
Ntombizodwa Phiri
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I am a highly motivated individual who is about to complete her accounting degree. Beside crunching numbers, i tend to learn a lot about tech and markets. This not only makes me think about other career paths but broadens my horizon.

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Wallmansthal Secondary School
NSC. National Senior Certificate | 2018
Received an award for being a top learner in the Grade and holding position 1 within the grade from 2016-20108
- Received an award from College of law from UNISA in 2016 for being the best essay writer and got position 2
Mathematics
60.00 %
Accounting
80.00 %
Life Orientation
98.00 %
Economics
83.00 %
Business Studies
83.00 %
English (FAL)
79.00 %
Setswana Home Language
83.00 %
Subject
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School Cultural.
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Level achieved 1
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Cultural Area 2
Level achieved 2
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School Sport.
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Level achieved 1
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Sport 2
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School Outreach.
Giving back.
Versatile Mentorship Programme and UCT Commerce Faculty mentorship
Involved in assisting lower grades learners to achieve good marks that are acceptable in varsity. This was done through free tutoring
in 2020, Mentored first year students, guiding and helping them navigate the university space
Outreach Area 2
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School Awards.
Getting recognised.
Award 1
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Award 2
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Other Things to Note.
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School Leadership.
Taking Charge.
Deputy President of the RCL and Chairperson of Wallmansthal Poetry Club
Awards: Best Deputy President of the RCL in 2016
Best Spokesperson of the School in 2018
As the Deputy president of the RCL (Representative council of Learners) I was the right hand person of the President of the school. The main responsibility was to promote effective communication between teachers and learners. Assisting the president in promoting and maintaining discipline and the welfare of the school. In terms of the poetry club i was the main person who sought out partnership with some slam poetry club with assistance of the teacher who was the head of the club. We worked together in seeking a publisher to do a collaboration with the poetry club and my main duty was to encourage my poetry mates to write go enough poetry that could potentially get published. Organized meetings weekly to read out any new writing and critically analyse it
Leadership 2
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Award achieved 2
Work Experience.
Entering the working world.
Commerce faculty mentor
Head of Marketing
University of Cape Town
2020-2-2 - 2020-7-10
-Organized meetings with with first year mentees in the commerce faculty on weekly basis.
-Managed and examined mentees academic and social progress within the university space through the weekly meetings organized.
-Accounted for mentees' progress to mentorship supervisor and the commerce faculty by preparing regular reports on efficiencies and deficiencies of the program.
-Identified and initiated mentor-mentee soft skills training during meetings.
Skills obtained: People management, use of Microsoft office suite, Emotional intelligence
Versatile Mentorship Programme
2022-2-28 - 2023-6-4
I worked with a team of passionate and dedicated volunteers to create and implement effective marketing strategies and campaigns to raise awareness, engagement, and funding for the organization. I also partnered with various stakeholders, such as schools, to promote the organization's vision and mission, and to showcase the impact and achievements of our mentees and mentors.
skills obtained: Microsoft office suite and marketing as Customer relationship
Courses Completed.
Ticking the boxes.
Introduction to investment banking by beginners
Audit
Mastercard Cybersecurity analyst
Forage
2024-7-14
Forage
2024-7-24
Udemy
2024-6-6
Mark
Mastercard Cybersecurity virtual experience program on Forage
* Completed a job simulation where I served as an analyst on Mastercard’s
Security Awareness Team
* Helped identify and report security threats such as phishing
* Analyzed and identified which areas of the business needed more robust
security training and implemented training courses and procedures for those
teams
Mark
PwC US Audit Job Simulation on Forage - July 2024
* Completed a job simulation focused on control testing of a client's
purchasing process for PwC's Audit team
* Compiled thorough walkthrough documentation including findings
* Outlined the purchase process in a flowchart and risk control matrix
Mark
Introduction to investment banking
*Understood how to start a career in investment banking as a newbie and how to advance your career as a profession
*Understood why companies go public
*Learnt more about valuation method such as DCF,LBO and multiples
*Learnt more about the essence of restructuring services, the difference between investment banks and commercial bank.
Entrepreneurial Pursuits.
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Languages.
Learning the lingo.
English
Fluent
Setswana
Native Speaker
English
Native Speaker
Skills.
Upskilling, my skills.
communication, analysis and policy interpretation
Advanced
strong organisation skills
Advanced
Detail orientated and strategic
Expert
Other Things to Note.
Yes, there's more.
Recently completed an ALX AiCE Africa course. Obtained my certificate with over 90%. This is where i learnt more about the AI tools, which one i can use to better myself as a person and a job candidate.
University Academic.
Undergraduate Degree
University of Cape Town
Bcom Financial Accounting: General accounting
Academic Average: 55.00%
Graduation Date: 2025-3-24
I received an award for receiving 80% in company law. This was bestowed by UCT Edu commerce department
Postgraduate Degree
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Masters Degree
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University Cultural.
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University Outreach.
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University Awards.
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University Leadership.
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Documents.
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