Recro Business Services

Our Team

Claire Lyn Kolbé

Director

Marketing support

Recro Business Services is headed up by Claire Kolbé. Claire is a chartered accountant (SA), a registered auditor and accredited SAICA skills assessor with 25 years’ experience.

During her 11 ½ years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, she held the management portfolios of Kwazulu-Natal’s Regional Training and Methodology, Risk Management and Audit Software Support as well as her corporate audit portfolio which included JSE listed entities and a number of different industries.

She worked with the PwC national office in rolling out new methodology and training programs, represented the South African firm overseas being part of the global training course development team and was part of the national quality review team. She worked in the Pietermaritzburg , Durban, Harare and Malawi offices, the latter two where she was responsible for assisting in the improvement of the quality standard of audits to meet the firm’s standard of quality.

After leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers she worked in commerce as a global reporting manager for three years implementing IFRS and a system automation project for a United Kingdom based company with eight international offices, before starting her own practice, Recro Business Services in Cape Town in 2009. She has been involved with pre-issuance and quality review audits for the Auditor General and ICAN as well as assisting as an expert and quality control reviewer on larger audits.

Why I love what I do

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The key to loving the work that you do is finding passion and purpose in it. I qualified as a chartered accountant 17 years ago, and this together with my six years of articles and as a supervisor, I have a wealth of business experience to bring to any individual and company.

I love what I do because every day I meet a wonderful variety people to whom I can make a difference too. Whether it is the individual salaried employee taxpayer whom I can take the stress and concern of SARS compliance away; or to the small business owner who needs guidance and setup of budgets, processes, accounting systems and financial statements for financing; or to the larger business who needs structuring solutions for their employees or automation and efficiency of their accounting systems; I get to make a valued difference in each of these persons lives and take the stress away from compliance and the financial side of running their business, while helping them make better financial decisions

Colleen Goosen

Personal Assistant to Director

Director support
HR admin support

What does Recro mean to Colleen:

Recro’s values align with my own therefore I look forward to being part of a team that truly cares about their clients and growing along with the business.

Three words that describe Colleen:

Kind, reliable and hardworking.

Colleen’s favourite quote:

Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more – Oprah Winfrey

Rutendo Gondo

Finance & Office Administrator

Billing, Debtors
CIPC
SARS support
General administration

What does Recro mean to Rutendo:

Recro is more of a new home for me and a great opportunity to learn and grow along with the business.

Three words that describe Rutendo:

Positive, reliable, and determined.

Rutendo’s favourite quote:

Forget about the sky, you are the limit.

Aishwarya Cook

Customer Sales & Service

Customer service
Client support
Internal marketing
General administration

What does Recro mean to Aishwarya:

It means exceptional talent and greatness for achievements made and growth in store.

Three words that describe Aishwarya:

Prosperity, ambitious, and innovative.

Aishwarya’s favourite quote:

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Tapiwa Nadzo

Audit Manager

Audits
Review of AFS
Consulting

What does Recro mean to Tapiwa:

A place to grow and add value to the business and its clients.

Three words that describe Tapiwa:

Humble, loyal and ambitious.

Tapiwa’s favourite quote:

The problem is not the problem but the problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand? – Captain Jack Sparrow

Macjohn Masanzu

Senior Audit Assistant

Drafting Annual Financial Statements
Taxation
Audit assistance

What does Recro mean to Macjohn:

A family of reliable business experts dedicated to sustainability, continuous development and wealth creation for all stakeholders.

Three words that describe Macjohn:

Strong-willed, kind and flexible.

Macjohn’s favourite quote:

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be, BE ONE!

Patience Manase

Audit Assistant

Accounting
Financial Statements
Taxation
Audit
Team Performance Monitoring

What does Recro mean to Patience:

Challenge, growth and motivation.

Three words that describe Patience:

Committed, ambitious and driven.

Patience’s favourite quote:

Some men see things as they are and ask why, others dream things that never were and ask why not – George Bernard Shaw.

Melaine Kasvinga

Audit Assistant

Accounting
Financial Statements
Taxation
Audit

What does Recro mean to Melaine:

Backbone and growth to my career.

Three words that describe Melaine:

Motivated, ambitious and hardworking.

Melaine’s favourite quote:

Tell me and l forget. Teach me and l remember. Involve me and l learn – Benjamin Franklin.

Charl Marais

Bookkeeping Supervisor

Team Management
Bookkeeping
Payroll
Taxation

What does Recro mean to Charl:

I can showcase the experience I gained over the years and help Recro’s customers grow. I can also grow with my colleagues and learn from them.

Three words that describe Charl:

Loyal, funny, and thorough.

Charl’s favourite quote:

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get – Forest Gump.

Samuel Mukwekwe

Assistant Accountant

Bookkeeping
Payroll

What does Recro mean to Samuel:

My home and my foundation.

Three words that describe Samuel:

Ambitious, confident and conscientious.

Samuel’s favourite quote:

Change will not come if we wait for the other person or some other time. We are the one we have been waiting for. We are the change that we seek – Barak Obama.

Tatenda Mangena

Bookkeeper

Bookkeeping
Payroll
Tax

What does Recro mean to Tatenda:

It means an opportunity to learn and grow, and have fun while doing it.

Three words that describe Tatenda:

Diligent, fun and courageous.

Tatenda’s favourite quote:

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it – Albert Einstein

Belinda Makhunga

(Fasset TVET Learnership Programme)

Bookkeeper

Bookkeeping
Payroll

What does Recro mean to Belinda:

Recro means everything to me because Recro has offered me a job, the opportunity to be in a place that allows you to grow as a person and as an employee so that I can be able to achieve my goals. Be able to learn and contribute value as much as I can.