JABU
The day-to-day duties that Jabu tends to are both staggering and impressive, we had a laugh about how massive a portfolio she’s handling, and with ease and finesse. She handles payroll and the travel team who facilitate bookings for corporate travel and transport, as well as some duties from her previous role as Manager of Service Operations. She and her FBI (Finance Business Innovation) team look at continuous improvement in the finance space. Everyone in their emerging tech team is inspired to think creatively and timely, speaking to their culture of collaboration and innovative thinking, and proper scaling which is inspired by the tech team—”Teaming up in this manner allows for the department to speed up the adoption of tech within this space,” the Wits BCom Accounting alumnus explains. As someone who does quite a bit in her capacity as head of a department, especially in the Shared Services area—something she is quite proud of and thrilled to be a part of, Jabu mentions that it is all due to the grooming she receives from the company, how when she moved to MultiChoice, she saw a complete career change from what she was doing at her previous job at MTN from a person who was an accountant to a techie, a person who now assists the accountant. Jabulile is insistent on growth, on taking on new roles and thriving in them because she appreciates the learning opportunity she receives from tackling a challenge and solving problems—her passion for her job is only matched by this drive to succeed, the quickness with which she learns and adapts to a new position, which leads us to her greatest achievement and hallmark moment when she was named Group Finance Employee of the Year in 2020. She mentions that she was proud of herself for this, especially since many things were happening—COVID was in the thick of it, and she had recently lost her mother. She appreciated the company providing her with the space to bury herself in work and deal with life. She also got to study with Henley, doing an ADNP course that saw her investing in her creativity just as the company was. She speaks about this with vigour and pride, highlighting how “MultiChoice rewards good behaviour and accelerates one’s growth.”
29
LEWATLE
Powered by FlippingBook