Since 2010CIMAACCASAIPAIIA SAMBASARS-registered tax practitioner
Meet Lloyd Phiri

Founder profile

Lloyd Phiri, Founder and Partner

Lloyd leads LBA Accounting with professional accounting, tax, reporting and commercial-finance experience built across advisory practice, listed-company finance teams and owner-managed operations.

Lloyd Phiri, Founder of LBA Accounting

Qualifications and memberships

Professional credentials and verified facts.

Qualified member of CIMA, ACCA, SAIPA and the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa (IIA SA).

MBA, Edinburgh Business School.

BCom Honours in Accounting, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.

Passed the SAICA Initial Test of Competence (ITC).

World's best student in the CIMA CGA exam, November 2011.

SARS-registered tax practitioner; controlling body SAIPA, member no. 29253.

Serving South African businesses since 2010.

More than 20 years in finance, accounting and commercial finance roles.

Experience

Finance and accounting experience, most recent first.

2021 to present

Finance Director, Nkageng Projects

2019 to 2021

Financial Business Partner, Operations, Kansai Plascon

2018 to 2019

Financial Manager, DAWN Group, JSE-listed

2012 to 2018

Commercial Finance and Operations Finance roles, British American Tobacco South Africa, JSE-listed

2011 to 2012

Group Accountant, Profert Holdings

2010 to 2011

Finance Manager at an accounting firm

2010

Part-time lecturer for ACCA and CIMA courses

How LBA works

A structured operating rhythm under Lloyd's oversight.

LBA uses documented review and escalation procedures, a standard monthly close rhythm and secure handling of client information.

Monthly close rhythm

Clerk completion is targeted by the 10th and review by the 15th, so work moves through a repeatable monthly process.

Review and escalation

Documented review and escalation procedures help clarify when work is complete, blocked or ready for a higher-level decision.

Secure data handling

Client information is handled through agreed access, cloud records and structured communication rather than informal document chasing.

Systems experience includes SAP, Hyperion Financial Management, Sage and Pastel, CaseWare and Draftworx.

Areas Lloyd leads

Senior oversight for specialist financial-control work.

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