial management, and I did
my honours studies in financial
management at the University of
Johannesburg. I started doing my
Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants (CIMA) qualification
and have now completed level 2 and
obtained my CIMA Adv Dip MA. I
have 10 years’ work experience in the
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Get to know our new finance
manager, Natasha van Zyl
financial management field. I worked for Did you have any mentors or people
eight years at the Agricultural Business who influenced you?
Chamber (Agbiz), an independent entity Tell us about them.
whose purpose is to promote, represent I believe every person you meet has
and support enterprises and organisations an effect on who you are or become
that do business with or are involved in some or other way. But one of my
in the agricultural value chains. Agbiz earlier mentors taught me this important
helps them to operate competitively and principle: Know what you don’t know
sustainably in both a local and global and know how to find out more about
context. I also worked in the branding and it because we cannot be experts in
gifts industry for a while. everything.
Describe yourself in three words. What are your future plans?
Bubbly, diligent and hardworking. I try not to plan too far ahead as our plans
do not always go the way we want them
Are you married? Do you have to, so I try to live each day to the fullest
children? and enjoy every second of it.
Yes, I am married to my lovely husband
and we have a two-and-a-half-year-old If you could change one thing in the
daughter. world to make it better, what would
it be?
What are your hobbies or interests? I would probably not change anything
I love spending time with my family and because, unfortunately, sometimes we
getting to see the world through my need the bad to appreciate the good
daughter’s eyes. We enjoy the outdoors things in life.
and playing sports.
What is your motto in life?
What do you enjoy most about your When you have a child, you realise that
job at Silver Lakes? nothing ever goes according to plan, so I
The fact that I can contribute to building a think the one thing I live by is that change
safe, secure and joyful environment for its is the only constant and you need to try
homeowners. each day to do the best you can and to
make the best of every situation.
Where did you grow up?
I was born in Pretoria and grew up Contact details
here, although I did my honours in 012 809 0142
Johannesburg for a year. fm@silverlakes.co.za